Tarzan (1999)
Rosie O'Donnell: Terk
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Quotes
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Tantor : That sounded like Tarzan. It sounded like - like he was in trouble.
Terk : Yeah? Well, why doesn't he get his new friends to help him? I don't care.
[Terk starts to walk away, but Tantor grabs her with his trunk]
Tantor : Thaaaaat's IT! I've had it with you and your emotional constipation! Tarzan needs us, and we're gonna help him! You got that?
[He places her on his back]
Tantor : Now pipe down, and hang on tight! We've got a boat to catch.
[Tantor charges off a cliff and into the ocean]
Tantor : I've never felt so alive!
Terk : Good, 'cause I'm gonna kill you!
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Terk : What kind of animal are you?
Tantor : You know, I've been thinking lately that maybe Tarzan could be some sub-species of elephant.
Terk : What are you... What do you mean? An elephant?
Tantor : Listen to me, think about it. He enjoys a peanut, I enjoy a peanut...
Terk : He looks nothing like you!
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Terk : Can you believe that guy? Drops us like a newborn giraffe - kerplop! - now waltzes in here and expects us to...
Tarzan : Terk, I'm asking you as a friend.
[Looks at Terk with big, soulful eyes]
Terk : Oh, with the face and the eyes and the... Ugh! All right! But don't make me do anything embarrassing.
[Cut to Terk in Jane's dress]
Terk : I'm gonna kill him!
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Terk : What kind of primitive beasts are responsible for this mess?
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Tantor : [as Tarzan is leaving on the boat] Tarzan!
Terk : We're too late! I can't believe it! If you'd to pull over and asked for directions.
Tantor : We didn't get to say goodbye.
Terk : Yeah? Well, good riddance, alright? Who needs you? Huh? Go on, get out of here, bald boy! You ingrate! You bald ingrate!
[She throws a rock at the water]
Terk : Go out and rot, for all I care! Go!
[She sadly sits beside Tantor, and notices the elephant's expression]
Terk : What are you looking at?
Tantor : I'm gonna miss him, too.
[Terk smacks Tantor's foot away and walks back into the jungle]
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[first lines]
Terk : Mama, look! Look over there!
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[Terk is dragging Tarzan out of the pool]
Terk : Tarzan, buddy! Buddy, come on, Tarzan! Don't die on me! Don't die on me! You weren't supposed to do it!
[Tantor grabs Terk with his trunk]
Young Tantor : Get away from there! Don't you know a piranha can strip your flesh in seconds?
[Terk pries herself free]
Terk : What? He's not a pirahna, he's-
[Tarzan coughs up water]
Terk : He's alive!
[Terk grabs Tarzan by the arm and then by the leg to show Tantor that Tarzan is indeed alive]
Terk : He's alive, he's alive!
Young Tantor : He's alive!
[Terk hugs Tarzan]
Terk : He's ali-
[Her joy quickly turns to reproachfulness and she pushes Tarzan to the ground]
Terk : You idiot! You nearly gave me a heart attack! Ya happy?
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[Tarzan and Terk sit at the edge of the river following an elephant stampede; Kala rushes over and grabs Tarzan]
Kala : You scared me! What happened?
Young Tarzan : Well, I--
[Terk barges in between them]
Terk : Um, it's sort of a long-- It's involved because what happened-- It just--
[Kerchak approaches]
Kerchak : *What happened*?
[Terk smiles nervously; Tarzan looks guilty]
Young Tarzan : [crawls forward] It was *my* fault, Kerchak.
Kala : [shocked] *Tarzan*.
Young Tarzan : We were playing, and-- Well, I'm sorry, Kerchak.
[slowly touches Kerchak's hand; Kerchak pulls his hand away]
Kerchak : You almost *killed* someone!
Young Tarzan : But it was an accident.
Kala : [holds Tarzan in her arms] He's only a child!
Kerchak : *That's* no excuse, Kala! You can't keep defending him!
Kala : But he'll learn!
Kerchak : He will *never* learn! You can't learn to be one of us!
Kala : Because you never give him a chance!
Kerchak : Give him a chance? Kala, look at him! He will *never* be one of us!
Kala : Kerchak!
[Tarzan shudders and runs away]
Kala : Tarzan!
[Kala and Kerchak watch him leave; Kala sighs sadly]