The Legend of Tarzan: Difference between revisions

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It adapted several characters and locations from other original Tarzan books and [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] material such as Queen La and the hidden dinosaur world of Pellucidar. An episode even brought Burroughs himself into the action.

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{{quote| ''(listening on his self-built radio, trying to get a cricket match, as Jane had taken over the comms system from a war airplane)'' "Jane? What are you doing at the cricket finals?"}}

* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Professor Philander wasn't a villain in the original books, but was Porter's friend.

** Also, Nikolas Rokoff in the show is less of the Rokoff from the original ''Tarzan'' books and ''much'' more like General Zaroff from the famous short story "The Most Dangerous Game".

* [[Fat and Skinny]]: Hugo and Hooft.

** Also Jane and Terk.

** [[The Hero]]: Tarzan

** [[The Lancer]]: Terk

* [[God Is Good]]: "The All-Seeing Elephant."

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: In "Tarzan and the Return of La," Queen La possesses Jane. {{spoiler|Crosses with [[Gender Bender]] when she possesses Tarzan due to a [[Batman Gambit]] he pulls.}}

** Max Liebling in the "One Punch Mullargan" episode was played by [[Bruce Campbell]]!

* [[I See London]]: In "The British Invasion", Jane and her friends Eleanor, Greenley and Hazel remove their dresses to walk or run more easily in the jungle, and they're all in their white pantalets.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Somewhat justified, in that over half of the main characters don't really wear clothing, and it's rather difficult for the other two to get their hands on new clothes in the middle of the jungle. Lampshaded when Dumont opens his store. Jane complains about having only one change of clothing, then comes back from Dumont's with an elephant load of Paris fashions. Though her main outfit remains the same, occasionally she changes into others afterwards.

* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: Similar to ''[[The Little Mermaid (Animation)|The Little Mermaid]]'' TV series, an episode focuses around Edgar Rice Burroughs as a struggling author traveling to Africa searching for inspiration for a book after reading a news story about Tarzan

* [[Mythology Gag]]:

** "Mangani" is the name of the species that raised Tarzan in the books.

** Also, to show that La is actually Atlantean, the animators decided to give her dark skin and white hair, like the characters in ''[[Atlantis the Lost Empire (Disney)|Atlantis the Lost Empire]]''.

* [[Never My Fault]]: Professor Philander always blames Professor Porter for his own misfortunes.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: La has a British accent but some American pronunciations seep through, particularly with the way she says Tarzan's name.

* [[Only Shop in Town]]: Renard Dumont's trading post.

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Tublat, after Tarzan saved him from poachers. Of course, Tarzan never even expected a "thanks" from him.

* [[Villainesses Want Heroes]]: Queen La to Tarzan, so very much.

* [[Yandere]]: Queen La.