History Characters / TheLegendOfTarzan

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: It's implied that despite Tublat's aggression continually driving him to attack the other members of the tribe, Kerchak only really slapped him back down again as punishment time and again. However, it's when Tublat takes a cheap shot at Kerchak by slugging him with a tree branch after saying "uncle," and then trying to go after Tarzan when he stopped him from finishing off Kerchak that the silverback finally decides the family has had enough and exiles Tublat.

* TheDreaded: The other gorillas fear him, due to his unusually vicious and sociopathic nature.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Tarzan saves her even after everything she's done she finally realizes that Tarzan was telling the truth about Clayton's death being an accident.

* HoistByHerOwnPetard: In "Tarzan and The Return of La", La sends two giant stone warriors to finish off Tarzan, but she later posseses his body to attack Jane, and one of her warriors tries to attack her confusing her by Tarzan.

* {{Irony}}: While possesing Tarzan, she tells a cornered Jane that "she's trapped like a rat", soon she's forced to leave Tarzan's body and possess a rat to avoid being killed by one of her own warriors and a Waziri named Usula traps her into a brown bag, with Jane saying "trapped like a rat indeed"

* TokenEvilTeammate: He's the only known KillerGorilla out of his species.

* AdaptationalModesty: While in the show she wears quite a {{Stripperific}} outfit, it is toned down compared to the book where she only wears DiamondsInTheBuff.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She's always barefoot. A JustifiedTrope, as she lives in the jungle and wears little clothing of any kind.

** Furthermore, Mabaya's permanent state of rage appears to be an exaggerated version of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musth musth]] state, which is typically periodic and causes male elephants to become highly aggressive towards both fellow elephants - even juveniles - and other animals for the entire duration.

* ShownTheirWork: Jabari's mother speculates that rogue elephants like Mabaya may be the result of developmental disorder, as many of them come from broken herds; this has basis in real life, as young male elephants that grow in the absence of adult males (e.g. as a result of natural disasters or poaching) tend to be prone to pathological aggression and violence towards both fellow elephants and other animals.

* BadassBaritone: He has a deep and gravelly voice befitting an African chief.

* DarkIsEvil: She wears a black top, sarong and cape and is a villain.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JimCummings

* AffablyEvil: Talks to Tarzan like an old friend, but is quick to show his true colours when he doesn’t get his own way.

* DirtyCoward: Has no problem bullying Tarzan due to holding the secret over his head, but when confronted by a furious Kala, it’s his turn to beg.

* SuperPersistentPredator: Played straight in their debut in “The British Invasion”, where they go out of their way to pursue Jane and her friends through the jungle. Averted for the rest of the series, where they realistically give up if their prey puts up too much of a fight. Given that they are fighting ''Tarzan'', this is a given.

* AdaptationalVillainy: She became Tarzan's ally and banned human sacrifices in the book, while in the series, she is more evil and never becomes an ally to Tarzan.

* DisproportionateRetribution: He wants to execute Hugo and Hooft for disobeying him. The order? Staquait wanted them to burn down a village of innocent people.

* TaughtByExperience: In his second appearance, he refers to Tarzan as an unknown variable that he will be ready for this time. He proves it a few times over.

* BareYourMidriff: Her regular outfit shows her stomach.