Tarzan (franchise)
Disney's Tarzan | |
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Original work | Tarzan (1999) |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
Based on | Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | Tarzan (1999) |
Animated series | The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003) |
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Theatrical presentations | |
Musical(s) |
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Games | |
Video game(s) |
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Audio | |
Soundtrack(s) | Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
Theme park attraction(s) |
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* Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of a crossover. |
Tarzan is a Disney media franchise that commenced in 1999 with the theatrical release of the film Tarzan, based on the character Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Films
Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan & Jane (2002)
Tarzan & Jane is a Disney direct-to-video film released on July 23, 2002, sequel to the 1999 animated feature Tarzan, and uses three unaired episodes of the film's corresponding television series, The Legend of Tarzan. The film is set one year after the events of the first film.
Tarzan II (2005)
Tarzan II (also known as Tarzan II: The Legend Begins) is a 2005 direct-to-video animated film and follow-up to the 1999 Walt Disney Feature Animation film Tarzan. It was released on June 14, 2005. Taking place during Tarzan's youth and before his adulthood, the film follows Tarzan's adventure to discover who he really is.
Television
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan is an American animated television series created by The Walt Disney Company in 2001, based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The series aired on ABC from July 13 to September 7, 2002 as part of its "Disney's One Saturday Morning" lineup. The Legend of Tarzan picks up where the 1999 feature film left off.
Broadway musical
Tarzan
The original
Video games
Disney's Tarzan
Tarzan: Untamed
Tarzan: Untamed (known as Tarzan: FreeRide in Europe) is a 2001 action-adventure video game released by Ubisoft Montreal for the PlayStation 2 and was a launch title for the GameCube.
Tarzan Jungle Tumble
Tarzan Jungle Tumble is a 2001 platform game developed and released by Disney Interactive for the PC.
Disney's Tarzan: Return to the Jungle
Disney's Tarzan Activity Center
Disney's Tarzan Activity Center, a 1999 game which is part of Disney's Activity Center series.
Other appearances
- Tarzan's home, "Deep Jungle", is a playable world in the Disney/Square Enix video game Kingdom Hearts released for PlayStation 2 in 2002. Tony Goldwyn and Brian Blessed were the only cast members to reprise their roles in the game. It does not appear in any subsequent games in the series, save for the game's Final Mix version, due to Square Enix's failure to acquire the required rights from the family of Edgar Rice Burroughs.[citation needed]
- Tarzan, Jane, Tantor, and Terk, in their young forms, appear as playable characters in Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure, developed by Toys for Bob and released for PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Game Boy Advance in 2003.
Theme park attractions
Tarzan's Treehouse
Tarzan's Treehouse is a walk through attraction at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland. It is styled after the 1999 film Tarzan.
Tarzan Rocks!
Tarzan Rocks! was a musical show that took place in the Theater in the Wild at
Meet and greets
Tarzan, Jane and Terk all appear at the
Music
Soundtrack
Cast and characters
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- Y indicates a younger version of the character.
Characters | Main films | Television series | ||
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Tarzan | Tarzan & Jane | Tarzan II | The Legend of Tarzan | |
1999 | 2002 | 2005 | 2001-2003 | |
Tarzan | Tony Goldwyn | Michael T. Weiss | Harrison Chad | Michael T. Weiss |
Alex D. LinzY | Shaun FlemingY | |||
Jane Porter | Minnie Driver | Olivia d'Abo | Olivia d'Abo | |
Terk | Rosie O'Donnell | April Winchell | Brenda Grate | April Winchell |
Tantor | Wayne Knight | Jim Cummings | Harrison Fahn | Jim Cummings |
Taylor DempseyY | Taylor DempseyY | |||
Kala | Glenn Close | Susanne Blakeslee | Glenn Close | Susanne Blakeslee |
Kerchak | Lance Henriksen | Lance Henriksen | ||
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter | Nigel Hawthorne | Jeff Bennett | Jeff Bennett | |
William Clayton | Brian Blessed | Character is mute | ||
Sabor | Frank Welker | Frank Welker | ||
Flynt | Erik von Detten | Erik von Detten | ||
Mungo | Jason Marsden | Jason Marsden | ||
Nura and Sheeta | Frank Welker | Frank Welker | ||
Johannes Niels | John O'Hurley | John O'Hurley | ||
Marcus | Jim Cummings | Jim Cummings | ||
Robert (Bobby) Canler | Jeff Bennett | Jeff Bennett | ||
Nigel Taylor | Alexis Denisof | Alexis Denisof | ||
Renard Dumont | Rene Auberjonois
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Rene Auberjonois | ||
Hugo and Hooft | Character is mute | Dave Thomas Joe Flaherty | ||
Zugor | George Carlin | |||
Mama Gunda | Estelle Harris | |||
Uto and Kago | Brad Garrett Ron Perlman |
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Henry | Alexis Denisof | |||
Dania | Kathy Najimy | |||
Samuel T. Philander | Craig Ferguson | |||
Queen La | Diahann Carroll | |||
Moyo | Neil Patrick Harris | |||
Tublat | Keith David | |||
Hobson | Jim Cummings | |||
Greenley | Grey DeLisle | Grey DeLisle | ||
Eleanore | Nicollette Sheridan | Nicollette Sheridan | ||
Hazel | Tara Strong | Tara Strong | ||
Zutho | Jason Alexander | |||
Colonel Staguait | Jim Cummings |
References
- ^ Powers, Scott (January 24, 2006). "Tarzan show ends at Animal Kingdom". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ J. Anderson, Jamie (July 9, 1999). "Animal Kingdom Rocks With 'Tarzan' Stage Show". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ Brown, Sophie (June 19, 2012). "Pixar Week: Finding Nemo: The Musical is a Hidden Gem". Wired. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.