Karzan

Karzan is the family ship between Kala and Tarzan from the Tarzan fandom.

Tarzan (1998)
One fateful night, the leopard Sabor killed the baby of gorilla leader Kerchak and then stalked the residence of a human couple who were stranded in the African jungle in a shipwreck. The next day, Kala is heartbroken by the loss of her child, but then hears the sound of a baby crying and chooses to investigate, regardless of what her mate will think. She follows the sound to a treehouse and finds bloodmarks all over the walls and floor, along with the human couple laying lifeless in a corner. She listens in on the crying and finds a human baby hidden beneath a rug. She immediately grows fond of it and plays with it, only to for the baby to suddenly become silent. Kala sees Sabor approaching and fights it, managing to escape with the human baby unharmed. Back in her nest, Kala shows the baby to Kerchak, who reluctantly allows her to keep it after she tells him that there are no other humans, the parents of the baby were killed by Sabor. Kerchak reminds her that it will never replace the child they had lost, Kala is fully aware of that, but she tells him that he will be a good son. Kerchak refuses to acknowledge the baby, whom she names Tarzan as his son, despite Kala's insistence.

Though Kala makes it clear that she loves Tarzan very much and doesn't treat him any differently from other gorillas, the obvious differences between him and the others causes friction in the group. When Tarzan is old enough to play with his cousin Terk and her friends, they exclude him with Terk taking him aside and telling him that her friends will like him if he manages to get them an elephant's hair. Tarzan's attempt causes a stampede of elephants to threaten the gorilla nests and nearly kills a baby gorilla. When Kerchak finds out that the stampede was technically Tarzan's fault, he snaps at him and tells him that he will never be one of them. When Kala stands up for him, Kerchak makes his disappointment of her known. That night, Tarzan looks at his reflection in a nearby lake and wonders why he's different than the rest of his family. Kala catches him trying to cover his face in mud in order to fit in and cleans him with her fur. Tarzan asks her why he's different, but Kala insists that they're the same and shows him her heartbeat. Tarzan is convinced when he hears that her heartbeat is identical to his own.

Over the years, Tarzan grows up to become a handsome and strong young man, proving himself worthy of the gorilla's respect by finally killing Sabor with nothing more than his wits and a spear. However, the celebrations are suddenly interrupted by an unfamiliar noise. The rest of the troop flees at the very loud noise, sensing danger, but Tarzan feels drawn to it. He finds a trio of human explorers, the elderly Professor Porter, his young adult daughter Jane and their bodyguard Clayton, who made the noise by firing his gun. Tarzan is immediately smitten with Jane and bonds with her after rescuing her from a group of baboons. Jane learns how to communicate with him and he happily escorts her back to her father's camp. However, as they arrive at the camp, they find that Tarzan's gorilla family and friends have trashed it while trying to understand it. Kala and Kerchak appear and take Tarzan with them, leaving Jane very confused, but fascinated with Tarzan nonetheless. Kala actually agrees with Kerchak when he warns him about the danger that other humans could pose. Tarzan however actually gets angry at Kala, having realized that she knew about the existence of other humans all along, yet refused to tell him for some reason.

Tarzan ignores his family's warnings and continues to visit the humans, even allowing them to teach him English and human culture. But when it is time for Jane and the others to leave, having made no progress in their research of gorillas, Clayton lies to him, telling him that they will stay if he shows him where the gorillas are. Tarzan happily complies and introduces Jane and the others to his family after having Terk lead Kerchak away. Kala is initially unsure of them, but grows to like Jane after seeing how kind she is to their young. She is amazed at Tarzan for managing to teach Jane gorilla language and acts supportive when Jane accidentally says that she's going to stay with them. Kerchak however arrives at the worst possible moment and immediately tries to attack Tarzan's new friends, he's so disappointed in him when he defends them that he finally disowns him right then and there. Tarzan now has no place to belong to, realizing that he will never be fully accepted as a gorilla, nor will he ever truly fit in as a human. Kala attempts to cheer him up by taking him to the treehouse where she found him, telling him the truth about his origins. Tarzan finds the old suit of his human father and makes the decision to follow Jane to human society after all. As Kala shows sadness over having to say goodbye to him, Tarzan tells her that he will always be her son no matter what. Kala responds by telling him that she will always hold him in her heart and they share a final embrace.

However, just as Tarzan boards the ship alongside Jane, they get ambushed and imprisoned by Clayton, who reveals that his part in the expedition was all a ruse to get to the gorillas and sell them in London for a fortune. Tarzan manages to break out with the help of his animal friends and with Jane, they head out to free the already captured Kala. Tarzan then challenges Clayton to a fight, but Kerchak gets caught in the crossfire and gets lethally injured by Clayton's gunshot. After Clayton is defeated and falls to his death, Tarzan and the rest of the troop witness Kerchak's last moments. He tells Tarzan that he was wrong about him and that it is now his responsibility to take care of them, so Tarzan comes to embrace his position as the new leader. Thus, he is allowed to continue living in Africa with his mother, with Jane and her father joining him.

Fanon
Though their relationship is rarely in focus, Kala is often considered one of the best mothers in a Disney movie, especially since she actually survives the movie. Ironically, she does die in the source material.

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