Jumanji is a 1981 fantasy children's picture book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg.

The story ends when Judy and Peter look outside and see their neighbors, Danny and Walter Budwing, who (according to their mother) never bother to finish games they play nor read the instructions, excitedly returning from the park with Jumanji in their hands.

Van Allsburg declared that he often thinks of combining incongruous images to evoke a feeling of "cognitive dissonance", coming up with the idea of wild animals in a living room.

Unlike the original story, the animals wreak havoc on the town, and Peter turns into a monkey for cheating in the game.

Alan Parrish from the film remains trapped in the game until the final episode, while Danny and Walter from the original book are absent.

The show includes a tribe of masks[clarification needed] called the Manjis led by Tribal Bob.

[3] Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a 2017 film starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan.

In the book, Danny and Walter Budwing (who appear at the end of Jumanji) find a science fiction board game whose elements similarly come to life.