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** Gorilla Grodd: Psychic would-be world conqueror from a hidden city of superintelligent gorillas. Gorilla City's actually kind of a big deal in DC; King Solovar was an important figure in the ''original'' [[Crisis Crossover]].
*** Voiced in ''[[Blackest Night]]'' with an undead Solovar:
{{quote| '''Professor Zoom''': You know what makes '''everything''' better?! GORILLAS!}}
** The Mod Gorilla Boss: He's one hip swinger, Clyde, and you'd better believe that he's the big man behind the criminal underworld in Bludhaven. And that he thinks vertical stripes are cool.
** ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' villain Monsieur Mallah: [[Mad Scientist|Superintelligent]] [[More Dakka|machine-gun-toting]] [[Dirty Commies|communist]] [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized|revolutionary]] [[Badass Gay|homosexual]] [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys|French]]-[[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|speaking]] [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|gorilla]] [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|surgeon]] [[Unholy Matrimony|in love with a (male)]] [[Brain In a Jar]]. [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Yes, really]] (it might help explain things to know he was first created in [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]] - and then [[Grant Morrison]] came along).
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** Trope referenced directly in [http://www.gocomics.com/libertymeadows/2007/05/13 this comic.]
* Marvel brings us Hitman Monkey. No word as to whether he is ''that'' hitman monkey yet.
{{quote| "Let's be clear: HITMAN MONKEY is the harrowing tale of a Macaque monkey from the mountains of Japan who, though fate and circumstance, is transformed into the world's deadliest assassin," [Axel] Alonso continues. "I fail to see what could be funny about-oh. I see [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|your point]]."}}
* The Norts in ''Rogue Trooper'' once attempted to counter the Southers' [[Super Soldier|GIs]] with part-human-part-gorillas, who like the GIs could breathe the atmosphere of [[Death World|Nu Earth]]. They failed when Rogue beat their leader in one-on-one combat, [[Asskicking Equals Authority|becoming the new commander]] and persuading them to rebel against their evil masters.
* In ''[[Promethea]]'' there is The Weeping Gorilla.
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** A similar sequence also appeared in the ''Jay and Silent Bob'' comic-book miniseries and the Clerks cartoon.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the film. In one sequence, we see Shannen Doherty in a ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]''-esque scene, in which she is attacked by Ghostface but manages to knock him out, and unmasks him. It's the orangutan:
{{quote| '''Shannen''': What?! Fucking Miramax... CUT!<br />
'''Wes Craven''': What?<br />
'''Shannen''': A fucking monkey? Jesus, Wes, are you even trying anymore?<br />
'''Wes''': But the research says people love monkeys!<br />
''(Jay and Silent Bob [[Stealth Pun|take the monkey and run]])''<br />
'''Jay''': We love this monkey!<br />
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** Third opinion: [[Rule of Funny|friggin hilarious]].
** Of course, a monkey appears in several scenes of ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' until its greed gets the better of it.
{{quote| '''Sallah''': "Bad dates."}}
** And of course they eat chilled Monkey brains in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''.
* ''[[Space Chimps]]''. Everything's better with Monkeys... [[Recycled in Space|in SPACE!]]
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** Crichton's novel ''[[Next]]'' features a ''talking'' monkey pretending to be a kid with a skin condition. Really.
* [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (novel)|The Jungle Book]]'' had a bunch of monkeys, the Bandar-log, most of whom were eaten by Kaa.
{{quote| ''I have taught thee all the Law of the Jungle for all the peoples of the jungle -- except the Monkey-Folk who live in the trees. They have no law. They are outcasts. They have no speech of their own, but use the stolen words which they overhear when they listen, and peep, and wait up above in the branches. Their way is not our way. They are without leaders. They have no remembrance. They boast and chatter and pretend that they are a great people about to do great affairs in the jungle, but the falling of a nut turns their minds to laughter and all is forgotten. We of the jungle have no dealings with them. We do not drink where the monkeys drink; we do not go where the monkeys go; we do not hunt where they hunt; we do not die where they die. Hast thou ever heard me speak of the Bandar-log till today?''}}
* [[Dean Koontz]]'s Christopher Snow books, ''Fear Nothing'' and ''Seize the Night'', feature a tribe of monkeys that are escaped lab animals.
* In ''[[Animorphs]]'', Marco's favorite battle morph was a gorilla. Chimpanzee and monkey morphs show up as well, although the monkey morphs were sario rip morphs and unusable after the end of the rip.
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*** Even more telling, some type of primate tends to be one of the default [[Humongous Mecha]] for most animal combinations of zords. Kakuranger had an ape, Gingaman, Gaoranger, Gekiranger, a gorilla, and Shinkenger had a monkey. Some type of primate is one of the default animal zords, along with Lion, Wolf, Shark, and a large Bird Of Prey.
* The premiere episode of ''[[The Middleman]]'' featured superintelligent genetically engineered lowland gorillas.
{{quote| '''Wendy:''' Oh no. It's Gorilla Grodd.}}
* Paul the Gorilla from ''[[The Electric Company]]'', companion of Jennifer of The Jungle. No, not ''that'' kind of companion...
* Kelso on ''[[That 70s Show]]'' thinks that if a Monkey had a loaded gun would be an awesome premise for a TV Show.
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* On ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' Doctor Liam Neesam, played by [[John Cleese]], tries to turn the entire population of Earth into monkeys to turn Earth into "Super Monkey World" as an amusement attraction for the rest of the Universe.
* ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]''. In the episode where he tackles the evil monday haze his second (or third) attempt was
{{quote| Moze: "Monkey Mondays?"<br />
Ned: "Monkeys make ''everything'' better." }}
* ''[[Legends of the Hidden Temple]]'': The infamous "Shrine of the Silver Monkey" room is one of the few obstacles on the show that lasted through the entire show's history.
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* The title character of the short-lived '80s sitcom ''Mr. Smith'' was a talking orangutan who worked as a government advisor in [[Washington DC]].
* Gerald the Gorilla, in one of the best known ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' sketches. Taken onto a talk show by Professor Fielding, to demonstrate how he has taught a wild animal to talk, they quickly descend to bickering like a married couple, while the interviewer looks on in bemusement.
{{quote| '''Professor Fielding''': Look, can we get this into some sort of perspective? When I first met Gerald he was completely wild...<br />
'''Gerald''': Wild? I was absolutely livid! }}
* [[Playing with a Trope|Lampshaded and Discussed]] in ''[[Community]]'':
{{quote| '''Jeff''': Why do you have a monkey?<br />
'''Troy''': It's an animal that looks like a dude, why don't I have ten of them? }}
** There's a monkey living in the college air ducts with a trove of stolen goods.
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* In ''[[Mind Jack]]'' the corporate military have cybernetically enhanced gorillas and bonobos in their army.
** In his otherwise-bile-filled review of the game, [[The Angry Joe Show|Angry Joe]] singled this out as the only positive thing he could mention about it.
{{quote| "Y'know, I'm trying ''real'' hard to find one good thing about this game. But I can't! I can't! Oh! Oh! There are monkeys! Everyone loves monkeys! You can even create a little monkey-minion-army! Monkey minions! Monkey Minions! WOO!"}}
* Monkeys and apes are very well-represented in the roster of species available for ''[[Zoo Tycoon]] 2'', especially if you include the Endangered Species and African Adventure expansion packs.
* Jep, a monkey you can befriend in ''Return to Mysterious Island'', is an implausibly-clever helper that uses inventory items for you.
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* In ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', Dr. McNinja employs a gorilla named Judy as his secretary.
** According to [[Word of God]], Judy is the proud possessor of one of the few immutable laws of the universe:
{{quote| [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p52 Gorilla + rocket launcher > giant ninja]. Seriously.}}
* Some children have a monster in their closet. Max, from ''[[Bitmap World]]'', has a [http://www.bitmapworld.com/smcomic2.cgi?a=61 monkey in his closet.] Later in the comic, there's a whole storyline involving monkeys.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', various Terran species have been ascended to sapience. Of these, apes are prominently featured. Also elephants.
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** [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|An evil monkey-American!]]
* [http://www.kismetropolis.com/view.php?date=2005-11-24 Kismetropolis]: featured a [[Mushroom Samba|tryptophane trip]] involving a recipe for Monkey Bread.
{{quote| '''Jamie:''' There's NO monkey in the monkey bread. Swear. Guys? Seriously! No monkey!}}
* In ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'', Everything's Better With [[Incendiary Exponent|Fire]] [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2007-03-18 Monkeys].
* Gwynn from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' owns several monkeys who are enchanted to attack and humiliate anyone who irritates her. The monkeys themselves don't appear that often, but a lot of mileage is gotten out of the gag that the other characters pretend "monkeys" is Gwynn's nickname for her breasts. "I've done something bad with my monkeys (...) If we don't do something my monkeys are going to be ''all over her'' in front of ''everyone'' (...) be on the lookout for my monkeys and grab them if you see them. They could pop up anywhere."
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* Never one to miss a comics trope, [[The Descendants]] has recurring character Lucian the Ape Knight and has had some one shot demonic baboons.
* Karl Pilkington's "Monkey News" and the short-lived "Cheap as Chimps" segments from ''The Ricky Gervais Show.''
{{quote| Ricky: [[Punctuated for Emphasis|"Ohhh, Chimpanzee that! MONKEY NEWS!"]]}}
* Bruno, Vatsy's bodyguard/handyman/gopher in ''[[Vatsy and Bruno]]'', is a chimp. Subverted somewhat in that, unlike most chimp characters, he's pragmatic, stoic, and content. To quote the work:
{{quote| He'd found that a level tone, an open stance, a patient mind and a large-bore double-barreled shotgun solved most problems almost effortlessly. His philosophy could be almost described as Taoism, if Taoism had a little-known subclause about the prudent use of firearms and arson.}}
* Well not everything is better with monkeys, as the end of this [[Nightmare Fuel|nightmare fueled]] video should prove: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRMEGMZcF2Y&feature=recommended\]
* In [[Doctor Steel]]'s propaganda video, "Building a Utopian Playland", Dr. Steel talks about his plans for world domination, then distracts his audience with a monkey puppet, saying, "Now... who wants to see the dancing monkey!"
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* Oh dear, the Lake Superior State University has added the word to their "List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness", specifically because of this trope. I think we broke it [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081230/ap_on_re_us/banned_words\].
* ''[[The Daily Show]]'' had a lot of fun with this one in relation to Congress' [http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=219507&title=Felonious-Monkeys "monkey bite bill"].
{{quote| '''Jon:''' Boy, we've all been there. I just inherited $45,000. I could get a few years of tuition for my kid...or a monkey. I don't know, my cat's pretty dirty...}}
* The late [[Michael Jackson]]'s best friend, Bubbles The Chimp.
* A man in China trained some pet monkeys in rudimentary Tae Kwon Do to entertain passersby. In December 2009 the monkeys turned on him. (For the record, the trainer overcame the monkeys and restrained them before they could do any real harm)
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