Tarzan

Tarzan is an iconic fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
He first appeared in Tarzan of the Apes, which was written and published in 1912 as a magazine novel. Two years later, it was published in book form. Many other Tarzan novels followed. Then in 1918, the first Tarzan movie, starring Elmo Lincoln as the titular hero, premiered. Since then, there have been many Tarzan movies, most of which starred Johnny Weismuller. There was even an animated movie from Disney, released in 1999 and followed by two direct-to-video sequels.
Tarzan has also been featured in comic books, comic strips, Big Little Books, and TV shows. He was also the subject of the songs "Gitarzan" by Ray Stevens and "Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora.
Although Hanna-Barbera never produced any Tarzan cartoons, he was referenced and parodied in several of their animated series.
== Catanooga Cats ==
* "Zoo's Who": When the Catanooga Cats free Ellie the elephant from the zoo, Groovy mentions Tarzan movies.
== The All-New Superfriends Hour ==
* The Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna, were named after Tarzan and Jane.
== The Flintstones ==
* "The Swimming Pool": During his birthday party, Fred Flintstone swings into the pool on a rope, and yells like Tarzan.
== The Huckleberry Hound Show ==
* In "Jungle Bungle", Huckleberry swings from tree to tree on a vine and has a piercing jungle yell to summon elephants. This is obviously a parody of Tarzan.
== The Magilla Gorilla Show ==
* In "Groovey Movie", Magilla was cast as the sidekick of jungle man Startan, an obvious spoof of Tarzan.
* In "Fairy Godmother," after Magilla's fairy godmother sends him back to the jungle, he mentions Tarzan movies while swinging on a vine.
== Jonny Quest ==
* In "Double Danger", when Race Bannon and Sutep descend into the area where the Buddha is located, Race casually remarks that he's got the wrong haircut to play Tarzan.
* "Creeping Unknown": When Jonny, Hadji, and Bandit flee from alligators and the plant monster, Jonny yells like Tarzan while swinging on a vine.
== The Herculoids ==
* Zandor and Tara are modeled after Tarzan and Jane. In fact, Zandor was originally called Zartan, an anagram of Tarzan, when the series was in development.
== Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines ==
* In the Magnificent Muttley short "Wild Mutt Muttley", Muttley imagines himself as a jungle hero similar to Tarzan.
== Around the World in 79 Days ==
* "The Tree Man": When their balloon is shot down by Bumbler, Finny Fogg Jr., Jenny Trent, and Hoppy are saved by the tree man, who is very similar to Tarzan.
== Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ==
* In "A Tiki Scare Is No Fair", Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley, and Scooby-Doo disguise themselves as Tarzan, Jane, and Cheetah, respectively, to fool the witch doctor.
== Valley of the Dinosaurs ==
* In "Smoke Screen", John Butler calls Greg "Tarzan". Katie Butler also calls Lok "Tarzan" in "After Shock", "To Fly a Kite" and "The Big Toothache".
== Jana of the Jungle ==
* Jana is essentially a female counterpart of Tarzan. She even has a yell that is slightly an altered version to Tarzan's, only when she uses it to call many types of jungle animals for help.
== The Kwicky Koala Show ==
* George Bungle and Joey Bungle swing on a vine and yell like Tarzan.
== Jokebook ==
* The "Treeman" short features parodies of Tarzan and Jane.
== The Smurfs ==
* Wild Smurf, introduced in 1987, was modeled after Tarzan.
== The Biskitts ==
* In "The Golden Biskitt", Scat swings on a vine and yells like Tarzan.
== The Little Rascals ==
* In the final original segment, "The Zero Hero", as Alfalfa tries to get the other Rascals across water flowing along a downtown street without getting their feet wet, he mimics Tarzan's famous cry as he swings on Buckwheat's channel-changing device, which clutches onto the pole of a traffic light.
== A Pup Named Scooby-Doo ==
* In "Lights... Camera... Monster", Scooby-Doo swings on a vine and does a Tarzan yell.
== Tom & Jerry Kids Show ==
* In "Cast Away Tom", Jerry, as Tarzan, does a Tarzan yell, pounds his chest and swings on a vine. Later, Tom, as Tarzan, repeats Jerry's actions.
== 2 Stupid Dogs ==
* In "Stunt Dogs", 2 Dogs meet Jungle King Scott Man, who does a Tarzan yell and swings on a vine while making his movie.
== The All-New Popeye Hour ==
* "Popeye of the Jungle": In a story told to Swee'Pea, Popeye and Olive Oyl are a jungle-dwelling couple akin to Tarzan and Jane.
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