List of fictional apes
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This is a list of fictional apes (Bonobos, Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orangutans, and Gibbons) and other non-human higher primates. Monkeys which are not apes have their own page.
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[edit] Apes in literature
- Ralph, a fictional orangutan from The Banjo Players Must Die who is in charge of the 'cosmic vibe-dishing-out mechanism'
- Arthur the chimpanzee, a children's book character created by Lillian Hoban
- Zoey, the baby orangutan from the Zoey & Me children's book series.
- Ishmael - Gorilla philosopher in Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael" and "My Ishmael".
- The Bedlington Ape - James Blaylock's The Elfin Ship, possibly an orangutan
- Chemistry, Ham's pet ape in the Doc Savage adventures
- Curious George in H.A. Ray's children's books
- Jennie in the Douglas Preston novel of the same name.
- Fiben Bolger, in David Brin's The Uplift War
- Jason Wong, a fictional gorilla living in the suburbs of modern America, in a set of books from Agra, India.
- Jupiter, the orangutan in Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island".
- The Librarian of the Unseen University, an orangutan in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
- Lulu in Lulu - a romance by Annamarie Jagose
- Mangani - the fictional species of apes that raised Tarzan
- Red Peter, the chimpanzee in Franz Kafka's story A Report to an Academy
- Shift the Ape - the villain in The Last Battle the 7th book in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia
- Simps - Astronaut assistant Super Chimps from Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama
- The Ape in 'The Ape and the Lady' in Princess Ida by W S Gilbert
- The 'Famous Ape' mentioned in Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- The inhabitants of the Planet of the Apes in Pierre Boulle's novel and related movies.
- The orangutan in "Murders in the Rue Morgue".
- Many characters in Will Self's novel Great Apes (or are they?)
- Sun Wukong from Journey to the West
[edit] Apes in comic books
Apes (gorillas in particular) were inexplicably popular during the Silver Age of comics, most prevalently seen on the covers of numerous DC Comics.
- Ape-X - A member of The Squadron Supreme
- Brani-ape - A Gorilla with the transplanted brain of Adolf Hitler from the Savage Dragon series by Erik Larsen.
- Congo Bill and Congorilla from DC Comics
- Cy-Gor from Spawn - A cyborg-gorilla
- Detective Chimp - A superintelligent ape that first appeared in the silver age of DC. Has recently returned in the Infinite Crisis mini-series Day of Vengeance.
- Dmitri-9 - a character vaguely resembling Detective Chimp, appearing in controversial Graphic Novel The Filth; a Russian Ape who became part of the Space Programme, and came back Superintelligent, with a natural talent for killing and an advanced hatred for humans and American Space Chimps. Killed by an enraged English Mob and a speeding train.
- Djuba - gorilla sidekick to B'Wana Beast.
- Gorilla Grodd - villain from The Flash comic books (and other residents of Gorilla City)
- Gorilla-Man, two characters from Marvel Comics the first a secret agent in the body of a gorilla, the second a mad scientist.
- Haiku Gorilla, a member of the LNH[1]
- King Solomon - a super-intelligent ape that is the sidekick of Alan Moore's Tom Strong (and numerous alternate versions seen in The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong)
- Solovar - Former ruler of Gorilla City.
- Nnamdi - Solovar's son and successor.
- Axwell Tiberius, ape from a parallel Earth in Monkeyman and O'Brien.
- Monsieur Mallah - a super-intelligent gorilla and member of the Brotherhood of Evil who fought the Doom Patrol
- The Super-Apes - agents of the Communist villain The Red Ghost in Fantastic Four
- Titano the Super-Ape - villain from Superman comic books
- Ultra-Humanite - human brain that spent some time in an albino gorilla. DC Comics villain.
- The Weeping Gorilla - a depressed philosophical ape that is an icon and repeating theme in Alan Moore's Promethea comic books
- Dr. Pogo The Umbrella Academy Dr. Pogo was a Chimpanzee in The Dark House, Six part comic book The Umbrella Academy Written by lead singer of My Chemical Romance Gerard Way
See also: Gorillas in comics
[edit] Movie apes / ape creatures
- Amy, ASL-signing gorilla in Congo
- Balaoo, the ape from Balaoo (1913)
- Bob, chimpanzee from Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
- Bonga, the gorilla from Darkest Africa (1936)
- Bonzo, chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) and the sequel Bonzo Goes To College (1952)
- Buddy, gorilla in Buddy (1997)
- Cheeta, chimpanzee sidekick of Tarzan in 1930s films
- Clyde, orangutan in Clint Eastwood movies Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can
- Dunston, orangutan in the comedy Dunston Checks In (1996)
- Easy, chimpanzee from Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
- Ed, the chimpanzee from Ed (1996)
- Elijah, chimpanzee from Being John Malkovich (1999)
- Esther, chimpanzee from Monkey Business (1952)
- Goliath, the gorilla in The Hairy Ape (1944)
- Goliath, the gorilla in Gorilla at Large (1954)
- Gorga, the gorilla in The Mighty Gorga (1969)
- Gregor, the chimpanzee from The Monkey Mission (1981)
- Jack, the chimpanzee from the MVP films
- Katie, the gorilla from Born to Be Wild (1995)
- King Kong
- Kong, the chimpanzee from Kongo (1932)
- Konga, the chimpanzee from Konga (1961)
- Link, an orangutan, and two chimpanzees named Voodoo and Imp, in the horror movie Link
- Mason the Chimpanzee, from Madagascar animated movie (2005)
- (Mr.) Livingstone, chimpanzee from Delicatessen (1991)
- Mr. Stubbs, chimpanzee from Toby Tyler (1960)
- Mighty Joe Young
- Nabonga, the gorilla from Nabonga (1944)
- Pericles, non-humanoid chimpanzee from Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Pierre, chimpanzee from My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
- Raffles, chimpanzee from The Barefoot Executive (1971)
- Rango and Tua, orangutans from Rango (1931)
- various characters in Planet of the Apes (1968) and sequels
- Stanley, chimpanzee from The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
- Suzanne, orangutan in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and the credits of Mallrats
- Tamba, chimpanzee from Forbidden Jungle (1950)
- Virgil and other chimpanzees (Bluebeard, Ethel, Ginger, Goliath, Goofy, New Recruit, Razzberry, Spike, Winston) in Project X (1987)
- Yogi, chimpanzee from The Monster Walks (1932)
- Zamba, the gorilla from Zamba (1949)
- Zootie, chimpanzee from Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
[edit] Apes in animation and television
[edit] Animated
- the ape named Ape, friend of George of the Jungle
- Bingo the gorilla character from the Banana Splits TV series
- Darwin, chimpanzee in The Wild Thornberrys
- Dr. Quest was devolved into an ape in Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
- Doctor Rectangle's trained chimpanzees in Fat Dog Mendoza
- Gor-Illa, a gorilla from Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
- Grape Ape
- Hog Monkey
- Kala, Kerchak, Terk, and other characters in Disney's animated version of Tarzan.
- King Louie, orangutan in Disney's animated version of The Jungle Book
- Banana Zoo in Chimp Animation Laughing
- In the Dragon Ball manga and anime series, the Saiyans which have the ability to transform into a giant ape after looking at a full moon. (Goku, Gohan, Vegeta have all been known to transform into giant apes. If they lose their tail they lose this ability).
- Magilla Gorilla
- Mr. Teeny, a minor recurring chimpanzee on The Simpsons. He's Krusty's acting partner and possibly pet, and like the clown is addicted to smoking cigarettes.
- Splitsy, the multiple-personality orangutan from Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
- Mojo Jojo - The Powerpuff Girls, a chimpanzee with megalomania
- Chim-Chim from Speed Racer
- Jacob "Jake" B. Spidermonkey the monkey friend of Adam in My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Windsor Gorilla, a wise gorilla and another friend of Adam Lyon in My Gym Partner's a Monkey.
- Optimus Primal, leader of the Maximals in Beast Wars, a transformers spin-off
- King Gorilla, super-villain and "scared straight" counselor in The Venture Brothers
- Race Bannon ape, along with Dr. Quest, race Bannon was turned into an ape in Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest
- Specter, an albino monkey in Ape Escape Anime
- Simian, a gorilla villain from the Monkey segment of Dexter's Laboratory
- Tracy, the ghost-busting team member gorilla as one of The Ghost Busters, a 1970s live-action TV series and later a Filmation cartoon series (not to be confused with the characters of the two Ghostbusters movies and related cartoon series by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola)
[edit] Live action
- Bear, chimpanzee in B.J. and the Bear
- Cocoa, in MADtv
- The PG Tips tea commercial chimps
- Lancelot Link, Marta Hairi, et al., in Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
- Nurse Precious orangutan on soap opera Passions
- Bollo, the talking Gorilla in The Mighty Boosh (Although he is played by a man in a suit)
- Bonzo, in Bedtime for Bonzo
- Gerald, the captured gorilla from Not the Nine O'Clock News
- Gorrie Yen in Juuken Sentai Gekiranger
- Judy, the chimpanzee in "Daktari"
- Sidney, the laboratory gorilla who saves Pat Kramer in The Incredible Shrinking Woman, played by Rick Baker
- Mr. Smith, a talking orangutan with 256 IQ from 1983 short-lived NBC series.
- Tantan, a female orangutan in Jalan Sesama
- Tracy, the ghost-busting team member gorilla as one of The Ghost Busters, a 1970s live-action TV series (not to be confused with the characters of the two Ghostbusters movies)
- J. Fred Muggs, chimpanzee mascot in the early days of NBC's The Today Show
- Zippy the Chimp, from the Howdy Doody Show, which spawned a number of Zippy the Chimp toys, one of which was known as "Mr. Funnybones" to Paul Giamatti's Marty Wolf in Big Fat Liar
[edit] Stories about ape-men
- George of the Jungle
- Tarzan
- Jungle-born by John Eyton
- See also:
[edit] Apes in video games
- Andross - main villain of the Star Fox series - and his nephew Andrew Oikonny, along with most of Andross's henchmen from Star Fox: Assault
- Donkey Kong - popular video game character; also, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Kiddy Kong, Cranky Kong, Candy Kong, and Funky Kong from the Donkey Kong Country video game series for SNES and in Donkey Kong 64 for Nintendo 64, and also Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong's son which appeared in the game of the same name for Arcade and various game systems.
- George, a human transformed into a giant ape, in the arcade game Rampage
- Gorilla, from Gekido
- Spark Mandrill, a Maverick in MegaMan X
- Hanumachine, a Reploid boss from the Mega Man Zero series based on Hanuman the Monkey God.
- Specter, main villain of the Ape Escape series-wants to conquer the world and mankind.
- Piposaru, monkeys you catch in the Ape Escape series. Note: Saru means monkey in Japanese.
- Mr Singh and Gudio Broon, crime-busting members of 'Neighbourhood Watch'.
[edit] See also
- List of apes (for notable non-fictional apes)
- List of fictional monkeys
Vannesa the Ape (Tak and the Great Juju Challenge)
