Monkey (disambiguation)

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A monkey is a tailed simian primate, but may also refer to:

• Monkey (zodiac), one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
• Monkey (motorcycle) in the Honda Z series
• £500 in London slang
• US slang for a mechanic
• Slang for an addition to heroin
• Derogatory slang for a person, sometimes with connotations of either a person of African descent or a current resident of a Middle Eastern nation

[edit] Music

• Monkey (band), a ska band from the San Francisco Bay Area of California
• The Monkees, a pop/rock band
• "Monkey" (song), a song by George Michael on the album Faith
• "Monkey", a song by Low on their album The Great Destroyer
• "Monkey", a song by Bush on their album Sixteen Stone
• "Monkeys", a song by Echo & the Bunnymen from their 1980 album Crocodiles
• The Monkey, a dance move involving the waiving of arms up and down while keeping fists clenched

[edit] Fiction, film and television

• Monkey (advertising character), a knitted mascot advertising character in the United Kingdom
• Monkey, a fictional character in the animated series Dexter's Laboratory
• Monkey D. Luffy, a fictional character in the anime series One Piece
• Monkey, a fictional character in Journey to the West, as well as the book itself and its adaptations, namely:
  • Monkey (book), the renowned translation by Arthur Waley of Journey to the West
  • Monkey (TV series), a live-action television series based on Journey to the West sometimes called Monkey Magic
  • Monkey Magic (animated series), an animated TV series based on Journey to the West
  • Monkey: Journey to the West, a 2007 stage adaptation of Journey to the West
  • Sun Wukong, the character Monkey in the ancient Chinese novel, Journey to the West

[edit] See also

• Monkey Island (disambiguation)
• Brass Monkey (disambiguation)
• code monkey
• tape monkey
• web monkey
• powder monkey
• rigging monkey
• spanking the monkey
• Monkeyshines
• Monkey business