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"Tarzan and the Enemy Within" is the ninth episode of The Legend of Tarzan. It originally aired on UPN on September 12, 2001.

Synopsis[]

Tarzan and Terk find an injured gorilla named Gobu in the forest, who was attacked by hyenas. Little do they know, but he is under orders from his leader to lure Tarzan back to Gobu's family. Once the injured gorilla is better, he and Tarzan embark on the long journey to Gobu's home, only to find the evil Tublat, a bull ape who was expelled from Kerchak's family many years before and has killed the group's original leader, is waiting there to trap him. Meanwhile, Jane and Professor Porter attempt to teach Terk to be more lady-like to impress Gobu, though Gobu seems to prefer Terk as her tough tomboyish self.

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Trivia[]

  • The two female gorillas from Tarzan's gorilla tribe that welcome Gobu to the tribe upon meeting him in named Munka (brown fur, green eyes) and Teeka (dark grey fur, blue eyes).
    • Teeka is a one-off character who only appeared in the short story "Tarzan's First Love" from the Tarzan novel Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which is a midquel took place in Chapter 11 of the Tarzan novel Tarzan of the Apes. In that short story, Teeka the female ape served as Tarzan's first love interest prior to meeting Jane Porter during his teenage years which their romantic relationship didn't worked out when the female ape prefers the male ape Taug, their mutual friend, over Tarzan, causing both Tarzan and Taug to fight for Teeka's romantic affections. The character also served as a loose inspiration for Disney's version of Terk.
      • Co-incidentally, this episode featured a somewhat similar love triangle subplot between the gorillas as in that short story, albeit with the male and female roles reversed, with Terk (whom is female in this version) fighting the two female gorillas Munka and Teeka over Gobu's romantic affections, instead of the other way round.
  • The identity of the original leader of Gobu's gorilla tribe before it's death from the hands of Tublat is unknown in this episode, as not only is it never seen onscreen, yet its name is never revealed.
  • When Terk assumes a more feminine persona in order to impress Gobu, neither Flynt nor Mungo recognize Terk, and instead mistake her for another female gorilla from the tribe. This could be either due to Flynt and Mungo being the complete idiots they are, or both of them having used to Terk being a tough tomboy for years since childhood.

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Media
Films: Tarzan (soundtrack/video) • Tarzan & JaneTarzan II (video) • The Legend of Tarzan

Television: The Legend of TarzanHouse of Mouse
Video Games: Disney's TarzanTarzan: UntamedReturn to the JungleKingdom HeartsDisney's Extreme Skate Adventure

Disney Parks
Disney Animation BuildingTarzan's Treehouse

Entertainment: Disney Adventure Friends CavalcadeFantasmic!Festival of Family & FriendsHakuna Matata Time Dance PartyOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On!Rivers of Light: We Are OneTarzan Rocks!Tarzan: The EncounterThe Forest of Enchantment: A Disney Musical AdventureThe Golden Mickeys
Shops: Professor Porter's Trading Post
Parades: Parade of the StarsFlights of Fantasy ParadeMickey's Soundsational Parade
Fireworks: Believe... There's Magic in the StarsCelebrate the MagicHappily Ever AfterMomentousRemember... Dreams Come TrueTree of Life AwakensIlluminate! A Nighttime CelebrationWondrous Journeys
Christmas: A Christmas Fantasy Parade

Characters
Original: TarzanTerkTantorKalaKerchakKerchak and Kala's BabyFlynt and MungoSaborTarzan's ParentsManuJane PorterArchimedes Q. PorterClayton and his menBaboonsThe Captain

Midquel: ZugorMama GundaKago and Uto
TV Series: Robert CanlerNigel TaylorTublatHistaZuthoGozan and HungoIan McTeagueThaddeus HuntJake & SamMabayaGobuFungiCount Nikolas RokoffLady WalthamQueen LaLeopard MenMuviroKajDr. DoyleEleanorGreenlyHazelIanLieutenant Colonel StaquaitRenard DumontJohannes NielsSamuel T. PhilanderTheodore RooseveltHugo and HooftNura and SheetaEdgar Rice BurroughsManganiJabariDaniaGerman PoacherBasuliNaohChief KeewaziFemale Tyrannosaurus RexVelociraptorsTriceratopsWaziri TribeStanley ObrowskiAbby Markham

Episodes
Season One: "Race Against Time" • "Trading Post" • "Lost Cub" • "Lost City of Opar" • "Fugitives" • "Rogue Elephant" • "Poisoned River" • "Enemy Within" • "Fountain" • "Hidden World" • "Rift" • "Giant Beetles" • "Jungle Madness" • "Protege" • "Leopard Men Rebellion" • "Rough Rider" • "Seeds of Destruction" • "Silver Ape" • "Challenger" • "Outbreak" • "Silver Screen" • "Beast from Below" • "All-Seeing Elephant" • "New Wave" • "Lost Treasure" • "Return of La" • "One Punch Mulligan" • "Missing Link" • "Prison Break" • "Eagle's Feather" • "Face from the Past" • "Caged Fury" • "Gauntlet of Vengeance" • "Mysterious Visitor" • "Tublat's Revenge"

Season Two: "British Invasion" • "Volcanic Diamond Mine" • "Flying Ace"

Songs
Film: Two WorldsYou'll Be in My HeartSon of ManTrashin' the CampStrangers Like MeSinging to the Song of LifeWho Am I?

Musical: Who Better than MeNo Other WayI Need to KnowSure as Sun Turns to MoonWaiting for this MomentDifferentLike No Man I've Ever SeenFor the First TimeEverything that I Am

Locations
AfricaJunglePellucidarSkull Cave
See Also
The Disney AfternoonDisney RenaissanceMusical/SoundtrackQueen La's Staff
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