Tarzan - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Tarzan or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Tarzan

[leo]

The character Tantor was actually created specifically for this movie. In the original books, "Tantor" is actually the Mangani (a fictional apelike species) language term for any elephant in the African jungle.

[edgar]

Nigel Hawthorne's second (and also last) Walt Disney Animation Studios film after The Black Cauldron (1985).

[jeffrey]

Tino Insana were considered for the role of Tantor.

[kristina]

Sabor has a total of thirty to seventy spots.

[carl]

As lions are not found in jungles, Sabor was changed from a lion to a leopard for this movie, which is the real apex predator of the jungle area depicted.

[sandra]

Starting with this film, every Walt Disney Animation Studios film nowadays are non-musical features, apart from features of the Revival Era such as The Princess and the Frog (2009), Tangled (2010), Winnie the Pooh (2011), Frozen (2013), Moana (2016), and Frozen II (2019), since none of the features released in the Post-Renaissance are musicals.

[janice]

Natalie Cole and Christina Ricci were considered for the role of Terk, but it ultimately went to Rosie O'Donnell.

[kenzi]

Rosie O'Donnell was hosting her talk show and appearing in Kmart commercials with Penny Marshall at the time of this production.

[darrell]

When Tarzan threatens Clayton with his own rifle, Tarzan mimics a gunshot to briefly startle Clayton before destroying his rifle.

[tammy]

Tarzan never refers to Kerchak as "father" since he refused to accept Tarzan as his son.

[ray]

Interestingly, the baboons in this movie don't fit into any real-life species, as they have traits common to both baboons and mandrills (for example, the brightly colored faces). It is possible that they are more like mandrills due to their appearances (the leader: adult male, baby baboon: infant, others: adult female).

[victoria]

Sabor the leopard kills at least three minor characters in the movie (Kala's first son and Tarzan's parents) and injures another three of the protagonists (Kala, Kerchak and Tarzan, making the latter bleed). This makes her one of, if not the, most dangerous animal villains in Disney movies..

[jesus]

Though Tarzan is undeniably brave in the face of Sabor, he is actually very scared of her. This is shown multiples times throughout his fight with her. *When Tarzan was struggling underneath Sabor, his eyes are shut tight, clearly showing fear. *When Tarzan was hiding in the tree branches from Sabor, his eyes are wide and he grits his teeth. He can also be heard whimpering slightly as he backs away from her. *Before Tarzan grabs the stone and jams it against Sabor's paw, he briefly says "No!" in a deep voice. He doesn't move his mouth when he says it, and it can only be heard if one listens closely. *also when Tarzan is backing away in the tree branches, if one listens you can hear Tarzan grunt and the branches snapping, you can hear Tarzan let out a deep, slight whimper. *He's also demonstrated fear in the scene that takes place on the boat, first when he realizes Clayton's men had taken the boat's crew members hostages and then went chasing after him (though this is mostly due to not expecting them to do that), and then moments after when he's holding onto the funnel's top before falling from there (probably due to being aware that he was having difficulties trying to climb it and he'd fall from unexpected heights).

[gerald]

Bill Paxton and Robert Forster were considered for the role of Clayton.

[lena]

The scene where Tarzan discovers Jane's foot is bare and proceeds to play with her toes is something of a Tarzan tradition. It was done in live-action in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959).

[jessica]

The first theatrically released animated film to star Joe Whyte, later he'd do additional voices in other animated films such as Home on the Range (2004), Bolt (2008), and The Princess and the Frog (2009) and go onto voice the official in The Emperor's New Groove (2000), the acorn mascot, Rodriguez, and Umpire in Chicken Little (2005), the reporter in Meet the Robinsons (2007), one of the hero's duty soldiers in Wreck it Ralph (2012), the red wagon in The Emoji Movie (2017), the scribe and the second innkeeper in The Star (2017), and Tinkles in his speaking voice in the Hotel Transylvania sequels.

[manuel]

Robert Downey Jr. were considered for the role of Tarzan.

[duane]

Daryl Hannah and Teri Polo were considered for the role of Jane.

[kenzi]

The first Tarzan movie to have a one-word title.