The Wild (film)

The Wild is a 2006 American computer animated family film, directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams, produced by Clint Goldman and assistant produced by Jim Burton. It was a C.O.R.E. Feature Animation production distributed by Walt Disney Pictures on April 14, 2006, in the United States. A whole new breed of tourist. (taglines)

Dialogue

 * [Ryan had accidentally caused a stampede at a curling game. Samson angrily glares at him]
 * Ryan: [nervously] I told you I'd come to the game. [chuckles]
 * Samson: You think this is funny? You just endangered everyone in the zoo!
 * Ryan: I'm sorry.
 * Samson: For what? Chasing the Gazelles or costing us the game? All you do is sit up in your tree and sulk!
 * Ryan: If you would just…
 * Samson: I mean, what is it?! What's the problem?! Is all of this because you can't roar?!
 * [Ryan looks hurt. Samson's eyes widen in worry about what he angrily said to him]
 * Samson: Ryan, I didn't mean that.
 * Ryan: You know what I'm doing when I'm sulking up in my tree? I'm thinking how great it would be if Samson the Wild wasn't my father.
 * Samson: Why? Ryan, I… I didn't…
 * Ryan: 'Cause it would make being Ryan the Lame a whole lot easier. [angrily runs off]
 * Samson: Ryan, I'm sorry. Ryan! Please don't… leave.
 * Larry: [shows up] Bye, Ryan! Thanks for coming to the game. And you were worried he wouldn't show up.


 * Bridget: Benny, please tell me we're not in a dangerous jungle with an 8-inch squirrel protecting us?
 * Benny: Actually, I'm 9 inches. But other than that, yes.
 * Bridget: So that means...
 * Nigel: We are going to die! [screaming]
 * [Larry, Bridget and Nigel begin freaking out and running around in circles.]


 * [talking about a sewer system]
 * Samson: Appears to be a human bathing area.
 * Nigel: You mean humans don't lick themselves clean? Disgusting!


 * Benny: Hey, watch where you goin', you, big, big...!
 * [the music begins Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton playing]
 * Benny: Bridget.
 * Bridget: Don't stare at my spots, Benny, my eyes are up here.
 * [the music stops when Benny hears a crash]


 * Blag: [to Kazar] And for the record, I've always hated your choreography. It's so... '80s.


 * Samson: Who are you?
 * Camo: Our names aren't important.
 * Cloak: I'm Cloak, he's Camo. We're covert agents. [gets hit by Camo] Ow!


 * Samson: Those boxes are bad news. Stay away.


 * [repeated line]
 * Talking Koala Bear Doll: I'm so cuddly, I like you.


 * Benny: [after being confronted by a pack of wildebeest] Don't panic, I'm in charge here.
 * Bridget: That's why we're panicking!


 * [first lines]
 * Samson: So there I was, face to face with the biggest, meanest leopard this side of the Serengeti and...
 * Ryan: You roared so loud, his spots flew off. Dad, I've heard that story 1,000,000,000 times.


 * Scab and Scraw: [finding Ryan on a tree branch] Ooh, a lion cub.
 * Scab: We must tell Kazar.


 * [cut to Benny, with the dung beetles]
 * Benny: Mm, what? Wha... wha...? Whoa. Wait! What, what? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Hey, hey, hey! Ow, ow, ow! Hey! Ow! Get off me! [to the dung beetles] What is goin' on here?!
 * Dung Beetle 1: Stinky does not speak.
 * Dung Beetle 2: It rolls like a little ball.
 * Benny: Wait, wait. You guys think I'm a...?
 * Dung Beetle 1: [to Benny] Achtung, Stinky!
 * Dung Beetle 2: Less talk, more roll.
 * Dung Beetle 1: Ja.
 * All: Roll! Roll!
 * Benny: What the...? [grunting] Hey!
 * Dung Beetle 1: Rolling the dung is good for tight buns! [chuckling, rolling away]
 * Benny: I'll give you something to roll about! [spins around to the ground, shuddering] It's a good thing Bridget didn't see that!


 * [Benny walks up to Hamir]
 * Hamir: Oh, Benny, I am needing until Friday before I pay you back.
 * Benny: No, no, it's Ryan. He's in one of those green boxes, and they took it away. We got to find him.
 * Hamir: That is not good, not good at all. [pigeons are dancing behind him trying to tell him something] Ah! I know, I know! I am telling him you crazy pigeons! [sighs]


 * Kazar: Step, kick, pivot, kick, walk, walk, walk! Aaaahhh! Why do we even bother rehearsing? [snorts at Blag] Mmmmm. Mmm-mm. A good chorus line is so hard to put together.


 * Blag: Kazar, I think you'll be very pleased with what I brought you.
 * Kazar: What's this? Where's the other lion?
 * Blag: Right. Well, I was gonna tell you. There was this cliff and, uh– [Kazar huffs angrily at Blag] Why are you looking at me like that?
 * Kazar: That's twice you've been out of step today, Blag! [As Kazar speaks, Blag slips off the edge, but holds on] You klutz. You know we can't ascend to the top of the food chain, until we eat a lion! Well, at least there'll be enough for my ascension.
 * Blag: What about the rest of us?
 * Kazar: Step-kick, pivot-kick! [Kazar kicks Blag's face, then Blag falls down in front of Ryan, Bridget, and Larry] Ha-ha!
 * Blag: [twists his hoof] Ouch! I twisted a hoof!
 * Kazar: You work, and you work. Then they break your heart.
 * Blag: [off-screen] There goes my career!
 * Kazar: Prepare the sacrifices!


 * Nigel: If you don't give us ice creams pretty quick, you're gonna walk the plank, sir.


 * Nigel: I am not a doll.
 * Monkey 1: Cushy Tushy!
 * Nigel: Aaahhh! Leave my butt alone!

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 * Stan: You done running your mouth yet, Carmine? Huh, are you? Huh, huh, huh? [turns to Samson and his friends] I apologize, he never got over being flushed down the toilet. [hits Carmine twice again] Huh?
 * Carmine: Yeah.

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 * Nigel: Ooh. Does anyone have any eucalyptus wipes?

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 * Larry: Oh, oh, I know. He's sulking because he lives in his father's shadow, and he roars like a school girl.
 * Samson: Thanks, Larry.
 * Larry: You betcha.

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 * Hyrax: Aaahh! Doesn't anyone ever knock anymore?
 * Samson: Hey, where's my son? Did he come through here?
 * Hyrax: Yeah, now that I think about it, he did come through here. [turns to toilet] Hello? Come out of there, baby lion, your dad's here! Well, what do you know, it's a whole pride of lions down here!

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 * Samson: Whatever you just did, but the opposite!
 * Larry: But I don't know my opposites!

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 * Samon: I'm improvised. Now jump!
 * Bridget: Down there?
 * Samson: Yes!
 * Bridget: Whoa!
 * Nigel: Waaah!
 * Samson: We're leaving, Larry! Whoa!
 * Larry: Whoa-ah. Ugh! Uh, oh.

Taglines

 * A whole new breed of tourist.
 * Hitting the streets 2006
 * Start spreading the newspaper.
 * Hitting the streets April 14
 * The Circle Of Life, meets the big apple.

Cast

 * Kiefer Sutherland — Samson the Lion
 * Greg Cipes — Ryan the Lion
 * Jim Belushi — Benny the Squirrel
 * Bill Shatner — Kazar the Widebeest
 * Eddie Izzard — Nigel the Koala
 * Janeane Garofalo — Bridget the Giraffe
 * Richard Kind — Larry the Anaconda
 * Chris Edgerly — Cloak the Chameleon
 * Bob Joles — Camo the Chameleon, Circus Ringleader
 * Lenny Venito — Stan the Alligator
 * Joseph Siravo — Carmine the Alligator
 * Patrick Warburton — Blag the Wildebeest
 * Miles Marsico — Duke the Kangaroo
 * Jack DeSena — Eze the Hippo
 * Clinton Leupp — Mama Hippo the Hippo
 * Kevin M. Richardson — Jason the Lion
 * Jonathan Kimmel — Scab the Vulture
 * Eddie Gossling — Scraw the Vulture
 * Colin Hay — Fergus the Flamingo
 * Jason Harris — Victor the Penguin
 * Colin Cunningham — Colin the Hyrax

Quotes about The Wild

 * Ultimately done in by the persistent stench of been-there-seen-that.
 * Justin Change, "Review: The Wild", Variety, 12 April 2006
 * The most wildly derivative animated movie in ages.
 * Claudia Puig, "Wild':'Madagascar' meets 'Lion King' meets 'Nemo'". USA Today, USA Today, 13 April 2006'
 * Jason Mitchell, "Wild 2':'Madagascar 2':'Dory':'Lion King 2':'The Wolf And Lion':'Open Season':'The White Fang':. Japan Tonight 16 2026'