In older Western works, Unfortunate Implications (as well as blatant racism) are almost a guarantee in a jungle setting — expect any depictions of "the natives" to be cringeworthy or worse.
The wildlife will usually be very aggressive, persistent and often misplaced.
If you're an author/director/etc. planning to write a story set in the jungle; see Write a Jungle Opera
Sub-Trope to Tropes of Nature. Despite its name, Cobweb Jungle has nothing to do with an actual jungle.
Common Genres:
Characters:
- Adventurer Archaeologist
- Bare-Fisted Monk
- Bold Explorer
- Egomaniac Hunter
- Evil Colonialist
- Evil Poacher
- Great White Hunter
- Hollywood Natives
- Human Traffickers
- Jungle Princess
- Mighty Whitey
- The Missionary
- Native Guide
- Nature Hero
- Tarzan Boy
- Treasure Hunter
- Warrior Monk
- Wild Child
- Witch Doctor
Settings:
- Darkest Africa
- Hollow World
- Hungry Jungle
- Jungle Japes
- Jungle Warfare
- Lost World
- Mayincatec: A mish-mash of indigenous American cultures.
- Temple of Doom
- Tropical Island Adventure
Wildlife:
- Animal-Themed Fighting Style
- Angry, Angry Hippos: Hippos, despite being herbivores, are highly territorial and dangerously strong.
- Huggy, Huggy Hippos: Sometimes, hippos in media are much friendlier than they are in real life.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: Unsettlingly large arthropods.
- Botanical Abomination: An Eldritch Abomination in plant form.
- Cruel Elephant
- Erudite Orangutan
- Gentle Gorilla
- Jungles Sound Like Kookaburras
- Kidnapping Bird of Prey
- Living Dinosaurs: Dinosaurs (other than birds, of course) who survived the K-T extinction.
- Lovable Lizard
- Maniac Monkeys
- Panthera Awesome: Big cats for coolness factor.
- Piranha Problem: Piranhas as a dangerous, flesh-eating threat.
- Prehistoric Monster
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Reptiles shown in a negative light.
- Rhino Rampage
- Zebras Are Just Striped Horses
Other:
- Adventurer Outfit
- Ancient Astronauts: Aliens who came to Earth in ancient times.
- Appease the Volcano God
- Bamboo Technology
- Bound and Gagged
- Captured by Cannibals: Try not to end up on the menu.
- Chased by Angry Natives
- Chronic Hero Syndrome
- The Darkness Gazes Back
- Death Trap Tango
- Everything Trying to Kill You
- Floating Continent
- Friend to All Living Things
- Fur Bikini: A skimpy outfit made of animal hide.
- Giant Animal Worship
- Hollywood Voodoo
- Hulk Speak
- Human Sacrifice
- Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: Hunting humans.
- Jungle Drums
- Jungle Jazz
- Locked Up and Left Behind
- Loincloth: An article of clothing in the form of a cloth covering the genital area.
- Lost Technology
- MacGuffin
- The Natives Are Restless
- Noisy Nature
- Not So Extinct
- Our Cryptids Are More Mysterious
- Our Monsters Are Weird
- Prefers Going Barefoot
- Quicksand Sucks: Quicksand as an obstacle.
- Raised by Natives
- Raised by Wolves: Someone who was raised by wild animals (and isn't one themself).
- Religion of Evil
- Robinsonade
- Ruins for Ruins' Sake
- Skin Walker
- Sufficiently Advanced Bamboo Technology
- Surefooted Barefooter
- Stewed Alive
- Targeted Human Sacrifice
- Tribal Carry
- Vestigial Empire
- Vine Swing
- Yoke Bound
