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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Disney's Tarzan'' on UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 came with a Tarzan figurine.

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* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: ''Disney's Tarzan'' on UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 Platform/Nintendo64 came with a Tarzan figurine.
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** The movie's climax originally involved Tarzan battling Clayton on a riverboat, which eventually is blown up.

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** The movie's climax originally involved Tarzan battling Clayton on a riverboat, which eventually is has a fire break out. Tarzan would pin Clayton to an oil barrel while the fire approaches before leaving, and the ship would be blown up.up. This was scrapped because the writers felt that it contradicted Tarzan refusing to kill Clayton earlier.
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* CreatorsFavourite: Burroughs' favourite among the various Tarzan artists of his lifetime was Burne Hogarth.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://tarzan.wikia.com/wiki/Tarzan_Wiki The Tarzan Wiki]].

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* TheWikiRule: [[http://tarzan.wikia.com/wiki/Tarzan_Wiki The Tarzan Wiki]].
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* TropeNamer: TarzanBoy.
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* DVDCommentary: By directors Kevin Lima and Chris Buck and producer Bonnie Arnold.
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** Creator/JimCummings replaced Creator/WayneKnight as the voice of Tantor in most of his later appearances.

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** Creator/JimCummings [[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]] replaced Creator/WayneKnight as the voice of Tantor in most of his later appearances.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: The Japanese dub reunited some members of the voice cast of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': Creator/KenjiUtsumi (Raoh) voices Kerchak, Creator/ToshikoFujita (Mamiya) voices Kala, Creator/BanjoGinga (Souther) voices Clayton and Creator/TesshoGenda (Shokei, Dante, Spade and also Raoh in ''VideoGame/JStarsVictoryVS'', plus some animated shorts) voice Tantor.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before settling on "Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs thought up two other names for his jungle hero: "Zantar" and "Tublat-Zan."

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before settling on "Tarzan, "Tarzan", Edgar Rice Burroughs thought up two other names for his jungle hero: "Zantar" and "Tublat-Zan."
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before settling on "Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs thought up two other names for his jungle hero: "Zantar" and "Tublat-Zan."
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* KidsMealToy: UsefulNotes/McDonalds had different Happy Meal tie-ins depending on the region:
** The US featured eight action toys [[note]]Tarzan, Terk, Jane, Tantor, Porter, Kala, Clayton, and Sabor[[/note]] and three character sound straws[[note]]Tarzan, Terk, and Tantor[[/note]] in 1999 to promote the film's theatrical release.
** In 2000, a set of eight jungle playsets were released to promote the film's home video release. They could be used separately or connect to each other and run simultaneously.
** The European promotion for the theatrical release featured slightly different versions of the toys from the USA set, with Sabor being replaced by Kerchak, and only the Tantor toy being the same.
** Australia featured a completely different set of ten toys, with Flynt, Mungo, and a group of Baby Baboons replacing Tantor.
** Like in the USA, there was another European promotion in 2000 to promote the film's home video release. This one consisted of plushes of Young Tarzan, Kala, Tantor, Sabor, Kerchak, Terk, the Baby Baboons, and the Snake.
** There was another European promotion in 2005 to promote the Special Edition DVD release. In total, there were six toys altogether; three character bottles of Terk, Tantor, and Kerchak and three catapult-ball toys of Sabor, Tarzan, and Kala. Not all countries offered all six toys, and some only offered the character bottles.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Rosie O'Donnell had always wanted to voice a character in a Disney animated movie. She was happy about this film in particular because it places adoption in a positive light.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Rosie O'Donnell Creator/RosieODonnell had always wanted to voice a character in a Disney animated movie. She was happy about this film in particular because it places adoption in a positive light.



* IronyAsSheIsCast: Animal lover Creator/BrianBlessed voices evil hunter Clayton.



** Susanne Blakeslee replaced Creator/GlennClose as the voice of Kala in most of her later appearances.
** Olivia D'Abo replaced Minnie Driver as the voice of Jane in the TV series.
** Jeff Bennett replaced Creator/NigelHawthorne as the voice of Professor Porter in the TV series.
** Several other actresses, such as April Winchell and Audrey Wasilewski, replaced Rosie O'Donnell as the voice of Terk in most of her later appearances.
** Creator/JimCummings replaced Wayne Knight as the voice of Tantor in most of his later appearances.

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** Susanne Blakeslee Creator/SusanneBlakeslee replaced Creator/GlennClose as the voice of Kala in most of her later appearances.
** Olivia D'Abo Creator/OliviaDAbo replaced Minnie Driver Creator/MinnieDriver as the voice of Jane in the TV series.
** Jeff Bennett Creator/JeffBennett replaced Creator/NigelHawthorne as the voice of Professor Porter in the TV series.
** Several other actresses, such as April Winchell Creator/AprilWinchell and Audrey Wasilewski, Creator/AudreyWasilewski, replaced Rosie O'Donnell Creator/RosieODonnell as the voice of Terk in most of her later appearances.
** Creator/JimCummings replaced Wayne Knight Creator/WayneKnight as the voice of Tantor in most of his later appearances.



** Like the books, Terk was going to be male but got a GenderFlip after Rosie O’Donnell’s audition.

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** Like the books, Terk was going to be male but got a GenderFlip after Rosie O’Donnell’s Creator/RosieODonnell’s audition.
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* DuelingWorks: Due to complex licensing issues related to the character, during the run of the Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller films made by MGM, no less than four competing films and serials by other studios were released, including one starring Creator/BusterCrabbe, two starring Herman Brix, and another starring Glenn Morris. It happened again during the Gordon Scott era in 1959 when a competing ''Tarzan'' reboot film starring Denny Miller was released.
* StarDerailingRole: Coming hot off the heels of his starring role in Film/StarshipTroopers, it seemed that Creator/CasperVanDien was set to be a new leading man in Hollywood. ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' was his next starring role and would end up being his last, as he was relegated to bit parts, series, or starring in straight-to-DVD films after it.

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* DuelingWorks: Due to complex licensing issues related to the character, during the run of the Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller films made by MGM, no less than four competing films and serials by other studios were released, including one starring Creator/BusterCrabbe, Buster Crabbe, two starring Herman Brix, and another starring Glenn Morris. It happened again during the Gordon Scott era in 1959 when a competing ''Tarzan'' reboot film starring Denny Miller was released.
* StarDerailingRole: Coming hot off the heels of his starring role in Film/StarshipTroopers, ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', it seemed that Creator/CasperVanDien was set to be a new leading man in Hollywood. ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' was his next starring role and would end up being his last, as he was relegated to bit parts, series, or starring in straight-to-DVD films after it.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Rosie O'Donnell had always wanted to voice a character in a Disney animated movie.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Rosie O'Donnell had always wanted to voice a character in a Disney animated movie. She was happy about this film in particular because it places adoption in a positive light.



* ScienceMarchesOn: The main reason Disney changed the [[FrazettaMan Mangani]] to gorillas is because of this: Gorillas have been found to be the {{Gentle Giant}}s of the jungle, and thus perfect animals for a Disney film.

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* ScienceMarchesOn: The main reason Disney changed the [[FrazettaMan Mangani]] to gorillas is because of this: Gorillas have been found to be the {{Gentle Giant}}s of the jungle, and thus perfect animals for a Disney film. It even provides the page picture for the more accurate GentleGorilla trope.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: 1998's ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' starring Creator/CasperVanDien and co-produced by Stanley S. Canter, one of the producers of ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes''. Filmed with a relatively modest budget of 20 million, it only made 2 million back.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: 1998's ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' starring Creator/CasperVanDien and co-produced by Stanley S. Canter, one of the producers of ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes''. Filmed with a relatively modest budget of 20 $20 million, it only made 2 million back.back 10% of that money.



* StarDerailingRole: Creator/CasperVanDien. Coming hot off the heels of his starring role in Film/StarshipTroopers, it seemed that Van Dien was set to be a new leading man in Hollywood. ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' was his next starring role and would end up being his last, as he was relegated to bit parts, series, or starring in straight-to-DVD films after it.

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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/CasperVanDien. Coming hot off the heels of his starring role in Film/StarshipTroopers, it seemed that Van Dien Creator/CasperVanDien was set to be a new leading man in Hollywood. ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' was his next starring role and would end up being his last, as he was relegated to bit parts, series, or starring in straight-to-DVD films after it.



** The scene where Jane was ranting about what happened to her, her father and Clayton, after being rescued from the baboons? That whole thing was improvised by her voice actor, Creator/MinnieDriver.
** Likewise much of Professor Porter's reaction to her ranting was improvised along with other lines such as "Oh, just like Aunt Isabelle" when Jane describes how Tarzan walks.
** On a production level, the original plan was to just have Tony Goldwyn do the classic Tarzan yodel but he was unable to provide a satisfactory version of it. When the topic came up during a conversation between the producers and Creator/BrianBlessed after production had wrapped up, Brian told them he could do the yodel, as he used to do it as a child. When the producers didn't believe him, he did the yodel on the spot. The producers were so impressed they canceled his ride to the airport and had him sign a ''separate contract'' for the yodel and record it right then and there.
* VindicatedByCable: Not to the extent of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' but it's getting there. It's slowly been recognized over the years as one of Disney's most underrated films, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic helped also by its soundtrack]].

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** The scene where Jane was ranting about what happened to her, her father and Clayton, after being rescued from Clayton about her experience with the baboons? That whole thing baboons and rescue by Tarzan, was improvised by her voice actor, Creator/MinnieDriver.
** Likewise Likewise, much of Professor Porter's reaction to her ranting was improvised along with other lines such as "Oh, just like Aunt Isabelle" when Jane describes how Tarzan walks.
** On a production level, the original plan was to just have Tony Goldwyn do the classic Tarzan yodel yell, but he was unable to provide a satisfactory version form of it. When the topic came up during a conversation between the producers and Creator/BrianBlessed after production had wrapped up, Brian told them he could do the yodel, as he used to do it as a child. When the producers didn't believe him, he did the yodel on the spot. The producers were so impressed they canceled his ride to the airport and had him sign a ''separate contract'' for the yodel and record it right then and there.
* VindicatedByCable: Not to the extent of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' but it's getting there. It's slowly been recognized over the years as one of Disney's most underrated underappreciated films, [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic helped also in part by its soundtrack]].



** Creator/SigourneyWeaver was considered for Kala.

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** Creator/SigourneyWeaver was considered for Kala. Would have counted as a CastingGag, as Weaver had previously starred as [[Film/GorillasInTheMist Dr. Dian Fossey]].
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** Creator/MichaelTWeiss replaced Tony Goldwyn as the voice of Tarzan in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan TV series]]. Creator/AlexDLinz is his younger voice for the prequel.

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** Creator/MichaelTWeiss replaced Tony Goldwyn as the voice of Tarzan in the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan TV series]]. Creator/AlexDLinz Harrison Chad is his younger voice for the prequel.



* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's commonly believed that Disney lost the rights to the Tarzan franchise from the Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs estate, hence why they don't talk about the film much nowadays. While it's true that Creator/SquareEnix lost the rights to it (hence why the Deep Jungle level didn't appear in the later ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games), Disney still owns the rights to this particular adaptation, otherwise they wouldn't have it on Creator/DisneyPlus.

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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: It's commonly believed that Disney lost the distribution rights to the Tarzan franchise from the Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs estate, hence why they don't talk about the film much nowadays. While it's true that Creator/SquareEnix lost the rights to it (hence why the Deep Jungle level didn't appear in the later ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games), Disney still owns the rights to this particular adaptation, otherwise they wouldn't have it on Creator/DisneyPlus.



** Creator/BrendanFraser auditioned for Tarzan. He also starred in the parody ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''. Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/ChristianBale were also considered.
** Creator/LauraLinney auditioned for Jane Porter. Creator/DarylHannah was also considered.

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** Creator/BrendanFraser auditioned for Tarzan. He By sheer coincidence, he also starred in the parody ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''. ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle''.
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Creator/BenAffleck and Creator/ChristianBale were also considered.
** Creator/DarylHannah and Creator/LauraLinney auditioned were both considered for Jane Porter. Creator/DarylHannah was also considered.Porter.



** Although unrelated, an animated adaptation of ''Tarzan'' starring Goofy was considered in the early 90s; it's unknown if it was a short or a feature, but it was a spoof of the book series.

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** Although unrelated, an animated adaptation of ''Tarzan'' starring Goofy was considered in the early 90s; '90s; it's unknown if it was a short or a feature, but it was a spoof of the book series.
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/CasperVanDien. Coming hot off the heels of his starring role in Film/StarshipTroopers, it seemed that Van Dien was set to be a new leading man in Hollywood. ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' was his next starring role and would end up being his last, as he was relegated to either bit parts, series, or starring in straight-to-DVD films after it.

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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/CasperVanDien. Coming hot off the heels of his starring role in Film/StarshipTroopers, it seemed that Van Dien was set to be a new leading man in Hollywood. ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' was his next starring role and would end up being his last, as he was relegated to either bit parts, series, or starring in straight-to-DVD films after it.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: 1998's ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' starring Creator/CasperVanDien and co-produced by Stanley S. Canter, one of the producers of ''Film/GreystokeTheLegendOfTarzanLordOfTheApes''. Filmed with a relatively modest budget of 20 million, it only made 2 million back.
* CreatorKiller: ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' would be the last thing co-producer Stanley S. Canter ever did in the movie industry all the way until his death in 2007.
* FranchiseKiller: The failure of ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' would be so colossal that no other live-action adaption of Tarzan would be attempted for almost '''20 years'''.




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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/CasperVanDien. Coming hot off the heels of his starring role in Film/StarshipTroopers, it seemed that Van Dien was set to be a new leading man in Hollywood. ''Tarzan in the Lost City'' was his next starring role and would end up being his last, as he was relegated to either bit parts, series, or starring in straight-to-DVD films after it.

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