Tarzan Franchise

**Tarzan** is an American Disney franchise that started in 1999 after the release of the first name. The franchise has seen two sequels, one television series, a musical, a number of video games, theme park attractions and various merchandise.

## Films

### Tarzan

The film was released on June 12, 1999. It is based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

### Tarzan & Jane

The film was released on July 23, 2002 as a direct-to-video sequel. It uses three unaired episodes of the film's corresponding television series, The Legend of Tarzan.

### Tarzan II

The film was released on June 14, 2005 as a direct-to-video sequel. The film is set one year after the events of the first film.

## Television Series

### The Legend of Tarzan

The series premiered on September 3, 2001. It carried on where the film left off.

## Cast and Characters

### Main

* Tarzan
* Jane Porter
* Terk
* Tantor
* Kala
* Kerchak
* Professor Archimedes Q. Porter
* Clayton
* Sabor

### Minor

* Flynt
* Mungo
* Nura and Sheeta
* Johannes Niels
* Marcus
* Robert "Bobby" Canler
* Nigel Taylor
* Renard Dumont
* Hugo and Hooft
* Zugor
* Mama Gunda
* Uto and Kago
* Henry
* Dania
* Samuel T. Philander
* Queen La
* Moyo
* Tublat
* Hobson
* Greenley
* Eleanore
* Hazel
* Zutho
* Colonel Staguait

## Music

* Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

## Broadway Musical

### Tarzan

The original Broadway musical production of Tarzan opened in 2006, directed and designed by Bob Crowley with choreography by Meryl Tankard. The production ran for 35 previews and 486 performances. Subsequently, the show has been staged in several foreign countries and by regional theatres.

## Video Games

### Disney's Tarzan

This is a platform game developed by Eurocom and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation console in 1999. Konami published the game for its Japanese release. It was also released on the PC and Game Boy Color in 1999, and Nintendo 64 in 2000.

### Tarzan: Untamed

This is a 2001 action-adventure video game released by Ubisoft Montreal for the PlayStation 2 and was a launch title for the GameCube.

### Tarzan Jungle Tumble

This is a 2001 platform game developed and released by Disney Interactive for the PC.

### Disney's Tarzan: Return to the Jungle

This is a 2002 platform game released by Activision for Game Boy Advance. In this game, Tarzan and Terk are lost, and they have to go back to protect the jungle from Queen La.

### Other Appearances

The franchise's settings and characters have appeared in a number of video games.

* Disney's Activity Center
* Kingdom Hearts
* Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure

## Theme Park Attractions

Various Tarzan-themed attractions have opened in Disney theme parks.

### Tarzan's Treehouse

This is a walk through attraction at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland.

### Tarzan: The Encounter

This is a musical show based on the film that took place in The Chaparral Theater at Disneyland Paris and was in the Storyhouse Stage at Shanghai Disneyland.

### Tarzan Rocks!

This was a musical show that took place in the Theater in the Wild at Disney's Animal Kingdom from 1999 to 2006. It featured rollerskating monkeys along with Tarzan, Jane and Terk. It also featured songs from the film by Phil Collins.

### Meet and Greets

Tarza, Jane and Terk all appear at the Disney Parks and Resorts as meetable characters and can be found in Adventureland, and at Disney's Animal Kingdom.