Continuity Errors You Missed In Disney Animated Movies

The film that can turn any man into a Phil Collins fan, Tarzan was a box office hit at the time and is fondly remembered by many for its soundtrack, which won Disney an Academy Award for Best Original Song with "You'll Be in My Heart."

As a film designed to be viewed by children, Tarzan had a careful line to walk when depicting violence, needing to portray the harsh realities of jungle life while maintaining a Disney-appropriate lack of gore. While the main villain of the film is Clayton, a human hunter, the film finds a secondary foe in Sabor, a vicious leopard responsible for the deaths of Tarzan's parents and a menace to the gorilla community. In a dramatic fight scene, Sabor first takes on Kerchak the gorilla, whose chest is slashed by Sabor's fierce claws. The wound is forgotten in a moment, though. In the next shot, the wound completely disappears and there is no blood to be found.

Tarzan's toe-to-toe with Sabor maintains a bit more realism, as Sabor's claws leave bright red lines across Tarzan's chest during their fight. But when Tarzan emerges from the fight exhausted but triumphant, the scratches are miraculously gone. This suggests the animators were willing to include some small suggestion of violence in a kid's movie, but they weren't going to push the envelope too far.