![]() ![]() ![]() His ambition was to become a pilot and to purchase his own aircraft. Kit first encountered Baloo when he crashed into him in Louie's Place, and later rejoined Baloo by grabbing onto the Sea Duck in order to escape from the air pirates because they were trying to catch him. The story states that he left the air pirates because he "got sick" of them. Īs a 12-year-old who had lived with the air pirates under Don Karnage for one year prior to the start of the series, Kit's character was a unique one in the history of Disney – he had a very dark past, partially because the storyline originally had him as being Don Karnage's protege. In the episode "Flight School Confidential", Kit's height is revealed to be 3 feet 9 inches. The baseball cap was a gift to Kit from Baloo, as a sign of friendship and trust. His trademarks are a green sweatshirt, a blue and red baseball cap worn backward and his ability to "cloud surf" (also referred to in the show as "cloud skiing"). Williams voiced Kit for the rest of the series (including in the pilot episode Plunder & Lightning). He was originally voiced by Alan Roberts who did his voice for 9 episodes that aired as a preview-run before the series' syndicated premiere. His first appearance was in the pilot episode and introductory television movie Plunder & Lightning. Williams in some episodes, Alan Roberts in others) is a 12-year-old brown bear cub and the navigator aboard Baloo's plane, the Sea Duck. The name "Baloo" comes from the Hindi word for bear: bhālū ( Hindi : भालू, pronounced ). Baloo only once mentioned any family, in reference to a gramophone record that had belonged to his father. In this episode, he inherited $500 million in the form of an extravagant estate, which was taken from him to settle the matter of his family's impressively long history of owing back taxes, thus restoring the status quo. However, he himself had been initially unaware, which raises the possibility that he was adopted. However, in the episode "The Balooest of the Bluebloods", it is revealed that Baloo comes from a prominent noble family and that Baloo's full designation is in fact "Baloo, Baron von Bruinwald XIII". In the first part of the episode "A Bad Reflection on You", Baloo gives his full name as "Baloo Bear" when introducing himself to a guard at Khan Tower. He also calls Kit "Li'l Britches", as he did with Mowgli. Some of his mannerisms survive from The Jungle Book, including his nickname of "Papa Bear" by Kit, which Mowgli had given to him. He also has a penchant for getting into schemes that require him to dress up in drag to suit the situation, such as when he became Rebecca's "female" co-pilot Tan-Margaret (a play on Ann-Margret) in the episode "Feminine Air". His irresponsible behavior sometimes jeopardizes important situations, as seen in the episode "Your Baloo's in the Mail" when he fails to mail a winning ticket in the proper way, which puts Rebecca's ability to receive $100,000 in prize money at risk. He will also selflessly come to the aid of those in need of help. He flies a cargo plane called the Sea Duck. ![]() Although lazy, slobbish, unreliable and always broke, he is also an excellent pilot and capable of the most daring maneuvers in the air. Higher for Hire Balooīaloo von Bruinwald XIII (voiced by Ed Gilbert) is the main character of the series, based primarily on the sloth bear from Disney's The Jungle Book, but with a flight cap and a yellow shirt (and four-fingered hands instead of his Jungle Book counterpart's claws). TaleSpin was previewed on The Disney Channel in May through July 1990, and premiered in syndication in September of that year. This is a list of characters in the Disney animated series TaleSpin. ![]()
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