Tarzán (1991)
Tarzán
1991Tarzán was a half-hour syndicated series that aired 1991–1994. In this version of the show, Tarzan was portrayed as a blond environmentalist, with Jane turned into a French ecologist. Ron Ely, famous for playing Tarzan in the original series, played a character named Gorden Shaw in the first season episode “Tarzan the Hunted”.
Seasons & Episode
A soldier hires Roger to help him get his cargo to Bandali. The pay is high, but the risk is higher.
Nicholas Dimato returns to the jungle to shoot his latest film. And he's convinced that he'll be the king of the jungle by the time filming is done.
A trigger-happy Bandali policeman shows up to escourt Dan to an upcoming murder trial, where he's the prime witness.
Cheetah becomes the parent of a baby chick.
Tarzan only has six hours to find an antidote after a friend is bit by a poisonous spider.
During a lone trek through the dense jungle, Jane suffers an injury that causes her to lose her sight, so she is forced to find her way back to the compound through the maze of the landscape without the use of her vision.
Tarzan enters into a fierce battle with the notorious Michael Hauser as the two fight over possession of a box containing illegal drugs; Tarzan tries to keep a supply of illegal substances from reaching the city of Bandali.
Jane's favorite garnet ring is stolen by a parrot. While the others search for it, Jane thinks about the meaning behind the ring...and the difficult decision she has to make because of it.
Tarzan and the rest of the group come into contact with a strange man being chased by others attempting to capture him, and they are amazed to learn of the prey's origins as a man from a simple tribe with stone-age sensibilities.
Cheetah begins to notice that Tantor the elephant has been receiving a large amount of the attention that was once given to him, so the envious animal decides to steal a pouch out of a need for attention without knowing what is in it.
A recently escaped prisoner scours the jungle in search of valuable diamonds, so Tarzan and his friends decide to do what they can in order to bring the criminal to justice before a nearby river is ruined by the greedy villain.
Tarzan and his friends travel to Haunted Island so that Roger can write an article about the Malachite Kingfisher. When the group is inadvertanty stranded, they find themselves face-to-face with spooky visions and a seven year-old murder mystery.
Roger and Cheetah find themselves being the welcoming party to a stranded astronaut whose space shuttle crash landed in the dense jungle three years before their encounter, and their peaceful intentions are seen as acts of war by the cosmonaut.
Spoiled rock star Starr Reilly crashes her plane in Tarzan's jungle just as a powerful storm is about to hit. While stranded at the compound, Tarzan helps her learn about humility and true friendship
The new District Commissioner arrives in Bandali with plans to build a large game park strictly for hunting. It's up to Tarzan to teach the pompous politician that sometimes, the laws of man are outweighed by the Law of the Jungle.
Roger's ex-girlfriend returns to the compound and greets her former flame while conducting work on a project she has currently taken on, which leaves Roger completely confused about how to interpret the unexpected action.
When Roger is unexpectedly drafted into the Bandali army, the Commissioner agrees to sign a deferral form in exchange for a valuable tribal artifact. But what does Roger really have to do to prove his responsibility?
Jane is delighted to get a visit from her former mentor as he passes by to see the progress of a gorilla tribe he once dedicated his efforts to studying; Jane and the others are surprised to learn about her old mentor's news.
Dan's twin brother, Joseph, shows up and tries to pass himself off as Dan to get money from Roger's rich dad.
The jungle animals panic when they sense that something horrible is about to happen.
A championship archer challenges Tarzan to a head-to-head competition to see who's the best.
Tarzan goes in search of anti-venom after Cheetah is bit by a scorpion. While waiting, the others remember some of Cheetah's previous adventures (as clips from previous episodes).
A voodoo curse makes it appear to everyone that Tarzan is dead.
Tarzan must return the sapphire elephant to the temple of the elephant worshippers before the elephants reach their sacred ground.
Dan's godson arrives in the jungle after running away from his home in the Bronx, N.Y., which leads to an enlightening exchange in ideas between the mighty Tarzan and the brash youngster from the city in need of some worthy advice.
Tarzán was a half-hour syndicated series that aired 1991–1994. In this version of the show, Tarzan was portrayed as a blond environmentalist, with Jane turned into a French ecologist. Ron Ely, famous for playing Tarzan in the original series, played a character named Gorden Shaw in the first season episode “Tarzan the Hunted”.