List of fictional apes

List of fictional apes

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.

Apes in literature

*The Ape in 'The Ape and the Lady' in "Princess Ida" by W S Gilbert
*Arthur the chimpanzee, a children's book character created by Lillian Hoban
*The Bedlington Ape from James Blaylock's "The Elfin Ship", possibly an orangutan
*Chemistry, Ham's pet ape in the Doc Savage adventures
*The 'Famous Ape' mentioned in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
*Fiben Bolger, in David Brin's "The Uplift War"
*Many characters in Will Self's novel "Great Apes"
*Ishmael, a gorilla philosopher in Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael" and "My Ishmael".
*Jason Wong, a fictional gorilla living in the suburbs of modern America, in a set of books from Agra, India.
*Jennie in the Douglas Preston novel of the same name.
*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
*The orangutan in "Murders in the Rue Morgue".
*The inhabitants of the "Planet of the Apes" in Pierre Boulle's novel and related movies.
*Ralph, a fictional orangutan from [http://www.sancairodicopenhagen.com/tbpmd.html The Banjo Players Must Die] who is in charge of the 'cosmic vibe-dishing-out mechanism'
*Red Peter, the chimpanzee in Franz Kafka's story "A Report to an Academy"
*Shift the Ape, the main antagonist of "The Last Battle", the seventh book in C. S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia"
*Simps, Astronaut assistant Super Chimps from Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama
*Sun Wukong from Journey to the West
*Zoey, the baby orangutan from the Zoey & Me children's book series.

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
*Axwell Tiberius, an ape from a parallel Earth in Monkeyman and O'Brien.
*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".
*Doctor Pogo, a chimpanzee from the six-part comic book The Umbrella Academy, written by My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way
*Don Uggie Apelino, head of the Ape Gang, a criminal mob of sentient gorillas in Judge Dredd.
*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, a gorilla sidekick to B'Wana Beast.
*The Gorilla Boss of Gotham City, a Batman foe.
*Gorilla Grodd, an antagonist 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.
* The Gorilla Wonders of the Diamond, baseball playing gorilla villains from "Showcase".
*Haiku Gorilla, a member of the LNH [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.comics.creative/browse_thread/thread/a9d39a0167e427b4/02242ec2cbd71b26#02242ec2cbd71b26]
*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")
*"Kriegaffe" ("War ape"), a series of bionically enhanced talking gorillas, created by Nazi scientist Herman von Klempt in Mike Mignola's Hellboy.
*Marvel Apes A Marvel mini-series in which The Gibbon is transported into an alternate earth where all the Superheroes have simian counterparts (Captain Apemerica). Covers by John Watson.
*The Mod Gorilla Boss, foe of Animal Man.
*Mondo Simian, a graphic novel by Patrick Joseph featuring a "Planet of the Apes"-inspired world of intelligent apes.
*Monsieur Mallah, a super-intelligent gorilla and member of the Brotherhood of Evil who fought the Doom Patrol
*Nnamdi, Solovar's son and successor.
* The Primate Patrol, Nazi gorillas from "Weird War Tales" and "Tales of the Unexpected".
* Rex Mantooth, Kung-Fu Gorilla", a ninja gorilla, created by Matt Fraction.
* Sam Simeon, the talking gorilla associated with Angel. He is Gorilla's Grodd's grandson.
*Sky Ape, a millionaire gorilla with a jetpack, written by Philip D. Amara & Tim McCarney.
*Solovar, former ruler of Gorilla City.
*The Super-Apes, agents of the Communist villain The Red Ghost in "Fantastic Four"
*Titano the Super-Ape, an antagonist from "Superman" comic books
*Ultra-Humanite, a human brain that spent some time in an albino gorilla. DC Comics villain.
* Urban Gorilla, a commuting gorilla in a business suit created by Scott Shaw
*The Weeping Gorilla, a depressed philosophical ape that is an icon and repeating theme in Alan Moore's Promethea comic books "See also: Gorillas in comics"

Movie apes / ape creatures

*Amy, ASL-signing gorilla in "Congo"
*Balaoo, the ape from "Balaoo" (1913)
*The Black Hole Planet 3 Aliens from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) and Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
*Bob, chimpanzee from "" (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 "" 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)
*(Mister) Livingstone, chimpanzee from "Delicatessen" (1991)
*Mister 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)

Apes in animation and television

Animated

*The ape named Ape, friend of "George of the Jungle"
*Baboon from Skunk Fu!
*B'Boom, a Maximal from
*Bobo the Chimpanzee from Disney's animated television series Kim Possible.
*Bingo the gorilla character from the Banana Splits TV series
*Charles Simian, the Chimp captain from "Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys"
*Darwin, chimpanzee in "The Wild Thornberrys"
*Doctor 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
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*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"
*King Gorilla, in "The Venture Bros."
*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"
*Santa Ape from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
*Specter, an albino monkey in Ape Escape Anime
*Simian, a gorilla villain from the Monkey segment of Dexter's Laboratory
*Space Chimps
*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)

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"
* Jungle Master Gorilla, in "Power Rangers Jungle Fury"
* Monkeywi a baboon monster from "Power Rangers Jungle Fury"
* Sidney, the laboratory gorilla who saves Pat Kramer in "The Incredible Shrinking Woman", played by Rick Baker
* Silver the gangster ape from ""
* 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"

tories about ape-men

*George of the Jungle
*Tarzan
*"Jungle-born" by John Eyton
*See also:
**Feral children
**Feral children in mythology and fiction

Apes in video games

*Andross, the main antagonist of the "Star Fox" series and his nephew, Andrew Oikonny, along with most of Andross's henchmen from ""
*Donkey Kong, a 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.
*Doom Monkeys, the gibbon minions of the antagonistic Doctor N. Gin in "Crash of the Titans"
*George, a human transformed into a giant ape, in the arcade game "Rampage"
*Gorilla, from "Gekido"
*Gorilla Mask, from "God Hand"
*Hail to the Chimp
*Hanumachine, a Reploid boss from the "Mega Man Zero" series based on Hanuman the Monkey God.
*Mister Singh and Gudio Broon, crime-busting members of 'Neighbourhood Watch'.
*Rilla Roo, a gorilla-kangaroo hybrid in "Crash Bash"
*Silverback and his various apes from ""
*Spark Mandrill, a Maverick in "MegaMan X"
*Specter, the main antagonist of the "Ape Escape" series. He rules over lesser apes known as Piposaru.
*Vannesa the Ape in

ee also

* List of apes (for notable non-fictional apes)
* List of fictional monkeys
* Gorillas in popular culture
* Orangutans in popular culture


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