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*** And I'm sure had Tarzan had more control of the situation, he would have at worst only wounded or injured Sabor to a point she'd be too weak to harm the gorillas.
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** As the Disney film doesn't touch on the subject, we could reasonably fall back to the book's explanation. In the original novel, Tarzan notices from illustrations in books in his parents' cabin that many "civilized" men are clean-shaven. Wishing to distinguish himself from the hairy apes, he learns to shave using a knife he stole from a member of a local human tribe.
*** Except because in the movie he never finds his father's books or even the tree cabin until he's an adult.
*** It could be for the very opposite reason. While gorillas have tons of fur, including on their chin, it looks different compared to a human's mustache or beard. Fur on the underjaw vs hair surrounding the mouth. If anything, a gorilla's facial hair makes the chin look smaller, while a human's makes the chin look bigger.
** Tarzan's mentioned to only be 18 years old, some teenagers can't grow facial or body; and it wouldn't be a stretch that he may have inherited his mother's genes when it came to hair. The ability to grow facial isn't determined by the father genes, it can be determined by the mother's side of the family.
*** Except because in the movie he never finds his father's books or even the tree cabin until he's an adult.
*** It could be for the very opposite reason. While gorillas have tons of fur, including on their chin, it looks different compared to a human's mustache or beard. Fur on the underjaw vs hair surrounding the mouth. If anything, a gorilla's facial hair makes the chin look smaller, while a human's makes the chin look bigger.
** Tarzan's mentioned to only be 18 years old, some teenagers can't grow facial or body; and it wouldn't be a stretch that he may have inherited his mother's genes when it came to hair. The ability to grow facial isn't determined by the father genes, it can be determined by the mother's side of the family.
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** Why did she continue to fight with Tarzan after he cut her? Why didn't she run off? [[FridgeBrilliance Perhaps she was having trouble catching swifter prey, or maybe she knew she couldn't run away.]]
*** [[FridgeHorror That would also mean that Tarzan likely only survived their confrontation because Sabor had slowed and weakened in her old age.]] Sabor in her prime would have been the death of him.
*** [[FridgeHorror That would also mean that Tarzan likely only survived their confrontation because Sabor had slowed and weakened in her old age.]] Sabor in her prime would have been the death of him.
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* Jane and her father came to Africa to study gorillas, specifically the (then revolutionary) theory that they're gentle, social creatures. But since they decided to stay with Tarzan and his family, they never got to take their important research back to London. Hell, people probably assumed the gorillas ate them.
** Except, if you consider the cartoon series as canon, there are several people who visit their neck of the woods and return home after having spent time with them and experiencing at least one of the gorillas (Terk) behaving very unlike the supposed norm for that time. That includes Jane's 3 girlfriends and Prof. Porter's female colleague. You could argue that they kept their stories to themselves for fear of not being believed, but enough word got out that a certain up-and-coming pulp author decided to see for himself if they were true.
** Also, in the animated series, the first gorilla some people encounter is the violent and vicious Tublat. While the show treats Tublat as an exceptionally violent individual, these people may see the KillerGorilla stereotype absolutely justified.
* 18 years pass with Tarzan in the jungle. Therefore Terk is 18 - female Gorillas start mating at about 10, but Terk has no mate nor children. The best explanation is that Terk is either lesbian (like Rosie), asexual, and doesn't really like the idea of mating. This actually means that she would be far more open to befriending Tarzan without having a sexual interest in him.
** Adolescent female gorillas normally disperse to new groups if their natal group has only one ruling silverback, as the resident breeding male is too likely to be their father and hence, an unsuitable mate. Terk would probably have left the troop much sooner, but her friendship with Tarzan may have convinced her to stay, knowing he'd feel even more isolated from the other apes without her there.
** There is one episode in the animated series where Terk gets attracted to a young male gorilla from a different troop. While they seem to hit it off at the end of the episode, the young male never appears again, presumably leading his own troop.
** Except, if you consider the cartoon series as canon, there are several people who visit their neck of the woods and return home after having spent time with them and experiencing at least one of the gorillas (Terk) behaving very unlike the supposed norm for that time. That includes Jane's 3 girlfriends and Prof. Porter's female colleague. You could argue that they kept their stories to themselves for fear of not being believed, but enough word got out that a certain up-and-coming pulp author decided to see for himself if they were true.
** Also, in the animated series, the first gorilla some people encounter is the violent and vicious Tublat. While the show treats Tublat as an exceptionally violent individual, these people may see the KillerGorilla stereotype absolutely justified.
* 18 years pass with Tarzan in the jungle. Therefore Terk is 18 - female Gorillas start mating at about 10, but Terk has no mate nor children. The best explanation is that Terk is either lesbian (like Rosie), asexual, and doesn't really like the idea of mating. This actually means that she would be far more open to befriending Tarzan without having a sexual interest in him.
** Adolescent female gorillas normally disperse to new groups if their natal group has only one ruling silverback, as the resident breeding male is too likely to be their father and hence, an unsuitable mate. Terk would probably have left the troop much sooner, but her friendship with Tarzan may have convinced her to stay, knowing he'd feel even more isolated from the other apes without her there.
** There is one episode in the animated series where Terk gets attracted to a young male gorilla from a different troop. While they seem to hit it off at the end of the episode, the young male never appears again, presumably leading his own troop.
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* To this day, I'm genuinely surprised (and a bit horrified) the fact that ''this'' movie even got a G rating, considering, you know.....Tarzan's parents' dead bodies, Sabor's corpse, Kerchak and Kala's baby's death, Clayton getting hanged, instances of blood, etc etc. I know this is Disney but still, I'm questioning how the hell did they get away with the G rating instead of PG in some way. Nothing against this movie or the content itself by the way, just that I take issues with its MPAA rating.
** Disney does alot of child inappropriate sttuff in their kids films before this movie, likely to teach kids about violence and death.
** Well this movie is released in the 90s, when kids used to violent and scary imagery. thanks to the success of violent and gory games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 Mortal Kombat]]''.
** Disney does alot of child inappropriate sttuff in their kids films before this movie, likely to teach kids about violence and death.
** Well this movie is released in the 90s, when kids used to violent and scary imagery. thanks to the success of violent and gory games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 Mortal Kombat]]''.
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** Disney does alot of child inappropriate sttuff in their kids films before this movie, likely to teach kids about violence and death.
** Well this movie is released in the 90s, when kids used to violent and scary imagery. thanks to the success of violent and gory games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 Mortal Kombat]]''.
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** I see your point, but as Jane explains, the purpose of their trip was to ''study gorillas''. Tarzan may have been raised by gorillas (at least as far as they can extrapolate from him), but there's only so much they learn learn about gorillas when their only available specimen is not one. That's why they were upset.
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** I see your point, but as Jane explains, the purpose of their trip was to ''study gorillas''. Tarzan may have been raised by gorillas (at least as far as they can extrapolate from him), but there's only so much they learn can learn about gorillas when their only available specimen is not one. That's why they were upset.
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** Well this movie is released in the 90s, when kids used to violent and scary imagery. thanks to the success of violent and gory games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 Mortal Kombat]]''.
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** Well this movie is released in the 90s, when kids used to violent and scary imagery. thanks to the success of violent and gory games like ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 Mortal Kombat]]''.
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*** That might explain why they mistook Tarzan for a piranha. If you've seen an actual piranha, you know that Tarzan looks nothing like one. But while the elephants may have heard of piranhas, they have probably never seen one since there are none in Africa. But perhaps they assumed Tarzan was one based on what they knew about them.
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*** The TV Series retcons this movie, now the events of Tarzan's adulthood being set at the early 20th century (The 1910s however), implied that he was born around the later 19th century (Somewhere in the 1880s or 1890s). wooden sailing ships were still in used around the later part of the century the movie begins.
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*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan The TV Series Series]] retcons this movie, now the events of Tarzan's adulthood being set at the early 20th century (The 1910s however), implied that he was born around the later 19th century (Somewhere in the 1880s or 1890s). wooden sailing ships were still in used around the later part of the century the movie begins.
