Deep Jungle
Japanese	ディープジャングル
Romaji	Dīpu Janguru
Game	Kingdom Hearts
Allies	Tarzan
Origin	Tarzan (1999)
KH tracks Field theme - Deep Jungle Battle theme - Having a Wild Time
Other worlds Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Dive to the Heart | Destiny Islands | Disney Castle Traverse Town | Wonderland | Olympus Coliseum Deep Jungle | Agrabah | Monstro Atlantica | Halloween Town | Neverland 100 Acre Wood | Hollow Bastion End of the World | Realm of Darkness Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Castle Oblivion | Twilight Town Introduced in Kingdom Hearts II Mysterious Tower | Radiant Garden The Land of Dragons | Beast's Castle | Timeless River Port Royal | Pride Lands | Space Paranoids The World That Never Was | End of Sea | Keyblade Graveyard Introduced in Kingdom Hearts coded Datascape Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Land of Departure | Mirage Arena Dwarf Woodlands | Enchanted Dominion | Castle of Dreams Disney Town | Deep Space Introduced in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance La Cité des Cloches | The Grid | Symphony of Sorcery Country of the Musketeers | Prankster's Paradise Introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] Daybreak Town Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross] Game Central Station | Niceland | Cy-Bug Sector | Candy Kingdom Introduced in Kingdom Hearts III The Final World | Secret Forest | Olympus Toy Box | Kingdom of Corona | Monstropolis Arendelle | The Caribbean | San Fransokyo Scala ad Caelum | Quadratum

Deep Jungle is a world that appears in Kingdom Hearts, based on the 1999 Disney film Tarzan. It is home to Tarzan and his ape tribe, as well as a set of explorers trying to learn more about the gorillas.

Development

Deep Jungle in an early concept of Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories.

An image from the early stages of development for Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories shows Sora fighting a Soldier in Deep Jungle. However, the world does not appear in the final version of the game.

Setting and Areas

Kingdom Hearts

Sora enters Deep Jungle alone and at the Tree House (樹上の家, Jujō no Ie), where he battles Sabor and meets up with Tarzan. Jumping down from the netting below the house sends Sora into the Tunnel (大穴, Ōana, lit. "Large Hole"), where he can either access the Treetop (最上層, Sai Jōsō, lit. "Top Layer") and Climbing Trees (ジャングル：奥地の大樹, Janguru: Okuchi no Taiju, lit. "Jungle: Large Tree's Interior") to head back to the Tree House, or jump into the log and begin the Jungle Slider mini-game.

Artwork of the Tree House.

Jungle Slider takes the party to the Camp (キャンプ, Kyanpu), where at the Tent (キャンプ：テント, Kyanpu: Tento, lit. "Camp: Tent") the party can meet with Jane Porter. The east exit from the camp by the stove and experiment table leads to the Hippos' Lagoon (ジャングル：カバの沼, Janguru: Kaba no Numa, lit. "Jungle: Hippo Swamp"). Heading across the Lagoon takes the party to two areas, Vines (巨木群, Kyoboku-gun, lit. "Large Trees") and Vines 2 (ジャングル：入口, Janguru: Iriguchi, lit. "Jungle: Entrance"), which are home to the Vine Swinging mini-game. Vines 2 in turn leads back to the Climbing Trees.

Heading out the north entrance of the Camp takes the group to the Bamboo Thicket (竹やぶ, Takeyabu), and continuing through the Thicket leads to the Cliff (ジャングル：岩壁, Janguru: Ganpeki, lit. "Jungle: Rock Wall"). After the last battle, Sora and his party gain access to the Waterfall Cavern (滝の裏, Taki no Ura, lit. "Behind the Waterfall"). At the top of the cavern is an entrance to the Cavern of Hearts (こころの洞窟, Kokoro no Dōkutsu), the supposed heart of Deep Jungle, where the sound of the waterfalls echo and where the Keyhole is sealed.

The Jungle Slider mini-game will take Sora through a total of five areas. Each area needs to be completed once before Sora can move on to the next one. The first route, the Green Serpent (グリーンロード, Gurīn Rōdo, lit. "Green Road"), takes Sora through the jungle and will lead him down to the Camp. Were he to continue to slide he'd enter Splash Tunnel (スプラッシュトンネル, Supurasshu Tonneru) which is at first quite a narrow cavern before expanding into a much larger area. At the Sora can either jump down to Hippos' Lagoon or continue to the Jade Spiral (ウッドスパイラル, Uddo Supairaru, lit. "Wood Spiral"), a much more denser part of the jungle with tons of sprawling trees and branches all over. Towards the end Sora can either choose to head down to the Cliff or carry on to Panic Fall (パニックフォール, Panikku Fōru), a route very similar to the previous one. After this route Sora can jump off inside the Waterfall Cavern, or continue through one final course (also within the cavern) called the Shadow Cavern (シャドウケイブ, Shadou Keibu, lit. "Shadow Cave"). The final route will also lead Sora down to the Waterfall Cavern.

Story

Kingdom Hearts

In the Gummi Ship, Donald and Sora argue on whether or not to land in Deep Jungle. Sora says that Kairi and Riku may be there, but Donald says that the King wouldn't be in "a backwater place" like it, so they should move on. Sora pleads with Donald to land so they could at least check, but when Donald refuses, Sora ends up fighting with him over the controls. They crash the Gummi Ship on the world itself, and Sora is separated from Donald and Goofy. Sora falls into a treehouse, where he is attacked by Sabor, but is saved by Tarzan. He is then brought to a tent by Tarzan, where he meets Jane and Clayton, who found Donald and Goofy. They had found a Gummi block, assuming that the King might be there.

Sora wants to know if Tarzan has seen Kairi and Riku, so they collect some slides for Jane to help communicate with him. One of the slides shows Hollow Bastion, which Sora vaguely recognizes due to Kairi's heart sleeping within him.

Sora is asked by Jane if he wants to meet the gorillas and he agrees, hoping they know the location of Riku and Kairi. Together with Donald, Goofy, Clayton, and Tarzan, he meets Kerchak and Kala. Kerchak is not pleased with Tarzan potentially revealing the secret nesting grounds of the gorillas, and he sends him away.

Meanwhile, Clayton goes hunting for gorillas. Upon arriving at the Tree House, Donald sees Clayton about to open fire on Terk, and intervenes. Clayton claims he was saving her from a snake, but his actions make everyone suspicious. When Clayton wanders off on his own, he is attacked by Heartless. As Heartless arise due to Clayton's growing darkness and anger, the Powerwilds try to capture the gorillas, but Sora saves them. Clayton then disappears, leaving his pipe on a rock. Searching for him, Sora's party finds the pipe, only to be attacked by Sabor one last time.

Meanwhile, Jane and Terk are abducted by Heartless. Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Tarzan save them, and then battle Clayton and Stealth Sneak. They win Kerchak's trust by defeating them, and he throws Sora to the waterfall, where he closes the Keyhole. In addition, Donald and Sora reconcile their friendship by apologizing for their argument prior to their arrival.

After leaving Deep Jungle, Maleficent and the rest of the Villains discuss their plan to capture the Princess of Heart, with Alice already being captured.

Characters

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  Tarzan
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  Jane
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  Clayton
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  Terk
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  Kala
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  Kerchak
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  Sabor
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NPCs

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  Gorillas
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  Hippo
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Cameos

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  A Teapot and a cup resembling Mrs. Potts and Chip, as was also seen in the film.

Enemies

Heartless

Other

• Kingdom Hearts worlds
• Deep Jungle

• Articles with non-canon sources