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Rocky did not appear in the original book, but was based on an antagonistic unnamed rhino that appeared in Bill Peet's initial treatment of the film. The rhino would try to kill Mowgli but Mowgli and Bagheera escaped him and he crashed into various objects instead. When Peet was fired from Disney, Larry Clemmons was asked to do the story for the film, and made the rhino more comical and named him Rocky.
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Rocky was to be friends with the Vultures. When Mowgli met the Vultures, the Vultures would make Rocky fight Mowgli once the man-cub accidentally woke him up, but Mowgli beat Rocky by making him crash into a rock and break his horn. As Mowgli was about to leave, Rocky and the Vultures would sing That's What Friends are For to him. Rocky would probably then help Mowgli, Baloo, and the Vultures fight Shere Khan.
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Rocky was deleted from the film because Walt Disney felt there was already enough action in the film with the Bandar-log and the Vultures.
Source: Disney Wiki
November-24-2019 Update: Updated and changed chapter with added information.
