

Meanwhile, George, Ape, and other animals defeat Lyle's henchmen and George rescues Ursula before Lyle can finish the marriage.Īfter admitting they love each other, George and Ursula are married in a lavish jungle celebration on the next full moon and eventually have a son. He takes her to a raft on Ape River and proceeded with a marriage ceremony. Lyle's henchmen tie George up and Lyle runs away with Ursula. It is revealed that Lyle escaped from jail and became an ordained minister so that he had the authority to marry Ursula and himself against her will. However, this isn't without consequence, as he suffers some humiliation such as Thor holding him so Max can give George a purple nurple, and Max holding George in a Full Nelson position so Thor can torture George by tickling him in his armpits, ribs, sides and belly.Īs George suffers from the tickling, he bravely endures the pain until Ursula arrives on the scene at the end of the fight, and moments before Lyle and some henchmen appear as well. Due to Ape's insistence, George fights dirty, even making Max smell his armpit and by giving Thor an atomic wedgie, pulling them up over his head. George finds Ape and tries to rescue him, but he is outnumbered. George returns to Africa to save Ape who, fortunately, has been misleading his captors into following false trails. Soon afterward, Ursula realizes that she reciprocates George's affection, and much to her mother's dismay decides to follow him to Africa. Immediately George set off for Africa, leaving without even telling Ursula goodbye. There, he finds his bird Tookie Tookie, who flew all the way from Africa to tell George that Max and Thor had stolen Ape to take him to Vegas to make a fortune. Discouraged, George returns to Ursula's flat. Stanhope then lectures George on the unsuitability of any relationship he might have with Ursula, and threatens George to leave Ursula alone or else she will castrate him. At the party, Ursula's mother Beatrice realizes that George's affection for Ursula might end any chance of her daughter marrying Lyle. Meanwhile, Ursula's parents throw an engagement party for her. One noteworthy incident is his heroic rescue of a stranded parasailer. He proceeds to make a remarkable impression upon his new acquaintances. In San Francisco, George is introduced to the society of humans. Ursula returns to her home in San Francisco, taking George with her to "get him the finest medical treatment available". They are arrested and sent to Bujumbura jail, but are released on a technicality. Max and Thor attempt to capture Ape, whom they have overheard speaking in English. George survives (because according to the narrator, "nobody dies in this story"), but Lyle is sent to prison. It turns out that a porter had switched the lighter with a real pistol, and Lyle shoots George with it by accident. She calls George over, and Lyle tries to scare him off using what he thought was a pistol-shaped cigarette lighter. Lyle finds George's tree house, and tries to persuade Ursula to come with him. Lyle and the rest of the expedition search for Ursula, and it is revealed that the men Lyle hired are poachers. Ape's advice is only variably dependable, but George's attempts do meet with some success. George begins to fall in love with her and asks Ape for advice in courting her. She is introduced to George's pet elephant named Shep. Ursula is charmed by George and they become friends. While rescuing Ursula, George accidentally knocks her unconscious on a tree branch and takes her back to his jungle treehouse. On an expedition to Central Africa, joined by Lyle and two men he hired named Max and Thor, Ursula is rescued from a lion attack by a man named "George" ( Brendan Fraser). Ursula Stanhope is a beautiful, American heiress, reluctantly engaged to marry Lyle Van De Groot, who seems more attached to his fiancee's wealth than to her. He is quite clumsy, a tendency manifest in his collisions with trees and his less than secure footing, but takes all mishaps in stride. George now lives on friendly terms with most animals. 25 years later, George grew up to become King of the Jungle, living in a treehouse a talking, highly intelligent gorilla named Ape (voiced by John Cleese). Separated from his human parents, he grew up in the jungle raised by apes and befriended many jungle animals, including an ape named Ape, whom George considered a brother, and a dog-like elephant named Shep, his "big peanut-loving poochie".

The film begins with an animated prologue showing George's backstory as a baby from San Francisco who survived an airplane crash in Africa.
