Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Film ·179 of 348
"Me Tarzan, you Jane."
They never said that.
What people say
"Me Tarzan, you Jane."
What was actually said
"Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan. Jane." Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) — Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)
Why it stuck
Weissmuller points at himself and at her, naming each in turn. The "me" and "you" are a third-party invention that crystallised in sketch comedy.
Weissmuller himself used the misquote in interviews — a case of the actor taking on the audience's memory rather than his own script.
Know another line by heart?
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