He ʻano ʻōlelo mua ko kēia ʻohana, ʻo ia ka ʻŌlelo Ape Nui. ʻO Tarzan ʻo ia ka "ʻili keʻokeʻo", akā ʻo John Clayton III kona inoa maoli, ʻo Lord Greystoke. Ma muli o kona ola ʻana i loko o ka ululāʻau mai kona wā kamaliʻi, hōʻike ʻo Tarzan i nā mana kino i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea pāʻani o ka honua civili. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i ka naʻauao kiʻekiʻe a ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane ma kāna iho me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā puke kiʻi a kona mau mākua i lawe aku ai.