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-->'''Tarzan:''' I look into his eyes... and it's like [[CatsAreMean Sabor]] is looking back.

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-->'''Tarzan:''' I don't trust him. When I look into his eyes... and it's like [[CatsAreMean Sabor]] is looking back.

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* AffablyEvil: He's jovial and has tons of British charm and flair. [[spoiler:but he's also a traitor to his country and only came to Africa to get his music box containing his intel back from Jane.]]


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* FauxAffablyEvil: He's jovial and has tons of British charm and flair. [[spoiler:but he's also a traitor to his country and only came to Africa to get his music box containing his intel back from Jane. Tarzan even lampshades how untrustworthy he finds him.]]
-->'''Tarzan:''' I look into his eyes... and it's like [[CatsAreMean Sabor]] is looking back.


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[[folder:Robert "Bobby" Candler]]
* TheAce: He's handsome, charismatic, pretty much Tarzan's equal in skill and - unlike Tarzan - is highly educated. Terk even lampshades this.
* AcePilot: His introductory scene shows him easily outclassing his rival in flight and he shoots him down, though he does end up crashing himself.
* AffablyEvil: He's jovial and has tons of British charm and flair. [[spoiler:but he's also a traitor to his country and only came to Africa to get his music box containing his intel back from Jane.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Jane and Archimedes are clearly devestated by his betrayal and Jane woefully states Tarzan was right not to trust him.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: He and Jane grew up together and were neighbours back in London.
* ClassyCane: Which has a strong metal hook to it that doubles as his main weapon.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Despite using her to get the British Intelligence off his trail, he genuinely cares for Jane and cannot bring himself to run away from her when she's in mortal danger even when he can make a clean getaway and rescues her at the cost of his escape, leading to his capture and arrest.]]
* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler:He readily admits that he is willing to sell out his country to foreign enemies if it will make him rich.]]
* NobleDemon: [[spoiler:Bobby does have a code of honour and noble qualities. Tarzan comforts a distraught Jane by telling her that for all his deeds and treachery, he came back to save Jane and willingly allowed himself to be captured for her sake (even though he had an easy out), which proves that there ''is'' still good in him deep down.]]
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: He's introduced as a calm, confident and all-round gentleman from London who loves cricket and has a typical British charisma and jovial demeanour.
* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:Bobby is actually a double agent who is feeding secrets and information to Britain's enemies for monetary gain. Jane is visibly shocked and disgusted to learn this.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He ends the episode by confirming that while he still believes there's no trouble he can't handle, Tarzan is "the possible exception".
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A population of LivingDinosaurs which Inhabit an underground ecosystem beneath the African jungles that the Gorillas call Pelucidar.

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A population of LivingDinosaurs which Inhabit an [[BeneathTheEarth underground ecosystem ecosystem]] beneath the African jungles that the Gorillas gorillas call Pelucidar.



A pack of Velociraptors that menaced Tarzan and an individual that later managed to escape Pelucidar and rampaged through the jungle.

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A pack of Velociraptors ''Velociraptor''s that menaced Tarzan and an individual that later managed to escape Pelucidar and rampaged through the jungle.



!!Tyrannosaurus Rex

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A female ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'' who pursued Tarzan, Jane, the Professor and Philander after the Professor took one of her eggs.

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A female ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'' rex'' who pursued Tarzan, Jane, the Professor and Philander after the Professor took one of her eggs.



* MisplacedWildlife: ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' was a North American species so how it ended up in Africa is anyone’s guess, it would have made more sense to have replaced it with ''Carcharodontosaurus'' which is a Therapod species that was actually discovered in Africa.

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* MisplacedWildlife: ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' rex'' was a North American species so how it ended up in Africa is anyone’s guess, it would have made more sense to have replaced it with ''Carcharodontosaurus'' which is a Therapod Theropod species that was actually discovered in Africa.



* MisplacedWildlife: Like ''T. Rex'', ''Triceratops'' are from North America not Africa.

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* MisplacedWildlife: Like ''T. Rex'', rex'', ''Triceratops'' are from North America not Africa.
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* AndroclesLion: Heavily averted. After spending much of the episode hunting the group for stealing one of her eggs (really due to Philander's greed), Professor Porter opts to return her newly-hatched baby to her to break up the fight between her and Tarzan. Mother and child share a tender reunion and Porter assures the group that she will no longer trouble them... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and then she angrily roars at them and tries to kill them all anyway.]] Even her baby mimics her in chasing the group as they escape!

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* AndroclesLion: Heavily averted. After spending much of the episode hunting the group for stealing one of her eggs (really due to Philander's greed), eggs, Professor Porter opts to return her newly-hatched baby to her to break up the fight between her and Tarzan. Mother and child share a tender reunion and Porter assures the group that she will no longer trouble them... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and then she angrily roars at them and tries to kill them all anyway.]] Even her baby mimics her in chasing the group as they escape!
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* AndroclesLion: Heavily averted. After spending much of the episode hunting the group for stealing one of her eggs (really due to Philander's greed), Professor Porter opts to return her newly-hatched baby to her to break up the fight between her and Tarzan. Mother and child share a tender reunion and Porter assures the group that she will no longer trouble them... and then RealityEnsues when she angrily roars at them and tries to kill them all anyway. Even her baby mimics her in chasing the group as they escape!

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* AndroclesLion: Heavily averted. After spending much of the episode hunting the group for stealing one of her eggs (really due to Philander's greed), Professor Porter opts to return her newly-hatched baby to her to break up the fight between her and Tarzan. Mother and child share a tender reunion and Porter assures the group that she will no longer trouble them... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and then RealityEnsues when she angrily roars at them and tries to kill them all anyway. anyway.]] Even her baby mimics her in chasing the group as they escape!

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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: In their first appearence, they were shown to be smart enough to use their claws to climb trees and cut a vine Tarzan was using, When they return in the ''Tarzan and the Beast from Below'' not only did one manage to use the rope the main characters left behind from their first visit to Pelucidar to escape but also Terk was able to convince a pack of them not to attack her and Tarzan. While Velociraptor was thought to have been smart for dinosaurs, the idea they could perform such feats and communicate with other species is something more in line with Film/JurassicPark/Film/JurassicWorld than real-life.

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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: In their first appearence, appearance, they were shown to be smart enough to use their claws to climb trees and cut a vine Tarzan was using, using. When they return in the ''Tarzan and the Beast from Below'' Below'', not only did one manage to use the rope the main characters left behind from their first visit to Pelucidar to escape escape, but also Terk was able to convince a pack of them not to attack her and Tarzan. While Velociraptor was thought to have been smart for dinosaurs, the idea they could perform such feats and communicate with other species is something more in line with Film/JurassicPark/Film/JurassicWorld than real-life.



* RaptorAttack: They are clearly modeled after the velociraptors in Film/JurassicPark as they are featherless and man-sized, one could possibly justify their differences from the real-life animal as being a case of SpeculativeBiology from 65 million years of continued evolution.

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* RaptorAttack: They are clearly modeled after the velociraptors in Film/JurassicPark as they are featherless and man-sized, one man-sized. One could possibly justify their differences from the real-life animal as being a case of SpeculativeBiology from 65 million years of continued evolution.



* AndroclesLion: Heavily averted. After spending much of the episode hunting the group for stealing one of her eggs (really due to Philander's greed), Professor Porter opts to return her newly-hatched baby to her to break up the fight between her and Tarzan. Mother and child share a tender reunion and Porter assures the group that she will no longer trouble them... and then RealityEnsues when she angrily roars at them and tries to kill them all anyway. Even her baby mimics her in chasing the group as they escape!



* AlwaysABiggerFish: While Tarzan is being chased by a pair of raptors he falls on the animals head, its angry roar causes the two carnivores to immediately retreat.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted, It may be a herbivore but it is depicted as no less dangerous or aggressive than the carnivores.

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: While Tarzan is being chased by a pair of raptors he falls on the animals head, its animal's head. Its angry roar causes the two carnivores to immediately retreat.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted, It it may be a herbivore but it is depicted as no less dangerous or aggressive than the carnivores.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: In their first appearence, the were shown to be smart enough to use their claws to climb trees and cut the vine Tarzan was using, When they return in the ''Tarzan and the Beast from Below'' not only did one manage to use the rope the main characters left behind from their first visit to Pelicidar to escape the underground world but also Terk was able to convince a pack of them not to attack her and Tarzan. While Velociraptor was thought to be smart for dinosaurs, the idea they could perform such feats and communicate with other species is something more in line with Film/JurassicPark/Film/JurassicWorld than real-life.

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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: In their first appearence, the they were shown to be smart enough to use their claws to climb trees and cut the a vine Tarzan was using, When they return in the ''Tarzan and the Beast from Below'' not only did one manage to use the rope the main characters left behind from their first visit to Pelicidar Pelucidar to escape the underground world but also Terk was able to convince a pack of them not to attack her and Tarzan. While Velociraptor was thought to be have been smart for dinosaurs, the idea they could perform such feats and communicate with other species is something more in line with Film/JurassicPark/Film/JurassicWorld than real-life.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: In their first appearence, the were shown to be smart enough to use their claws to climb trees and cut the vine Tarzan was using, When they return in the ''Tarzan and the Beast from Below'' not only did one manage to use the rope the main characters left behind from their first visit to Pelicidar to escape the underground world but also Terk was able to convince a pack of them not to attack her and Tarzan. While Velociraptor was thought to be smart for dinosaurs, the idea they could perform such feats and communicate with other species is something more in line with Film/JurassicPark/Film/JurassicWorld than real-life.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Was once a normal elephant, but went rogue and tuned on his own herd.

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* FaceHeelTurn: Was once a normal elephant, but went rogue and tuned turned on his own herd.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Thankfully subverted. His logging company is responsible for unearthing the microbes that caused the virus outbreak. When the Professor discovers a cure and tasks he and Tarzan with collecting the ingediants, they discover to their horror the final ingredient was a special breed of flowers that only grew by the river bank. Unfortunately, Markham's crew had already dug the whole area up and destroyed all the flowers. However, his daughter just happened to have collected the last surviving flower, which they use to create the cure and use its seeds to restore the flower population.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Thankfully subverted. His logging company is responsible for unearthing the microbes that caused the virus outbreak. When the Professor discovers a cure and tasks he and Tarzan with collecting the ingediants, ingrediants, they discover to their horror the final ingredient was a special breed of flowers that only grew by the river bank. Unfortunately, Markham's crew had already dug the whole area up and destroyed all the flowers. However, his daughter just happened to have collected the last surviving flower, which they use to create the cure and use its seeds to restore the flower population.
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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: She's just as capable of doing a bunch of questionable stuff like her brother Clayton, only that she's much more openly humane than he ever was, especially since her vengeance towards Tarzan is a misguided one.

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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: She's just as capable of doing a bunch of questionable stuff like her brother Clayton, only that she's much more openly humane than he ever was, especially since her vengeance towards Tarzan is a misguided one.one (as well as the fact that she later felt remorseful about her actions).
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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: She's just as capable of doing a bunch of questionable stuff like her brother Clayton, only that she's much more openly humane than he ever was, especially since her vengeance towards Tarzan is a misguided one.
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* RedIsViolent: She is covered in red scales, and is a vicious ''T. rex''.


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* RedEyesTakeWarning: It has blood-red eyes that match its aggressive temper.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: In his first appearance, Tublat would often grab the nearest object to use as a weapon rather than fight with his bare hands, as most of the Gorillas in this show tend to do. In his fight with Kerchak, it was a nearby tree branch. With Tarzan, he would use stalagtites.

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* ImprovisedWeapon: In his first appearance, Tublat would often grab the nearest object to use as a weapon rather than fight with his bare hands, as most of the Gorillas in this show tend to do. In his fight with Kerchak, it was a nearby tree branch. With Tarzan, he would use stalagtites.stalactites.
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* HappilyMarried: He and his betrothed end up this why by "Tarzan and the Eagle's Feather".

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* HappilyMarried: He and his betrothed end up this why way by "Tarzan and the Eagle's Feather".
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* {{Irony}}: While possessing 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."

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* {{Irony}}: While possessing 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 in a brown bag, with Jane saying "trapped like a rat indeed."
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* NonMaliciousMonster: She is not evil, just parent trying to protect her young.

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* NonMaliciousMonster: She is not evil, just a parent trying to protect her young.
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* MisplacedWildlife: ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' was a North American species so how it ended up in African is anyone’s guess, it would have made more sense to have replaced it with ''Carcharodontosaurus'' which is a Therapod species that was actually discovered in Africa.

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* MisplacedWildlife: ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' was a North American species so how it ended up in African Africa is anyone’s guess, it would have made more sense to have replaced it with ''Carcharodontosaurus'' which is a Therapod species that was actually discovered in Africa.
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* MisplacedWildlife: ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' was a North American species so how it ended up in African is anyone’s guess, it would have made more sense to have replaced it with Carcharodontosaurus which is a Therapod species that was actually discovered in Africa.

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* MisplacedWildlife: ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' was a North American species so how it ended up in African is anyone’s guess, it would have made more sense to have replaced it with Carcharodontosaurus ''Carcharodontosaurus'' which is a Therapod species that was actually discovered in Africa.



An aggressive Triceratops that chased after Tarzan until it was scared away by Jane igniting a methane geyser.

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An aggressive Triceratops ''Triceratops'' that chased after Tarzan until it was scared away by Jane igniting a methane geyser.



* MisplacedWildlife: Like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops are from North America not Africa.

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* MisplacedWildlife: Like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops ''T. Rex'', ''Triceratops'' are from North America not Africa.
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A population of LivingDinosaurs which Inhabit an underground ecosystem beneath the African jungles that the Gorillas call Pelucidar.
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!!Velociraptor
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A pack of Velociraptors that menaced Tarzan and an individual that later managed to escape Pelucidar and rampaged through the jungle.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Just to show how dangerous they are, the one that escaped Pelucidar '''''killed a Leopard'''''.
* MisplacedWildlife: Velociraptor was only found in Mongolia.
* RaptorAttack: They are clearly modeled after the velociraptors in Film/JurassicPark as they are featherless and man-sized, one could possibly justify their differences from the real-life animal as being a case of SpeculativeBiology from 65 million years of continued evolution.

!!Tyrannosaurus Rex
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A female ''Tyrannosaurs Rex'' who pursued Tarzan, Jane, the Professor and Philander after the Professor took one of her eggs.
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* MamaBear: Nothing will stop her if any unfortunate creature tries to steal one of her eggs.
* MisplacedWildlife: ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' was a North American species so how it ended up in African is anyone’s guess, it would have made more sense to have replaced it with Carcharodontosaurus which is a Therapod species that was actually discovered in Africa.
* MonsterIsAMommy: She relentlessly pursues the main characters to reclaim her egg.
* NonMaliciousMonster: She is not evil, just parent trying to protect her young.
* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: It is one of the few enemies that Tarzan, who has defeated rogue elephants and giant snakes, could not overpower and the best he could do was briefly distract it.

!Triceratops
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An aggressive Triceratops that chased after Tarzan until it was scared away by Jane igniting a methane geyser.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: While Tarzan is being chased by a pair of raptors he falls on the animals head, its angry roar causes the two carnivores to immediately retreat.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted, It may be a herbivore but it is depicted as no less dangerous or aggressive than the carnivores.
* MisplacedWildlife: Like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops are from North America not Africa.
* TemperCeratops: It is very aggressive to any creature that comes close.
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---> '''Staquait:''' When a soldier is given an order HE FOLLOWS IT! He doesn't carry on about ''women and children!''

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---> '''Staquait:''' When a soldier is given an order order, HE FOLLOWS IT! He doesn't carry on about ''women and children!''

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---> '''Tublat:''' Whatever you say Kerchak. (Throws the ape he has in a headlock away from him) I was looking for a bigger challenge anyway.

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---> '''Tublat:''' Whatever you say say, Kerchak. (Throws the ape he has in a headlock away from him) I was looking for a bigger challenge anyway.



* ImprovisedWeapon: In his first appearance, Tublat would often grab the nearest object to use as a weapon rather than fight with his bare hands, as most of the Gorillas in this show tend to do. In his fight with Kerchak, it was a nearby tree branch. With Tarzan, he would use stalagtites.



* ImprovisedWeapon: In his first appearance, Tublat would often grab the nearest object to use as a weapon rather than fight with his bare hands, as most of the Gorillas in this show tend to do. In his fight with Kerchak, it was a nearby tree branch. With Tarzan, he would use stalagtites.



* WouldHurtAChild: When Tarzan breaks his nose with a coconut in Kala's flashback, he angrily jumps toward him with clear intent to kill Tarzan.
---> '''Tublat:''' You hairless RUNT! YOU BROKE MY NOSE!



* WouldHurtAChild: When Tarzan breaks his nose with a coconut in Kala's flashback, he angrily jumps toward him with clear intent to kill Tarzan.
---> '''Tublat:''' You hairless RUNT! YOU BROKE MY NOSE!
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* EvilIsBigger: He's bigger and stronger than any ape shown and as evil as he is big.

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* EvilIsBigger: He's bigger and stronger than any ape shown (except for Kerchak) and as evil as he is big.
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* BloodKnight: In Kala's words, he would get into fights "over anything and with anyone." He also relishes the idea of fighting with Kerchak.

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* BloodKnight: In Kala's words, he would get into fights "over anything "for any reason and with anyone." He also relishes the idea of fighting with Kerchak.
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* StealingTheCredit: Philander has a nasty habit of taking credit for Professor Porter's discoveries and exploits, and has done so since they were in their university days together. It's why the Professor hates him so much and the prime reason Philander even comes to Tarzan's jungle in the first place.

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* StealingTheCredit: Philander has a nasty habit of taking credit for Professor Porter's discoveries and exploits, and has done so since they were in their university days together. It's why the Professor hates him so much and the prime reason Philander even comes to Tarzan's jungle in the first place. He's apparently done this to the Professor since they were schoolboys.
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** He also seems to have a limited ability to hypnotize others, as he nearly had Philander release him before the doctor's cronies interrupted him.

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* TooDumbToLive: These two made up their own brand of barbecue sauce to sell across the world with their name and face on the labels after they managed to convince Staquait they had died during their last encounter and didn't think he'd come back for them.

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* TooDumbToLive: These two made up their own brand of barbecue sauce to sell across the world with their name and face on the labels after they managed to convince Staquait they had died during their last encounter and didn't think he'd come back for them. There's also shades of this in ''Tarzan and the Foreign Legion'' when Hooft explains his reasoning as to why Staquait would never expect them to go to the jungle.
---> '''Hooft:''' Because a couple of guys like us wouldn't last a minute in the jungle!
---> '''Hugo:''' Heh, you're a genius Hooft!
---> '''Hooft:''' And that's why we'll be one step ahead of them my boy; superior intelligence! (Fails to realize they're leaving a clear trail of footprints in the sand for Staquait to follow)
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---> '''Hugo:''' Well Staquait ordered us to burn down a village!
---> '''Hooft:''' But we wouldn't do it!
---> '''Hugo:''' No!

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