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  • In "The Giant Beetles", Professor Porter describes his encounter on the mountain.
    At first I was just minding my own business and then all of a sudden I was mown over, by a Mammoth Marigold!
    • And at the end there's an explosion from the distance.
    Professor: Did that come from my base camp!?
    Terk: You see, the old Terk would just deny deny deny. But the new improved Terk would admit that she left the Bunsen burner on.
    Professor: Good heavens! (runs off in a panic)
  • Jane finds out her former friend is a spy in "The Flying Ace".
    Robert: Is it too low-brow to say "I did it for the money"?
    Jane: Perhaps. Is it too high-brow of me to say "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"!
    Jumps in the air and dropkicks him
    • She later uses the plane's radio to contact her father who is trying to listen to the Cricket match.
    Professor: Jane? What are you doing at the Cricket finals?
  • Tarzan and Terk are wrestling...
    Tantor: Can't you boys play nicely?
    Terk: I'm a girl!
    Tantor: Really?
  • In "Tarzan and the British Invasion", Jane and her friends are creeping through a swamp, trying to avoid two panthers. Jane warns them to keep quiet and all of a sudden Greenie starts screaming that there's a leech on her arm. She screams for them to get it off, saying "it's sucking my precious life blood!" and it turns out to be a leaf.
    Jane: So much for keeping it quiet.
    • When the girls get cornered by leopards, Jane assures them that they wouldn't want to eat them as they're all skin and bone. As she says this, Hazel (the chubby one) can be seen trying to suck in to make herself look smaller.
    • Earlier, they came to try and "save" Jane, by hitting Tarzan with their umbrellas (with Hazel protecting Jane and finds Tarzan hot). Despite being told by the Captain from the first movie that Jane chose to stay, but marched to the "rescue" when he mentions a "wild man".
    • The Professor being stuck on the tree through the rest of the episode.
    • As Jane just finishes defending Tarzan to her friends telling them how civilized he is he jumps into the room with a spear covered in fruit shouting joyfully
    Tarzan: I GOT FRUIT!
  • Although it immediately turns serious, Kala's line when a bunch of gorillas are running screaming "snake!" qualifies.
    "All this, over a snake!?"
  • From "The Protege", Ian's retelling of his day with Tarzan to his aunt.
    Robyn: You dove off a waterfall!?
    Ian: Well...no.
    Robyn: Oh thank heavens.
    Ian: I dove off an elephant into the waterfall.
    Robyn: Excuse me!
    Ian: Don't worry, the poisonous eels had already left.
    Robyn: Poisonous eels!?
    • When she grounds him, he protests "But Tarzan and I were going to explore the leopard caves!" and she remarks that is a very poor argument to change her mind.
  • Tarzan pretending to be scared of Jane's powderpuff in "Tarzan and the Rogue Elephant", so she would stop pestering him trying to find out what he's afraid of.
    • Earlier on, Tantor thinks he's gone rogue after waking up to scenes of destruction around him. The following exchange happens as Tarzan arrives to find him wailing in distress:
      Tantor: Rogue! Rogue!
      Tarzan: I know.
      Tantor: You know? (gasps in fright) Well... what're you gonna do?
      Tarzan: Whatever it takes to protect the elephant herd and the gorilla colony.
      Tantor: Anything, as in...?
      (Tarzan leaps down from the tree he's in, right in front of Tantor)
      Tarzan: Whatever it takes. I'm not afraid of rogues.
      Tantor: ...Excuse me.
      .(Tantor turns and runs screaming from the clearing, much to Tarzan's confusion)
    • Tantor facing down Mayaba for the first time is pretty awesome... until we next see them and its now daylight. The implication is that the two elephants just stood there, glaring at each other, for up to twelve hours.
    • Then, when Jabari tells Tantor that African Violets don't make an elephant go rogue, this happens:
      Tantor: Oh, what a relief! I'm not rogue! I-
      (Tantor remembers that Mabaya is still standing right in front of him)
      Tantor: ...uh-oh.
  • In "Rebellion of the Leopard Men", after La's leopard men kidnap Jane, they run into La being menaced by one.
    La: Tarzan! Save me!
    Tarzan: I'd rather save the leopard...(to Terk, Tantor and the Professor) She says she wants me to save her.
    Terk: Oh, then maybe it was a poor time to KIDNAP YOUR WIFE!
  • In "The Eagle’s Feather", Tarzan and Jane hear someone creeping around their tree-house. When Tarzan tackles the intruder, it turns out to be one of their Waziri friends whom frantically has to yell out—
    Waziri Tribesmen: You're invited to a wedding!
  • The ending of "The Hidden World", where Philander's attempt to prove dinosaurs still exist is foiled by Manu the baby baboon messing around with his camera earlier.
  • In "One Punch Mulligan", Tarzan, curious about the boxing gloves, puts on the pair and started to imitate a boxer. He winds up accidentally knocking out Mulligan unconscious.
    • At the episode's end, Terk does the same thing by putting on the boxing gloves to see what the big deal is, and winds up punching out Mulligan with one hit while she was throwing mock punches.
    Terk: I didn't mean it!
  • From "The Seeds of Destruction", the elephants and gorillas go to war over mutual violations of their established territory borders. During the big fight, the elephants charge at the gorillas, with Tantor in front correcting Terk on a weight insult.
    Terk: It looks like 50 tons of elephant coming at us!!
    Tantor: 49 and 1/2!
  • A darkly humorous moment occurs in "The Beast From Below" when Jane and Terk are cornered in the treehouse by a raptor.
    Terk: I hate to say "I told you so"...
    Jane: Then please, don't.
    Terk: But it's the only thing I've got to look forward to!
  • In "Tarzan and the Rough Rider", Tarzan tries to teach Theodore Roosevelt to speak Gorilla. He makes an attempt; the gorillas immediately burst out laughing.
    Roosevelt: What did I say?
  • "The Enemy Within" has a moment where Tantor is stuck in a tar pit, explaining how he got here:
    Tantor: You see, a mosquito was chasing me!
    (Tarzan and Gobu share a confused look)
    Tantor: ...well, you know they're death with wings.
  • One episode begins with Jane in what looks like a stand-off with a black mamba. Tarzan intervenes and throws it away but Jane is annoyed because it turns out she was painting a picture of it. She quickly changes her tune when Tarzan points out its bite can kill an elephant.

Live Action film

  • George Williams (played by Samuel L. Jackson) is a truly dedicated exponent of deadpan snarkery. Even whilst being menaced by a very large, very pissed off ape that just handed Tarzan his backside, he can't resist snarking.
    Williams: Do you want me to lick his nuts too?
  • Even funnier, John (Tarzan) takes it one step further and decides to troll George.
    John: [in response to the above] If you want to live.
  • George in general is a foundation for many. For example, Tarzan and a group of natives jump down into foliage with a large tree limb underneath. His reaction?
    Williams: Shit!
  • Jane gets a bit of revenge after enduring Rom's gloating, pointing out that the right hand of his moustache is lower than the left. He visibly freezes and has to fight the impulse to check.

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