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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Sheeta is the Mangani (Ape language) name for Leopard, Sabor is the Mangani name for Lioness. |
Sabor is the leopard that killed Tarzan's parents. |
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Tantor is the Mangani name for elephant. |
Tantor is the name of a specific elephant and Tarzan's childhood friend.
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Tarzan kills both Tublat and Kerchak, and becomes king of the Apes. |
Kerchak still lives to the end. |
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Kala is killed by Kulonga with a poisoned arrow. |
Kala lives to the end.
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The apes that adopted Tarzan were not gorillas, but rather a completely different, slightly more intelligent species of great ape. |
The gorillas adopted Tarzan. |