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* In ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', the Grinch has a giant version of one in his lair, and uses it to get his head hit.
* In ''[[Road To]] Utopia'', when [[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] enter a talent contest, their act follows a man with a cymbal-banging monkey. The monkey wins.
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'' has one. {{spoiler|When night falls on Sunnyside Daycare, he sits in the second-floor security office, watching all the screens. If a toy tries to escape, he turns on the center's P.A. system and screeches into it while banging his cymbals. Lotso and crew are on top of the poor toy in moments.}}
** Can also serve as [[Nightmare Retardant]] since {{spoiler|we see him during the end credits in a much more positive light, at the new Sunnyside wearing these giant star glasses and happily swaying to "We Belong Together".}}
*** As defused here: [http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/4838304460_9abd984054_d.jpg\]
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* The opening sequence of ''Friday the 13th: The Series'' featured one.
* ''[[The Captain And Tenille]]'' [[Variety Show]] in the middle 1970s featured a sketch where Darryl "The Captain" Dragon attempted to play piano with a Cymbal Banging Monkey allegedly named "Kokomo", who actively refused to cooperate.
* Tim finds one of these among a box of old toys in an episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]].''
* Basco ta Jolokia of ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' has a pet/assistant monkey named Sally, who wields cymbals as weapons and can produce giant monsters from a hatch in her chest.
* Inverted on the ''Mythbusters'' December Holiday special when three were used in a Rube Goldberg holiday contraption. They're more comical than scary, plus they're hard to see amongst the rest of the gags.
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* The 1986 musical ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' features a cymbal-banging monkey as the topper of a music box.
* ''Woyzeck''/''Blood Money'' involves one of these, and even gives it a song ("Misery is the River of the World"). It was voiced by [[Tom Waits]].
* [[BSOD Song|The Bride's Lament]] from ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]''
== Real Life ==
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* In ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Sam & Max Episode 101: Culture Shock]]'', a monkey serves as the form reader for Brady Culture's "Home" for Former Child Stars.
* There's a weapon in ''[[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time]]'' called the Chimpinator...if you use it on a robotic enemy, they turn into this.
* Starting with Map Pack 3 in ''[[Call of Duty]] World at War'' through ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''' "FIVE" features a
** The ''Annihilation'' DLC map "Shangri-La" features the return of the Monkey Bomb as the distraction weapon.
* ''[[Okami]]'' has one of the three monkey gods be a cymbal monkey.
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