It is a reboot of Jay Ward and Bill Scott’s 1967 American animated television series of the same name, which in turn is a parody of the fictional character Tarzan, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

The remake mostly stays true to the original production, with a few key differences existing between the two.

This is unlike the original cartoon, which featured other stories such as Tom Slick and Super Chicken.

[2] The original series premiered on Teletoon on January 11, 2008, and on Cartoon Network in the United States exactly a year prior.

[5][6][7][8] Production of the series started in 2004 with Teletoon being in the project before Cartoon Network went on board; Tiffany Ward re-aged George to be a teenager while the art style is reminiscent of Cartoon Network series such as The Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack.