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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. |
'''''[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. |
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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'': === |
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** [[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 [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. |
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