KAA

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Name: Kaa Aliases: Kaa the Snake, Kaa the Python. Occupation: Predator and killer.. Who fails at the task of eat someone every time. Power/Abilities: Hypnosis, Manipulation, Coils, Seduction, Prehensile body, Singing. Status: Alive. Short Description: Kaa is an long Indian python. he using his eyes to induce a trance-like state in his prey in order to better devour them (but his goals of eating someone comedicly fails, which doesn't he like). He is known for his cunning, often using his wits to ensnare his prey and get himself out of trouble. He has a mischievous personality, enjoying manipulating those around him to his advantage, but he's very cowardly. His eyes turn multicolored during the hypnosis; There are rings of blue and yellow. A manipulative predator.

Likes

Food, man-cubs, hypnotizing his prey, manipulating his prey, getting away, Mowgli's stubbornness and naïvety, Shanti's fear.

Dislikes

Starvation, danger, being interrupted, Shere Khan picking on him, losing his prey, being knocked out of trees, having a knot in his tail, Mowgli getting away from him, Ranjan's bravery.

Goals

Hypnotize, eat Mowgli and sleep without Shere Khan's interference (first film; succeeded in hypnotizing, but then failed at eating), Hypnotize Bagheera as punishment for slapping his mouth while eating Mowgli (first film; succeeded in hypnotizing, but then failed when Mowgli rescued him), Hypnotize, kill and eat Shanti and sleep (second film; succeeded in hypnotizing, but then failed at eating).

Description

He is a massive Indian python who has developed the taste of humans like Mowgli and Shanti. He is one of Mowgli's archenemies, along with Shere Khan. Kaa's most dangerous attributes are his hypnotic eyes, which he uses to manipulate unsuspecting prey and lure them into his jaws and coils.

Facts:

When he tries to eat someone, it doesn't always succeed because of his bad luck.

Personality

Kaa is known as a sly, sneaky, callous, seductive, knowledgeable, and unscrupulous snake who speaks with a soft and often entrancing tone to either lure his victims into a weary and dreamlike state or manipulate them into bestowing their trust whilst he wraps them up in his coils, thus allowing him to devour them unexpectedly. He furthers this by the use of his iconic ability to hypnotize his prey with his eyes, rendering them entranced and under his command. A powerful and dangerous ability, Kaa is a feared member of the jungle, as evidenced by his interaction with the often composed and fearless Bagheera. However, such fear does not resonate with the unofficial ruler of the jungle; Shere Khan the tiger, whom Kaa holds a dislike for, believing the act of murdering for pleasure, as opposed to survival, to be extremely treacherous and dishonorable. The two beasts are often at odds, though Shere Khan views Kaa as an "eyes and ears" of the jungle, relying on him to assist his quest in finding Mowgli at one point in the film. However, Kaa was also extremely dishonest and manipulative, so he was able to steer even Khan in the wrong direction, further showcasing his knowledge. While not as cruel, traitorous and bloodthirsty as Shere Khan, Kaa is still a fairly villainous and mysterious character. He appears to have a taste for humans, as evident by his multiple efforts to eat Mowgli and Shanti. His first attempt to devour Mowgli was a casual means to eat and survive, but over time, his goal to eat the man-cub was mainly driven out of spite, evidenced by one of his speaking lines "Just you wait 'till I get you in my coils!". Furthermore, he is perfectly willing to punish those who get in the way of his meals, as seen when he sadistically tormented, and nearly hypnotized Bagheera.

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Though calculating, dangerous and devious, Kaa is not without his faults, as he can be fearful, clumsy, and easily preoccupied from his primary objective: to hypnotize, kill and devour Mowgli and after a meal, he sleeps. This results in his interactions with the man-cub to often end in embarrassment to some degree. In the sequel, it's revealed that Kaa not only just want to eat Mowgli, but basically any human in general (which is understandable as a lot of constrictors might feed on humans for survival), as shown when he attempts to eat Shanti after hypnotizing her. Kaa is a sly, devious Indian rock python. He speaks with a soft, often entrancing tone to either lure his victims into a weary, dreamlike state or manipulate them into bestowing their trust, only to devour them unexpectedly. He furthers this by the use of his iconic ability to hypnotize his prey with his eyes, rendering them enchanted and under his command. A powerful and dangerous ability, Kaa is a feared inhabitant of the jungle. This is evidenced when the usually composed and fearless Bagheera was visibly terrified and pleaded with him when the panther stopped him from eating Mowgli. Such fear, however, does not resonate with the unofficial ruler of the jungle, Shere Khan the tiger. Kaa holds a disliking for Khan, seeing him as a hypocrite and believing the act of killing for pleasure—as opposed to survival—to be dishonorable. The two beasts are often at odds, though Shere Khan views Kaa as an "eyes and ears" of the jungle, relying on him to assist his search for Mowgli at one point in the film. While not inherently malevolent, Kaa is still a fairly villainous character. His first attempt to devour Mowgli was a casual and opportunistic means to eat and survive. However, his later goal to eat the man-cub was mainly driven out of spite, swearing revenge on the boy after his first attempt to eat Mowgli ended in humiliating defeat.

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Furthermore, he is perfectly willing to hurt those who get in the way of his meals, as seen when he hypnotized and threatened to kill Bagheera. Kaa takes great pride in his powerful hypnotic abilities. Although he is able to entrance his prey into a state of pure bliss, he seems to prefer to apply creativity to his hypnosis, that being the unparalleled trust shared between predator and prey which he uses to invade the mind of his victim and synchronizing their mind with his own. However, Shanti is the only one whose mind he has managed to fully synchronize with his own thoughts and movements, as the girl's conformist mindset, coupled with her vulnerable emotional state, made her more susceptible to the hypnosis than any of Kaa's other victims before her. Although not ruthless, Kaa has a playful sadistic streak, emphasized by how he gloats over Mowgli's helpless situation as he prepared to devour him. He displayed even more sadism towards Shanti as he did not only gloat over her helplessness, but also outright whispered into her ear that he intended to eat her knowing she was unable to do anything about it. A mischievous creature, he enjoys teasing and playing with his food, hypnotized or not. He playfully tugged at Mowgli's wrists and ankles to stop him from escaping, and later savored the time before the kill when he hypnotized the man-cub and made him sleepwalk over his body. When hypnotizing Shanti, he mockingly comforted her by stroking her hair and then he made her nod to his questions. Nevertheless, Kaa seems to insist on giving his victims a merciful end as he hypnotizes them into a state of bliss or sleep before eating them. Kaa has even admitted to himself that he is sympathetic towards Mowgli to a certain extent, before remembering his own intentions to make a meal out of the boy.

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Despite his intentions, this shows that Kaa is capable of compassion and empathy as in the end, he is only a predator trying to survive. Though dangerous, manipulative and cunning, Kaa is not without his faults. Although he only hypnotized Mowgli when he was sure Bagheera was too sleepy to notice him, it was his own cockiness that woke the panther and made him lose his supper. He can be clumsy and easily sidetracked from his primary objective: to hypnotize and eat Mowgli. This results in his interactions with the man-cub to often end in humiliation to some degree.

MBTI

My reasoning for Kaa is actually an INFJ villian. At the surface level, Kaa presents himself with a deceptive charm that is disarmingly charming and friendly. His soft-spoken voice and polite interactions serve as a veil for the predatory instincts that lie beneath. This charm is not just a superficial trait; it becomes a potent tool in Kaa's arsenal, allowing him to approach his prey with an air of friendliness, establishing trust before revealing the true, more malevolent purpose hidden within his serpentine coils. Beneath the facade of charm lies the primal core of Kaa's personality — predatory instincts that are both calculated and instinctual. One of Kaa's most distinctive traits is his hypnotic power. This hypnotic ability becomes a means of psychological manipulation, allowing him to control and lull his victims into a state of vulnerability. The sinister song "Trust in Me" encapsulates Kaa's personality in a haunting melody. The lyrics, with their soothing yet manipulative cadence, mirror Kaa's deceptive charm and hypnotic influence.

Appearance

Kaa is an Indian python that has grown to be extremely long for a member of his species. While his exact size is unknown, in the original book he is described as more than 30ft long. His eyes are yellow and fill with concentric circles of blue, yellow and purple when using hypnosis. He has golden scales and a lighter underbelly, and dark brown spots patterned across his back. Despite having a large body, Kaa's head and neck are small in comparison, although his mouth is large enough to take up most of his head. Like all pythons, Kaa can dislocate his jaw to open his mouth wide enough to swallow prey far larger than his head, although this must be done head-first.

Abilities

Hypnosis/Mind Control: Kaa's most infamous power is his unique ability to hypnotize others through eye contact and have them follow his commands. Unlike the original book where Kaa could hypnotize others through the "Hunger Dance" and could only hypnotize animals, Kaa here hypnotized with colored spirals and could hypnotize humans as well. Once fully hypnotized, his victims enter a trance with glassy-eyes and wide smiles on their faces which can persist even after falling asleep. This ability also works when someone sees their reflection in the water. However, his powers are not without limits. His victims' susceptibility relies on needing to make eye contact with them, which Kaa must coax through speech if they're unwilling to look. Mowgli was less susceptible due to his stubborn nature and strong will, but was still worn down over an extended period of hypnosis. This has prompted Kaa to use his cunning to make the boy too relaxed to fight back. It appears that the victim's susceptibility depends on their mental and emotional state. Initially it took an extended period of eye-contact to hypnotize Mowgli due to his strong resolve whereas during their second encounter the man-cub fell into a trance after only a few seconds because of his depressed state at the time. Though generally Kaa seems to rely on intimidation to demoralize the victim, making it susceptible to hypnosis, as he did with Bagheera and Shanti.

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Powerful Coils: As a constrictor, Kaa makes use of his powerful coils to catch and immobilize prey. While pythons will typically squeeze their prey to the point of suffocation or cardiac arrest, Kaa seems to prefer to swallow his prey alive and uses his coils in tandem with hypnosis to ensnare a victim, though he does tug Mowgli's neck to silence him when the man-cub tries to call for help in their first encounter. Kaa's entire body is extremely dexterous, able to form themselves into all sorts of shapes including hammocks, crosses and staircases. They are also very strong; Kaa was able to perfectly balance Mowgli upside down on the tip of his tail without effort and can very easily climb trees. The coils are, however, very heavy. They have dragged him down to the ground when dislodged from tree branches on more than one occasion, and he has not appeared to notice Mowgli shoving them off tree branches until it was too late.

Biography

(During the first part of the Jungle Book) Kaa comes across Mowgli and Bagheera in the branches of a large tree that the pair has chosen to spend the night in, just after Mowgli tells the panther he was able to look after himself. Half asleep, Bagheera is unaware of Kaa as he drops in and inspects the young boy with considerable relish. Deciding to eat Mowgli, he smacks his lips and calls the boy a "Delicious Man-Cub", but Mowgli is more annoyed than intimidated and angrily tells Kaa to leave him alone. Bagheera, assuming Mowgli was speaking to him, sleepily orders the man-cub to go to sleep. Kaa takes advantage of the situation and begins hypnotizing Mowgli to sleep, intending to devour him without alerting the panther. Mowgli tries to resist the hypnosis, but is unable to look away. Kaa proceeds to wrap his coils around the boy, soothing him to the point where he is unable to resist. Mowgli begins to succumb to the spell, but manages to cry out to Bagheera for help. Kaa immediately silences the boy by constricting his neck with his tail, making him gulp loudly. Coiled from waist to neck and unable to resist any further, Mowgli falls into a trance and can only blissfully smile as Kaa admires his catch. Bagheera sleepily tells Mowgli he'll have no more arguments until morning, unaware that Kaa had fully hypnotized and coiled the boy just feet behind him. Kaa chuckles, musing to himself and his happily smiling prey that the man-cub "wouldn't be there in the morning". As he lifts his freshly hypnotized man-cub off the branch, Mowgli obeys the command to sleep and Kaa prepares him for eating. Ironically, it is this laugh that awakens Bagheera who turns to see Kaa bearing down on the sleeping man-cub with his mouth open wide ready to swallow him.

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Bagheera rushes to the rescue, striking Kaa in the face before he could swallow the boy. However, Kaa is angered by the interference and begins to hypnotize Bagheera, failing to notice that Mowgli awoke when he dropped him. The boy shoves Kaa's massive coils off the branch with his feet, resulting in Kaa falling to the ground in a heap. While Mowgli slaps Bagheera awake, Kaa slithers off with a knot in his tail, swearing revenge on the boy. He vows to get the boy back in his coils again, but Mowgli only laughs at the snake's crippling and humiliating defeat. A day later, Mowgli runs away from his guardians, feeling betrayed and upset. He wanders aimlessly through the jungle until he finally sits down under a tree. Almost immediately Kaa's tail comes down from the canopy and hoists him up into the branches. Mowgli is shocked to see Kaa and that he got him back in the coils after all, Delighted to see the boy again, this time all alone, Kaa is unable to contain his excitement and lets out a hiss-like chuckle. The man-cub, now aware of what the snake is capable of after their last encounter, hides his fear under self-control and calmness and untangles the snake's tail around his waist, telling him to leave him alone as he climbs out of the coils. Kaa tries to hypnotize him again, but Mowgli immediately looks away. The snake uses his tail to turn Mowgli's head around to look him in the eyes, but Mowgli tells him to drop the act as he knows what he is trying to do. Feigning to be hurt that the boy does not trust him, Kaa pretends to be benevolent. He playfully toys with Mowgli by wrapping his tail around the boy's wrist and ankle to stop him leaving (much to the man-cub's annoyance), as he tries to convince him that he wants to help him stay in the jungle. Mowgli remains skeptical but out of curiosity, he lowers his defenses and asks the snake how he plans to keep his word.

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Kaa keeps his plan ambiguous, making the offer on the condition he first has the man-cub's trust while pressing his forehead to Mowgli's. Mowgli's eyes momentarily widen, but he turns away from the snake, saying he does not trust anyone anymore. However, Kaa manages to trick Mowgli into letting his guard down by blindfolding him with a makeshift turban from his coils, insisting he is not like his friends who supposedly betrayed him. The man-cub struggles to push him off his head, only to gaze directly into Kaa's eyes. With no time to react and unable to look away, Mowgli's eyes immediately fill with color and within seconds is successfully hypnotized once again. Kaa sings "Trust in Me" to his happily smiling prey, toying with the helpless boy as he obediently follows his commands. Kaa beckons Mowgli to close his eyes, having him sleepwalk off the branch and onto his coils high above the jungle floor. He rocks Mowgli in a makeshift hammock of coils, before balancing him on the tip of his tail- horizontally and upside down. Deep under Kaa's power, Mowgli begins to snore. Satisfied his prey is deeply asleep, he slides the hypnotized man-cub back into his coils and wraps him up ready for eating. Before Kaa can devour Mowgli, the suspicious Shere Khan stops by after hearing Kaa's singing. Knowing the tiger is looking for Mowgli, Kaa is forced to hide the boy in the branches above, letting him sleep in the coils. Kaa pretends to act surprised by the tiger's visit and tells him that he was merely singing to himself to sleep off sinus troubles. The snake tries to trick Shere Khan into letting his guard down in order to hypnotize him as he did with Mowgli, but the tiger is unsympathetic and nonchalantly resists the hypnosis before shoving his head to the ground. They are then interrupted by Mowgli's snoring above them, convincing Shere Khan that Kaa is hiding something and inspects his coils.

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Kaa uses his cunning to hide the man-cub while showing the tiger his seemingly empty coils, convincing Shere Khan that he does not have Mowgli. Khan leaves to continue the search, but not before threatening Kaa to inform him before anyone else should he happen to come across the man-cub. Once he is out of earshot, Kaa shivers in disgust of the tiger's sadism, inadvertently causing his coils to unravel around Mowgli and wake him from the trance. Kaa takes a moment to pity the boy, but quickly dismisses the thought once he remembers his own intentions. Licking his lips and relishing the thought of his hypnotized man-cub waiting in the branches, he does not notice Mowgli climbing out of his coils. Mowgli is able to shove Kaa's coils off the branch and the snake is dragged to the ground once again. On the ground, Mowgli confronts Kaa and accuses him of lying to him, which he wasn't. Kaa assures to Mowgli that it is like what he said: he can't trust anyone and attacks him, but is once again stopped by a knot in his tail getting caught in a bamboo cluster. Mowgli flees into the jungle, leaving the snake to express his animosity toward the boy. Despite his second humiliating defeat, Kaa apparently gives up trying to catch him as he slithers off to lick his wounds.

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(during the second part of the Jungle Book) Kaa returned once again as the secondary antagonist but plays a relatively smaller role in the sequel than he did in the 1967 film and his name is not even used at all. One night, Kaa appears when Mowgli meets up with Baloo near the beginning of the film. Like before, Kaa attempts to eat Mowgli but faces many accidents and injuries as he pursues them. Mowgli and Baloo remain unaware of Kaa's presence, and the two walk away unharmed. Kaa angrily states that he never wants to see another man-cub again, but changes his mind after he comes across the young girl Shanti, who unknowingly burns Kaa's tail with a torch while searching for Mowgli in the jungle. Licking his lips surreptitiously, Kaa lurks in the trees above the girl in order to frighten her and surprise her when the time is right. By the time Kaa manages to corner her, Shanti realizes that someone is stalking her and frighteningly asks who it is. Kaa then finally reveals himself and as Shanti lacks survival skills, she falls easily for Kaa's trick, looking directly into his eyes. She gives a brief smile in response to the overwhelming bliss as the hypnosis starts taking effect, putting her in a trance immediately. Once Shanti drops her torch, she is left completely defenseless, allowing Kaa to sadistically gloat over her helplessness as much as he pleases. Kaa inquires whether Shanti is lost, stroking her hair before making her nod her head in agreement. Slithering around the young damsel in distress, Kaa asks her if she is hungry. Nuzzling her cheek, Kaa whispers into Shanti's ear that he is starving, gloating about the girl's impending doom. The snake makes Shanti step on top of a boulder and positions her to be devoured. Shanti looks up at Kaa vacantly as he hovers above her, preparing to strike.

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Fortunately, Ranjan saves Shanti's life by pulling her away from Kaa's jaws just as the snake was about to eat her, making him swallow the boulder Shanti was standing on instead. Shanti falls to the ground and snaps out of the trance as Ranjan mercilessly beats up Kaa with a stick. Kaa flees from Ranjan and tries to slither down a hill but the weight of the boulder causes him to tumble down until he hits a coconut tree. Kaa laments over his humiliating defeat but is suddenly encountered by Shere Khan in his search for Mowgli, who mocks the snake until he hears him vent his frustration over a man-cub. Shere Khan interrogates him, thinking he is referring to Mowgli and demands information about his whereabouts. Kaa assures Shere Khan that all he knows is that Mowgli has recently left the Man Village, but truthfully has no idea where he is at the moment. Shere Khan does not believe him and begins to lose his temper as he reiterates his demand. To save himself from Shere Khan's wrath, Kaa fearfully lies to the tiger that Mowgli is in the swamp. Shere Khan doubts his claim but nevertheless lets him go after threatening to make him pay if he is lying. Kaa insists Mowgli is in the swamp and even assures him that he would come with him if not for the boulder he accidentally swallowed earlier, which he fears is going to cause him indigestion very soon. Kaa is not seen again for the rest of the film but is mentioned by Shere Khan when he arrives at the swamp where Mowgli is nowhere to be seen and angrily splashes the water after realizing that Kaa lied to him. He is mentioned again by Shanti to Baloo, who briefly said she was attacked by a snake. Lastly, after Shanti, Mowgli, and Ranjan reunite with their families, Ranjan proudly tells his father and all the villagers that he saved Shanti's life from a snake.

Childhood

Kaa appeared as a much younger snake in the Jungle Cubs, with Baloo, Bagheera, Colonel Hathi, King Louie, and Shere Khan. Here, he is voiced by Jim Cummings and, unlike the movie, he is a protagonist, which interestingly, actually follows the original story, unlike the film. As a younger snake, Kaa has yet to master hypnosis at his young age, usually failing or hypnotizing the wrong person by mistake. Kaa is more of the cowardly friend in the group, often being doubtful when an adventure is at hand. Most of the time, his fearfulness can be understandable, being that the children often find themselves in some of the most dangerous predicaments in their jungle. Kaa is often seen attempting to eat a local shrew with a wise-cracking persona. However, as the shrew is too clever for the snake, he ultimately fails in the end. During the first season, Kaa appears in the same color as in the original movie, whilst in the second season, in addition to becoming longer, his skin is a shinier green and his spots are magenta. This color change was actually a result of his shedding in "Trouble on the Waterfront". Despite turning older with the rest of the cubs, he also still has the same voice and actor. Many episodes revolve around Kaa, including one where his birthday arrived, and yet everyone forgot. To make up for it, they acted as if his hypnotism was excellent and pretended to be in trances. In the end, however, Kaa discovers this and breaks down. His friends comfort him and apologize, leaving all to be well.

NO NSFW!

For Kaa's purposes, it goes purely to eat, not to have “bed time”. I'm serious.. ALSO NO PED0! I'll be disappointed if that happens.😔