History NightmareFuel / TheLegendOfTarzan

** The general fact that Tarzan attempted to drown Tublat. Other than Sabor, who he did kill, Tarzan has not attempted to slay any of his other opponents. Tublat is that dangerous!

** Also, Creator/KeithDavid [[SugarWiki/HeCanReallyAct delivers a spine-chilling vocal performance]].

** Also, Creator/KeithDavid delivers a spine-chilling vocal performance.

* "One-Punch" Mulligan, wanting to have a rematch with Tarzan after getting accidentally knocked out by him, captures a baby forest hog in order to lure in Tarzan. The piglet's calls of distress [[CubCuesProtectiveParent brings in]] a whole sounder of [[FullBoarActino adult forest hogs with razor-sharp tusks and]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]].

* "One-Punch" Mulligan, wanting to have a rematch with Tarzan after getting accidentally knocked out by him, captures a baby forest hog in order to lure in Tarzan. The piglet's calls of distress [[CubCuesProtectiveParent brings in]] a whole sounder of adult forest hogs with razor-sharp tusks and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]].

* "One-Punch" Mulligan, wanting to have a rematch with Tarzan after getting accidentally knocked out by him, captures a baby forest hog in order to lure in Tarzan. The piglet's calls of distress brings in a whole sounder of adult forest hogs with razor-sharp tusks and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]].

* "One-Punch" Mulligan, wanting to have a rematch with Tarzan after getting accidentally knocked out by him, captures a baby forest hog in order to lure in Tarzan. The piglet's calls of distress brings in a whole sounder of adult forest hogs with razor-sharp tusks and [[RedEyesMeanWarning red eyes]].

** Considering the punishment for high treason in Great Britain during World War I being the gallows, it's clear that was the last time Jane ever saw her oldest friend.

* Before that, the cub upsets the local baboon youngling and brings the whole group to attack. Terk was chased back to the treehouse trying to protect the cub with baboons literally swarming all over it trying to kill them both until Tarzan arrived and scared them off.

* Mabaya the rogue elephant. Formerly a normal elephant from Jabari's herd, ''[[SanitySlippage something]]'' happened that turned him into six tons of pure rage with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red, pupil-less eyes]] that charges at everyone in his path. [[WouldHurtAChild Including children]]. He's one of the few villains that Tarzan can't fight head-on, and even came close to crushing Tarzan to death before Tantor intervened. Not to mention he can't even speak due to his blind fury taking over his mental state.

* The show's intro features a RoguesGallery montage, where Tarzan clashes with La and her leopardmen, Tublat and Colonel Staquait. There's also a brief glimpse of Mabaya, Hista, a leopard (who suspiciously resembles Sabor) and a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', as a reminder of how dangerous the jungle is.

* '''Tublat'''. He's every part of the KillerGorilla trope up to eleven and his personal history is the stuff of nightmares. He was once a member of Tarzan's gorilla family but was the animal equivalent of a violent psychopath who went around attacking other members of the family until Kerchak tried to stop him. Kerchak initially won, but Tublat struck back and nearly killed Kerchak if not for some timely intervention by a young Tarzan. Tublat was banished and lived his life in a cave, which is littered with the bones of large animals (it is ambiguous whether Tublat has killed and [[AscendedToCarnivorism eaten]] those animals or not). When Tarzan's ape family unknowingly went to Tublat's cave seeking shelter from a storm, he went about quickly and silently kidnapping all of the gorillas like some horror movie monster and throwing them in a hole to force them to follow him or die from starvation. Furthermore, Tublat is a straight up LightningBruiser, far too strong for even Tarzan to fight evenly and would have nearly killed him if not for Tarzan flinging himself and Tublat into a nearby river so Tublat could drown.

* In ''Lost Cub'', the episode highlights how leopards in general, like in real life, are straight up monstrous predators in the jungle and are still as every bit of dangerous to Tarzan as Sabor. When Tarzan and his friends had to venture into leopard territory to return a lost cub, they were nearly mauled to death if not for timely help from the cub's mother.

* Queen La herself is nothing to scoff at in the horror department. She's an ancient sorceress looking for a mate and normally that wouldn't be bad if not for her nasty tendency to kidnap and sacrifice people who displease and vaporize her leopard men minions for the slightest mistake. When she tried to execute Professor Porter for being an unsuitable mate she fell in mad love with Tarzan for rescuing him and then tried to murder Jane to keep Tarzan for herself. After her attempted murder was uncovered, La tried to kill Tarzan for rejecting her.
** Her next appearance involved a rebellion from her leopard men that ended with her literally melting into ashes after her staff, the source of her powers and immortal life, was destroyed while cursing Tarzan and his friends. Before that she tried to feed Tarzan and the leopard man who led the rebellion to some tentacled [[EldritchAbomination "THING"]] living under her city with a lair littered with the skeletons of men who displeased her in the past.

** And this isn't something the show made up - ''[[TruthInTelevision rogue elephants exist]]''. They can go mad for many reasons, but their behavior is almost identical to how Mabaya portrays it, and individuals like the Elephant of Aberdare Forest show they can be deviously cunning on top of that. Not only are they incredibly destructive, it can be extremely tricky to hunt them down, which is why they're so feared.

* The diseased hippos in ''The Poisoned River''. As in RealLife, hippos are depicted as vicious brutes who nearly capsize Tarzan's boat, eat Professor Porter, and force Tarzan to flee.

* Hista. A gigantic python that's large enough to swallow a gorilla whole, and is a very active and cunning hunter. There's a good reason he's treated as TheDreaded in-universe by the gorillas. His appearance, with [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black scales]] and [[FangsAreEvil massive fangs]] adds some extra nightmare factor.

* Mabaya the rogue elephant. Formally a normal elephant from Jabari's herd, ''[[SanitySlippage something]]'' happened that turned him into six tons of pure rage with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red, pupil-less eyes]] that charges at everyone in his path. [[WouldHurtAChild Including children]]. He’s one of the few villains that Tarzan can’t fight head-on, and even came close to crushing Tarzan to death before Tantor intervened.

** And this isn't something the show made up - ''[[TruthInTelevision rogue elephants exist]]''. They can go mad for many reasons, but their behaviour is almost identical to how Mabaya portrays it, and individuals like the Elephant of Aberdare Forest show they can be deviously cunning on top of that. Not only are they incredibly destructive, it can be extremely tricky to hunt them down, which is why they're so feared.
** Tantor thinking he's turning rogue in ''The Rogue Elephant''. It's uncertain how much of it is genuine SanitySlippage or Tantor just [[LargeHam hamming it up]] due to his own hypochondria, but it’s still very distressing to see such a gentle character take such a dark turn.

* Colonel Staquait is a fairly menacing example of a LawfulEvil ImplacableMan in the series, considering he hunts after Hugo and Hooft all for personally disobeying his order to burn down a village of women and children. He has a French Guillotine brought to the jungle just to have them decapitated as punishment and only left when he was convinced they died. In his next appearance, he found out Hugo and Hooft survived and came back to capture them and eventually Tarzan for stopping him last time, taking them to a HellholePrison where he tortures the prisoners and nearly would have executed Tarzan and his new friends unabated if not for a clever ruse by Jane and Dumont.

* '''Tublat'''. He's every part of the KillerGorilla trope UpToEleven and his personal history is the stuff of nightmares. He was once a member of Tarzan's gorilla family but was the animal equivalent of a violent psychopath who went around attacking other members of the family until Kerchak tried to stop him. Kerchak initially won, but Tublat struck back and nearly killed Kerchak if not for some timely intervention by a young Tarzan. Tublat was banished and lived his life in a cave, which is littered with the bones of large animals (it is ambiguous whether Tublat has killed and [[AscendedToCarnivorism eaten]] those animals or not). When Tarzan's ape family unknowingly went to Tublat's cave seeking shelter from a storm, he went about quickly and silently kidnapping all of the gorillas like some horror movie monster and throwing them in a hole to force them to follow him or die from starvation. Furthermore, Tublat is a straight up LightningBruiser, far too strong for even Tarzan to fight evenly and would have nearly killed him if not for Tarzan flinging himself and Tublat into a nearby river so Tublat could drown.

** Even worse, ''nobody knows'' how Mayaba got this way, not even other elephants. Characters float theories such as genetics, poor upbringing or something he ate, but it could also just be that Mabaya snapped for ''no reason at all''.
** And this isn't something the show made up - ''[[TruthInTelevision rogue elephants exist]]''. They can go mad for many reasons, but their behaviour is almost identical to how Mayaba portrays it, and individuals like the Elephant of Aberdare Forest show they can be deviously cunning on top of that. Not only are they incredibly destructive, it can be extremely tricky to hunt them down, which is why they're so feared.

Befitting the dangerous nature of the African rainforest, ''The Legend of Tarzan'' expands upon a variety of nightmarish situations that comes with living in the wilderness unprotected from both monstrous animals and any range of geological and supernatural threats.

* The first episode of the series, "Tarzan and the Race Against Time," shows Tarzan nearly dying a slow painful death from being bitten by a highly venomous spider. Not some climactic battle, not against some awesome enemy, or a HeroicSacrifice befitting a peak human specimen. Just a tiny arachnid bite would have done him in if not for help from Professor Porter -- a blatant case of RealityEnsues that living in a jungle full of all sorts of deadly creatures will get you killed eventually on your own without aid, even if you're badass like Tarzan.

Befitting the dangerous nature of the African rainforest, ''The Legend of Tarzan'' expands upon a variety of nightmarish situations that comes with living in the wilderness unprotected from both monstrous animals and variety of supernatural threats.