Everything's Better with Monkeys/Quotes
"What, you think 'Gorilla Grodd' came out of nowhere? You think Superman fought a giant ape or Jimmy Olsen became hirsute out of random chance? Hell no, boys and girls: It was canny marketing. Big monkeys get kids picking up funnybooks. Simple as that."
—'Peter David, in the forward to The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius, Volume 3: "Monkey Tales"
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"Maybe it's just me, but I'm not crazy about super hero stories where everything's all dark and moody. Personally, I like the ones where good guys fight giant apes on the moon and stuff. Remember those?"
—'Doreen Green, a.k.a. Squirrel Girl
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"When in doubt, add monkeys!"
—The First Rule of Drama, attributed to Lee Unkrich
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"All great movies have monkeys! Chairman of the Board had a monkey! No wait, that was Carrot Top, who I think is a monkey."
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"We have to see the chimp playing hockey. That's hilarious. The ice is so slippery, and-and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this."
—Anya, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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"Monkey!"
—Koopa, Super Mario Bros
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"The funny thing is, Gorilla-Man appears on covers no matter how much he's involved in a story. We can tell cover artists "this focuses mainly on Namora," and there will still be a gorilla on that cover. Artists like drawing apes, and who am I to stop them?"
—Jeff Parker, comic book writer
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If I had a million dollars, —Barenaked Ladies, "If I Had a Million Dollars"
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"Monkeys make everything better!"
—Ned Bigby, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
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(Jeff is interviewing a monkey during a Terrible Interviewees Montage) —Bowser's Kingdom episode 6
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"Anything with monkeys in it? At least 12% better than anything without monkeys in it." |
"I have every faith in your reconciliatory navigational skills, Mr. Gibbs -- now where is that monkey, I want to shoot something!"
—Jack Sparrow to Joshamee Gibbs, Pirates of the Caribbean
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"One of the best uses for a monkey, is to make everyone pay attention to the monkey"
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"He's got the monkeys! We love the monkeys!"
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