History YMMV / Tarzan

* ThemePairing: Jane and Captain Amelia from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' are similar characters -- cultured women with 18th-19th century aesthetics and British accents. ''WebVideo/{{Illuminated}}'' has them as its main pairing.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt:
** At the time the film came out, Tarzan himself was Disney's most impressively animated character. Impressive not just because of surface detail but because Tarzan was rendered with as much anatomical accuracy was possible; he moves like a gorilla and pulls off spectacular acrobatics, all while his muscles still flex and move believably. For the majority of the movie he wears very little, with his physique on full display, which is very difficult to pull off in animation. Not to mention the groundbreaking use of CGI for backgrounds that beautifully blended 3D movement with a classic hand painted look.
** Surprisingly the {{Midquel}} ''Tarzan II'', despite being Direct-to-Video, has visuals almost interchangeable with the first.

* BrokenBase: As with many Disneytoons DirectToVideo sequels, the Interquel ''Tarzan II'' is very divisive and drifts even further from the original material in favour of a standard Disney cartoon story. It is considered one of the better paced and nicely animated of the lot however. They even got Music/PhilCollins to provide more songs.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Downplayed. The {{Interquel}} ''Tarzan II'' has a moderate fanbase that considers it enjoyable, but is not considered on par with the first movie, being yet another DenserAndWackier BTeamSequel. Disney didn't include it on the ''Tarzan'' UsefulNotes/BluRay Disc, making ''Tarzan'' one of the few post-''Lion King'' DAC movies of the '90s not to include a DTV spinoff on its BD.[[note]]The ''Hercules'' and ''Fantasia 2000'' [=BDs=] don't have DTV spinoffs, either, but they didn't really receive any in the first place, aside from a CompilationMovie of episodes of the ''Hercules'' TV show.[[/note]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The fact that Clayton and Tarzan are cousins in the source material could have added an interesting dynamic between the two and further explored the film's question of familial ties, as well as fleshing out Tarzan's biological parents. [[AdaptedOut Instead the film never alludes to it]].

* DorkAge: The Weissmuller films and their imitators are considered this to Burroughs purists for multiple reasons, from the introduction of TheScrappy Cheetah to portraying Tarzan as less intelligent than his literary counterpart.

* TheScrappy: Cheetah is outright hated by Burroughs purists.

** Sabor as an individual animal was previously seen on the television series starring Wolf Larson, the difference being that Sabor only appeared a few times either playing with her cubs or in the company of other lions, thus being a more neutral character than her Disney counterpart. Likewise, Tantor being portrayed as an individual originates with the Wolf Larson series.

** The film features Disney's most complex character (at the time, anyway). Complex not just because of surface detail but because Tarzan was rendered with as much anatomical accuracy was possible. Tarzan moves like a gorilla and pulls off spectacular acrobatics and his muscles still flex and move believably. For the majority of the movie he wears very little, with his physique on full display. Not to mention the groundbreaking use of CGI for backgrounds that beautifully blended 3D movement with a classic hand painted look.

* MemeticMutation: Combined with MemeticBadass, the Phil Collins soundtrack is so widely acclaimed nowadays that it has reached masterpiece status, along with memes that [[https://preview.redd.it/mj5h6ejwwgg61.jpg?auto=webp&s=acd4a77b1cb7ef70afbb2aa20ef89dfc983be1d9 Phil Collins didn't had to 'go that hard' on the sountrack.]]

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The PSX/N64 game is actually really fun platformer with various difficulty settings based on the levels and it's actually quite complete. The version for GBC is also really good, having gameplay similar to that of the Donkey Kong Country games.

* WhatAnIdiot: A baby baboon snatches Jane's drawing (her sketchbook along with it) since he was so flattered with it. Though Jane manages to get her sketchbook back.
** '''You'd Expect:''' Jane could just make another sketch or walk away with whatever she salvaged of her drawings to meet up back with her father and Clayton.
** '''Instead:''' Jane tricks the baby into looking away and snatches back the sketch.
** '''As a Result:''' The baby then cries, which then alerts the baboon pack who then chase Jane and almost maul her. Fortunately, Tarzan rescues her.

** The Weissmuller films cemented the idea that Jane moves into the jungle with Tarzan and becomes a vine swinging ActionGirl living the same wild lifestyle as her mate. In the books, while Jane returned to the jungle many times with her husband, she never lived there with him and never became an animal skin-wearing, treetop-dwelling vine swinger, as Tarzan had already returbed to civilization by the time they got married.

** Clayton's FamilyUnfriendlyDeath

* BrokenBase: As with many Disneytoons DirectToVideo sequels, the Interquel ''Tarzan II'' is very divisive and drifts even further from the original material in favour of a standard Disney cartoon story. It is considered one of the better paced and nicely animated of the lot however. They even got Music/PhilCollins to provide more songs. Despite its positive qualities, Disney didn't include it on the ''Tarzan'' UsefulNotes/BluRay Disc, making ''Tarzan'' one of the few post-''Lion King'' DAC movies of the '90s not to include a DTV spinoff on its BD.[[note]]The ''Hercules'' and ''Fantasia 2000'' [=BDs=] don't have DTV spinoffs, either, but they didn't really receive any in the first place, aside from a CompilationMovie of episodes of the ''Hercules'' TV show.[[/note]]

* {{Sequelitis}}: Downplayed. The {{Interquel}} ''Tarzan II'' has a moderate fanbase that considers it enjoyable, but is not considered on par with the first movie, being yet another DenserAndWackier BTeamSequel.

* FairForItsDay: The books are rife with Burroughs' ''[[NobleBigot well-meant]]'' ethnocentrism and sexism. Burroughs repeatedly mentions the vicious and exploitative treatment the African natives received at the hands of white men, and attributes at least part of their bloodthirst to an understandable desire for {{revenge}}. He usually finds something to praise about his various ethnic characters, even if it might be in a way [[YouAreACreditToYourRace that would be extremely offensive today]]. Jane may not be an ActionGirl (let's not be ridiculous!), but she's intelligent and remains level-headed no matter how dire the emergency. While later stories introduce the Waziri people and have them as subservient to Tarzan and Jane, but they are shown to be intelligent, dignified, competent, beautiful, and kind even before Tarzan met them and helped save them from exploitation; something virtually unheard of in literature at the time's portrayal of native Africans.

* FairForItsDay: The books are rife with Burroughs' ''[[NobleBigot well-meant]]'' ethnocentricity and sexism. Burroughs repeatedly mentions the vicious and exploitative treatment the African natives received at the hands of white men, and attributes at least part of their bloodthirst to an understandable desire for {{revenge}}. He usually finds something to praise about his various ethnic characters, even if it might be in a way [[YouAreACreditToYourRace that would be extremely offensive today]]. Jane may not be an ActionGirl (let's not be ridiculous!), but she's intelligent and remains level-headed no matter how dire the emergency. While later stories introduce the Waziri people and have them as subservient to Tarzan and Jane, but they are shown to be intelligent, dignified, competent, beautiful, and kind even before Tarzan met them and helped save them from exploitation; something virtually unheard of in literature at the time's portrayal of native Africans.

* MostWonderfulSound: The Tarzan yell, performed by the inimitable [[Creator/BrianBlessed BRIAN BLESSED]]. The sound of triumph, pure and simple.

* 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]].

* ShoutOut: Look at the leader of the baboon troop that chases after Jane. He sports the basic proportions of a true baboon, but with the coat color and facial markings of a mandrill. [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing Who does that remind you of?]]

** Sabor as an individual animal was previously seen on the television series starring Wolf Larson, the difference being that Sabor only appeared a few times either playing with her cubs or in the company of other lions, thus being a more neutral character than her Disney counterpart.

** Like the professor above, his daugter Jane is nerdy, bookish, and awkward, but that just serves to make her more endearing.

* {{Adorkable}}: %%Jane.