"Tarzan and the Silver Ape" is the nineteenth episode of The Legend of Tarzan. It originally aired on UPN on September 24, 2001.
Synopsis[]
Samuel T. Philander is at it again and wants to scoop another one of Professor Porter's jungle discoveries to pay off his British creditors. This time, he finds out about the healing Silver Ape Mangani, which he captures in a cage. When Tarzan and Professor Porter attempt to rescue the ape from Philander's ship, Mangani proves his healing abilities in a miracle for Tarzan.
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
- Craig Ferguson as Samuel T. Philander
Trivia[]
- The term Mangani is derived from the fictional species of ape that raised Tarzan in the original Tarzan novels.
- In the original Tarzan film, the Manganis were replaced by gorillas.
- The episode takes place after "Tarzan and the Hidden World", as the events of said episode are mentioned here in this episode.
- Just like in that previous episode, Philander attempts to steal Archimedes' discoveries and claim it as his own, even if it means capturing other animals via ill-gotten means, only to end up suffering a humiliating defeat of a bogus scientific discovery in the end.
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