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Kerchak
Kerchak is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original '' Tarzan'' novel, '' Tarzan of the Apes'', and in movies and other media based on it. History In the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'', Kerchak is the "king" of a tribal band of Mangani, a fictional species of great ape intermediate between gorillas and chimpanzees. Per the common practice among Mangani tribes, the band self-identifies by the name of its leader, and is therefore known as "the tribe of Kerchak". Kerchak reigns by violence and fear heightened by his unpredictable mood swings and bouts of madness. In the beginning of the original novel, Kerchak leads his band against Tarzan's marooned father and kills him; the infant Tarzan is saved by a female Mangani named Kala, who rears the baby and protects him from Kerchak. However, after Tarzan reaches adulthood, the ape man's deeds and cleverness raise him to a prominence in the band Kerchak finds impossible to ignore, and the king attacks his human sub ...
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Tarzan (1999 Film)
''Tarzan'' is a 1999 American animated adventure comedy-drama film directed by Kevin Lima and Chris Buck, and produced by Bonnie Arnold, from a screenplay written by Tab Murphy, and the writing team of Bob Tzudiker and Noni White. It is based on the 1912 story '' Tarzan of the Apes'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs, being the first animated major motion picture version of the story. Produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Tony Goldwyn as the title character, alongside Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Rosie O'Donnell, Brian Blessed, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, and Nigel Hawthorne. The film follows an orphan who is raised by the family of gorillas in Africa, after his real parents were killed by a leopard. Years later, he grows up into a man and meets other humans. He is soon torn by them and must choose between staying with them or a group of animals. Pre-production of ''Tarzan'' began in 1995, with Lima selected as director an ...
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Tublat
Tublat is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original Tarzan novel, ''Tarzan of the Apes'' and one of its sequels, ''Jungle Tales of Tarzan'', as well as animated films, television series and other media based on them. History In the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'' Tublat (whose name means "Broken Nose") is a member of a tribal band of Mangani, a fictional species of great ape intermediate between gorillas and chimpanzees. In the beginning of the original novel, Tublat's mate Kala saves the infant Tarzan from the murderous fury of Kerchak, the mad leader of the ape band, after the latter kills Tarzan's human father. Kala goes on to rear the human baby as her own while protecting him against both Kerchak and Tublat. Tublat, while portrayed as a fairly passive figure in the novel, is resentful of his foster-son Tarzan, and would kill him given the chance. Tarzan, in response, taunts and teases Tublat from a safe distance. Ultimately, when Tarzan has reached his early ...
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The Legend Of Tarzan (TV Series)
''The Legend of Tarzan'' is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, based on Tarzan from the novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the character's original creator who appears in one episode of the series. The series is also based on Disney's 1999 animated feature film ''Tarzan'' by Walt Disney Pictures and aired initially on the Disney's One Too block on UPN. However, reruns were broadcast shortly after on Toon Disney. The series picks up where Disney's 1999 animated feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role as leader of the gorilla family following Kerchak's death, along with Jane (whom he has since married) and her father, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter, adjusting to life in the jungle. The three now reside in the treehouse built by Tarzan's original human parents. Characters Main * Tarzan (voiced by Michael T. Weiss) has assumed his role as leader of the gorillas. He married Jane, and they ...
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Mangani
''Mangani'' is the name of a fictional species of great apes in the Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and of the invented language used by these apes. In the invented language, ''Mangani'' (meaning "great-ape") is the apes' word for their own kind, although the term is also applied (with modifications) to humans. The Mangani are represented as the apes who foster and raise Tarzan. As a species of ape The ''Mangani'' are described by Burroughs as approximately man-sized, and appear to be a species intermediate between gorillas and chimpanzees. He also described them as “man-like apes which the natives of the Gobi speak of in whispers; but which no white man ever had seen efore Tarzan�� ('' Jungle Tales of Tarzan'': "The Battle for Teeka") implying a connection to the Almas or Yeti. There have been several attempts to identify the fictional ''Mangani'' with an actual primate species. Science fiction author Philip José Farmer speculated they might be a variety of australopi ...
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Kala (Tarzan)
Kala is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original ''Tarzan'' novel, ''Tarzan of the Apes'', and in movies and other media based on it. She is the foster mother of Tarzan and raised him following the death of his parents. Fictional character biography In the novel, Kala is a female in a band of Mangani, a fictional species of great ape intermediate between gorillas and chimpanzees. The band of mangani encounter the Claytons, and while Kerchak attacks the father, Kala discovers their baby son. Grieving the death of her own baby, she takes the young Tarzan and raises him as her own. After Tarzan reaches adulthood, Kala is killed by Kulonnga, an African hunter who Tarzan subsequently kills in revenge. Kala is frequently mentioned in Tarzan books set after her death. She also appears in ''Jungle Tales of Tarzan'', a collection of short stories set during Tarzan's youth. In other media Film * Kala appears in ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (1918). * Kala appears in '' Gr ...
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Tarzan Of The Apes
''Tarzan of the Apes'' is a 1912 novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the first in the Tarzan series. The story was first printed in the pulp magazine '' The All-Story'' in October 1912 before being released as a novel in June 1914. The story follows the title character Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society. So popular was the character that Burroughs continued the series into the 1940s with two dozen sequels. Scholars have noted several important themes in the novel: the impact of heredity on behavior; racial superiority; civilization, especially as Tarzan struggles with his identity as a human; sexuality; and escapism. In April 2012, in advance of the novel's centennial anniversary, the Library of America published a hardcover edition based on Burroughs' original novel, with an introduction by Thomas Mallon.(). Plot summary John and Alice (Rutherford) Clayt ...
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Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen (born May 5, 1940) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in various science fiction, action and horror genre productions, including Bishop in the ''Alien'' film franchise and Frank Black in the Fox television series ''Millennium'' (1996–99) and ''The X-Files'' (1999). He has also done extensive voice work, including the Disney film ''Tarzan'' (1999) and the video games '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' (2009) and BioWare's ''Mass Effect'' trilogy (2007–2012). Other film credits include '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), '' The Terminator'' (1984), '' Hard Target'' (1993), '' Color of Night'' (1994), '' The Quick and the Dead'' (1995), '' Powder'' (1995), '' Scream 3'' (2000), '' Appaloosa'' (2008), and ''Falling'' (2020). Henriksen was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for his role on ''Millenium,'' and won a Saturn Award (out of four total nominations) for his performance in ''Hard Target''. In 2021, he was nominated for a Canadian Screen ...
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Tarzan II
''Tarzan II'' (also known as ''Tarzan 2'' and ''Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins'') is a 2005 American animated direct-to-video adventure comedy film, and the third Disney's ''Tarzan'' film after '' Tarzan and Jane'', though it chronologically takes place during the events of the original film set during Tarzan's childhood, years before he met Jane. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Disneytoon Studios with animation outsourced to Toon City Animation, and distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Taking place during Tarzan's youth and before his adulthood, the film follows Tarzan's adventure to discover who he really is. Glenn Close and Lance Henriksen reprise their roles as Kala and Kerchak from the first film while Harrison Chad, Brenda Grate, and Harrison Fahn are the new voices for the younger versions of Tarzan, Terk, and Tantor, replacing Alex D. Linz, Rosie O'Donnell, and Taylor Dempsey. They are joined by new characters voiced by George Carlin, Estelle Harri ...
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Tarzan
Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel ''Tarzan of the Apes'' (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and subsequently in 23 sequels, several books by Burroughs and other authors, and innumerable works in other media, both authorized and unauthorized. Character biography Tarzan is the son of a British lord and lady who were marooned on the coast of Africa by mutineers. When Tarzan was an infant, his mother died, and his father was killed by Kerchak, leader of the ape tribe by whom Tarzan was adopted. Soon after his parents' death, Tarzan became a feral child, and his tribe of apes is known as the Mangani, great apes of a species unknown to science. Kala (Tarzan), Kala is his ape mother. Burroughs adde ...
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Sabor (Tarzan)
This list of fictional big cats in animation is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable feline characters that appear in various animated works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of large felines portrayed in animated television shows or feature-length films. Cheetahs Leopards Lions Tigers Other References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fictional big cats in animation Animation Big Big Cats The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus ''Panthera'', namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard. All cats descend from the ''Felidae'' family, sharing similar musculature, c ...
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Tarzan (2013 Film)
''Tarzan'' is a 2013 English-language German animated action-adventure film based on the ''Tarzan'' stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Written, directed and produced by Reinhard Klooss, the film features the voices of Kellan Lutz and Spencer Locke. The story sees Tarzan (Lutz), a helicopter crash survivor who was raised by apes, as he meets and teams up with Jane Porter (Locke) to protect an energy-abundant meteorite from the greedy CEO of Tarzan's late father's company. ''Tarzan'' premiered in Russia on 17 October 2013, before releasing in Germany on 20 February 2014. It was distributed in Germany by Constantin Film, with international sales handled by Summit Entertainment. The film grossed €44.1 million worldwide against a budget of €25 million, despite receiving predominantly negative reviews from critics. Plot In prehistoric times, an asteroid crashes into Earth and Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, kills all the dinosaurs. In the present day, industrialist John Gre ...
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