Kerchak says baby Tarzan “can stay, but that doesn’t make him my son.”
Terk tells kid Tarzan that if he wants Kerchak to like him, he has to “stay away from him.”
Later Kerchak tells Tarzan to “protect this family, and stay away from them.”
Then of course you’ve got Tarzan asking Jane to stay, telling the baby gorillas that “Jane stays with Tarzan,” and Professor Porter saying he can’t help but feel that Jane should stay. And actually I think those are the last words in the movie, “Jane stays with Tarzan.” (I mean…spoken in Gorilla language.)
I don’t know why yet but there’s something to all that. Something’s cookin’
Q: I really like Kerchak from Tarzan as he is such a great character with some major development. I just want to know what would he look like in a wrestling singlet?
A:
🦍 In my recent late nights of drawing at my desk, I have been working on characters from Disney’s “The Jungle Book”, “The Lion King”, and “Tarzan”. I based this gorilla on an early concept drawing by animator Glen Keane. Most of my sources have come from Google Images and the “Tarzan Chronicles” book. There was something about the drawing I came across online that reminded me of the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast”, in terms of its stance and aggressiveness. So, in the original sketch by Keane, the gorilla (on the left) is in the midst of a stare down with Tarzan (on the right). Interestingly, you should never make eye contact with gorillas because they may misinterpret it as an act of aggression or a challenge. 🐾🍃