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''[http://www.apenotmonkey.com/ Ape, Not Monkey]'' is a webcomic by Jeffrey Watson that has been running from July 2008. The three main characters of the strip are Toby, a skeptical atheist ape; Pastor Bear, a [[The Fundamentalist|fundamentalist]] and creationist Christian bear; and Wilbur, a dog who swears by alternative medicine and is an environmentalist.
'''''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131114070329/http://www.apenotmonkey.com/ Ape, Not Monkey]''''' is a webcomic by Jeffrey Watson that has been running from July 2008. The three main characters of the strip are Toby, a skeptical atheist ape; Pastor Bear, a [[The Fundamentalist|fundamentalist]] and creationist Christian bear; and Wilbur, a dog who swears by alternative medicine and is an environmentalist.


Later, more characters are added: H.R., a [[Con Man|confidence trickster]] who is a mongoose; Thomas, a religious moderate tortoise; Arlen, a pika who is also a paranoid [[Conspiracy Theorist]]; Piggy McCarthy, a pig who believes vaccines are dangerous; Clemens, a [[Hollywood Atheist]] who treats "every religious claim as a scientific one", and Dee-Quack Chopra, a duck [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Deepak Chopra]].
Later, more characters are added: H.R., a [[Con Man|confidence trickster]] who is a mongoose; Thomas, a religious moderate tortoise; Arlen, a pika who is also a paranoid [[Conspiracy Theorist]]; Piggy McCarthy, a pig who believes vaccines are dangerous; Clemens, a [[Hollywood Atheist]] who treats "every religious claim as a scientific one", and Dee-Quack Chopra, a duck [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Deepak Chopra]].
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The strip doesn't pull punches when criticising people's beliefs and is written from a clearly atheist and skeptical perspective.
The strip doesn't pull punches when criticising people's beliefs and is written from a clearly atheist and skeptical perspective.


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=== Tropes in ''Ape Not Monkey'': ===
* [[Captain Ersatz]]:
* [[Captain Ersatz]]:
** [[Word of God]] in [http://www.freethunk.net/articles/freethunk-interviews/interview-with-ape-not-monkey-comic-creator-jeffrey-weston-1881 this interview] says Dee-Quack Chopra is one of Deepak Chopra and Arlen is one of Alex Jones.
** [[Word of God]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313020607/http://www.freethunk.net/articles/freethunk-interviews/interview-with-ape-not-monkey-comic-creator-jeffrey-weston-1881 this interview] says Dee-Quack Chopra is one of Deepak Chopra and Arlen is one of Alex Jones.
** Glenn Bear, a side character in a few strips, is one of [[Glenn Beck]].
** Glenn Bear, a side character in a few strips, is one of [[Glenn Beck]].
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Toby. in [http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/13/magical-sky-man/ strip two].
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Toby. in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130913210825/http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/13/magical-sky-man/ strip two].
{{quote|'''Pastor Bear:''' "...Now if you excuse me, I'm going to Church."
{{quote|'''Pastor Bear:''' "...Now if you excuse me, I'm going to Church."
'''Toby:''' "Maybe God will favor you with a present for such behaviour." }}
'''Toby:''' "Maybe God will favor you with a present for such behaviour." }}
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: The strip runs on this. Examples are everything Arlen thinks about the world, [http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/08/03/opportunity/ Pastor Bear trying to make his own gasoline], and numerous side characters' beliefs.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: The strip runs on this. Examples are everything Arlen thinks about the world, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150312050406/http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/08/03/opportunity/ Pastor Bear trying to make his own gasoline], and numerous side characters' beliefs.
* [[Con Man]]: H.R.
* [[Con Man]]: H.R.
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Pastor Bear, who also preaches of [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]].
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Pastor Bear, who also preaches of [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]].
* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: In [http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2009/11/20/logical-fallacies-reductio-ad-hitlerum/ this strip].
* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: In [https://web.archive.org/web/20140416170443/http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2009/11/20/logical-fallacies-reductio-ad-hitlerum/ this strip].
{{quote|'''Pastor Bear:''' "You know who also liked evolution?"
{{quote|'''Pastor Bear:''' "You know who also liked evolution?"
"Adolf Hitler!"
"Adolf Hitler!"
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"ADOLF HITLER!" }}
"ADOLF HITLER!" }}
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Clemens
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Clemens
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Pastor Bear in [http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/20/prosperity-omelet/ the third strip].
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Pastor Bear in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130131054345/http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/20/prosperity-omelet/ the third strip].
{{quote|'''Toby:''' "And there's a shoe in it!"
{{quote|'''Toby:''' "And there's a shoe in it!"
'''Pastor Bear:''' "Perhaps having faith in my cooking abilities isn't enough." }}
'''Pastor Bear:''' "Perhaps having faith in my cooking abilities isn't enough." }}
* [[Un Entendre]]: in [http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/27/positive-rut/ this strip]:
* [[Un Entendre]]: in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130131223427/http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/27/positive-rut/ this strip]:
{{quote|'''Pastor Bear:''' "God has planted the seeds of success inside you."
{{quote|'''Pastor Bear:''' "God has planted the seeds of success inside you."
'''Toby:''' "And he didn't even buy me dinner first!" }}
'''Toby:''' "And he didn't even buy me dinner first!" }}
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: A man who was clinically dead for 45 minutes, mentioned in [http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/06/life-after-clinical-death/ the very first strip].
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: A man who was clinically dead for 45 minutes, mentioned in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130822102112/http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2008/07/06/life-after-clinical-death/ the very first strip].


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Latest revision as of 10:08, 14 May 2021

Ape, Not Monkey is a webcomic by Jeffrey Watson that has been running from July 2008. The three main characters of the strip are Toby, a skeptical atheist ape; Pastor Bear, a fundamentalist and creationist Christian bear; and Wilbur, a dog who swears by alternative medicine and is an environmentalist.

Later, more characters are added: H.R., a confidence trickster who is a mongoose; Thomas, a religious moderate tortoise; Arlen, a pika who is also a paranoid Conspiracy Theorist; Piggy McCarthy, a pig who believes vaccines are dangerous; Clemens, a Hollywood Atheist who treats "every religious claim as a scientific one", and Dee-Quack Chopra, a duck Captain Ersatz of Deepak Chopra.

The strip doesn't pull punches when criticising people's beliefs and is written from a clearly atheist and skeptical perspective.

Tropes used in Ape, Not Monkey include:

Pastor Bear: "...Now if you excuse me, I'm going to Church."
Toby: "Maybe God will favor you with a present for such behaviour."

Pastor Bear: "You know who also liked evolution?"
"Adolf Hitler!"
Toby: "You know who also associated things with Adolf Hitler?"
"ADOLF HITLER!"

Toby: "And there's a shoe in it!"
Pastor Bear: "Perhaps having faith in my cooking abilities isn't enough."

Pastor Bear: "God has planted the seeds of success inside you."
Toby: "And he didn't even buy me dinner first!"

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