Sabor
Japanese	サボー
Rōmaji	Sabō
Homeworld	Deep Jungle
Origin	Tarzan (1999)
Game	Kingdom Hearts
KH tracks Battle theme -Having a Wild Time

Sabor
Kingdom Hearts
A leopard feared by all who live in the jungle, and an enemy of Tarzan and the gorillas. Sabor is a cunning hunter who targets the weak and helpless. He stalked onto the scene in "Tarzan" (1999).

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Deep Jungle	90	12		11	16		15
Deep Jungle(Final battle)	180	12		11	16		150
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x0.49		x0.5			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			None
x0.04	x0.3		x0.5			x0.5
Rewards
Final battle White Fang
World(s)
Deep Jungle

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Deep Jungle	90	12		11	20		15
Deep Jungle(Final battle)	180	12		11	20		150
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x0.49		x0.5			x0.5
Percentage	Stop		Stun			None
x0.02	x0.2		x0.5			x0.5
Rewards
Final battle White Fang
World(s)
Deep Jungle

	HP	STR		DEF	MP rec		EXP
Deep Jungle	90	12		11	16		15
Deep Jungle(Final battle)	180	12		11	16		150
Weapon	Fire		Blizzard			Thunder
x1.0	x0.49		x0.5			x1.0
Percentage	Stop		Stun			None
x0.04	x0.3		x0.5			x0.5
Rewards
Final battle White Fang
World(s)
Deep Jungle

Sabor is a ferocious leopard who first appeared in Walt Disney'sTarzan and, inKingdom Hearts, serves as a mini-boss inDeep Jungle.

Story[edit]

Kingdom Hearts[edit]

WhenSora first arrives in Deep Jungle, he falls into a wooden tree house and is attacked by Sabor.Tarzan rescues the Keyblade wielder from the leopard, who continues to stalk them. Sabor appears a final time in the Bamboo Thicket before being slain once and for all. Upon his defeat, one of hisWhite Fangs was claimed as an Accessory Item.

Design[edit]

Sabor is a largeAfrican leopard with a slender, yet muscular build. He has yellow fur; the fur around his mouth, on the bottoms of his paws, on his stomach, and on the tip of his tail is white. Sabor's head and legs have black spots on them, and his back and shoulders sport yellow-orange spots with black outlines. Sabor's eyes are yellow, and he has six long, black whiskers; there are three on each side of his upper lip. Protruding from Sabor's paws are sharp black claws.

Strategy[edit]

The only attacks in Sabor's arsenal are a non-elemental tackle and claw swipe. The leopard is extremely fast, as well, making him difficult to attack for extended periods of time.

In order to defeat Sabor, Sora should rely primarily on his standard three-hit combo and attack only after the leopard charges at him. Sora should then be sure toDodge Roll out of the way to avoid being damaged by potential counterattacks; he can also block Sabor's attacks withGuard to earn Tech Points. The outcome of Sora's first battle with Sabor is the same whether he wins or loses; during an extended period of time in the said first battle, Sabor may break the floor inside of the tree house, which leaves a hole that remains for the rest of the game.

During his final encounter with Sora in the Bamboo Thicket, Sabor jumps out of sight before reappearing in a different part of the battlefield. To avoid being hit by a potential surprise attack, Sora should Lock-On to the leopard just before he vanishes. Throughout this battle, Magic is Sora's best means of damaging Sabor when the leopard is too far away to be hit by physical attacks. It is also important that Sora heal himself regularly to help ensure victory; while Sabor's attacks are not that powerful they can be dangerous when combined with the leopard's agility.

It is possible to skip the third battle against Sabor entirely. If Sora enters the Tent before fighting him, the subsequent cutscene[?] plays, and the leopard does not appear afterwards.[citation needed]

Technique		Element	Tech	Power Bonus	Guard?
Claw Attack (爪攻撃, Tsume Kōgeki?)		None	x0	2	Repellable (Recoil: 100)
		Sabor swipes with either of his front paws.
Leap Attack (跳びかかり攻撃, Tobikakari Kōgeki?)		None	x0	4	Repellable (Recoil: 100)
		Sabor steps forward, then swipes his left and right claw.
Tackle (タックル, Takkuru?)		None	x0.02	4	Repellable (Recoil: 20)
		Sabor scrapes the ground with his front paws, then strikes with his body.
Jump Attack (ジャンプ攻撃, Janpu Kōgeki?)		None	x0	2	Repellable (Recoil: 100)
		Sabor jumps and strikes with his body.
Guard: Repellable = Can be blocked and interrupted; Returnable = Can be blocked and deflected back; Preventable = Blockable by Goofy's shield only.

Origin[edit]

Sabor first appeared in Walt Disney's 1999 animated feature,Tarzan. While described as male inKingdom Hearts, Sabor's gender is ambiguous in the film, but is confirmed to be female by an interview on the movie with the supervisory animator,Dominique Monféry. In the beginning of the film, she hunts and killsKerchak andKala's young son. She then goes on to murder the infant Tarzan's parents. Before Sabor is able to kill Tarzan as well, Kala comes to the baby's rescue.

Many years later, after Tarzan has grown into a man, Sabor attacks him and his gorilla family at their nest. In an effort to protect the other gorillas, Kerchak engages the fearsome leopard in combat, but he is overpowered. Tarzan then joins the fight; he manages to kill Sabor and presents the leopard's body to Kerchak in a show of respect.

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Gallery[edit]

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  Sabor's journal portrait inKingdom Hearts.

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  Sabor's journal portrait inKingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX.

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  Sabor with the cast ofKingdom Hearts in an illustration for aTenyo jigsaw puzzle.

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