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{{trope}}
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{{quote|"Monkeys, apes, they hold stuff with their feet man! We're talking ''freaks of nature'' here!"|[[Properly Paranoid|Ron Stoppable]], ''[[Kim Possible]]''}}
The opposite of [[Everything's Better
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* 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 -- unless you really want to make him mad. And he hates bananas.
* Likewise, Ultra-Humanite sort of fits this trope, as he is a [[Mad Scientist]] inside an albino gorilla's body.
* 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 [[Brain In
** In the ''Saga of the [[Swamp Thing]]'' story arc, a demonic creature resembling a marmoset fed on the terrors of traumatized children.
* Ape X from ''[[Squadron Supreme]].'' Which in [[Squadron Supreme]] tradition is a homage to the above comic book supermonkeys.
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== [[Film]] ==
* The Simians from ''[[Godzilla]] vs. Mechagodzilla'' are green chimpanzee aliens who attempt to use Mechagodzilla to [[Take Over the World]].
* The Flying Monkeys from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* The apes from ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.
* Titular primate in ''Shakma'' is a genetically altered baboon with a murderous attitude.
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* In ''The Shadow of Kilimanjaro'', thousands of aggressive baboons ransack villages and attack humans because a drought has depleted their natural food sources.
* The [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]] from ''[[Toy Story|Toy Story 3.]]''
* [[Jumanji
* [[Big Bad|Shen's]] gorillas from ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]''.
* The fourth [[Ice Age]] movie's main antagonist will be a prehistoric ape pirate captain.
== [[Literature]] ==
* The Bandar-log (Monkey-folk) from [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book (
* The [[Talking Animal|talking]] ape Shift serves as an [[The Antichrist|Antichrist]]-expy in [[
* In ''[[His Dark Materials]],'' Mrs. Coulter's dæmon is a handsome golden monkey with long, lustrous fur. Considering how your dæmon signifies your true self, that shows that Mrs. Coulter is ''very'' intelligent, cunning, and charming; then again he also likes to ''pull small creatures limb from limb'' when he's bored. [[Captain Obvious|Mrs. Coulter is not good.]]
* ''Ape and Essence'' by Aldous Huxley uses apes to symbolize the decline and fall of human civilization.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Among the factions of ''[[
* ''[[Pathfinder]]'' features a city of evil sentient apes called Usaro. Their ruler, Ruthazek the Gorilla King, is one of the setting's major villains.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Star Fox (
** Andross is an evil genius primate who leads an army of [[Maniac Monkeys]] and has two of them as his proteges.
** His nephew, Andrew Oikonny, is a highly incompetent Maniac Monkey, a character trait which is [[Played for Laughs]].
** 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 (
*** I'm pretty darn sure that Dash genuinely admired the Star Fox team. Of course, he ''had'' to stay on Venom to rebuild the place... Oi.
*** So far, there hasn't been a single ape or monkey in [[Star Fox (
* The Monkeys from ''[[Time Splitters]]''.
* The monkeys, but especially Specter, from ''[[
* ''[[System Shock]] 2'' has screeching monkeys with cryokenitic and pyrokinetic powers, who still have their heads cut open and their brains exposed from experimentation.
* In ''[[Runescape]]'' 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.}}
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* During the first ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'' 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--you guessed it--to make apes [[Take Over the World]]. Or it could have been a banana. [[Running Gag|Cosmo always mixes those two up.]]
* Monkeyfist and his army of monkey ninjas from ''[[Kim Possible]]''.
* Baboon and his army of minkey ninjas from ''[[Skunk Fu!]]''.
* Dr. Wasabi's ninja chimps from ''[[Chop Socky Chooks]]''.
* Simian from the ''[[
* The Monkey King from ''[[
* [[Batman:
* [[Young Justice (
* Literal example from [[Invader Zim]]
{{quote| The letter M: Dib's screaming like a Maniac....Monkey.}}
* One episode of [[Back
== [[Truth in Television]] ==
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