Series synopsis
The Legend of Tarzan is an American action & adventure animation kids television series that premiered on UPN on September 3, 2001. It ended on February 5, 2003. It was created by Bill Motz, Bob Roth. It stars Michael T. Weiss, Olivia D'Abo and Jeff Bennett.
The Legend of Tarzan picks up where the 1999 feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role as leader of the apes following Kerchak's death, and Jane adjusting to life in the jungle. Rounding out the cast are Jane's father, Professor Archimedes Porter; Tantor, the germophobic elephant; and Terk, a wisecracking female gorilla and Tarzan's old wrestling buddy.
Premise
The Legend of Tarzan picks up where the 1999 feature film left off, with the title character adjusting to his new role as leader of the apes following Kerchak's death, and Jane adjusting to life in the jungle. Rounding out the cast are Jane's father, Professor Archimedes Porter; Tantor, the germophobic elephant; and Terk, a wisecracking female gorilla and Tarzan's old wrestling buddy.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Michael T. Weiss as Tarzan (voice)
- Olivia D'Abo as Jane Porter (voice)
- Jeff Bennett as Archimedes Porter (voice)
Guest cast
- April Winchell as Terk (voice)
- Jim Cummings as Tantor (voice)
- René Auberjonois as Renard Dumont (voice)
- Fred Willard as Baruti (voice)
- Alexis Denisof as Henry (voice)
- Dave Thomas as Hugo (voice)
- Lance Henriksen as Kerchack (voice)
- Mark Harmon as Bob Markham (voice)
- Charles Napier as Ian McTeague (voice)
- Shaun Fleming as Young Tarzan (voice)
- Ron Perlman as Colonel Nikolas Rokoff (voice)
- Clarence Williams III as (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 39 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 36 | September 3, 2001 | October 14, 2001 |
| Season 2 | 3 | February 3, 2003 | February 5, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tarzan and the Race Against Time Tarzan is bitten by a poisonous spider and the gang must go to the top of the waterfall to find the antidote. Meanwhile, Terk is having a hard time getting used to Jane. |
September 3, 2001 |
| 2 |
Tarzan and the Trading Post A trade manager named Renard Dumont makes his trading post where the rhino herd is, causing them to move into gorilla territories. Will the gorillas have to move? |
September 4, 2001 |
| 3 |
Tarzan and the Lost Cub Jane finds a lost leopard cub and decides to keep it, but Tarzan won't like having a leopard around. |
September 5, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tarzan and the British Invasion Jane's friends, Eleanor, Greenly, and Hazel, thinking Jane is in trouble, come to rescue her. When they find her and everything is explained, they fret Jane has changed. To prove she hasn't, Jane takes them on a picnic in the jungle. That's when trouble comes up. |
February 3, 2003 |
| 2 |
Tarzan and the Volcanic Diamond Mine Two sneaky men named Johannes Niels and Merkus come and want Tarzan to take them to the volcano on the other side of the jungle to look for diamonds. Tarzan agrees as long as he gets a diamond for Jane in return. Little does he realize that the men are not planning to keep up their side of the bargain when the diamonds are collected—or that his friends are following them. |
February 4, 2003 |
| 3 |
Tarzan and the Flying Ace A bush pilot named Bobby Canler, who is an old friend of Jane, comes to visit her, but Tarzan senses something bad about him. He is later convinced he's just jealous so he backs off. Unfortunately, Tarzan was right. |
February 5, 2003 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | UPN |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 3, 2001 |
| Last aired | February 5, 2003 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | at 19:00:00 |