Factual error: The black and white monkeys seen in Africa are in fact Capuchin monkeys. A species native to South America, not Africa.
Factual error: George's "dog", Shep, is an Asian elephant. However, the jungle scenes take place in Africa.
Directed by: Sam Weisman
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree
Factual error: The black and white monkeys seen in Africa are in fact Capuchin monkeys. A species native to South America, not Africa.
Factual error: George's "dog", Shep, is an Asian elephant. However, the jungle scenes take place in Africa.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Lyle and Ursula slide through the river then over the falls, when they go over the waterfall they are both dry.
Narrator: And so, onward and upward the tired trekkers trudged on feverished footsies over perilous paths. When they beheld the mighty Ape Mountain, the reacted with awe.
Group: Awwww.
Narrator: I said, "Awe." A-W-E.
Group: Ooh.
Narrator: That's better.
Answer: They never mention what ultimately happens to his parents. However it's mentioned they "searched high and low" for George and never found him. The animation even shows all the passengers calling out for George, to suggest they also aided in the search.
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