Clayton Professor, you are here to find gorillas. Not indulge some girlish fantasy!
Voiced by Brian Blessed 
Tarzan (1999) · 62 quotes
Tarzan (1999) · 62 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Tarzan (1999): in 15 of its 62 quotes
Most scenes with: Tarzan (6), Jane Porter (6), Professor Porter (6)
Hiding, are we?! Good! I could use a challenge, because after I get rid of you, rounding up your little ape family will be all too easy!!
More lines from Clayton
7 quotes Clayton Clayton If I can teach a parrot to sing "God Save the Queen", I can certainly teach this savage a thing or two.
Clayton Women! Even if you hadn't grown up a savage, you'd be lost. There are no trails through a woman's heart.
Clayton [as Kerchak is restrained]
Aah! I remember you. [taking aim] I think this one would be better off stuffed.
Clayton [angrily shoots up in the air with his rifle]
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!
Clayton Why? For three hundred pounds sterling a head. Actually, I have you to thank, old boy. Couldn't have done it without you. [to his henchmen and turns to leave] Lock him up with the others.
Clayton [his last words before he dies]
Go ahead, shoot me. [chuckles] Be a man!
Scenes with Clayton
7 scenes Clayton [clears his throat]
Where are the gorillas? [Tarzan plays with his mustache] GO-REE-LUHZ!
Shouting won't help, Mr. Clayton. He doesn't understand English.
Clayton Then I'll make him understand. If I can teach a parrot to sing "God save the Queen", I can certainly teach this savage a thing or two. [draws a crude gorilla on Jane's chalkboard and points to it with the chalk] Gorilla.
Gor-illa! [proceeds to scribble wildly on the chalkboard] Gorrrrr-illllla!
Oh, perhaps not...
Clayton [grabs chalk]
No! No, no, no, no! [Tarzan grabs the chalk back]
[imitating Clayton]
No! No, no, no, no! [they both bicker and fight over the chalk until Jane grabs it]
Mr. Clayton, I think I'll take it from here.
Clayton So sorry about the rude welcome, old boy, but I couldn't have you making a scene when we put your furry friends in their cages!
Why?
Clayton Why? For £300 sterling a head. Actually, I have you to thank, old boy. Couldn't have done it without you.
[Tarzan arrives near the area as he hears the gun sound. He looks puzzled. What in blazes can it be? Then he smells something, something he has never smelled before. Jumping from a tree, he goes to the ground and sees some unfamiliar tracks. He hasn't seen anything like it before. Then, his eyes spot a weird golden object and he picks it up. He sniffs it. Whatever it is, it smells like powder, but not the kind he hears. He licks it and he almost gags. The fact tastes awful]
Cecil Clayton [Suddenly, the same noise is heard, this time it is close. Tarzan jumps back into the tree and looks down. Suddenly, he sees something slicing through some branches nearby. Out of curiosity and since he can't see from where he's at, he jumps off the trunk, grabs the vine and slides on the trunk to hide behind some bushes. He watches as someone is coming]
I was reminded of a safari I led up the Zambezi. Marvelous. Lots of hunting, yes. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Ooh, was it scary there. Two bearers with only three rifles for me, blasted off. That's if I knew I was born for Africa! And Africa was created for--
[As the figure comes closer, he stops. Tarzan looks puzzled, but dodges something that knocks down some more branches. It makes the same noise he heard before. Tarzan doesn't know it, but he has dodged a gunshot] [Soon, the figure appears out of the clearing. It's an old portly hunter in a business suit, whose name is other than the infamous wealthy con artist Cecil Clayton. Several years ago, he has been arrested for dumping toxic waste into a lake. This time, he has somehow escaped from prison and he is now in the jungle, trying to hide himself from the authorities] [Clayton narrows his eyes as he holds something in his hand, AKA a shotgun. He points it at something he just saw. Tarzan looks worried, until a figure appears. His name is Archimedes Q. Porter]
Clayton? Clayton! Oh, there you are. What is this? What is this, Clayton? Are we in danger?
Cecil Clayton I thought I saw something.
Is it a Hippopotamus Amphibious, or a Rhinoceros Bihornus?
Cecil Clayton Professor, don't move!
[Porter walks a little ahead of his group, making sure there is no one watching him]
Daddy?
[Suddenly, another figure comes through the clearing. It is a tall young female woman. Her name is Jane Porter, the daughter of the professor]
Daddy, what's all the hullabaloo about? [Tries to get out, but gets thrown back a bit. Growling, she breaks the branches that throws her in pieces and steps out] What is this, Daddy?
Mr. Clayton asked me not to move. He saw something.
[Jane sighs in annoyance. She'll rather be back home and playing basketball right now. But she really needs something to do. If she knows her parents will take her father to do research on gorillas, she won't have bothered. Then she heads over to speak to Clayton, as Professor Porter tries his best not to move. That is until Porter falls, making him yelp]
Oh! I moved!
Ah, Mr. Clayton, I'm sorry. Excuse me, uh-but my father and I came on this expedition to study gorillas. I believe your shooting might be frightening them away.
Cecil Clayton You hired me to protect you, Miss Porter, and protect you I shall.
And you're doing a marvelous job of it. We only have a short time before the ship returns--
Jane! Jane, do you realize what you're standing in?! A gorilla's nest!
Cecil Clayton At last. Our first sign in days. Do you think the beasts could be nearby?
[He looks around, unaware that Tarzan is behind him holding a vine. The ape man slips out of sight just as Clayton turns around]
Could be. There's the evidence. Not very far, anyhow.
Daddy, look. Over there, and there...
Where? Oh, yes, more nests! I see them!
Just as you predicted.
Professor Porter and Jane Porter
Entire family groups!
Jane, I love you!
Cecil Clayton [Tarzan grins as he watches from the safety of the trees. These strange creatures amuse him. What amuses him more is the strange-looking girl]
Family groups? Excuse me, but these are wild beasts that would sooner tear your head off than look at you.
On the contrary, Daddy's theory is that these are social creatures... [Clayton swiftly fires into the same tree Tarzan is at. Luckily, the ape man dodges in time] Mr. Clayton, please! What if it's a gorilla?
Cecil Clayton It's no gorilla. Huh. But maybe we should press on.
Yes, indeed. We should keep heading west following the Ganoderma Ablonatum.
Cecil Clayton Excellent, Professor! I could've used your expertise on my last safari.
[As Jane begins to leave, a papaya hits her head, making her jump. She looks at the tree and turns in the direction it is thrown from. Sure enough, it is thrown by a small innocent baby baboon. Jane frowns, but grins a bit]
[Then with that, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter helps Jane teach Tarzan to be civilized] [sings]
Whatever you do, I'll do it as well. Show me everything and warn me how. It all means something and yet nothing to me. I can see there's so much to learn, it's all so close and yet so far. I see myself as people see me. Oh, I just know there's something bigger out there. I wanna know, can you show me? I wanna know about these strangers like me. Warn me more, please show me something's familiar about these strangers like me. Every gesture, every move that she makes. Makes me feel like never before. Why do I have? This growing need to be behind her. These emotions I never knew of some other world far beyond this place. Beyond the trees, above the clouds. I see before me a new horizon. I wanna know, can you show me? I wanna know about these strangers like me. Warn me more, please show me something's familiar about these strangers like me. Come with me now to see my world, where there's beauty beyond your dreams. Can you feel the facts I feel? Right now, with you. Take my hand, there's a world I need to knoooooOOOOW!!!!
Cecil Clayton [A few days later, Tarzan begins to understand human language and grows fond of Jane]
We've wasted all this time on what he wants. The boat could arrive any day. Now ask him straight out.
[Then, Jane walks up to Tarzan]
Tarzan, will you take us to the gorillas? Do you understand?
I understand.
Ooh! Nice work, Jane.
Cecil Clayton Well?
I can't.
Professor Porter and Cecil Clayton
What?
Why not, Tarzan?
Kerchak.
What? [sighs]
[singing]
I wanna know, can you show me? I wanna know about these strangers like me. Warn me more, please show me something's familiar about these strangers like me. I wanna know!
[As Tarzan is using the slides later, he stops at the picture of a man offering flowers to a woman]
[As for Tarzan, he is leading Jane, her father and Clayton to where his family lived until Kala is there waiting for Tarzan to come home]
Oh, look, Daddy.
What? Where are...Jane!
Cecil Clayton [as Kala is frightened]
Be careful, Professor.
She's beautiful.
She's my mother.
Th...this is your...mother.
I don't know, Daddy. [as she's backing off]
Cecil Clayton Oh, it's getting away!
[As Tarzan keeps on chanting, Jane joins him to chant like a gorilla]
Oh, yes. Absolutely. My darling. Good idea.
Cecil Clayton What are you doing here? Do you want to frighten them away? Get up! Git... [sees something in the trees] Don't get up.
[As they all look around the, the gorillas all look at the newcomers with curious expressions]
Ah. [faints]
[Just then, Clayton begins to smirk for a successful search of the gorillas. Just then, the babies come up to Jane and start chittering]
Hello.
[As they all start growling, Jane plays with him] [chuckles]
Ooh. It's very nice to meet you too.
[With the other gorillas greeting the professor, they start sniffing him first] [laughing]
Oh, Your Majesty, you're such a tease. [moaning as he's being lifted by the leg] Hello? Hello! Uh, Archimedes Q. Porter, at your service. [gets dropped] Aah! [as he's gripped] Quite a grip you've had. [chuckling] Oh, thank you. [as he's being groomed] Is that one of mine? [as the gorillas were chittering and grooming him] Oh, this is wonderful, Mr. Clayton! Hey! Look! Social grooming.
Cecil Clayton Congratulations, Professor. [drawing on the map] Our dream has come true.
Cecil Clayton [Just then, a gorilla is playing with Clayton]
Give me that! [as a gorilla takes the map that Clayton has drawn away from him] Wait, what are you doing here? Stop this! Stop! [as another gorilla curiously grabs the rifle from the back holster and examines it] Hang on, now! Leave this! That is not to be played with!
[As for Tarzan, he starts playing with the baby gorillas] [as she comes up to Tarzan and starts laughing]
Can you teach me?
Speak gorilla?
Uh-huh, yes.
Oo-oo-ee.
Oo-oo-ee.
Eh-ooo.
Eh-ooo.
Ooo. Ooo.
Ooo. Ooo.
Ooo.
Ooo. [as Tarzan smooths her face, making her laugh and growl] Ooo-ooh-ee-ah-ooo.
That Jane stays with Tarzan.
Stay? But I thought we'd already... Tarzan, I...
[Just then, Terk and Tantor appear as they tumble down a jungle hill]
Is that my dress?
Oh, no.
Cecil Clayton Give it to me! [Enraged, Kerchak roars and charges after him] Huh?
No!
Wait, wait, Tarzan!
Go now!
Jane, quickly! Hurry! Come along?
[At RMS Titanic ship]
Oh, Tarzan, you can't imagine what's in store for you! You're going to see the world and everyone's going to want to meet you! Kings and scientists and famous writers...
Yes, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russell Wallace and Rudyard Kipling. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria!
And I haven't met her, but I've heard she's awfully nice.
And I'll be with Jane.
Um, yes. With Jane. Oh, slippery. [Tarzan climbs up the ladder] Tarzan! Tarzan!
Larry
Get him!
Tarzan!
Jane!
Cecil Clayton [Tarzan attacks his men, then grunting, and then crash!] [shoots his gun]
What's going on here?!
Cecil Clayton Have we...met? [lifts Tarzan's chin up with his gun; smiles devilishly] Ah, yes. The apeman.
Cecil Clayton [punches Tarzan in the torso]
So sorry about the rude welcome, old boy, but I couldn't have you making a scene when we put your furry friends in their cages!
Why?
Cecil Clayton Why? For three hundred pounds sterling a head. Actually, I have you to thank, old boy. Couldn't have done it without you. [to his henchmen and turns to leave] Lock him up with the others.
[His echo is overheard by Tantor]
That sounded like Tarzan. It sounded like... like... like he was in trouble.
That's IT! [grabs Terk with his trunk]
GAWK!
I'VE HAD IT WITH YOU AND YOUR EMOTIONAL… "CONSTIPATION!" TARZAN NEEDS US, AND WE'RE GONNA HELP HIM! YOU GOT THAT?!
Uh-huh!
NOW, PIPE DOWN, AND HANG ON TIGHT! We've got a boat to catch. [plays a "Charge" theme with his trunk, while he and Terk are charging to Tarzan's rescue. They fall into the ocean with a splash] I've never felt so alive!
Good! 'Cause I'm gonna kill ya!
No time for that now, missy!
[Tantor and Terk swim, Clayton and his men in the boat. Inside the boat, Tarzan attacks the wall]
Tarzan, it's no use, don't!
No, I did this. I betrayed my family. Kerchak was right.
[sadly]
Oh, those magnificent creatures, shivering in cages! What is this world coming...
Oh, by jove, don't know my own strength!
You are an animal!
[Tantor fighting the men and trumpeting. Inside the boat, then the crash!]
That sounded just like an elephant.
Tantor! [Tantor trumpets] Thanks, guys!
Ugh!
Sometimes you embarrass me!
[Tarzan jumps overboard] [That night out in the jungle, Kerchak is patrolling around, watching over his family. The moment he looks at Kala, she is feeling mournful, which makes Kerchak feel guilty for Tarzan. Suddenly, a red flare is fired into the heavens as it surprises the gorillas and from the shadows, a bunch of men ambush the gorillas as Kerchak comes to stop them, but the poachers drop the net onto Kerchak as more gorillas go panicking in other directions, however, they are surrounded]
Cecil Clayton [Meanwhile, Tarzan is making his road back to the jungle] [Back with the gorillas, some gorillas get put into bags while others just get caught into traps] [As for Tarzan, he is drawing closer with the baboons following and alerting the hippos, a rhinoceros and elephants, along with some help from the other animals] [Just as the gorillas getting captured along with Kala in a cage, Kerchak makes an attempting break free through the net as Clayton's men use the whips to trap him in another net]
Ah, I remember you. I think this one would be better off stuffed!
You came back!
I came home.
[With that said, Kerchak moves Tarzan out of the road, saving him as he takes down one of Clayton's men] [Just as Terk chases these men into a cage by frightening them by making herself look rabid, one of them aims at her with a spear, but is caught by Tantor's trunk and is ready to fire]
Fire! [as he fires his trunk at the man into the cage where the rest of the men are]
Cecil Clayton [While Tarzan rescues the rest of the gorillas] [climbs up and points at himself]
You there, take what you can back to the boat.
Dennis Spicer
Aye, aye, sir.
Cecil Clayton I've got some hunting to do.
Hey!
Manu
[Just then, Jane notices the two carrying with Kala in it off. Then, she swings on the vine and knocks the first one out. As soon as the other one is about to harm Jane, he notices a horde of baboons, led by Manu] [chittering "charge!" as they chase after the man off]
[As Manu chants "hello" at Jane, he kisses her cheek as she chuckles and Manu joins his horde of baboons] [Chuckles]
Don't worry, I'm going to have you out of this in a second. [Tarzan attacking Jones] Right, this should do the trick.
Cecil Clayton [Then, they've used the crowbar to unlock the cage and free Kala. However, a shot has been fired and it nicks Tarzan straight to his right arm] [Kerchak notices Clayton, but he angered roars and charges at him. But Clayton fires his rifle at Kerchak right at his chest, wounding the gorilla] [As Tarzan comes up to Kerchak, he furiously yells charging at him, not before he avoids his gunshots]
Hiding, are we? Go on!
Clayton, you rat!
Cecil Clayton [his last words]
I could use a challenge, because after I get rid of you, rounding up your little ape family will be all too easy! [Thunder, Clayton thinking at the jungle forest. Tarzan fighting Clayton and grabs the gun] Go ahead, shoot me. Be a man.
[Gunshot sound, then gun dropping. Tarzan attacks Clayton in the forest]
Clayton! Clayton, don't!
[Clayton falls down the forest before his death. Tarzan and Jane thinking, Kerchak is on the verge of death]
Tarzan.
Kerchak, forgive me.
No. Forgive me, for not understanding... that you have always been... one of us. Our family will look to you now.
No. Kerchak!
[his last words]
Take care of them... [placing his hand on his shoulder] my son. Take care of them. closes his eyes]
[Then, Kerchak's hand slips off Tarzan's shoulder, falls down and lands onto the ground] [With mournful disgrace, Tarzan hugs him like the father he's never had. Then, Terk, the other gorillas, Jane and Professor Porter sadden over Kerchak's demise] [Then with that, Tarzan has eventually decided to stay and lead his family. Then, he roars as all the jungle animals in Tarzan's jungle, including himself bows to them as their king and queen]
