Terk
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| First appearance | Tarzan |
| Created by | Chris Buck, Kevin Lima |
| Voiced by | Rosie O'Donnell Audrey Wasilewski |
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| Notable aliases | Terkeena |
Terk (or Terkeena, as called by her mother) is an animated gorilla, a character in the Disney film Tarzan, its direct-to-video sequel Tarzan & Jane, its direct-to-video midquel Tarzan II, and the animated TV series The Legend of Tarzan. Terk was loosely adapted from the ape character Terkoz in the original novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, on which the film is based.
In the novel, Terkoz is a male "Great Ape" of the unspecified species among whom Tarzan is raised, and a rival and enemy of Tarzan. In the film, Terk (short for Terkeena), is a female gorilla, Tarzan's best friend and companion. As initially shown she has a bit of a crush on Tarzan, but stands aside for Jane. Terk and Tarzan are portrayed more like sister and brother in subsequent appearances. She is quite a tomboy, which makes her commonly mistaken for a juvenile male gorilla.
The character's voice was provided by Rosie O'Donnell in Tarzan. In the show, and in the English version of the game, Kingdom Hearts (although she has only one very brief line in the latter), she is voiced by Audrey Wasilewski. Yuko Doi does her Japanese voice.
