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Are you sure this water's sanitary? It looks questionable to me.
— Tarzan
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
This is Tantor's whole character in two sentences: a germaphobic worrier who finds danger in a puddle. It is played for laughs, since he is a huge elephant afraid of microbes, and the piranha scare turns out to be the little human boy he will later befriend. It stuck as the line fans quote at a dubious pool, paddling pond or any suspicious-looking drink.
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In context
Spoilers for TarzanShow the scene
Early in Disney's animated Tarzan, the elephant calf Tantor stands at a watering hole beside the waterfalls with his mother and her friends, and refuses to go in. He asks his mother whether the water is sanitary, adding that it looks questionable to him, and then worries about bacteria. She tells him it is fine and that she is busy talking. Then something splashes in the water and Tantor is sure it is a piranha. It is actually the human boy Tarzan, who had been dared by Terk's gang to fetch an elephant hair, and the herd stampedes.
Sources (2)
- Tarzan script (Springfield! Springfield!)Watering hole scene, after Tarzan is sent to fetch an elephant hairReference checked
- Disney Wiki: TantorAppearances: TarzanReference checked
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