12 Movies That Tricked You Into Thinking They Had Happy Endings
9. The Jungle Book - Mowgli Will Be Completely Unable To Integrate
The Allegedly Happy Ending: The Jungle Book (incidentally the final feature Walt actively worked on) shows that putting off something you really should do but can't be bothered to isn't just a human trait.
When Bagheera the panther cant give up the time to take newly discovered man cub to a human village, he just leaves him with wolves for ten years. He finally gets around to dragging Mowgli to the nearest settlement only when Shere Khan the tiger returns to the jungle and the situation becomes life and death.
Through bear-necessities and singing monkeys, the initially-reluctant Mowgli makes his way to the man village after becoming smitten with one of the young girls.
The Depressing Truth: Maybe you shouldn't take this too literally, but given Rudyard Kipling's source dealt with the implications, it needs to be said. Mowgli is a feral child raised by wolves (for some reason they don't eat him) whose best friend is a bear.
It's impossible this he will just suddenly snap into civilisation after ten years of being an animal and very unlikely he'll be anything more than an outcast. Guess it's yet another Disney movie that's really depressing.