CVTA US Animated - "Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle" (Filmation/CBS) (1976-79) Animated

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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976-79)
(animated cartoon series)

Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Writers Guild of America (wga)

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TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE
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Filmation Associates Production for CBS
Based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs

US Animated Cartoon series 1976-79  36 episodes x 30 min

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1.1 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the City of Gold
11 September 1976

1.2 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Vikings
18 September 1976

1.3 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Golden Lion
25 September 1976

1.4 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Forbidden City
2 October 1976

1.5 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Graveyard of the Elephants
9 October 1976

l1.6 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan's Return to the City of Gold
16 October 1976

1.7 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Strange Visitors
23 October 1976

1.8 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Land of the Giants
30 October 1976

1.9 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Knights of Nimmr
6 November 1976


1.10 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan's Rival
13 November 1976

1.11 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the City of Sorcery
20 November 1976

1.12 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan at the Earth's Core
27 November 1976

1.13 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Ice Creature
4 December 1976

1.14 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Olympiads
11 December 1976

1.15 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan's Trial
18 December 1976

1.16 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan, the Hated
18 December 1976

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2.1 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Sunken City of Atlantis
10 September 1977

2.2 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Bird People
17 September 1977


2..3 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Colossus of Zome
24 September 1977

2.4 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Beast in the Iron Mask
1 October 1977

2.5 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Amazon Princess
8 October 1977

2.6 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Conquistadors
15 October 1977

 
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3.1 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Spider People
9 September 1978

3.2 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Space God
16 September 1978


3.3 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Lost World
23 September 1978


3.4 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Monkey God
30 September 1978


3.5 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Haunted Forest
7 October 1978


3.6 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Island of Dr. Morphos
14 October 1978
 

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4.1 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Sifu
15 September 1979

4.2 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and Jane
22 September 1979

4.3 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Land Beneath the Earth
29 September 1979


4.4 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Drought
6 October 1979


4.5 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Soul Stealer
13 October 1979


4.6 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Future King
20 October 1979


4.7 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the Huntress
27 October 1979


4.8 [--] Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Tarzan and the White Elephant (final episode)
3 November 1979

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"Tarzan" (Disney) (1999) (animated movie)(88 min) (colour)
 "Tarzan and Jane" (Disney) (2002) (animated movie) (75 min) (colour)

 The Legend of Tarzan (2001-2003)
(animated cartoon series)

Disney Production
Based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs

US Animated series 2001-2003  39 episodes x 30 min

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1.1 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Race Against Time
3 September 2001
Tarzan is bitten by a poisonous spider and Jane must race to find an antidote.

1.2 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Trading Post
4 September 2001
Renard Dumont arrives in Africa and begins building a trading post. In the process of building his
post he has displaced the rhinos and they have moved into gorilla territory. Tarzan attempts to
explain this to Dumont but he cares little for the problems of others. The rhinos refuse to leave
or share the territory with the gorillas and Tarzan must find a solution to this dilemma before
the gorillas are forced to relocate.

1.3 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Lost Cub
5 September 2001
While washing her clothes in a river, Jane finds a lost leopard cub, to the dislike of Tarzan who's
biological parents were killed by a leopard. Kala then tries to help Jane find the cub's mother.

1.4 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: The Lost City of Opar
6 September 2001

 1.5 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: The Fugitives
7 September 2001
Two American deserters from the French Foreign Legion find themselves in the jungle and befriended by Tarzan.

1.6 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Rogue Elephant
29 September 2001
Baruti and Jamila, an elephant couple, migrate into Tantor's herd to protect their hypochondriac son,
Jabari (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the young Tantor), from the mad rampages of Mbaya, an
elephant gone "rogue". Tantor and Jabari instantly bond, but, through a series of coincidences
(including Jabari's insistence that African violets -- which Tantor's eaten for years -- are the
dietary root of rogue behavior), Tantor comes to believe that he's responsible for Mbaya's recent
rampage through Tarzan's protectorate (which he's somehow managed to sleep through) and retreats
into the jungle. Meanwhile, Jane attempts to discover something that Tarzan's afraid of.

1.7 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Poisoned River: Part 1
10 September 2001
Tantor falls ill after drinking from the river and the Professor concludes the water must be contaminated.
Terk tends to the sick Tantor while Tarzan, Jane and the Prof. begin a perilous journey upriver to find
the source of the contamination. Things go from bad to worse when they are captured by a tribe who
suspects they may be the ones who have poisoned the river.

1.8 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Poisoned River: Part 2
11 September 2001
Tarzan and Basuli discover a mining operation is the source of the contaminant. Tarzan and his friends
ally themselves with the villagers and devise a scheme to fight the miners.

1.9 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Enemy Within
12 September 2001

1.10 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Fountain
13 September 2001
The Professor eagerly awaits the arrival of a Professor Doyle. Upon arrival, all are surprised to find
that he's... a she? Professor Robin Doyle had come to Africa to study Keewazi's tribe with the Professor.
While they study, they find some of the older men to have quite startling ages (from 500 to 700), and
learn about a great fountain. Professor, who feels he's too old for Robin (he likes her), secretly sets
forth to find this fountain.

1.11 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Hidden World
14 September 2001
 

1.12 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Rift
16 September 2001
Tantor's new girlfriend thinks Terk is loud and obnoxious and forces Tantor to choose between them.
Meanwhile poachers are operating in the jungle and capture Terk.

1.13 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Giant Beetles
17 September 2001
Tantor and Terk accompany the Prof. on an expedition to study giant flora and their clumsiness almost
ends in disaster. Tantor wants to confess but Terk prefers covering up the truth. The prof. does manage
to collect some plant liquid from the giant flowers which Terk promptly spills onto some beetles making
them grow to gigantic proportions. Terk still tries to hide his and Tantor's involvement. It's not long
before the beetles are on a rampage of destruction.

1.14 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Jungle Madness
18 September 2001
Tarzan and Jane are returning home from visiting the Waziri Village via a river boat piloted by Hugo
and Hooft. When they land they notice that Dumont's trading post is really growing and modernizing.
They also notice that the jungle is eerily quiet with no animal sounds to be heard. When they return
home they find the tree house is in shambles as is the professor's camp and he has disappeared. Terk
and Tantor burst into the camp complaining of a ringing in their heads and acting violently. Soon
Tarzan and Jane are on the run for their lives as all of the jungle animals have turned against them
in a psychotic rage.

1.15 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Protege
19 September 2001
Tarzan befriends a young boy while Prof. Archimedes attempts to rekindle an old romance with his
overprotective aunt.

1.16 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Leopard Men Rebellion
20 September 2001
The Leopard Men of Opar kidnap Jane and Tarzan must rely on Queen La's help to rescue her. But La
has motives of her own...and so do the Leopard Men.

1.17: Tarzan and the Rough Rider
21 September 2001
Theodore Roosevelt is on safari in Africa when he becomes the focus of a kidnapping plot. It's up to
Tarzan and the others to save him.

1.18 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Seeds of Destruction
23 September 2001

1.19 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Silver Ape
24 September 2001
Samuel T. Philander is at it again, and wants to scoop another one of Professor Porter's jungle
discoveries to pay off his Briotish 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.

1.20 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Challenger
25 September 2001
A giant python named Histah is terrorizing the gorillas and Tarzan's leadership of the family is
challenged by Moyo. Tarzan and Moyo must fight together to defeat Histah and save the family.

1.21 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Outbreak
26 September 2001
loggers are destroying the jungle near Tarzan and the family. The loggers are following the orders
of Bob Markham who has the legal logging rights for this particular area of jungle. Tarzan confronts
Markham and finds him to be a reasonable, family man with a daughter. They try to find a compromise
but it doesn't quite hold and the logging continues. Tarzan is determined to protect his jungle
but won't need to because the loggers begin to get sick and the professor fears he knows why...all
the disturbing of the soil has released a dormant virus into the air. Tarzan and Markahm set off to
find the ingredients for an antidote.

1.22 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Silver Screen
27 September 2001

1.23 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Beast from Below
28 September 2001
While playing with Tarzan Terk sees something that frightens her. She tells the others it was a
scaly, green monster but the others are skeptical. Later, when Tarzan and the Prof. find a dead
leopard they know Terk may be on to something. It appears that a Velociraptor from the underground
world of Pellucidar has somehow made it to the surface and it's heading straight for the tree house.

1.24 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the All-Seeing Elephant
30 September 2001
Tantor and the others travel to the peak of a mountain to prove the existence of the All-Seeing
Elephant...especially to Terk who refuses to believe.

1.25 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: New Wave
1 October 2001
A schooner is sinking and on board are Jane's Friends Greenley, Eleanor, Hazel and Greenley's
fiancée Henry. Eleanor and Hazel do not think Henry is very 'well rounded' and hope exposing him
to Tarzan can toughen him up. His bravery and manliness is put to the test when they are swept away
by a tidal wave.

1.26 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Lost Treasure
2 October 2001

1.27 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Return of La
3 October 2001
Jane is possessed by the disembodied spirit of Queen La. She dupes Dumont into escorting her to the
City of Opar where she uses magic to rebuild it. Tarzan, with the help of elderly Usula, sets out
to stop her evil plans.

1.28 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and One Punch Mullargan
4 October 2001

1.29 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Missing Link
11 October 2001 ?
Philander goes to Africa with the two British thugs to capture "Tarzan: The Missing Link" in an
effort to pay off the thugs. While there they meet up with Prof. Porter, who's wearing a loincloth,
and Philander attempts to convince the thugs that Porter is Tarzan.

1.30 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Prison Break
7 October 2001
Hugo & Hooft are developing a Barbecue sauce named Hugo and Hooft's Jazzy Jungle Barbecue Sauce.
They don't count on Col. Staquait hearing of this and realizing that they are still alive. He sets
out to trap them and deal with Tarzan if he gets in the way. Hugo and Hooft are sentenced to hard
labor at Cape Doom an isolated French Foreign Legion prison. Tarzan is determined to free them but
his attempt fails and he too is imprisoned.

1.31 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Eagle's Feather
8 October 2001
Tarzan and Jane are invited to the Waziri village for the wedding of Basuli and Naoh. It is the custom
of the Waziri that the groom face a challenge to prove his worthiness. Basuli must journey to a tall
mountain and bring back an Eagle's feather. He is allowed to take one person with him and he chooses
Tarzan which angers Muviro. Their journey is fraught with hardships and Tarzan begins to wonder if
someone else isn't interfering.

1.32 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Face from the Past
9 October 2001
Zutho, a Mandril monkey visits Tarzan and gets him to come with him. Tarzan reluctantly does so and Jane
is perplexed as to why Tarzan would go. Tantor tells Jane a story of a young Tarzan, Tantor and Terk
and their adventure on the forbidden side of the river and their first meeting with Zutho and what his
strange hold over Tarzan is.

1.33 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Caged Fury
10 October 2001
Following the Profesor's latest (unsuccessful) attempts to make tea, he goes to the trading post to try
to persuade Dumont to trade something for a box of Earl Grey. Dumont obliges, when Jane persuades him
that 'a good deed can be its own reward', which Tarzan overhears her saying. As they are about to leave,
none other than those less-than-friendly-diamond-miners, Neils and Merkus arrive. They want to search for
their lost diamonds, and Tarzan reluctantly allows them on the condition that they leave the gorilla
family alone. While mining, Neils and Merkus are attacked by Tublat, the banished bull-ape enemy of Tarzan
and family. However by some lucky turn of fate, the dynamite goes off close to the creature and injures
him, and the devious miners decide to cage him and sell him. Tarzan arrives, and tells Neils and Merkus
that he doesn't mind if they take Tublat, or even kill him. When the gorillas find out that Tublat is
gone, they celebrate, but Tarzan feels guilty and leaves them to be by himself. Jane talks to him, and
he explains that even though Tublat is his enemy he is going to set him free, because the jungle is his
home too and its not fair to take him out of that. Jane is unhappy with his decision, but then he repeats
back to her what he heard her say, that 'a good deed can be its own reward', and she lets him go. But
was it the smart thing to do?

1.34 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Gauntlet of Vengeance
11 October 2001
Tarzan is duped by Lady Waltham into guiding her on a photographic safari. While on the safari Tantor,
Terk, the Professor and Jane are all kidnapped and placed in deadly traps. She believes Tarzan is responsible
for her brother Clayton's death and she wants revenge. She injects Tarzan with a poison and he has a fateful
choice to make...save himself or his family.

1.35 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Mysterious Visitor
12 October 2001
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.

1.36 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and Tublat's Revenge
23 November 2001
A violent thunderstorm has Tarzan, Jane and the rest of the gorilla family seeking shelter in nearby caves.
Along the way Tarzan feels unsure that he can protect the family as well as Kerchak did. When they reach
the cave they think they are safe but they have chosen the same cave that banished gorilla Tublat lives in.
Tarzan is no physical match for Tublat and must use his superior cunning and ingenuity to defeat him.


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2.1 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the British Invasion
3 February 2003

2.2 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Volcanic Diamond Mine
4 January 2003
Tarzan is duped into guiding two men to a diamond mine inside a volcano.

2.3 [--] The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan and the Flying Ace (final episode)
5 February 2003

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