What's the Difference between Tarzan of the Apes the Book and Tarzan (Disney) the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Tarzan
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Tarzan
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Jane Porter
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Jane Porter
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Prof. Archimedes Q. Porter
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Prof. Archimedes Q. Porter
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John Clayton, Lord Greystoke
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Tarzan's Father
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Lady Alice Clayton
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Tarzan's Mother
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Black Michael
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This Character does not appear.
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Kerchak
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Kerchak
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Kala
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Kala
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Tublat
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This Character does not appear.
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Sabor
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Sabor
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Bolgani
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This Character does not appear.
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Tantor
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Tantor
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Kulonga
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This Character does not appear.
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Mbonga
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This Character does not appear.
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Samuel T. Philander
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This Character does not appear.
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William Cecil Clayton
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Clayton
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Esmeralda
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This Character does not appear.
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Sheeta
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Sabor
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Lt. Paul D’Arnot
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This Character does not appear.
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Lt. Charpentier
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This Character does not appear.
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Captain Dufranne
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This Character does not appear.
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Father Constantine
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This Character does not appear.
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Robert Canler
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This Character does not appear.
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This Character does not appear.
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Terk
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Tarzan (Disney) Book vs Movie
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
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Lord and Lady Greystoke were marooned by mutineers. |
Tarzan's Mother and Father were shipwrecked. |
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Lord and Lady Greystoke built a thatched house on the beach. |
Tarzan's Mother and Father built a treehouse in the jungle.
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Lady Greystoke died from natural causes a year after Tarzan was born. |
Tarzan's parents were mauled to death by Sabor |
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Lord Greystoke was beaten to death by Kerchak. |
Tarzan's parents were mauled to death by Sabor.
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Tublat was Kala's husband and Tarzan's reluctantly adoptive father. |
Kerchak was Kala's husband and Tarzan's reluctantly adoptive father. |