History Film / TheLegendOfTarzan

* FamousLastWords:
** "A Kubo chief does not bow." [[spoiler:Muviro, right before the Belgians shoot him.]]
** "Tarzan! Tarzan! [[SayMyName John! John!]]" [[spoiler:Rom, right before the crocodiles kill him.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Rom acts polite and friendly, but he's a bigot who wishes to enslave all non-whites in Congo.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:The 20,000 mercenaries about to disembark at Boma see their pay go to the bottom of the harbor, the port leveled, and lots of hostile natives (many with rifles) surrounding what is left of the port. They weigh anchor and sail off for some reason.]]

!!Tropes in the film include:

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Tarzan and Jane have a baby in a one-year-later epilogue.]]

--> '''Jane''': A normal man can do the impossible to save the woman he loves. My husband is no normal man.

* BrickJoke: At one point, Tarzan messes with Washington by advising that if he ever encounters an ape, he should show submission by bowing and licking its genitals. Later, when they're forced to submit after Tarzan's former ape brother Akut has just finished beating Tarzan to a pulp, Washington drily asks if he should "lick his(Akut's) nuts".

* DamselInDistress: Jane is taken captive by Captain Léon Rom (Waltz) and his mercenaries. [[spoiler: Eventually, she takes advantage of this, resulting in the tribes allying against Rom.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Both Jane and Tarzan himself, but ''especially'' Jane, who, after being caught by Rom, constantly snarks at him.

** Léon Rom Rom died in 1924 at the age of sixty-four, not in 1889 at the age of thirty.

* DramaticDeadpan: Even when he's bowing submissively before Akut- a massive ferocious ape who just beat Tarzan to a pulp- Williams dryly asks, "Do you want me to lick his nuts, too?"

** "A Kubo chief does not bow." [[spoiler:Muviro, right before the Belgians shoot him]]
** "Tarzan! Tarzan! [[SayMyName John! John!]] [[spoiler:Rom, right before the crocodiles kill him]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first time we see Jane, she's telling a rapt group of children that a hippo "can snap a crocodile's back with a single bite". So later on, when [[spoiler:Jane and Wasimbu swim through a river filled with hippos to escape from Rom]], the audience knows just how much danger they're in.
** On their first night in Muviro's village, Jane is listening to several jungle calls and identifying each one as a "mating call" right before she and Tarzan engage in a mating ritual of their own. Tarzan later uses a "mating call"--and identifies it as such-- [[spoiler:to turn Rom into JustDesserts]].

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rom uses a weaponized rosary to garotte his foes.

* IronicEcho: Jane, early on, hears a number of animals' mating calls, which she repeatedly mentions as mating calls. [[spoiler: Tarzan uses this in the final battle to summon a group of crocodiles to kill Leon Rom.]]

* RevengeByProxy: A member of Mbonga's tribe killed Tarzan's ape mother; so he killed Mbonga's only son in revenge. Subverted since Mbonga's son ''was'' the tribe member who slayed Kala.

* ScaryBlackMan: The tribesmen of Opar led by Chief Mbonga appear to be these, but we ultimately learn that [[spoiler:Mbonga is just a mourning father.]] And George Washington Williams only plays this straight when he's shooting people to defend Tarzan. Otherwise, he's somewhat a FishOutOfWater.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: The 20,000 mercenaries about to disembark at Boma see their pay go to the bottom of the harbor, the port leveled, and lots of hostile natives (many with rifles) surrounding what is left of the port. They weigh anchor and sail off for some reason.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Rom's Madagascar spider silk rosary...unassuming at first, until he uses it to grasp or choke someone out.

-->'''Tarzan''': Your son [[YouKilledMyFather killed the only person who ever cared about me!]]
-->'''Mbonga''': [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman It was an animal!]]
-->'''Tarzan''': ''She'' [[InterspeciesAdoption was my mother!]]
-->'''Mbonga''': ([[ManlyTears choking up]]) [[ObliviouslyEvil How was he to know?]] [[spoiler:My son was just a boy! [[WouldHurtAChild Not like you!]] Where was your honour?!]]
-->'''Tarzan''': (lowering his knife) [[HeelRealisation I had none. I had none.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When a young Tarzan is sniffing Jane, he gets down on his knees and sniffs a little too close to some place no woman should be sniffed. Jane's not pleased, to say the least.

* AdaptationalWimp: A downplayed example with Tarzan. He's still capable of taking down any man in his path and is quite able to endure a great deal of punishment. However, he's most notably not able to defeat apes in battle like past versions of the character have been able to. Possibly justified as he was out of his element for too long.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first time we see Jane, she's telling a rapt group of childen that a hippo "can snap a crocodile's back with a single bite". So later on, when [[spoiler:Jane and Wasimbu swim through a river filled with hippos to escape from Rom]], the audience knows just how much danger they're in.

** "Tarzan! Tarzan! [[SayMyName! John! John!]] [[spoiler:Rom, right before the crocodiles kill him]]

* CycleOfRevenge: Ultimately the true cause of the events of the film. [[spoiler:Chief Mbonga's son killed Tarzan's ape mother, and Tarzan killed him in retaliation. In exchange for the diamonds of Opar, Léon Rom Rom must give Tarzan to Mbonga so he may finally get his revenge. Tarzan and Williams are only able to break the cycle by convincing Mbonga of the danger of allowing Rom to succeed]].

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original books, Tarzan killed Kerchak once he came of age. Here, Kerchak's still alive when a grown Tarzan returns to Africa, but Kerchak's own son Akut has replaced him as the Mangani leader.

** On their first night in Muviro's village, Jane is listening to several jungle calls and identifying each one as a "mating call" right before she and Tarzan engage in a mating ritual of their own. Tarzan later uses a "mating call"--and identifies it as such-- to turn Rom into JustDesserts.

* InstantKnots: Rom is able to do this with Madagascar spider silk rosary, getting it to wrap around and grapple whatever target he chooses; such as Jane's wrist during dinner, or Tarzan's throat during the final fight.

* KickTheDog: Rom, after promising Jane not to shoot the apes after encountering them, orders his soldiers to do it anyway.

* WhatTheHellHero: Mbonga to Tarzan when he has him at knife point, [[over Tarzan killing his son.]]

* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Several man-eating crocodiles appear in the finale but Tarzan is able to [[spoiler:use a mating call to lure them to eat Rom]].

* WouldHurtAChild: In a flashback, Kerchak (the ape with the dead eye) had no qualms with chasing Tarzan as a child through the jungle and beating him up.

Shares its name with [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan an animated TV series]], a SpinOff of the [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} 1999 Disney film.]]

* SayMyName

* TheAtoner: George Williams tells Tarzan that he spent several years as a mercenary in Mexico and the [[InjunCountry U. S. frontier]] after his U.S. Civil War tour of duty. By his admission he was no different than the people being recruited to subjugate the Congo.

* BigBad: Captain Leon Rom, named after the real life historical figure, is the film's villain.

* CycleOfRevenge: Ultimately the true cause of the events of the film. [[spoiler:Chief Mbonga's son killed Tarzan's ape mother, and Tarzan killed him in retaliation. In exchange for the diamonds of Opar, Leon Rom must give Tarzan to Mbonga so he may finally get his revenge. Tarzan and Williams are only able to break the cycle by convincing Mbonga of the danger of allowing Rom to succeed]].

** Leon Rom died in 1924 at the age of sixty-four, not in 1889 at the age of thirty.

* LikeASonToMe: A tribal chief refers to Jane as his "American daughter". Her biological father Professor Porter is briefly mentioned but unseen.

* CompositeCharacter: Chief Mbonga's tribe is combined with the Oparians, with Mbonga himself seeming like a member of the Leopard Man cult from the pelt he wears and his claw-like weaponry.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Rom acts polite and friendly, but he's a bigot who wishes to enslave all non-whites in Africa.

* AdaptationalWimp: A downplayed example with Tarzan. He's still capable of taking down any man in his path and is quite able to endure a great deal of punishment. However, he's most notably not able to defeat apes in battle like past versions of the character have been able to.

* TheAtoner: George Williams tells Tarzan that he spent several years as a mercenary in Mexico and the [[InjunCountry U. S. frontier]] after his U. S. Civil War tour of duty. By his admission he was no different than the people being recruited to subjugate the Congo.

--> '''Jane''': A normal man can do the impossible to save the woman he loves. My husband is no normal man."

''The Legend of Tarzan'' is a film in the ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'' franchise created by Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs, directed by Creator/DavidYates. Produced by Creator/WarnerBrothers, it was released in July 2016. It stars Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard as Tarzan and Creator/MargotRobbie as Jane. The cast also includes Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/ChristophWaltz, Creator/DjimonHounsou, and Jim Broadbent.

* DeathByAdaptation: Muviro is killed by Rom in contrast to the books where he is still alive by the time Tarzan and Jane's son Korak is full grown and he still leads his warriors.

* WeaponOfChoice: Rom's Madagascar spider silk rosary...unassuming at first, until he uses it to grasp or choke someone out.