"Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor" is the thirty-fifth episode of The Legend of Tarzan. It originally aired on UPN on October 12, 2001.
Synopsis[]
A writer named Ed is in desperate need of some inspiration for his next novel. He finds it while walking down the street in the form of a newspaper article about Tarzan, "The Missing Link". Ed has the inspiration he needs and begins tracking down various leads to Tarzan's whereabouts ... including Samuel T. Philander, Hugo and Hooft, and Renard Dumont. They all tell Ed of their first encounters with Tarzan. Ed heads out into the jungle to find Tarzan himself.
Cast[]
- Michael T. Weiss as Tarzan
- Olivia d'Abo as Jane Porter
- Jeff Bennett as Archimedes Q. Porter
- Jim Cummings as Tantor
- April Winchell as Terk
- René Auberjonois as Renard Dumont
- Craig Ferguson as Samuel T. Philander
- Joe Flaherty as Hooft
- Kevin Michael Richardson
- Stacy Sibley
- Dave Thomas as Hugo
- Steven Weber as Edgar Rice Burroughs
Trivia[]
- This episode is most famous for the theme of a literary character meeting his own original creator, as well as the fact that it is almost completely composed of flashbacks from previous Tarzan episodes.
- Disney had done the same premise in the Little Mermaid episode "Metal Fish", where Ariel encounters her original creator, Hans Christian Andersen.
- Mr. Dobrez mentions Burroughs' previous novel, A Princess of Mars. In 2012, Disney adapted the novel into the film John Carter.
- Mr. Dobrez mentions having rejected Burroghs' manuscript for The Outlaw of Torn.
- Characters from Tarzan and the Silver Screen, had made a cameo in this episode.