History WesternAnimation / TarzanAndJane

* Crossover: [[spoiler: with ''WesternAnimation/KongKingOfTheApes''.]]

* Implied Love Interest: Tarzan and Jane to each other.

* RaceLift: In the original novel, Jane was an American and Tarzan was the lost son of a British lord. In the series, not only is Jane British, but she's also biracial.

* BigEater: Tarzan

* SignatureRoar: Tarzan's signature yell

* * SaveTheVillain: Tarzan and [[spoiler: Clayton]] when the latter tries to retrieve his ring.

** BigBad: [[spoiler:Clayton]] is ultimately revealed to be this as he's behind the poaching.

* Adaptational Villainy: [[spoiler: In the novels, Clayton is Tarzan's cousin who inherits the title after Tarzan's parents are presumed dead. He is a perfect, nice English gentleman, who is willing to sacrifice his life to save Jane. Although Clayton's desire to become the next Earl Greystoke reflects William's desire to keep the truth of Tarzan's identity a secret from Jane out of fear that he would loose her.]]

In ''Tarzan & Jane'' a plane crash kills the infant Tarzan’s parents, and though he is found and raised by the ape Kala, she does not bring him back to her fellow apes but instead takes him to the nearest native village so the Shaman there can heal the injuries the little fellow had sustained during the crash. Lucky for the kid Doctor Porter was also visiting this village at the time, he came to Africa to learn of the local medicines and lore to see if he could combine them with what modern medical science has come up with, and he does what he can to help the Shaman with the injured babe. The Shaman then mixes his potions with Porter’s medicines and they then coat the baby during a fire lit ceremony with the essence of cheetah, lion and gorilla. The result? A super-human with speed, strength, agility and the handy ability to grow a set of claws. Come morning Chief Waziri tells Porter that the child has died, but in reality the Shaman and the Chief’s son Muviro has slipped the baby out of the village and entrusted him in the safety of Kala. Tarzan grows up with his superpowers and becomes best friends with Muviro. Doctor Porter makes another visit to the Wazuri village this time with his 16-year-old daughter Jane and when she gets lost in the jungle, she is saved by Tarzan. The shows main storyline truly kicks in when Tarzan is forced to run back and help Jane when she trips while the two are being chased by a helicopter he is netted and captured. Turns out the Earl of Greystoke had scene that youtube footage of the jungle boy and is sure that Tarzan is his grandson. He’d hired people to infiltrate Porter’s staff and to look for and retrieve Tarzan but when the teen ape man is brought to civilization, and stuck in a bedroom for the first time, he naturally wants no part of it. Luckily Lord Greystoke is able to get Tarzan to understand that though Kala is his mother he did have other parents and that Greystoke is Tarzan’s family as well. The unlikely decision by Tarzan to stay in an unknown home and try fitting in is made easier by the presence of Jane. Tarzan briefly blames Jane for that whole “being captured” thing but once the two bury the hatchet they become a dynamic duo, as they find themselves caught up in animal trafficking, corporate sabotage involving pesticides and, of course, that age-old classic of bulldozers threatening to destroy trees.

In ''Tarzan & Jane'' a plane crash kills the infant Tarzan’s parents, and though he is found and raised by the ape Kala, she does not bring him back to her fellow apes but instead takes him to the nearest native village so the Shaman there can heal the injuries the little fellow had sustained during the crash. Lucky for the kid Doctor Porter was also visiting this village at the time, he came to Africa to learn of the local medicines and lore to see if he could combine them with what modern medical science has come up with, and he does what he can to help the Shaman with the injured babe. The Shaman then mixes his potions with Porter’s medicines and they then coat the baby during a fire lit ceremony with the essence of cheetah, lion and gorilla. The result? A super-human with speed, strength, agility and the handy ability to grow a set of claws. Come morning Chief Waziri tells Porter that the child has died, but in reality the Shaman and the Chief’s son Muviro has slipped the baby out of the village and entrusted him in the safety of Kala. Tarzan grows up with his superpowers and becomes best friends with Muviro. Doctor Porter makes another visit to the Wazuri village this time with his 15 year-old daughter Jane and when she gets lost in the jungle, she is saved by Tarzan. The shows main storyline truly kicks in when Tarzan is forced to run back and help Jane when she trips while the two are being chased by a helicopter he is netted and captured. Turns out the Earl of Greystoke had scene that youtube footage of the jungle boy and is sure that Tarzan is his grandson. He’d hired people to infiltrate Porter’s staff and to look for and retrieve Tarzan but when the teen ape man is brought to civilization, and stuck in a bedroom for the first time, he naturally wants no part of it. Luckily Lord Greystoke is able to get Tarzan to understand that though Kala is his mother he did have other parents and that Greystoke is Tarzan’s family as well. The unlikely decision by Tarzan to stay in an unknown home and try fitting in is made easier by the presence of Jane. Tarzan briefly blames Jane for that whole “being captured” thing but once the two bury the hatchet they become a dynamic duo, as they find themselves caught up in animal trafficking, corporate sabotage involving pesticides and, of course, that age-old classic of bulldozers threatening to destroy trees.

In ''Tarzan & Jane'' A plane crash kills the infant Tarzan’s parents, and though he is found and raised by the ape Kala, she does not bring him back to her fellow apes but instead takes him to the nearest native village so the Shaman there can heal the injuries the little fellow had sustained during the crash. Lucky for the kid Doctor Porter was also visiting this village at the time, he came to Africa to learn of the local medicines and lore to see if he could combine them with what modern medical science has come up with, and he does what he can to help the Shaman with the injured babe. The Shaman then mixes his potions with Porter’s medicines and they then coat the baby during a fire lit ceremony with the essence of cheetah, lion and gorilla. The result? A super-human with speed, strength, agility and the handy ability to grow a set of claws. Come morning Chief Waziri tells Porter that the child has died, but in reality the Shaman and the Chief’s son Muviro has slipped the baby out of the village and entrusted him in the safety of Kala. During the years that pass, things go great as a young Tarzan is educated by Muviro, who has become like a big brother to the jungle boy, and Tarzan kicks the crap out of poachers who dare ply their trade in his jungle, until Porter returns and an assistant of his accidentally captures footage of Tarzan swinging through the trees and then later he is recorded again by tourists operating a camera drone. This particular video goes viral and stories of a jungle boy begin to spread. The man behind the poaching wants this kid captured, his true motivations for this are not revealed until much later, but wanting to trap Tarzan is one thing but to actually catch him is another. More years pass and Porter makes another visit to the Wazuri village this time with his 15 year-old daughter Jane and when she gets lost in the jungle, she is saved from becoming panther chow by Tarzan. The shows main storyline truly kicks in when Tarzan is forced to run back and help Jane when she trips while the two are being chased by a helicopter he is netted and captured. Turns out the Earl of Greystoke had scene that youtube footage of the jungle boy and is sure that Tarzan is his grandson. He’d hired people to infiltrate Porter’s staff and to look for and retrieve Tarzan but when the teen ape man is brought to civilization, and stuck in a bedroom for the first time, he naturally wants no part of it. Luckily Lord Greystoke is able to get Tarzan to understand that though Kala is his mother he did have other parents and that Greystoke is Tarzan’s family as well. The teenager agrees to stay in London and attend private school, though he does wear the school uniform putting on shoes is out of the question, and this all provide us with some nice “fish out of water” humor, but it also allows him to reconnect with Jane who just so happens to have ended up enrolling at the same school. Tarzan briefly blames Jane for that whole “being captured” thing but once the two bury the hatchet they become a dynamic duo, as they find themselves caught up in animal trafficking, corporate sabotage involving pesticides and, of course, that age-old classic of bulldozers threatening to destroy trees. Mystery solving is what makes up the bulk of this season as Tarzan and Jane bounce back and forth between the urban jungle (where his skills translate well to parkour) and the jungles of Africa (where he surprisingly never calls for an elephant stampede), and allows us to watch the two of them fend off against countless balaclava wearing goons.

In ''Tarzan & Jane'' A plane crash kills the infant Tarzan’s parents, and though he is found and raised by the ape Kala, she does not bring him back to her fellow apes but instead takes him to the nearest native village so the Shaman there can heal the injuries the little fellow had sustained during the crash. Lucky for the kid Doctor Porter was also visiting this village at the time, he came to Africa to learn of the local medicines and lore to see if he could combine them with what modern medical science has come up with, and he does what he can to help the Shaman with the injured babe. The Shaman then mixes his potions with Porter’s medicines and they then coat the baby during a fire lit ceremony with the essence of cheetah, lion and gorilla. The result? A super-human with speed, strength, agility and the handy ability to grow a set of claws. Come morning Chief Waziri tells Porter that the child has died, but in reality the Shaman and the Chief’s son Muviro has slipped the baby out of the village and entrusted him in the safety of Kala.

During the years that pass, things go great as a young Tarzan is educated by Muviro, who has become like a big brother to the jungle boy, and Tarzan kicks the crap out of poachers who dare ply their trade in his jungle, until Porter returns and an assistant of his accidentally captures footage of Tarzan swinging through the trees and then later he is recorded again by tourists operating a camera drone. This particular video goes viral and stories of a jungle boy begin to spread. The man behind the poaching wants this kid captured, his true motivations for this are not revealed until much later, but wanting to trap Tarzan is one thing but to actually catch him is another. More years pass and Porter makes another visit to the Wazuri village this time with his 15 year-old daughter Jane and when she gets lost in the jungle, she is saved from becoming panther chow by Tarzan.

The shows main storyline truly kicks in when Tarzan is forced to run back and help Jane when she trips while the two are being chased by a helicopter he is netted and captured. Turns out the Earl of Greystoke had scene that youtube footage of the jungle boy and is sure that Tarzan is his grandson. He’d hired people to infiltrate Porter’s staff and to look for and retrieve Tarzan but when the teen ape man is brought to civilization, and stuck in a bedroom for the first time, he naturally wants no part of it.

Luckily Lord Greystoke isn’t the show’s villain, he had no idea that the people he’d hired would treat Tarzan like an animal, and he is able to get Tarzan to understand that though Kala is his mother he did have other parents and that Greystoke is Tarzan’s family as well. The teenager agrees to stay in London and attend private school, though he does wear the school uniform putting on shoes is out of the question, and this all provide us with some nice “fish out of water” humor, but it also allows him to reconnect with Jane who just so happens to have ended up enrolling at the same school. Tarzan briefly blames Jane for that whole “being captured” thing but once the two bury the hatchet they become a dynamic duo, as they find themselves caught up in animal trafficking, corporate sabotage involving pesticides and, of course, that age-old classic of bulldozers threatening to destroy trees. Mystery solving is what makes up the bulk of this season as Tarzan and Jane bounce back and forth between the urban jungle (where his skills translate well to parkour) and the jungles of Africa (where he surprisingly never calls for an elephant stampede), and allows us to watch the two of them fend off against countless balaclava wearing goons.

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Saved from a plane crash and given supernatural powers, the teenaged Tarzan joins forces with brave city girl Jane to protect his jungle home from threats.

Saved from a plane crash and given supernatural powers, teen Tarzan joins forces with brave city girl Jane to protect his jungle home from threats.