Terk

Terk, short for Terkina, is a character from Tarzan, its midquel, its sequel, and its television series. She was voiced by Rosie O'Donnell as both a child and adult in the first film, by April Winchell as an adult in the television series, and by Audrey Wasilewski as a child in the midquel.

Personality
Terk is a feisty, tomboyish gorilla who acts as a foster sister of sorts to Tarzan. She at first considers him a pest, but later warms up to him, often helping and keeping Tarzan out of trouble with Kerchak.

Tarzan
In the movie, Terk is one of the young gorillas in Tarzan's Ape Family and she is the first to spot Kala coming back with Tarzan. When Terk first sees Tarzan she calls him creepy looking, to which her mother scolds at her for saying and Terk asks Kala what Tarzan is and Kala tells her that he's a baby and puts Tarzan in Terk's arms to which Tarzan starts playing with Terk and when Terk asks where Tarzan's mother is, Kala simply says she will be his mother now. Terk hands Tarzan back to Kala and tells Kerchak, the Leader, that Kala's gonna be the baby's new mother. After Kerchak allows Kala to keep Tarzan, Terk asks Kala what she's gonna call him, and Kala says that she's going to call him Tarzan. After that, Terk's mother picks her up and tells her that it's way past her nest time.

When Tarzan grows into a little boy, he accidently runs into Kerchak, but Terk manages to help Tarzan by acting that she was looking for him, and takes him away from Kerchak. Terk then orders Tarzan to stay away from Kerchak and then runs off to join some ape boys to which Tarzan asks Terk if he can come to which Terk says that Tarzan could come if he could keep up but he can't keep up. Terk then runs off to join the Ape Boys but soon Tarzan appears telling the ape boys that Terk said that he could come if he could keep up to which the ape boys complain that Tarzan is there and Terk takes aside and tells him that in order to convince the ape boys that he's cool enough to hang out with them he needs to go and get an elephant hair off an elephant's tail which is pretty dangerous and she tells Tarzan to go home but when Terk turns her head around Tarzan jumps into the water and swims towards the elephants to which the Ape Boys tell Terk that if Tarzan lives she should bring him around more often and leave to watch Tarzan get an elephant tail. While trying to get an elephant hair Tarzan scares the elephants away causing the Ape Boys to run but Terk manages to get caught in a tree and waits for the herd of elephants to leave and rushes to save Tarzan and pulls him ashore to which a baby elephant named Tantor grabs Terk and tells her not to go near Tarzan because he might be a piranha to which Terk explains to Tantor that Tarzan isn't a piranha he's a boy. Then Tarzan wakes up and shows Terk that he got an elephant hair and Tantor shows them his whole tail of hair. Then Kerchak, Kala, and the rest of the Gorillas appear and ask Tarzan what happened and Terk tries to cover Tarzan up but Tarzan convinces Kerchak that it was his fault and Kerchak tells him he won't be one of them. Later on Tarzan decides to show Kerchak that he can be the best Ape Ever (Son of Man song) to which Terk and Tantor help him out.

Years later when they're all grown up Tarzan, Terk, and Tantor are talking when Sabor the Leopard appears and attacks the gorilla family but Tarzan manages to fight the leopard to which Terk and the other gorillas cheer him on. After defeating Sabor Terk and the other gorillas cheer for Tarzan and Terk tells him not to make that into a habit because there are other ways to get attention. Then they hear gunshots in the distance and Terk along with Tantor follow the rest of the gorillas as they move deeper into the jungle while Tarzan sneaks off to find out what that sound is.

Later on Terk, Tantor and some of the other ape boys are out looking for Tarzan when they come across the humans' camp to which Tantor freaks out at the humans' stuff, to which Terk replies, "These things aren't alive." Terk, Tantor, and the ape boys use the humans' stuff to make up their own music (Trash in the Camp song). Then, Tarzan appears with one of the humans named Jane Porter and begins to play with Terk but then Terk spots Jane and Tarzan tells her in Gorilla Language That It's All Right. As Jane is about to pet Terk Kerchak, Kala, and the other Gorillas appear and order Terk, Tarzan, and Tantor back to their nest as they hear Jane's father Professor Porter and their guide Clayton coming.

At their nests Terk listens as Kerchak orders the gorillas not to have anything to do with the humans much to Tarzan's dismay. Wanting to learn more about the humans (Strangers Like Me song) Tarzan secretly sneaks back to the humans' camp to which Terk and Kala begin to worry. One day Tarzan asks Terk if she and Tantor can distract Kerchak while he shows the humans the gorillas to which at first Terk rejects but when Tarzan begs her she does to which she dresses up in Jane's dress and Tantor makes a puppet of Jane's father and manage to distract Kerchak while Tarzan shows the humans the gorillas. During the distraction Terk and Tantor accidently lead Kerchak back to the gorillas' nests where Kerchak tries to scare off the humans but Tarzan manages to hold him off while the humans escape. Terk watches sadly as Kerchak scowls at Tarzan for betraying the family.

The next day Tarzan dresses in his biological father's clothes and decides to return to England with Jane, Porter, and Clayton to which Terk and Tantor try to catch him before he leaves and say good-bye but they're too late and sadly return to the Jungle. Then they hear Tarzan's cries from the ship to which Terk at first rejects to help but Tantor grabs her telling her that he's tired of her not wanting to help and they rush off to save Tarzan, Jane, and Porter who have been imprisoned in the ship's brig by Clayton and his men. After Tantor breaks into the brig Tarzan jumps out and Terk hugs him but Tantor pulls her aside telling her that sometimes she embarraces him. Then Terk, Jane, and Porter jump on Tantor's back and rush off to save the gorillas. After defeating Clayton and his men and rescuing the gorillas Terk watches sadly as Kerchak(who got shot by Clayton) accepts Tarzan as his son and tells him to lead the family and then dies to which Tarzan leads Terk and the other gorillas away to find a new nesting spot. The next day Terk watches happily as Jane and Porter decide to stay with Tarzan and are accepted into the Gorilla Family. In the end Terk is seen swinging in the tree vines but loses her balance and falls off screen.

The Legend of Tarzan
In the TV series, Terk is now voiced by April Winchell.

Kingdom Hearts
In the first video game, Terk is voiced by Audrey Wasilewski.

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