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King Louie is a fictional orangutan who kidnaps Mowgli in Disney's 1967 animated musical adaptation of The Jungle Book. He is voiced by Louis Prima in the film and therefore has his same mannerisms. Initially, the producers considered Louis Armstrong for the role, but to avoid the likely controversy that would surround casting an African-American to voice an ape, they instead chose Prima.

As the Disney movie is "inspired by" rather than "based on" the Kipling stories, the character King Louie does not appear in Rudyard Kipling's original book, as orangutans are not native to India. Also, Kipling insists that the Bandar-log or monkeys have no king, or any effective leadership. In the book, Mowgli is abducted by a band of nameless and leaderless Bandar-log (monkeys), but the rest of the scene plays out very differently from Disney's version. Bill Peet's original story for the film did not feature King Louie, but did have a bigger Bandar without a tail, who was perhaps meant to be their king. Peet left the Disney company over a dispute regarding the contents of his script so his ultimate vision for the king of the Bandar-log remains unknown. Development of the story continued following Peet's departure, with his darker story giving way to a new emphasis on lightheartedness and jazzy tunes. In this company milieu King Louie eventually came into being, given life through the voice and personality of popular performer Louis Prima. Personality was also given to Louie by Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, and John Lounsbery, three of Disney's Nine Old Men who animated the character. Kahl animated Louie's interaction with Mowgli, Thomas his solo song and dance portions, while Lounsbery animated his memorable duet with a drag-wearing Baloo.

As a youngster, Louie was a fun-loving practical joker, often playing tricks on Bagheera. He was best friend with Baloo the Bear as the two shared similar qualities and personalities and could often be seen helping Baloo gain fruit for their regular feasts.

As an adult, King Louie is an orangutan and lives in the ancient ruins located in the far east of the jungle. He kidnaps Mowgli to obtain knowledge of fire and to be like Man. In the song "I Wanna Be Like You" he refers to himself as the King of the Swingers and the Jungle VIP. His city is destroyed during the rescue of Mowgli by Baloo and Bagheera. Little is known of King Louie after these events, although in the sequel, Baloo states that he "split".

King Louie has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.