History Heartwarming / Tarzan

** Meta example: Tarzan's supervising animator, Creator/GlenKeane, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdwByOaft3o recounts]] that he achieved that look on Tarzan's face by remembering how he himself felt when his daughter Claire had been born, and he held her for the first time. As a result, after the film was completed, he would tell her, "When you see this scene, that's not Tarzan looking at Jane; that's me looking at you."

* During the beginning montage of "Son of Man" Tarzan is struggling to climb a tree and almost falls but Terk manages to grab him and pull him up showing she's a true friend. (it's even more heartwarming when she smiles at him showing she's there for him no matter what)
** During the same montage there's a clip of Tarzan tying some branches together to create a little roof so Kala won't get rained on while she's sleeping. It's a sweet moment showing how much Tarzan [[MommasBoy loves his mother]]. And this isn't a random moment, this is the turning point in the song, when he goes from struggling to succeeding, and the first thing he succeeds at is using his skill to help someone else. It drives home immediately that he has become strong, he has become wise, but above all he is ''kind''.

** During the same montage there's a clip of Tarzan tying some branches together to create a little roof so Kala won't get rained on while she's sleeping. It's a sweet moment showing how much Tarzan [[MommasBoy loves his mother]].

** She's a gibbering wreck when she thinks she's accidentally got him killed trying to get an elephant hair. Even before that, while her friends are grinning Tarzan on, she's calling for him to come back, clearly not wanting him to get hurt.

* When Clayton attempts to cut himself free of the vines entangling him, Tarzan seems to notice a set coiling around his neck and [[SaveTheVillain urges him not to]].

** Not to mention that, when Sabor was chasing after Tarzan, Kerchak angrily grabs him and throws him away. It shows that Kerchak is probably more protective of Tarzan than he would care to admit, and deep down he does care for Tarzan.

* After Kala takes Tarzan to the remains of his parent's tree house, he exits wearing his father's clothes intending to leave the jungle to be with Jane, but before he leaves, he embraces her one last time and tells her, "No matter where I go, you will ''always'' be my mother."

* It's hidden within an awesome moment, but when Tarzen truly does his signature yell for the first time, virtually all his fellow gorillas hoot and yell in response. Before as a child, he would yell in a similar manner but badly, likely coming off as annoying to everyone but his closest friends. Now they see him as one of their own, holding the dead Sabor above his head and celebrating his victory with a triumphant yell, and they match it with gusto.

** The fact that the baboon clan waits until the baby orders them to charge ''before'' attacking; they realise that Jane is, despite looking different, one of the jungle folk and ''no-one fucks with the jungle folk''.

* A small one, but once Tarzan is noticed to be missing, what the gorilas do? Form a search party and look for him. Either Kerchak developed enough respect to tell the gorilas to look for Tarzan or some were brave enough to disobey him, but it proves that Tarzan did have some love within the group.

* When Tarzan is boarding the boat to go to England with Jane and her group, she excitedly tells him about all of the fantastic things he'll see - that famous scientists and writers and royalty will be dying to meet him. All Tarzan wants to know is if he and Jane can stay together for it all. Aw!

** Tarzan's parents in general. During the burning-sinking ship sequence they are totally focused on saving their child - they don't have time to panic. The only survivors of a shipwreck, deserted on an island with no escape, a newborn in tow, it's amazing they lasted as long and as well as they did and that's mainly because of their dedication and teamwork. Despite everything, they did their best to live in the jungle and create a (sadly short-lived) home from them and their baby.

** And as Tarzan swings with Jane, their vines end up getting wound together - ''[[HeldGaze the way he looks at her]]'' must be seen to be believed. And Jane grinning and looking away bashfully is adorable. If you look closely at her at this point, you can see that she's [[CrushBlush blushing]].

* There's a marvelous quality to the tone of Tarzan's voice when he introduces Kala to the explorers. He says proudly, "She's my mother": it's the way he says it that leaves Jane and her dad - and the audience - touched.

** Meta example: The guy in charge of animating this scene, Glen Keane, said he achieved that look on Tarzan's face by remembering how he himself felt when he held his newborn daughter for the first time. He then tells her, "That's not Tarzan looking at Jane; that's me looking at you."

** And before that, she's trying to sketch a bird but it flies off before she can finish. So Tarzan takes her up into the tree top where there are hundreds of birds.

* There's a marvelous quality to the tone of Tarzan's voice when he introduces Kala to the explorers. He says proudly, "She's my mother": it's the way he says it that leaves the Porters - and the audience - touched.

** And no longer than a minute later, right after Tarzan frees Kala alongside Jane, Clayton shoots him, grazing his arm and injuring him, Kerchak, of all people/gorilla, realizes that and charges forward to defend him, only to get shot by Clayton and get mortally injured. This and the trope above were the moments where he gained the most respect for Tarzan. Also, when he dies, he regrets of how he treated him, leaves the role of the leader of the gorilla to him and accepts him as his son at last.

!!The Disney film:

* A small one, but once Tarzan is noticed to be missing, what do the gorilas do? Form a search party and look for him. Either Kerchak developed enough respect to tell the gorilas to look out for him or some were brave enough to disobey him, but it proves that Tarzan did have some love within the group.

** And no longer than a minute later, right after Tarzan frees Kala alongside Jane, Clayton shoots him, grazing his arm and injuring him Kerchak, of all people/gorilla, realizes that and charges forward to defend him, only to get shot by Clayton and get mortally injured. This and the trope above were the moments where he gained the most respect for Tarzan. Also, when he dies, he regrets of how he treated him, leaves the role of the leader of the gorilla to him and accepts him as his son at last.

* During the beginning montage of "Son of Man" Tarzan is struggling to climb a tree and almost falls but Terk manages to grab him and pull him up showing she's a true friend. (it's even more heartwarming when she smiles at him showing she's there for him)

* During the beginning montage of "Son of Man" Tarzan is struggling to climb a tree and almost falls but Terk manages to grabs him and pull him up showing she's a true friend. (it's even more heartwarming when she smiles at him showing she's there for him)

** She's a gibbering wreck when she thinks she's accidentally got him killed trying to get an elephant hair. Even before that, while her friends are grinning Tarzan on when he goes to jump from the waterfall, she shouts after him not to do it.