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In the 1890s, a British couple and their infant son are shipwrecked in equatorial Africa. The couple build a tree house, but are killed by a leopard named Sabor. Kala, a local gorilla whose son was also killed by Sabor, finds the human infant and adopts him, naming him Tarzan. As a seven-year-old child, Tarzan befriends Kala's niece Terk and the paranoid elephant Tantor. Because of his different appearance and unorthodox behaviors, Tarzan finds himself treated differently by the other gorillas, and by Kerchak, the troop's leader and Kala's mate. Tarzan makes valiant efforts to improve himself as he grows. Some years later, Sabor ambushes the gorillas, but Tarzan kills her, gaining Kerchak's reluctant respect. Meanwhile, British explorer Archimedes Q. Porter, his daughter Jane, and their hunter escort William Cecil Clayton arrive in Africa to study the gorillas. Jane accidentally becomes separated and is chased by baboons until a curious Tarzan rescues her. After comparing her to himself, he realizes they are from the same species. Jane leads Tarzan back to their camp, where Porter and Clayton both take an interest in him; the former in terms of scientific progress, while the latter hopes to have Tarzan lead the group to the gorillas. Despite Kerchak's warning to avoid the strangers, Tarzan repeatedly returns to the camp. The Porters and Clayton teach him how to speak English, and tell him what the human world is like. Tarzan and Jane begin a romantic relationship, though Jane has difficulty convincing Tarzan to lead the humans to the gorillas, as Tarzan fears Kerchak's fury. As the explorers' ship returns to retrieve them, Jane asks Tarzan to travel to England with her. However, when she says it is unlikely they will return to Africa, Tarzan tries to persuade Jane to stay with him instead. Clayton tricks Tarzan into believing Jane will stay in Africa if she sees the gorillas. Tarzan persuades Terk and Tantor to lure Kerchak away, and leads the trio to the nesting grounds. The Porters excitedly mingle with the gorillas, but Kerchak returns to attack the humans. Tarzan restrains Kerchak while the humans escape, disappointing Kerchak. Taking Tarzan to the tree house where she found him, Kala reveals his heritage and says she will accept whatever decision he makes. Tarzan boards the ship, accompanied by the Porters, but Clayton and his traitorous group of stowaway poachers ambush them. Now aware of the location of the nesting grounds, Clayton plans to capture and sell all the gorillas for a fortune, and imprisons Tarzan and the Porters to prevent their interference. Terk and Tantor hear Tarzan's yell, and they head to the ship to free Tarzan. That night, Clayton and his henchmen arrive at the jungle and capture the gorillas, but Tarzan arrives with his friends just in time, rallying the other animals to free the gorillas and help fight Clayton's henchmen. Clayton mortally wounds Kerchak and attempts to escape with a caged Kala through the rainforest canopy. Tarzan pursues him, and in his attempts to fight Tarzan off, Clayton becomes entangled in vines, before accidentally being hanged to death. Tarzan returns to Kerchak and the rest of the gorillas. Kerchak dies after finally accepting Tarzan as his son and naming him the gorilla troop's leader. The next day, the Porters prepare to leave on the ship while Tarzan stays behind with the gorillas. As the ship's rowboat leaves shore, Porter encourages his daughter to stay with the man she loves; Jane jumps overboard, followed soon after by her father. The Porters reunite with Tarzan and his family, and together they embark on a new life in the jungle.