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'''''Tarzan''''', released in 1999, is the 37th film in the [[Disney Animated Canon]]. Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''[[Tarzan]]'' books, it stars [[Tony Goldwyn]] as the titular hero, [[Minnie Driver]] as his [[Love Interest]] Jane, and [[Brian Blessed]] as the antagonist, Clayton.
The film opens in the late 1880's, with a couple and their infant son ending up in [[Darkest Africa]] after a shipwreck. Later, Kala, a gorilla whose infant son was killed by a leopard, Sabor, hears a baby cry in an abandoned treehouse. As she enters, she sees the human baby and blood covered paw prints that show the boy's parents were also Sabor's victims, and takes the boy away to save him from the predator. Her mate, Kerchak, the dominant male of the gorilla band, despises the human for his appearance, but Kala raises him anyway, naming him "[[Tarzan]]".
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* [[Blue Eyes]]: Tarzan has {{color|blue|blue}}-{{color|green|green}} eyes.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Clayton gets several shots in a row from a double barreled shotgun.
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Jane. And Tarzan as well (if he is naive), considering how much he enjoys learning.
* [[Brick Joke]]: One of the educational slides inspires Tarzan to present Jane with flowers, and later when he tries to give her the flowers he kneels in the exact same pose as the man in the slide, and in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it gag he almost forgets to put his hand over his chest.
* [[Building Swing]]
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* [[Held Gaze]]: This trope happens between Tarzan and Jane when he first meets the girl, and they stare into each other's eyes in wonder.
* [[Hulk Speak]]: He mostly grows out of it by the end.
* [[I Have No Son]]: Kerchak's attitude towards Tarzan throughout the film, to a small extent. {{spoiler|He finally accepts him as he dies.}}
* [[Important Haircut]]: Jane starts out [[Prim and Proper Bun|with her hair up]], but in scenes where she bonds with Tarzan and the gorillas [[Letting Her Hair Down|she lets her hair down]].
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Jane bears more than a passing resemblance to her voice actress, Minnie Driver.
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* [[The Native Rival]]: Kerchak
* [[Not Now, Kiddo]]
* [[Not So Different]]: Tantor and Terk turn out to be this when the former decides to stand up to her.
* [[Nubile Savage]]: Tarzan, although his hair hangs in messy dreadlocks from lack of haircuts and no combing.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Done realistically. Jane sneaks away but is only just around the other side of the tree.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The look on Clayton's face is [[Understatement|understandable]] when Kerchak charges at him.
** Watch the expression on Kerchak's face as he watches Clayton pull the shotgun on Tarzan.
* [[Opposites Attract]]: While they get along well (if their relationship has a slightly rocky start), Tarzan starts off as being a lot more naive than Jane herself is. But at the end of the day, they are kindred spirits.
** Kala and Kerchak have their differences regarding their opinion of Tarzan. They both do want what’s best for their gorilla family, however.
* [[Pale Females, Dark Males]]: Kerchak is black, Kala is brown, the rest of the gorillas are different shades of grey.
* [[The Patriarch]]: Kerchak, so much.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Kerchak, to his herd, and at the end, to Tarzan.
* [[Pop Star Composer]]
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Tarzan uses this technique on Terk, who [[
* [[Putting a Hand Over His Mouth]]: A villain does this to Jane, who quickly bites it.
* [[Raised by Wolves|Raised By Gorillas]]
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