The Funniest Scenes in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Who knew a Welcome to the Jungle could be this hilarious? The 2017 blockbuster Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle took audiences on a wild, laugh-out-loud adventure through a video game world filled with absurdity, action, and plenty of comedy gold. Let’s revisit the 10 most side-splitting moments from this uproarious ride.

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10. “Don’t Cry, Don’t Cry. It’s Gonna Be Okay, Martha. Don’t Cry!”

• Upon entering the game, the teens discover their new avatar bodies – and Bethany is horrified to find herself in the form of middle-aged Professor Shelly Oberon (Jack Black).

• Bethany’s exaggerated shrieks and over-the-top despair at being “an overweight, middle-aged man” kick off Jack Black’s genius portrayal of a self-obsessed teenage girl trapped in a man’s body.

• The absurdity of hearing a grown man sob “I can’t even with this place” in a valley girl accent sets the tone for the film’s signature brand of body-swap humour.

9. Meet the Avatars

• After transforming into the game, each character discovers their avatar’s strengths and weaknesses through a stats screen.

• While Dwayne Johnson’s Dr Smolder Bravestone boasts countless strengths like “fearless” and “smouldering intensity,” Kevin Hart’s diminutive zoologist Mouse Finbar lists weaknesses such as “cake” and “strength.”

• The stats parody common video game tropes while allowing each actor to lean into their avatar’s defining (and often absurd) traits.

8. “If He Kills You, You Lose a Life. You Get Three Lives.”

• Upon encountering their first threat in the jungle, guide Nigel (Rhys Darby) casually reveals that the characters can die in the game.

• However, they each have three lives, shown by a trio of tattoo bars on their arms.

• Nigel’s nonchalant delivery of this crucial (and terrifying) piece of information highlights the characters’ peril while undercutting it with a typically game-like conceit.

7. Mouse’s Margarita

• While attempting to escape a pack of bloodthirsty hippos, Mouse mixes a margarita in a comically undersized travel blender.

• His bizarrely timed bartending prompts an exasperated Fridge (Kevin Hart) to exclaim, “Are you seriously making a drink right now?”

• The gag works on multiple levels – showcasing Mouse’s weakness for leisure, the game’s absurd adherence to side quests, and Hart’s reliably sharp comic delivery.

6. “I Think We’ve Established That Rubies Don’t Go in Our Mouths, Right?”

• Early on, the gang discovers a glowing green jewel, which Shelly immediately pops into his mouth, only to keel over and lose his first life.

• Later, when they find another essential jewel piece, Smolder stops Shelly from making the same mistake, sarcastically reminding him that precious stones aren’t meant for eating.

• It’s a great callback gag that also reinforces Bethany’s struggle to adapt to her new circumstances.

5. Dance Fighting

• During a marketplace brawl, Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan) discovers her “dance fighting” skills, which allow her to execute elaborate combat moves to the tune of Big Mountain’s “Baby, I Love Your Way.”

• The creatively choreographed sequence combines slo-mo action with killer dance moves, as Ruby twirls, high-kicks, and hair-whips her way through a crowd of gun-toting goons.

• It’s a standout action set piece that also slyly mocks the male-gazey nature of female avatars in video games.

4. Cake Makes Me Explode

• While sneaking into the villain’s base, the group encounters Fridge’s weakness: cake, which causes him to explode.

• Upon respawning, Fridge exasperatedly laments, “Cake makes me explode! I can’t even with this place.”

• It’s a perfect encapsulation of the film’s wonderfully stupid sense of humour, making literal Fridge’s video game weakness while giving Hart a chance to shine.

3. Flirting 101

• When Bethany has to distract two guards, Shelly channels his inner teenage girl and proceeds to flirt with / psychologically destroy the men.

• From negging (“Your top half is outrageous!”) to clueless seduction (“Do you like boards?” “What kind of music do you listen to?”), Jack Black fully commits to embodying a teen girl failing at flirting.

• The scene is a cringy master class in Jack Black’s go-for-broke brand of comedy.

2. Smolder’s Smoldering Intensity

• Throughout the film, Smolder Bravestone (Dwayne Johnson) can use his “smouldering intensity” skill to stare down various characters to get his way.

• In one scene, he manages to make a helicopter pilot let them fly away simply by fixing him with a commanding blue steel gaze.

• The bit perfectly skewers the video game hero’s exaggerated machismo while letting Johnson show off his impressive eyebrow-acting skills.

1. You’re the Killer of Men?

• In the film’s climax, the gang finally confronts big bad Van Pelt (Bobby Cannavale), who ominously summons his right-hand man, the vicious “Killer of Men.”

• Everyone nervously awaits the arrival of this murderous henchman – only to discover that the “Killer of Men” is just a screeching, rampaging squirrel!

• Van Pelt’s deadpan ferocity coupled with the anticlimax of his tiny minion perfectly captures the film’s irreverent take on video game villainy.

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From Jack Black’s inspired vocal fry to Dwayne Johnson’s arched eyebrows, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a start-to-finish giggle fest that doesn’t skimp on the action or the gaming references. It’s the rare fourquel that manages to be funnier than the original. So grab your margarita (no blender required) and let this welcome to the jungle movie take you on a hilarious joyride.

FAQs

1. Is Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle a sequel to the original 1995 film?

   While Welcome to the Jungle features the same basic premise of characters being sucked into a game, it’s more of a spiritual successor than a direct sequel. However, it does feature a few clever nods to the original.

2. What video game references does Welcome to the Jungle include?

   The film is packed with knowing winks to gaming tropes, from tutorial NPCs to silly side quests to comically useless items. But you don’t have to be a gamer to get the jokes.

3. Is Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle appropriate for kids?

   With some rude humour, action violence, and scary creatures, it’s best suited for kids 11 and up. The film is rated PG-13 in the US.

4. How much did Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle gross at the box office?

   The film was a smash hit, raking in $962 million worldwide on a $90-150 million budget, making it the fifth highest-grossing movie of 2017.

5. Is there a sequel to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle?

   Yes, Jumanji: The Next Level was released in December 2019, reuniting all the main cast members for another trek into the jungle. It too was a box office success, grossing $800 million globally.