Disney's WILD Madagascar Knock-Off from 2006

My fifth grade teacher used to show us Disney's THE WILD (2006) almost as if to punish us. This weird Madagascar rip-off left a very feint and feverish memory in our heads. Now, we must relive this movie together faithful viewer.
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[@austinmitchell2652]

Its scary that this movie somehow has more of an art style than the "live action" lion king

[@choo_choo_]

If you count "this film was made with currently existing technology" as a style, then sure. It looks the way it does because of the tech and expertise they had at the time. They were clearly aiming for something closer to realism, but that's as good as they (they meaning that studio) could get.

[@juandiegotorres9632]

Makes sense though, cause the live action was meant to be hyper realistic

[@garrettscott6948]

I know

[@andreworders7305]

The fact that it’s the highest grossing animated film of all time is depressing

[@McSpeedster2000]

ROFL

[@mrx4022]

The characters still have more personality than the 2019 Lion King.

[@thatonea-hole]

*BUT THAT'S NOT SAYING MUCH!!*

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

me when seeing both films side to side : “you're both equally terrible”

[@chey6073]

@@joshuagonzalez4183Terrible for different reasons tho

[@josephrusso4828]

This animation reminds me of Happy Feet, realistic yet cartoony. If you have time, you should check out jungle book 2016 and Mowgli: legend of the jungle. Both of these films had animals with more expressive faces. You can also check out Aslan from the 2005 narnia and the modern planet of the apes films, same thing with them.

[@jdmathews312]

​@@josephrusso4828 with Happy Feet the realistic yet uncannyness actual works, The Wild needed a more cartoony style to fit the movie's vibes

[@johnreich1878]

Damn that fur physics and lighting interpolation on it is honestly QUITE impressive for 2006

[@untunedguitar45]

Basically it’s a 90-minute tech demo

[@phoebusapollo8365]

@@untunedguitar45 no that’s the 2019 Lion King This atleast has a bit of heart in it

[@VideoSmarts1]

@@phoebusapollo8365no, that was a two hour tech demo

[@RichterTheRat]

We had more impressive fur in video games at the time.

[@Omnibushido-]

@@RichterTheRat No, we really did not. At least not from what I remember or in any of the games I still play from that time. What games are you thinking about?

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

I remember having the dvd home release as a kid. And man, even THAT was low effort. Almost NO special features at a time when special features like bloopers and simple minigames were THE reason to get the dvd version!

[@supper_e1823]

Huh. Another comparison between this and Madagascar is that movie’s DVD release had a TON of random special features. It had secret side selections and a whole code cracking thing going on in all the menus, and when you completed it, you got to play a quick time event style stealth game with the penguins. It was pretty interesting.

[@thatonea-hole]

​@@supper_e1823 Along with the ICONIC Penguins 🐧 of Madagascar Christmas 🎄 short!

[@supper_e1823]

@@thatonea-hole indeed

[@theWanderersnotebook]

@@thatonea-hole Kaboom?

[@jojomayard7233]

@@thatonea-hole Kid: Hey Mom, Can we get Madagascar on DVD please Mom: No sweetie we have Madagascar at home Madagascar at home: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIbHaWhni9SMsLc

[@constantine229]

The only reason I remember this movie is because me and my brother had two crappy happy meal toys of coala doing the statue of liberty pose. And it always pissed me off. They were big and useless and stood out against mostly legos and kinder toys. Literally the only time we used them is to proxy statue of liberty. The worst part is i can stil vividly remember every texture on this damn thing. The fur, the fire of the torch, rough bricks on the sides of base. Hate this damn panda. Both of them.

[@delusion5867]

I think everyone has one shitty happy meal toy ingrained into their mind, I remember a gross rubbery puss in boots toy that just span when you turned a crank, THATS IT

[@JesusS39781]

i had the same toy i always thought it was ugly

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

​@@delusion5867I somehow as a kid got ahold of what I believe was a Happy Meal's toy for the _Gargoyles_ animated series. It was the main gargoyle encased in stone "petals" held together by spring tension, and by pressing a button the stone would spin, with the centrifugal force splaying apart the "petals" as they spun around and thus revealed the character. You can bet your ass I did my best to spin that thing at like Mach 5 speed, lol.

[@fookvisuals]

Wtf bro I remember exactly tht toy

[@TheShut1]

"Hate this damn panda" broooo why are you badmouthing pandas they have nothing to do with this noooo

[@safebox36]

I find it weird / incredible that out of all the less popular Disney films, this is one I almost never see defended or even remembered. Even Black Cauldron gets more attention, and it was cast so far into the Disney Vault it's never been re-released.

[@qmto]

I've seen more people say "remember Dinosaur (2000)?" than this film.

[@captainshadowfox]

I think I had a dvd of the black Cauldron, or I think my auntie had a VHS tape of ut

[@safebox36]

@@captainshadowfox I had it on VHS, but I think it was one of the hardest Disney movies to find copies of until D+

[@Kjtheartist933]

I found a DVD copy randomly in a game store! I had forgotten all about it. Glad I could relive that movie again😊

[@captainshadowfox]

@@safebox36 god damn

[@arandompasserby7940]

I'm honestly kind of interested in the backstory of THE WILD (2006) now that I'm older. For example, the Bug's Life / Antz thing happened due to Jeffrey Katzenberg splitting from Disney, and taking the concept of a movie about insects with him when he founded Dreamworks. So I wonder how the Madagascar / THE WILD (2006) backstory unfolded.

[@j01sonofsleazy]

from what i know, the development of the wild actually started in 2000, it got its story changed (maybe) multiple times or something

[@SHADOWGUY425]

the outline of the plot was written and sold to both studios afaik

[@raydhen8840]

I always interested when similar idea simultaneously conceived from 2 different sources. Stuff like Dennis the Menace (US & UK version, which is back before internet was a thing even)

[@josephrusso4828]

I’m glad you mentioned this. People immediately label this movie a ripoff, as if twin films wasn’t a thing 🤦‍♂️

[@EvasiveOne]

I definitely saw this movie in theaters as a kid and forgot every second of it thank you Junko for reminding me of this ❤️

[@ConradTheArtHistoryGuy2008]

Wow

[@abrahamcortina6322]

Did you enjoy it, or nah?

[@rainbowsnek]

same, god it looked so familiar, and then i saw the seen with the ice hockey or whatever and i suddenly got ptsd flashbacks to sitting on the carpet floor of some family friend's house and being super invested in watching this which theyd put on as a throwaway movie to keep the kids entertained

[@Mrsukiemo]

is no one gonna talk about how CRAZY GOOD THAT PATRICK WARBURTON IMPRESSION WAS??

[@abrahamcortina6322]

He's the Joe/Kronk guy

[@OrderOTCB]

The Wild somehow unironically lives in my head rent-free. I don't know why. I barely remember it, but I could never forget it existed.

[@josephrusso4828]

I remember it too.

[@probableflaws3597]

Every Junko upload is like a fresh homemade submarine packed full of death sticks making it past a coast guard picket line.

[@ceneblock]

You wanna buy some death sticks?

[@TheRealXanPro78]

Whatever I just read must be good since I don’t understand it at all

[@ianb.2575]

​@@TheRealXanPro78attack of the clones

[@Copter200]

​@@TheRealXanPro78 implodable submarine.

[@gruntingskunk2237]

My experience with Wild was, in all seriousness, watching it in school on a TV on one of those rolling tables. Wow. It was probably 5th grade for me as well. Though my teacher wasn’t hungover, I was.

[@matthewhunter1193]

That Patrick Warburton impression was spot-on!

[@DarrenJensen1]

Props on the best Patrick Warburton impression on the internet

[@abrahamcortina6322]

Wasn't he also in Open Season and Hoodwinked that same year?

[@josephrusso4828]

@@abrahamcortina6322 Yes. He’s been in a lot of animated movies. Emperor’s New Groove, Bee Movie, etc. He’s also been on Seinfeld and family guy

[@ThierryRocksTV]

This movie may be medicore af and way less watchable than Madagascar, but it introduced me to the bands Coldplay and Lifehouse at a young age, so it has a place in my heart ❤

[@burningember9744]

I had the same experience, this movie was the single thing that got me into Coldplay so its the only reason a still remember it and call it one of the most influential movies in my life

[@SeekerGoldstone]

I'm glad to hear that Coldplay still has younger/newer fans. All of their older fans died of boredom years ago. :p

[@ThierryRocksTV]

@@SeekerGoldstone I don't like what they put out after Viva La Vida

[@beepbeeplettuce5890]

​@@burningember9744that's sad

[@acsone3546]

@@ThierryRocksTVeveryday life is great

[@dustingmyguitars]

I thought this movie was a sequel to Madagascar and got my mom to take me to see it. Nice memory of watching it with her, I remember her being slightly put off by it's more strange choices.

[@novelezra]

This comment is too wholesome for youtube.

[@dustingmyguitars]

@@novelezra hahaha

[@Takinthehobbitstoisengard]

What made you think that? That doesn't even make sense.

[@xionkuriyama5697]

​@@Takinthehobbitstoisengardbeing a child and seeing funny talking animals in new york probably

[@Takinthehobbitstoisengard]

@@xionkuriyama5697 they have completely different animation styles, none of the characters look like the ones in Madagascar, and it literally says it's a disney movie on the poster, and Madagascar is a dreamworks movie.

[@markeyiszra]

That's a great Patrick Warburton impression.

[@rtlthemusician5598]

You gotta support the team

[@jakedebruin2246]

Ironically that gba game has Samson fighting and taking down hordes of enemies, considering how in the movie he was too “domestic” to fight anyone.

[@josephrusso4828]

I always thought it was really compelling how Samson felt helpless to fight because he was raised in captivity. Even before he admitted it, you could tell he was afraid and avoided fights as much as possible. It’s a fairly unique concept and it doesn’t get the credit it deserves.

[@limegreensquid]

I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking this still looks better than new Lion King! They can do faces! Why didn't they?

[@josephrusso4828]

I also kind of like this animation, it reminds me of Happy Feet. If you have time, you should check out jungle book 2016 and Mowgli: legend of the jungle. Both of these films had animals with more expressive faces. You can also check out Aslan from the 2005 narnia and the modern planet of the apes films, same thing with them.

[@johntodd3910]

Yes also Kazar is probably my favorite wildebeests are my favorite animal Interesting he wants to be predator which is new cause I see he’s watched his kind hunted by lions William shatner played a good job

[@haha_hollie]

thank you for blessing me with perhaps the worst thumbnail i have ever seen, yungjunko. this is the best birthday present ever.

[@YungJunko]

Its living inside your walls! Happy birthday!!! 🥳

[@luckyy3691]

Happy belated birthday Grandpa 🎂

[@CranberryCartoons]

the opening to the movie has always stuck with me, there's some really neat stylised CG for the time with how much they pushed it to be more cartoony shame the rest of the movie couldn't have looked that weird & wacky

[@josephrusso4828]

I liked the opening logo, or title sequence, definitely creative.

[@safebox36]

"It's weird that A Bugs Life and Antz came out around the same time." Far from, Katzenberg was in regular talks with friends who still worked at Disney and Pixar. And there's more than enough circumstantial evidence to suggest that he actively did this multiple times given how Disney and Dreamworks film releases just happened to have similar premises releasing within the same 12 month window.

[@Lakitu1134]

10:16 That’s an insanely good impression

[@murciadoxial8056]

... somehow they combined madagascar 1 and madagascar 2 into one movie... even though madagascar 2 wasn't even out yet

[@hassanalkhalaf1115]

Probably because the concept isn't that original

[@ww2germanhero]

Funny that there is even the sacrifice in a volcano thing.

[@Sigh95]

Thank you for getting that damn “Move It” song stuck it my head for the next month. You can expect my therapist’s bills in your mail.

[@oddsamurai1]

This video unlocked a memory I didn't know I had, I'm pretty sure I really liked it as a kid but I doubt I'd be able to finish it now. Truly the actual forgotten disney animated movie.

[@smashblaster1-up190]

Junko does a good impression of Patrick Warburton

[@montanajackson3713]

I remember liking both this film and Madagascar as a kid.

[@qrowing]

I managed to remember this thing a month or two back! Glad to see someone else does, because honestly it feels like a fever dream.

[@Jakepearl13]

The only thing I remember from this movie is getting me into clocks by Coldplay. That scene where they’re oohing and ahhing at the city still sticks to me to this day

[@JUMPYCOOL]

I absolutely lost it at “Do the SHREK 4 CLIP!”

[@jackhowitzer432]

When I was in 5th grade our entire class was taken to the gym to watch this on a big projector, we also watched Mel Gibson's The Patriot too. Looking back, it's kind of hard to believe they were allowed to show us that.

[@amethyst_cat9532]

Yeah, people would've rioted if my school had pulled that. We had to wait until high school before watching The Patriot and even then we needed to get permission slips signed because it was rated R and we were all like fifteen

[@PTS-Maid]

​@@amethyst_cat9532Really? That's dumb. In my highschool English class we watched "Oh brother where art thou" and we didn't need any signed paper slips.

[@PTS-Maid]

​​@@amethyst_cat9532We also watched "To kill a mockingbird" when we were reading about the book.

[@kel5174]

The Wild was a memory I refused to forget because I had the DvD for it. Would rewatch it so much because I found the animation process fascinating. One of the funniest movies I watched as a kid too. Don't know. It did a well job not leaving me bored. Included some good songs too.

[@josephrusso4828]

I agree

[@snoochieboochies6957]

I know I watched this movie quite a bit through pay-per-view when it came out when I was roughly 5, I know that vividly and yet my brain never fails to just forget this movie exists at all

[@birddad]

I had the GBA game as a kid, and man I forgot all about it until seeing your gameplay. The squirrel levels were always the worst, I could never get past them

[@El_Omar2203]

Funny how The Wild not only feels like a Madagascar ripoff, but also a Barnyard ripoff in some extents, with its varied attempts at absurd, bizarre humor, the animals having a party-like lifestyle at night and the Adam Sandler-like dynamics of the protagonists.

[@abrahamcortina6322]

Speaking of Adam Sandler, didn't Otis's actor played the Frankenstein from the Transylvania movies?

[@mookgoon]

That part about the teacher is oddly specific yet relateable

[@sunbirth4795]

slight correction; If you are to experience no other part of this film, PLEASE look up the 'Really Nice Day' song and listen to it. It's actually a fucking good song for no goddamn reason and i regularly get it stuck in my head

[@abrahamcortina6322]

Just like the goat song from Hoodwinked 🤣

[@Kittenfox_55]

I remember seeing some of this film on T.V (I think the Disney Channel) at a beach house my Mom's friend had us invited too.

[@joshuav875]

I say, the animation in The Wild is more expressive than the 2019 lion King remake

[@abrahamcortina6322]

I always compare the Lion King remake to The Wild when I first saw in theaters (and I enjoyed it too)

[@SuperMarioSaurusRex]

I actually grew up watching this movie many times when I was like five or six years old, and it was super fun to watch for young me, considering the fact that my favorite animals are lions and they still are to this day.

[@patrickbb9470]

I remember the trailer for this movie playing. A kid in the theater said, "they copied the other one!"

[@deeko_z86]

I too had a weird history with The Wild as I only ever saw it through a bootleg dvd but from Mexico when I was short when me and my family went to Jalisco to visit relatives. It also had Ice Age The Meltdown and Over The Hedge. Though with Ice Age, it would lead to a separate menu that's using the movie's official website as a menu for audio and subtitles. But with Over the Hedge, the quality was super pixely compressed and there was no sound. So it was an odd movie that I would mostly watch it in the Spanish dub because of how I watched it growing up. Same with The Sword and the Stone as we only had the Spanish dubbed VHS of it.

[@Gojirawars03]

The Wild was actually made first, and it’s the one I watched way more as a kid. I think it’s an underrated gem, honestly.

[@josephrusso4828]

I agree

[@ucipitalmapilary]

+

[@alexistaswell1247]

[phone]

[@ww2germanhero]

It was pretty enjoyable, however not very rewatchable.

[@ww2germanhero]

It was pretty enjoyable, however not very rewatchable.

[@urmums.potatos89]

This thumbnail is everything 😭😭✨

[@Gamerguy-ud1zo]

The one positive I can say is that the animation is technically better and has a little more detail than Madagascar did in some places.

[@ChatterboxFM]

It was still really easy to teeter into the uncanny valley with mid-00s CGI. Madagascar and Ice Age managed to work because there was a cohesive design language for the whole world. Everything in The Wild is either too shiny, too off-model, too realistic, or somehow a combination of the three.

[@delusion5867]

I think I prefer Madagascar because of how it’s stylised it’s harder to see some of the imperfections especially over time. The wild is trying so hard to be realistic that now it looks extremely obsolete

[@hassanalkhalaf1115]

They actually look like real animals. Madagascar characters look like plastic and gummy

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

@@ChatterboxFM yeah,same here

[@joshuagonzalez4183]

@@delusion5867👍🏻

[@user-tw3rh9po4t]

I definitely remember it was about a young lion finding his roar. I feel like Disney themselves took inspiration from this for that Lion King cartoon.

[@antusFireNova]

Had a lot of fun watching this video, especially when you edited movie clips over mufasa's death 😂 And you intrigued me in checking out the GBA game You gained a sub

[@somecitrus7561]

The 6th actually funny media coverage youtuber on earth needs more views dammit

[@sc20kshotgun]

That was a very good Warburton.

[@billyyank1916]

I remember seeing a preview for this movie in a dvd once and wondered what it was like. Thanks to you, that question has been answered.

[@dat_Rasta]

Best commentary and editing award goes to you 😭😭😭😭

[@someoneelse1534]

I've never ever seen this movie but the line "who put that bar there" lives rent free in my head from the commercial.

[@coltranebartlett590]

All i remember from the advertising of this movie was seeing the clip of "Who put that bar there" so many goddamn times 😂 i dont remember anything else from the movie tbh

[@ShogunGin0]

It took me a while to recognize where the base image for your thumbnail came from. Clever dust bin.

[@dinosaysrawr]

The only things I remember about this movie are the chameleons, the Shatner wildebeest, and the weirdness of an animated film doing the whole "trying to pass off Toronto as New York" thing you sometimes see in live-action shows and movies.

[@Hatsunemigulover]

This is the first of your videos I’m seeing and gotta say Love that intro

[@lechugastudiosyt7465]

Am I weird for having liked this movie as a kid and really wanting to rewatch it 😭

[@josephrusso4828]

Not weird at all, I’m the same way 😀

[@SRMC957]

@@josephrusso4828me too

[@abrahamcortina6322]

This wonderful movie had so much potential that has no reason to be hated because the story itself was incredible and I thought there's going to be a franchise after it (as I always dreamed of) but nothing happened due to so much hatred to this poor masterpiece

[@fritzyboi6390]

I've been recently thinking about that movie after remembering I saw some parts of it on those portable DVD players. I always thought about an alternate timeline where The Wild got all those sequels and spinoffs while Madagascar only had one movie

[@dstopianmusic]

You’re one of the coolest creators on the site man keep it up 😎

[@RoyC64]

A Movie and Game Review about a film no one cares about… YES PLZ!!

[@Commandocat]

I remember seeing this on a coming soon to video thing that would play before a movie

[@STICKOMEDIA]

Ah yes... The Wild 💀

[@thatonea-hole]

Some would call it a *MAD* ripoff

[@markeyiszra]

The Wild!? Woah....

[@crazyuniverseart3537]

I saw this once as a kid and it gave me that nervous feeling like when you are in a bad dream. Then, I thought it was a fever dream for the rest of my life till now.

[@Flow-.-]

I had it on DVD as a kid , but it was scratched to hell and would never work, that made me want to watch is so bad, but never did get it to work

[@FRPWR]

I knew I didn't dream this up, thanks for proving my fever dream a memory 🙏🏼

[@nunyabusiness4904]

For my family this is decinitely a "Netflix movie" one us kids minda wanted to see but not too badly so we waited for it to be available through Netflix DVD rentals, watched it once before sending it back. All in all this movie was in our house for a couple days at best and I don't think me or my siblings even finished watching it.

[@malachiallen1517]

1:17 "Hippo Twerk" You have no idea how many people that have been on the Internet for too long have been getting hooked on stuff like this from 2005-2006 💀

[@user-ls2ve8ib3d]

Good job on the video, man 👍

[@djmutt2000]

I remember when I was 7ish, I had animal toys and I enjoyed acting out this movie with them lol

[@michaelbrent1536]

I was 9 years old When I saw movies like The Wild,Delgo,Happily Never After, Robot and Hoodwink!Now that I’m 26 movies don’t really hold up 2023 to 2024. I wish any company rebooted the franchise, make them like the spider verse or Puss in boots the last wish!

[@qrowing]

Oh, man.. _Delgo_ is one I totally forgot about.

[@jesterdk]

I give you a thumbs up and a comment (ForTheAlgorithm!) EVEN THOUGH you just put that song on your end credits. That's how good your work still is. Hahahah Positive Vibes - great vid!

[@dabestyoutube5433]

Killer Warburton Impression Awesome vid too 👍

[@pumkinpatchwork]

the animation is incredible though, especially for 2006 wow

[@abrahamcortina6322]

Along with Over the Hedge, Open Season, and Happy Feet

[@stylintylin77]

wow never watched this one as a kid and almost wish I did. And a movie about wildebeests worshipping a stuff koala bear under an active volcano sounds like a perfect plot for a different animated film haha. Another classic Yungjunko

[@basslinegrave]

i got this movie as a kid on like a bootleg dvd or something, and i watched it several times cause i found it silly and funny so i cant really hate on it even though i see its flaws... i guess it was a guilty pleasure for me indeed

[@ColeHalford]

Why is it that it seems like every time, a student has a horrible teacher in their life, then the student ends up becoming successful?

[@ChelseaPariella]

What horrible teacher?

[@603xxg]

I has the audio cassette tape of the book(?) version of this movie. I used to listen to it every night for a period of my life.

[@nicholascooney]

A new Junko video on my birthday? That's trash compactorrific

[@ajlaro]

Babe wake up, there’s fresh junko

[@thatonea-hole]

*AH YO!!!*

[@TylerMcNamer]

This movie is just... WILD.

[@waterdrinker4706]

I love you junko

[@gnbman]

Disney was salty about cheap cash-in movies copying their successes, so they decided to release one of their own.

[@bryceholbert6015]

Personally this movie has a special place in my heart, watched it so many times on road trips and it honestly has a lot of memorable lines 😂

[@Andromeda14161]

Weirdly enough, I enjoyed this movie as a kid. Even now, i consider it more "meh" than bad. There are some surprisingly good lines in it and some ideas, like you said, COULD have been more fleshed out into their own stories and even been good. But as is, it is definitely one of the movies of all time.

[@huntercool2232]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembers this movie

[@LOADEDPISTOL]

YESSSS PEOPLE ARE FINALLY FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS MOVIE, my father showed me this movie as a kid and my sister completely forgot about it but that one scene where the kid gets taken away stuck with me so much 😂😂

[@joshuaW5621]

This movie is a weird cross between Finding Nemo and Madagascar, but without the charm of either of them.

[@tonnytigertickles]

Your content is great 🤘

[@Zabrakjedi]

Unironically one of my favorite movies. The Coldplay part lives in my head rent free.

[@jacktaylor6155]

7:58 hold up! Dude you're the lost member of the Boyo6. Good to have you back!🎉

[@lordfrieza3792]

That was a really good Joe impression.

[@ManyFaceImpressions]

This movie was part of my childhood, I forgot about it but I somehow remember every single scene 😂

[@jonmcintyre1144]

“The Adventures of Jack Bauer Who Dresses Up Like A Lion And Has 24 Hours To Find Beast Boy in His Lion Form”

[@McSpeedster2000]

Feels like an Illumination movie before Illumination existed.

[@dinomation]

Ah yes, my biggest guilty pleasure movie of all time.

[@wilbourke4188]

1:52 that’s now how i remember the boy tipping bit in Barnyard, why does it look so… off?

[@SuperCaleb360]

The only thing I remember about this movie is that the squirrel liked the giraffe, and that was kind of messed up.

[@Exlayer-pk8hy]

He likes tall girls. respect.

[@jacktaylor6155]

Hey i want that thumbnail! Its so good 😂

[@shawnotoole9195]

Your voice is capable of doing a perfect Patrick Warburton. BRAVO!