Disney's TERRIBLE Madagascar Rip-Off...

[@DazzReviews]

Were you aware of this movie? Cause I had NO IDEA it was connected to Disney...

[@radiomanhans]

lol 6 seconds ago

[@EitoNakada-e9g]

Bruh 30 minutes ago when the Madagascar rip-off video got released

[@bronwynjohnston1669]

I was forced to see this thing in the movie theater on the birthday party of the girl who became my bully. I think after this movie, the bullying was bearable compared to it.

[@dylanlyles9453]

4:19 Speaking of Thomas the Tank Engine; during the 70th anniversary in 2015, two characters were introduced, and their names happened to be Samson and Ryan. Weird, right?

[@CMJ321]

i liked it!

[@namugriff]

Fun fact that people like to forget about this film is that it went into production before Madagascar did, but Madagascar got release into the cinemas first. So The Wild isn't really a rip off of Madagascar as many like to think.

[@mikebeckett03]

YES!

[@SinisterBlitzo9]

But still.. madagascar is LEAGUES ABOVE this And also just because the wild went into production doesnt mean they couldnt have stolen ideas Scripts are passed through hollywood so one person couldve just ripped ideas from the scripts of madagascar

[@billybarnett9518]

Madagascar 2 took the volcano sacrifice subplot, the father and son conflict, and the giraffe finding love.

[@billybarnett9518]

@@SinisterBlitzo9 The Wild's animation looks like it took more than a year to make, but I guess it is possible both movies stole from each other, like Aladdin and the studio version of The Thief And The Cobbler.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

It reminds me of how people sees _Antz_ as a _A Bug's Life_ rip-off despite the movie came out a month before _A Bug's Life_ released in the same year and they both have similar premises. Heck, even John Lasseter and Steve Jobs believed that their idea was stolen by Katzenburg.

[@Darling2777]

The point of the steak being cut into the shape of a rabbit is because Samson had never been to the wild before, he wouldn’t know what an actual rabbit looks like

[@anonymousalien7417]

Yeah, I immediately noticed the meat was rabbit shaped, it was fairly obvious

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Darling2777 What if there was a rabbit hopping in enclosure?

[@NTPercussion-k6s]

@@UnicornFairy42 well i mean you gotta ask disney that one

[@calebproductions1264]

Still a weirdly cut rabbit shaped looking steak.

[@pessimisticprofessorfarnsw3241]

All I remember of this movie is the koala with the Statue of Liberty torch and the truck going through the tunnel while "Clocks" plays.

[@RodrickMarsMoon]

Ooh, the best scene of the movie 😊...!

[@Lauren_210]

Kinda embarrassing story, but this movie was actually how I got introduced to Coldplay (and became a fan of them) as a 10 year old watching this at the time. 🫢😂

[@pessimisticprofessorfarnsw3241]

@@Lauren_210 same lol. Didn't hear clocks again until a cutaway in family guy reminded me of the opening melody.

[@santiago.j.mancilla.perez1022]

@@Lauren_210 I was also introduced to Coldplay because of this movie. Pretty crazy, right?

[@TonyThigh]

​@Lauren_210 same lol, to me it was a magical scene that expressed the feeling of a night in a city

[@Oscar95451]

I saw this back in 2006. This is not made by Disney Animation. This is made by a Canadian animation studio

[@MathieuLeblanc1991]

For some reason the UK considers this as part of the official Animation line-up

[@Oscar95451]

@@MathieuLeblanc1991 for sure it is a mistake

[@dont_watch_this]

Guy made a whole video about a different movie than he thought 😑

[@E.M.A]

But it literally has a Disney opening... it has Walt Disney's the wild for the title... it's a Disney movie.

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

@@E.M.A Disney only did the distribution for the movie. C.O.R.E Digital Pictures animated the film before closing in 2010.

[@nicolasbaron4506]

It felt more like a Finding Nemo rip-off than a Madagascar rip-off to be honest. Both center around a father who goes as far away from his home to rescue his captured son.

[@PurpleGuy661]

Well, feels like both combined and turned into this

[@lifeisadrag7705]

Yeahh

[@billybarnett9518]

It was apparently in production before Madagascar, but is similar to Finding Nemo. In Japan, the title is "Find Ryan!".

[@NekoFye]

Its like they thew both Finding Nemo and Madagascar into a blender and mixed it up and this was the result.

[@ArtificialLuck]

How do you rip off your own movie? 💀

[@Scififan926]

According to my parents, I was obssessed with this movie as a child. We had the DVD and they said I'd constatly ask them to play it which makes sense since I was the stereotype of "Child whose favorite subject is animals and watches every animal related media they can find" but it's specially funny to adult me that apparently I liked this more than I did madagascar

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Scififan926 Dang

[@giannamagic]

SAME I thought I was the only one!!

[@dinosaysrawr]

And then you joined the furry fandom as an adult, yes?

[@giannamagic]

@@dinosaysrawr definitely not! lol

[@y1inae160]

Same here. Still can't wrap my head around the fact I was such fan, based on the review.

[@Fusilier7]

The Wild was actually a collaboration between Disney and C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, which is a Canadian CGI studio, this was its first and only animated feature. C.O.R.E. had collaborated with Disney before, such as Flubber 1996 and Beverly Hills Chihuahua, but ultimately, C.O.R.E. went defunct in 2010, and left behind this blotch carrying the Disney banner.

[@aarons6935]

Flubber was great to be fair.

[@andrewsanusi8462]

OMG I remember watching this movie while staying at my cousins place back in the early 2010’s, I thought it was a fever dream.

[@lunchsimulator3995]

same here. I definitely remember seeing trailers, but if you put a gun to my head and asked me if they were for a movie, I would have sworn that it must have been for something else.

[@Cruciian]

REAL. I have like, one memory of it because there were a few second of music I liked

[@chrislondo2683]

I remembered having to watch this twice in 6th grade.

[@senny-]

Same. I remember watching a movie about a lion finding his lost son once as a kid, and I remember really liking it. I remember tearing up. So THIS was that movie.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Whenever I see the Wild movie, it makes me think of that scene where Nigel plush doll saying _"I'm so cuddly, I like you!"_ that makes the Wildbeasts laugh engraved in my mind for years.

[@billybarnett9518]

Nigel is a scene stealer, I believe he even got the spotlight on the DVD binder, voiced by the hilarious Eddie Izzard.

[@lifeisadrag7705]

Nigel admittedly was the only fun character for me in this movie as a kid.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@lifeisadrag7705 Super hilarious

[@mastatheif9909]

The funniest shit

[@NeoGeo64]

@@billybarnett9518Didn’t that guy turn into a girl years after this movie?

[@JustAKnight]

This movie is totally a rip off, but I remember loving this movie just as much as Madagascar as a kid!

[@gabrieltheachillobator]

What's interesting is that this film was in production months before Madagascar, the release dates then making it unfortunate timing (Madagascar in 2005 while Wild was in 2006) knowing that information, this could mean that both are either highly coincidental in similarities during production or concepts getting split and 2 Studios made films with similar concepts executed differently (:v

[@theninjabird9510]

"this movie is totally a rip off" Is not a rip off

[@andrewoid4711]

​@@theninjabird9510it's a rip off mate

[@IDontKnowHowToNameMe]

@@andrewoid4711 Dude, did you even read the upper reply? It was in production before Madagascar came out

[@andrewoid4711]

@@IDontKnowHowToNameMe nah

[@Nasiruify]

The sad part is that my dad bought alot of pirated DVDs for me and my sister with this along side 2 hentai DVDs that he thought was kids shows called LA blue ninja(I think), so every time I remember this movie I remember my first introduction to hentai

[@radiomanhans]

oh my god that is.. extremely funny

[@metal_pipe9764]

😐

[@Doggieguts]

@@metal_pipe9764what do you mean by this

[@Bill_Cyper67]

I think hes mad because he cant watch hentai​@Doggieguts

[@metal_pipe9764]

@@Doggieguts "wtf"

[@chocodoeeyes]

Yeah I grew up with this, I still think the carnivore wildebeest cult is a cool idea. Surprisingly dark for this kind of movie

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@chocodoeeyes You know, the carnivorous wildebeest was mentioned in Victorious.

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

Correction: Disney Animation Studios didn't make this movie, it was made by a Canadian Animation Studio. Disney only handled the film's distribution in the United States.

[@sudimara7731]

3:55

[@zaidnail3544]

Fun fact: did you know samson's Original name in his concept art is Alexander. Also there's a deleted scene on DVD where ryans mother was in the zoo talking to the squirrel.

[@mikebeckett03]

HIS NAME IS VITAMIN BENNY!

[@midnights2631]

I wonder why they cut out the mom scene

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@midnights2631Me too

[@billybarnett9518]

@@midnights2631 I used to have the DVD and from what I can remember, it was time constraints, the director wanted to keep her in it.

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

I remember there also being a deleted dream sequence where the squirrel is a body builder who does heroic acts to win over the giraffe. Probably cut for looking very uncanny and pointless in the movies plot.

[@agente9988]

HEY IT IS NOT A MADAGASCAR RIPOFF. It is completely unique and has a different story it the same effect as Antz everyone accused that as being a copy of A Bug’s life.

[@HugeHaddock]

And it's not even that bad either. Yeah, the plot is simple. But it is decently entertaining to watch

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@HugeHaddockSame here

[@lilgordon1876]

​@@HugeHaddock I swear people just randomly start complaining about this movie for no reason. What they should focus on is the sh!t show that is released right now ( like the horrendous Megamind 2 series )

[@anonymousalien7417]

​@@lilgordon1876That's not a particularly good argument, though. There are already hundreds of videos/shorts mocking Megamind 2, obscure old movies like The Wild don't have as many videos talking about them, so they're already significantly more interesting.

[@606films9]

Before anyone says this is a rip off, a lot of movie scripts get passed around by different studios very very often. It's not impossible to see a movie come out one year, and another very similar come out the next year. Now, this probbaly is a rip off of Madagascar but just a little cinema major nerd out moment

[@certainlynotme1553]

it was in production before madagascar, btw. but got relased year later. poor timing kinda.

[@giantclaw138]

Just like that time two movies about the white house being invaded came out in 2013(?)

[@RAPPERScantSPELL]

@606films9 Funny enough, Madagascar is the ripoff. Katzenberg (Dreamworks) infamously stole ideas from other studios and rushed their projects out first, to make the other guys look like *they* ripped *them* off Culturally speaking it worked for Madagascar, it’s the more fondly remembered and Wild gets called the rip-off; but it didn’t work for Antz, most people prefer Bug’s Life and don’t care if it came out after, myself included

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

Little kid me was not prepared to think about the implications of a squirrel and giraffe being in a relationship.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Dalton_Boardman2000 Dang

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Dalton_Boardman2000 Do you know who would I ship? Larry the Green Anaconda and Viper from the Kung Fu Panda Movies.

[@billybarnett9518]

What about the implications of a donkey and dragon?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 Yeah

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 What do you think of my ship?

[@nidhoggr8193]

I actually love this movie!! I love how it was basically just a acid trip. It was crazy but It wasn't necessary bad. It was just weird.

[@theodoro3188]

I hear in Europe this film is the 46th animated feature in replacement of Chicken Little I would much rather have this be our film to copy DreamWorks instead of Chicken Little trying and failing miserably to be like it not just because its spoofing Madagascar, but because we have a dad that cares so much about his kid in contrast to Buck Cluck

[@terri3715]

That's false. it is included as the 46th film in the series, replacing Dinosaur not Chicken little when looking at some European lists of animated Disney films. It isn't, though, included on Disney's animation studio's list when looking at their film list, but that list does include both Dinosaur and Chicken little.

[@MugmanTheMugOfficial]

As bad chicken little was, it was still memorable enough.

[@PurpleGuy661]

@@MugmanTheMugOfficial Yea

[@PurpleGuy661]

@@catpoke9557 the dad and the people were the only thing that annoyed me the entire movie, and what I found out recently (somehow not before) is that they *never apologized.*

[@MugmanTheMugOfficial]

@@PurpleGuy661 the movie is so bad that it’s kinda good in someway..

[@hex9077]

They call the steak a rabbit because its shaped like a rabbit... Like cmon that was such an asinine criticism

[@apocalypticlovergirl]

yeah this person is finding ANY reason to hate when this movie was actually good, atleast it made my childhood 😭

[@thejaded]

A lot of review channels can be a bit nit picky. It's just kind of a thing.

[@hex9077]

@@thejaded yea I do get that on a level. Idk why but it just felt a bit silly when there is so much to focus on and bro goes on about steak 🤣

[@sweets_Cat88]

I remember seeing this movie in theaters and be like “ oh hey that’s beast boy “

[@UnicornFairy42]

Yeah 💚💚💚💚💚

[@rnbblade4ever]

Forgive me if I'm mistaken but, "Disney doesn't need to copy from anyone". Aren't most or all of Disney's biggest hits retellings of classic stories and fairy tails?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@rnbblade4ever Movies get copied a lot

[@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755]

yes, pretty much most of them are retellings.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@thatoneannoyingtornadosire8755 Yeah

[@constructionproduction4965]

That pigeon character, feels like it’s trying to be the character of king Julian

[@highrulerdiamond6717]

Yeah it sounds like the VA saw King Julian and tried to replicate it but has a couple missteps, like how some people try to do a russian accent only to end up sounding scottish

[@Ashbrash1998]

And yet it was in development before it

[@D4rkKn1ght311]

They spend the whole budget for this movie lincencing Coldplays "Clocks"

[@ManImTheVoid]

Ripoff? Yes Disney? No Terrible? It was stipid but very enjoyable.

[@KiraiKatsuji]

But it's production started before Madagaskar

[@thisisastrobbery363]

Its production started first

[@alphaghoul7882]

Definitely not a ripoff both The wild and over the hedge were top tier I it's time Madagascar was fun but didn't leave a lasting effect to remember

[@Alejandroigarabide]

My theory is that first they made this as a more serious movie, then Madagascar came out, and two correctioms were made to compete with Madagascar: 1) Humor was added (explaining why it looks rushed and out of place). 2) It was decided the island wouldn't be featured in marketing to avoid Madagascar comparissons. So they had to market the hell out of New York.

[@billybarnett9518]

This may very well have happened, according to the filmmakers, Ryan's mom was cut out of the film in November 2004. That was 7 months prior to Madagascar's release.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 But why was she cut out?

[@billybarnett9518]

@@UnicornFairy42 The filmmakers said there wasn't much for her to do besides hang out back at the zoo and they thought it made the story flow better by cutting out her and Benny's scene.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 Dang

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 I kind of thought the dream scene was a deleted scene

[@michaelstrong5383]

If you want to see a movie that's half-Finding Nemo, half-Madagascar.... Then you're better off just watching a double feature of both those films instead of this.

[@meta527II]

Or half-Lion King.

[@michaelstrong5383]

@@meta527II That, too. Another better movie to watch instead of this.

[@mastatheif9909]

Yeah because the wild is nothing like those and it's actually funny

[@brandonjacques7624]

The scene where the koala jumps on top of the fence while murdering his crotch in the process is a scene that has been burned in my memory since I first witnessed it.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@brandonjacques7624 That was funny

[@saturn1177]

First, it's not an Disney movie, don't know why in 2024 people still believe in that. And honestly I don't consider The Wild as and "Madagascar" rip off and neither think it's bad. ALSO people forget this movie went into production before Madagascar did, but Madagascar got release into the cinemas first. So it's not a rip off

[@alphaghoul7882]

Finally someone gets it it's usually in America where good films get criticized these films were gold of it's time the year is now 2024 they need to leave our films alone and focus on the terrible ones coming out today heck I rather The Wild over Madagascar any day they were funny but not that memorable in comparison

[@saturn1177]

@@alphaghoul7882 The Wild it's an very good movie and nothing alike Madasgacar but the protagonists being Zoo animals. But it's literally just that, the history it's different. But people are not ready for this conversation

[@billybarnett9518]

Conflicting rumors say that Madagascar was the knock off, as The Wild was apparently in production since the 90's as "Wild Life" and at one point, it was gonna be made in the same style as Dinosaur.

[@UnicornFairy42]

Yeah, Dinosaur and The Wild both had similar animation

[@jamieohjamie]

I love clicking on a random video essay to hear Splatoon music as a background noise.

[@PartypooperWithAGunOSC]

Same fr

[@kolonarulez5222]

I remember 3 things from this: 1. Cannibal wildebeests 2. A grossly animated koala 3. The sport of curling 🥌

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@kolonarulez5222 Dang

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@kolonarulez5222 Maybe you should watch the movie again.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@kolonarulez5222 Why did you think Nigel was grossly?

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

​@@UnicornFairy42He looks like a tubby man more than an actual koala lol

[@lordhawkridge4116]

I enjoyed this movie. I feel like you're hating on it because you feel it's a rip-off of Madagascar even though it was in producing beforehand.

[@thunderpantz]

Madagascar's cartoony character designs aged better. It's like comparing the Windwaker to Twilight Princess.

[@austinreed7343]

More like comparing Wind Waker to some Western game like Resistance or Hellgate London.

[@HopeKnutson-oy3ph]

There was a deleted scene for the wild that featured Ryan's mother, Galena. She was talking with Benny about going out of the city and helping Samson and the others find Ryan.

[@UnicornFairy42]

I think I remember that deleted scene

[@UnicornFairy42]

I wish the characters from Disney’s The Wild made cameo appearances and Once Upon a Studio. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@UnicornFairy42]

I wonder how Samson met Benny, Bridgett, Nigel, and Larry?

[@UnicornFairy42]

I wish the characters from Disney’s The Wild made cameo appearances and Once Upon a Studio. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@UnicornFairy42]

I think there should be a prequel to this movie

[@oddlymorbid]

this just unlocked an ancient memory... this was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. forgot it existed, I only vaguely remembered the circus scene and the one where benny and bridget see each other in the beginning (with the music and such). what a fever dream, had to immediately re-watch it and it brought back so many memories.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@oddlymorbid Dang

[@kitkat5596]

I actually liked The Wild more so then Madagascar as a kid honestly, I never liked the animals walking like humans and even as a child it irritated me. The talking? Sure! Walking like a human? My brain fried! XD

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@kitkat5596 Cool

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@kitkat5596 What about Zootopia? They had animals walking like humans.

[@LaeLiHeart]

i loved wild more in general i do like mada though

[@kitkat5596]

@@UnicornFairy42 It was meh, once again seeing the animals walking like that irritated me but I still watched it to see what it was about. I give it 5/10 rating, mostly do to the animals of course lol.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@kitkat5596 Cool

[@dompena1617]

Bro I dont know why yall call this movie bad this movie was a masterpiece but its not better than madagascar

[@alphaghoul7882]

Julian carried let's be for real if it wasn't for Julian the music wouldn't be so catchy the dancing and the beats attracted kids more and this is why I say The Wild is funnier while also being more serious in comparison

[@adrianinnecco8010]

One question I have is that why are they so hard on a lion cub for not being able to roar? Lion cubs don't come out of the womb knowing how to roar. That's like expecting an elementary schooler to have a bass voice.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@adrianinnecco8010

[@alphaghoul7882]

It's for the story because as you know lions are portrayed as the big bads in history so if the big bads look weak everyone is going to look at them as a fraud it's really as simple as that which is another reason why I love the show

[@scarlett_ink]

Seeing this again is a fever dream. This was one of those movies I watched a shit ton growing up because it was one of the random dvds we had and I completely forgot this movie existed, it was like an out of body experience seeing the thumbnail and having all these memories rush back to the forefront of my brain lmao seeing that fucking ice curling scene flooded my brain with all the times I watched this thing as a kid

[@billybarnett9518]

Fun fact: The movie was more successful on DVD.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 Really?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@scarlett_ink Maybe you should watch this movie again

[@billybarnett9518]

@@UnicornFairy42 Yes, it debuted at number one on the DVD sales chart in the US, selling 787,779 DVD units.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 Dang

[@SquatPenguin2]

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

[@zoelittlejohn5210]

Same :,)

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@zoelittlejohn5210 Me too

[@atsukana1704]

I am not sure wether to be happy and proud that you put splatoon music in a video, or mortified that it had to be paired with this movie…

[@RedFoxSkull]

This came out when I was 5, my mum took me to see it in the cinema. The only thing I remember about it was getting scared by the “wildebeest cooking them alive” part and crying. My mum took me out and we went home. I never saw the movie even once since then. Thanks for summing it up so I now know I didn’t miss anything! 👍

[@kingofflames738]

So you're telling me I wasn't suffering from fever dreams?

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

Madagasgar had unique character designes so that adds to the wacky comedy in contrast to the Wilds realistic designs.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@MayaLarsen-y3r Yeah, the animation to this movie and Dinosaur look-alike.

[@shauqiharris2772]

Honestly I prefer Madagascar's unique character designs over The Wild realistic designs.

[@MayaLarsen-y3r]

@@shauqiharris2772 totally

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@shauqiharris2772 I like the realistic designs

[@danofsteel785]

22:53 That's a hyrax. They look like rodents but are actually more closely related to elephants.

[@UnicornFairy42]

That's right.

[@wotanstag1512]

I mean as much as this being a rip-off aside, can I just ask if anyone else found it odd that this and Madagascar were set in the Central Park Zoo? I mean don't get me wrong, the CPZ is lovely and all, but it's way too small to fit most of the animals featured in either movie; the Bronx zoo is right there and it can fit all the animals featured in either film. NYC/S isn't just Manhattan (there's a whole other 4 boroughs in the city).

[@billybarnett9518]

Both movies also use the setting to do a bunch of product placement, I believe Toys R Us got placement in both of these.

[@Danielgaming80058]

0:14 those teeth would been ripped out clean from being pulled in the ice

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Danielgaming80058 Yup

[@sunnyshieldsvo588]

The koala is James Corden coded

[@UnicornFairy42]

His name is Nigel

[@billybarnett9518]

That's Eddie Izzard actually.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 I know

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 Are you talking about the man or the woman? I think there’s a woman that has the same name.

[@billybarnett9518]

@@UnicornFairy42 Man.

[@salam-peace5519]

Even in the scene where they travel the Times Square there isn't a single human being in the background. They turned Manhattan into a liminal space in this movie.

[@JaredSolis-ny7gy]

Surely they didn't include any in New York so that they could include the dogs, because if the filmmakers had, they would have called the police and Animal Control and taken Samson, Larry, Bridget and Nigel back to the zoo.

[@JaredSolis-ny7gy]

What do you think?

[@JaredZavala-h8x]

@salam-peace Yeah, well you imagine what if they were humans in Times Square

[@JaredZavala-h8x]

@salam-peace5519 but you can imagine it?

[@JaredSolis-ny7gy]

@@salam-peace5519 Yeah, imagine it

[@AwesomeVoltage]

You’ve unlocked a memory. I remember watching this movie way back in the day and many of the lines from the characters sound so familiar.

[@invaderzak11]

Realizing Samson was voiced by Kieffer Sutherland gave me whiplash.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@invaderzak11 Whiplash?

[@CalebratedGamer93]

I remember our parents renting this movie for us because we were so obsessed with Madagascar, And I just distinctly remember all of us quietly sitting through the movie, eating our dinner, no laughs, and then we never saw it again. Lol

[@northbrickproductions3358]

“Alex-Sampson” Funny how both lion’s names come together to make the name of a modern day singer 5:40

[@stephengarforth2753]

this use to air fairly frequently in my small towns local tv network when i was a teen, whenever it popped i would think "man i wish i was watching Madagascar instead"

[@EscapeReality123]

Oh my god this just unlocked a memory I forgot I have. I used to be OBSESSED with this movie as a kid

[@alphaghoul7882]

I kinda still am I just really wished there was a part two also the fact that I had to come here to figure out why the mom was missing makes me even more interested and personally I think they should've kept the mom

[@aoihitori]

Disney's well known Movies are not Original story from Disney to begin with like Pinnochio and most Disney Princesses so rip-off like this was not surprising at all.

[@karma1507]

I watched this movie as a kid. I don't remember when but I'd say it's been around a decade since then. I'm 22 right now so I don't remember it very well but the similarities between this movie and Madagascar stood out to me. Edit: Happy birthday 🥳

[@xavierwedel4691]

I literally forgot this movie existed until I saw the thumbnail. It’s all coming back now.

[@tristanabao6287]

This is the only "Rip off" that is actually pretty Good

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@tristanabao6287 Yeah

[@xavierwashington5408]

Its crazy how little this movie gets talked about 😂

[@dansemcpants]

i only recognise the voice actor for samson because of metal gear solid and i think that's the worst whiplash i've felt in a while

[@kylemeh]

A random Blockbuster purchase, random DVD I found in a box in storage, now a movie I watch as a 22 y/o to question reality 😂🥴💨

[@jackmarshall3255]

I remember being a kid and was so confused because I watched Madagascar then saw this and was like wait is this the same thing or something different my kid mind couldn’t wrap around that.

[@utatanepiko7087]

-is told that this is a Disney movie -immediately forget about that -"I guess it's not ripping it off if you're ripping it off from yourself" -be confused for the rest of the video -reminded this is a Disney movie

[@KiraiKatsuji]

This movie is a herrendous rip-off without actually being a rip-off due to production starting before Madagaskar.

[@pyros.]

I loved it.

[@KiraiKatsuji]

@@pyros. Mean horrendous rip off as in the ripping off not even being good besides very wide strokes. Not that the movie itself is horrendous

[@Styrophoamicus]

The only thing I clearly remembered about this movie is the penguin announcer for the curling game was voiced by Canadian sports commentator Don Cherry... who was later fired for making racist remarks about immigrants.

[@espenbuhaugsveinungsen]

I just realised there's wild African animals on a un-named island. Which sudjest their slightly different species. Like African vs Indian elephant. So maybe either this island was some sort of nature preserve or its a whole island of different species

[@UnicornFairy42]

The movie took place in Africa

[@billybarnett9518]

It seems intentionally vague, it's only ever referred to as "The Wild".

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 That’s weird

[@Dante9k]

Bruh this brought back so many memories. Now im starting to remember one with a Nutcracker that had a some sort of red ruby powering him or something (he wasn't the main character or anything, but i just vaguely remember that character) and another film with WW2 era birds/pigeons idk. they all felt like knock-offs of something

[@ghostrucok6617]

i liked it but the buffalos scared me as a kid

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@ghostrucok6617 They’re wildebeest 🙃

[@tdmediums]

i legit thought my child-brain just made this movie up one day, and forgot about it. Had NO IDEA it was a real movie. My mum must've thought it was madagascar and made me watch it 😭

[@LordPanda9259]

I remember this. They played this in my fourth grade reading class. I had almost forgotten, I thought it was some kind of fever dream, but no. Here it is.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@LordPanda9259 A trip down memory Lane

[@RaisinHook]

it wasent a script leak, the writer approached Disney first and they declined, but they hurd that Dreamworks was making Madagascar with the guy and retooled the plot synopsis with the recording of the original pitch

[@Operager]

I remember watching that once a few years ago when me and my brothers couldn't decide what to watch so we decided to watch the wild

[@bryanvelazquez2836]

I remember when watching that commercial onto KZbin when I was young. Afterwards, I did watch that movie that one time I’m feeling victim for Disney’s mixed bag films.

[@summerjonz]

They literally stole Puss in Boots's meowing sounds from Shrek

[@UnicornFairy42]

And they used that sound effect in Coraline

[@billybarnett9518]

@@UnicornFairy42 Probably a stock sound then.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 Right

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@billybarnett9518 Still, it’s a cute sound effect

[@alfb2453]

I only remember this movie because the DVD my grandma got had a Silent Hill preview after the "You wouldn't steal a car" bit. I was alone when I watched it and that preview gave me nightmares, so much so that I can't remember the story of The Wild and had avoided rewatching it.

[@gimmiekiwi]

6:03 ISNT THAT ALEX THE LION AS A PLUSH?

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@gimmiekiwi Yeah

[@stephan-kh9wp]

Bro i was actually just randomly thinking of this movie some days ago but forgot the name and now this pops in my recommended ☠️☠️

[@BillyBobJoe-d3f]

I grew up on this movie 💀

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@BillyBobJoe-d3f Same here

[@gustavonascimento231]

Yo, I actually remember this film very fondly. I remember watching it with my dad when I was little and we still sing the "pretty nice day" song. It's one of those things/movies I like not necessarily because of the plot or writing themselves, but the laughs I had when I was little. At least I remember the dub being funny (portuguese version at least, um salve pros meus mano brasuca)

[@chinorobua9596]

"mom can we go see madagascars" "No way , we have madagascars at home": madagascars at home:

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@chinorobua9596 What?

[@alphaghoul7882]

The Wild was better Madagascar just had better writing or story but The Wild was funnier in comparison Madagascar alsobhad catchy music so kids were drawn to it more but The Wild made better comedy gold and kids laughed more and if we're being honest king Julian carried the show without him it wouldn't be that hype

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@alphaghoul7882 Yeah

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@alphaghoul7882 The funnier the better

[@cesardavidlopezpolicio4559]

this is pretty much the only movie I've ever seen where a wildebeest is a villain. Props for that

[@JakeDudeIThink]

It being Disney is crazy

[@nyanpirethecat2257]

Disney only distributed this movie though. It doesn't count as a "Real Disney Movie" unless its animated by Disney Animation Studios.

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@JakeDudeIThink Nope, Disney is just being Disney

[@Kwisbyfwy223]

Oh my gosh i remember this! Childhood memory re-unlocked

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@Kwisbyfwy223 A trip down memory lane 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@frien_d]

they really can't write anything original containing a lion

[@ollie_last]

Watching this video felt like I was reliving a fever dream because while some scenes felt so familiar, others I‘d never seen before. And now I cannot make up my mind on if I‘ve seen this movie before as a kid or not

[@spookycreachre]

So it wasn't made by Disney, and it was in production before Madagascar was... not bothering to watch this one. I don't understand what kind of research went into this video if your big claims themselves are false.

[@tk-5268]

So many useless video essays these days

[@benjaminadkins2861]

That’s no Madagascar that’s the wild!😡

[@UnicornFairy42]

A lot of people get this movie mixed up

[@uncleqrow5941]

how could it be terrible the koala hitting his balls on a bar is the greatest moment in all of cinema

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@uncleqrow5941 Nigel

[@UnicornFairy42]

@@uncleqrow5941 That was hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SaltynSassy31]

OH MY GOD I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THIS MOVIR THIS JUST UNLOCKED SO MANY MEMORIES

[@barrypark1881]

Gotta say Dazz the stupid joke where the Steak is in the shape of a rabbit and Not Alex says " mmmm rabbit" made me laugh more than I should have when I was younger

[@quakethedoombringer]

I mean, spoiler alert but that's kinda a foreshadowing. Sam has never been in the wild before so he doesn't know what actual rabbit looks like, hence the confusion with rabbit shaped steam

[@rowdy8488]

Finally I’ve been waiting for someone to review this

[@kristinahuchison2511]

I didn’t have a lot of Disney movies growing up, but oddly enough I had this one on DVD as well as Madagascar. I remember thinking how dumb this movie was and it was the Walmart version of the Lion King and Madagascar. Really the only part I liked was Nigel being turned into a god, everything else just felt so off. Do the Lion King 2 please!

[@AnthonyShevenock]

my family watched this movie in theaters and the only thing we were thinking while watching this was 'wait, this was made by Disney? this looks like something made by an extremely inept film studio.'

[@WhoTheHeckIsMeg]

Mum said we had Madagascar at home. Madagascar at home:

[@masteryoraerasante]

I remember this movie. Well, I remembered after seeing the thumbnail-- Wait, that was a DISNEY movie? Seriously, I thought it was linked to that old adult animation series with the white lions. Father of the Pride, if I remember right?

[@Shaunanigans6060]

This is one of my guilty pleasure films

[@UnicornFairy42]

Well, when I watched Titan A.E., when Stith came out and spoke. I was like “She sounds kind of familiar.” And then I realized that she was Bridget