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Jane Porter (later Jane Clayton, Lady Greystoke) is a fictional character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's series of Tarzan novels and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly film. Jane, an American from Baltimore, Maryland, is the daughter of professor Archimedes Q. Porter.
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Jane is a young woman living in Victorian-era Britain, alongside her father, the esteemed Professor Archimedes Q. Porter. What became of Jane's mother is unknown, though Archimedes briefly mentioned that their daughter takes after her, quite a bit. At adulthood, Jane became an animal researcher in a field that allows her to work closely with her fa...
Jane is a young woman who travels with her father and their guide, Clayton, to Africa, where they intend to study gorillas. While out walking, Jane steps into a gorilla's nest. She and her father soon find more nests which lead the two to believe that the animals live in family groups. As they continue their journey, Jane sees a baby baboonand begins to draw it in her sketchbook. However, the baboon steals the book from her, and she chases him in an attempt to retrieve it. As she chases the b...
In the series, The Legend of Tarzan, which takes place shortly after the first movie, Jane is married to Tarzan. The young couple, along with Jane's father, live in the treehouse that had been built by Tarzan's late human parents. Throughout the series, Jane has adjusted quite well to her new life in the jungle with Tarzan but sometimes begins to miss her old life and England. As a result, she would try to get Tarzan to act more "civilized", which sometimes poses a problem to Tarzan's morals,...
Jane is seen watching in shock alongside Tarzan and the others as Goofy tries to figure out how to work the camera while on top of the ladder. She is later seen in a distance shot singing "When You Wish Upon a Star" with the rest of the featured Disney characters, before the group photo is taken.
A game-original child version of Jane appears as a playable character, to match with the game's choice of using the child versions of Tarzan and his animal friends.
Jane appears in Deep Jungle world in Kingdom Hearts. She is on an expedition into the jungle in search of gorillas with hunter Clayton. Like in the film, she befriends Tarzan and his gorilla family and protects them from Clayton and the Heartless. Jane meets Sorawhen Tarzan arrives at the camp with him and is astonished to see he speaks English, making it clear he's not related to Tarzan and asks if he's here to study the gorillas with her before Clayton arrives with Donald and Goofy. However...
Jane made regular meet-and-greet appearances in the Disney theme parks around the time of the film's initial release, dressed in her full, yellow exploration garb. She has generally been retired in recent years, however.
Jane is ticklish, as when Tarzan plays with her toes when they first meet, she is shown to be laughing.The brown skirt and top she wore at the end of the first movie are seen only once afterward. It was at the end of The Legend of Tarzan episode "Tarzan and the Lost Cub" where she was using it as a...In the original novel, she and her father are American, not British.Jane is the first and only human heroine from the Disney Renaissancewho doesn't sing.Jane Porter, more commonly known as Jane or Janey-Jane by her father, is the deuteragonist of Disney's Tarzan (1999). She is the daughter of the famous scientist Archimedes Q. Porter. Jane, along with her father, came to Africa to finish their study of gorillas.
Jane Porter is the deuteragonist of Disney's Tarzan franchise. She is the artistic daughter of Archimedes Q. Porter who, alongside him, visited the equatorial region of Africa for primatological studies with the help of Clayton, their supposed tour guide.
Jane Porter is the deuteragonist of the movies Tarzan and Tarzan and Jane, and the TV series The Legend of Tarzan. She is the first Disney Princess (official or unofficial) not to appear in one of her franchise's sequels- Tarzan II, which technically is a midquel, as the events take place in the first movie, when Tarzan is a child.
Jane Porter is the deuteragonist of the Tarzan franchise, debuting in the 1999 film of the same name. She is a charismatic, albeit eccentric ethnologist who travels to Africa to study gorillas alongside her father, Archimedes Q. Porter.
Birth Name: Jane Porter. Also known as: Jane Clayton, Lady Greystoke. Birthdate: 1890. Species: Human (Earth) Spouse: Tarzan. Children: Korak, Charlotte Clayton. Parents: Professor Archimedes Q. Porter (father), Jane Porter (mother) Education: PhDs in Archaeology and Zoology. Mentors: Professor Archimedes Q. Porter, Tarzan.
