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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]].

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** [[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]].

* [[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."

'''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.

* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Pastor Bear, who also preaches of [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]].

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"ADOLF HITLER!" }}

* [[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!"

'''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."

'''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].