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The opposite of [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Monkeys]]. Instead of being inherently cool or exotic, these monkeys are used as signs that something bad is about to go down. Because of their similarities to humans, a superintelligent ape is going to suffer from an inherent sibling rivalry with the human race, and want to either wipe it out or subdue it. Often, in series which feature anthropomorphic animals, apes and monkeys will play the bad guys. Distinct from [[Killer Space Monkey]] in that these monkeys are usually intelligent mad scientists who want to [[Take Over the World]] or at least make life difficult for humanity. [[Killer Gorilla]] is a subtrope, where the primate in question is not just malicious but also big and strong.

* Gorilla Grodd from [[The DCU]] is probably the most archetypal example of this trope, because of his utter disdain for humanity and plots to make gorillas the dominant species on Earth. Do NOT [[I Am Not Weasel|call him a monkey]], though -- unlessthough—unless you really want to make him mad. And he hates bananas.

* The folks behind [[The DCU]] love this trope; in addition to the two examples above, there's also the late [[Doom Patrol|Monsieur Mallah]], [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|a superintelligent machine-gun-toting communist revolutionary homosexual French-speaking gorilla]] (seriously), the muscle (and lover) of the also deceased [[BraininaBrain In a Jar|Brain]].

* The Flying Monkeys from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. {{spoiler|Though they're actually [[Punch Clock Villain|Punch Clock Villains.]]}}

* The [[Cymbal -Banging Monkey]] from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story 3.]]''

* [[Jumanji (Film)|This will not be an easy mission. Monkeys slow the expedition]].

* The fourth [[Ice Age]] movie's main antagonistvillain willis beCaptain aGutt, prehistorican unhinged and ruthless ape pirate captain.

* The Bandar-log (Monkey-folk) from [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (Literaturenovel)|The Jungle Book]]'' capture Mowgli so he can teach them human things and help them become masters of the jungle. It's a subversion because the Bandar-log's attention spans aren't long enough to complete their plan.

* The [[Talking Animal|talking]] ape Shift serves as an [[The Antichrist|Antichrist]]-expy in [[CSC. LewisS. (Creator)Lewis|CS Lewis]]' ''[[The Last Battle]]''.

* Among the factions of ''[[Feng Shui (Tabletop Game)|Feng Shui]]'' are the Jammers, intelligent apes working in concert with the few humans immune to the influence of Chi. They're a faction of [[Mad Bomber|Mad Bombers]]s who do not care one whit about who they blow up, so long as they get to blow up Feng Shui sites and [[Utopia Justifies the Means|bring about Battlechimp Potemkin's dream of a world without chi]].

* ''[[Star Fox (Video Gameseries)|Star Fox]]''

** Andross is an evil genius primate who leads an army of [[Maniac Monkeys]] and has two of them as his proteges.

** His grandson Dash Bowman appears to be a subversion of this trope, as he joins the Star Fox team to clear his family name and right Andross's wrongs, but two of the possible endings of [[Star Fox (Video Gameseries)|Star Fox]]: Command have him [[Face Heel Turn|follow in his grandfather's footsteps to become another galactic overlord.]]

*** So far, there hasn't been a single ape or monkey in [[Star Fox (Video Gameseries)|Star Fox]] who hasn't turned out to be evil.

* The monkeys, but especially Specter, from ''[[Ape Escape (Video Game)|Ape Escape]]''.

* In ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'' the monkeys and apes of Ape Atoll form a terrifying militaristic faction bent on world domination. And during the Do No Evil quest, where {{spoiler|the desert god of monkeys has her senses split into 3 parts, and they take the form of 3 dark and powerful gorillas.}}

* Mojo Jojo from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', although technically, he is a chimpanzee.

* During the first ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'' TV movie, AJ's monkey takes a bite out of a magic muffin that grants its eater any wish, regardless of Da Rules. The monkey's wish is--youis—you guessed it--toit—to make apes [[Take Over the World]]. Or it could have been a banana. [[Running Gag|Cosmo always mixes those two up.]]

* Baboon and his army of minkey ninjas from ''[[Skunk Fu!]]''.

* Simian from the ''[[DextersDexter's Laboratory (Animation)|Dexters Laboratory]]'' spin-off, ''Dial M For Monkey''.

* The Monkey King from ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]''.

* [[Batman: theThe Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]] has all DC Gorillas team up to form [[Fun Withwith Acronyms|G.A.S.P.]], Gorillas and Apes Seizing Power.

* [[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]] has had robotic monkeys, Cobra venom mutated monkeys, Monsieur Mallah, The Ultra-Humanite, and [[The Joker|Joker]] monkeys in the tie-in comic. You can understand Conner's hatred of these buggers.

{{quote| The letter M: Dib's screaming like a Maniac....Monkey.}}

* One episode of [[Back Atat the Barnyard]] dealt with a space test monkey who pretended to be friendly for awhile before revealing his true colors by somehow intending to take over the entire farm in front of the horrified animals due to his opposable thumbs (which is sort of [[Fridge Logic]] as Otis and his friends never had problems with manipulating objects before despite not having opposable thumbs), although it could all be down to playing the entire scenario for comedy.

** ''Human'' primates are demonstrably [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|the most dangerous animals in all of known universe]]. As a species, we're a [[Real Life]] [[Badass]].

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