History Main / EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* Averted in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' - with the exception of a single specimen all simians are evil. And at least [[MadScientist one]] i [[OneWingedAngel creepy]].

* In ''VideoGame/Tomba!'' there is Charles a monkey with a parasol and a lot of banana-related quests.

* In ''VideoGame/Tomba'' there is Charles a monkey with a parasol and a lot of banana-related quests.

** Not to mention how [[ComicBook/BeastMarvelComics Beast's]] original thing was his incredibly simian physique, causing him to look like a shaved gorilla. Then he became something akin to a [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-furred gorilla]] with a bizarre Franchise/{{Wolverine}}-ish hairdo. Later he lost the gorilla-like traits to become cat-like, though.

* The entire premise of ''Series/LancelotLinkSecretChimp''. ("Get that Ape!")
** Which was apparently based on a series of British commercials for PG Tips Tea -- see '''Advertising'''.
*** A more recent example could be TBS's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60438BD27C68D456 "Monkeyed Movies"]] shorts (featuring chimps doing parodies of popular movies) and its 30-minute follow-up/spin-off ''The Chimp Channel'' from the 1990s.

* For many years, the NBA's Phoenix Suns had a gorilla as its [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Suns#The_Suns_Gorilla mascot]].

* ''Franchise/{{Jewelpet}}'' has the squirrel monkeys Tata and Purinki. The latter is a Sweetspet.

* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield21}}'' has one of the main characters, Raimon Tarou, follow a monkey motif. This includes adhering to stereotypical monkey traits such as running on all fours, climbing high trees, handling objects with his feet(he caught the football with his feet in a dream, and main character Sena ''actually believed it was Raimon's new technique''), and snacking on bananas, his favorite food. He even cries "Mukyaa!", which in Japanese is a monkey's cry. Despite all this, he still gets incredibly offended when someone calls him a monkey.

* The Kyoto Arc of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has Chigusa, the BigBad charm user with a monkey motif.
** The manga has [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v04/c030/3.html this]] [[{{Fanservice}} page]].

** ''Comicbook/DoomPatrol'' villain Monsieur Mallah: [[MadScientist Superintelligent]] [[MoreDakka machine-gun-toting]] [[DirtyCommunists communist]] [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized revolutionary]] homosexual [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench French-speaking]] gorilla [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate surgeon]] [[UnholyMatrimony in love with a (male)]] BrainInAJar. [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Yes, really]] (it might help explain things to know he was first created in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} -- and then Creator/GrantMorrison came along).

* From the ''Comicbook/NewCrusaders'' we have a talking alien chimp named "Dusty", a.k.a. Uruk Ak'hak.

* The graphic novel ''GreaseMonkey'' features [[UpliftedAnimal biologically uplifted gorillas]] working on a space station, undergoing preparations for an alien invasion.

** In the sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', the third chapter of the game is played ''entirely'' by a monkey named Salsa. Fassad makes him his slave by threatening his girlfriend (whom Kumatora dubs the "love monkey") and then fitting him with an [[ShockAndAwe electric collar]].

** Ash has captured some of them in the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]]: Primeape, Aipom (traded to Dawn and now an Ambipom), and Chimchar (now an Infernape).

* ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}: The Dark Project'' and ''VideoGame/{{Thief}} 2: The Metal Age'' include [=ApeBeasts=] among the Trickster's minions. In the second game, some of them have blowpipes.

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* ''Series/{{Wonder Woman|1975}}'': "Wonder Woman vs. Gargantua" had a gorilla [[AttackAnimal trained to attack Wonder Woman]]. "The Man Who Could Not Die" had a [[SmallAnnoyingCreature chimp]] who was the first successful experiment before the [[NighInvulnerability titular man]].

* It is worth noting that this is ''almost never'' truth in television. Apes and monkeys may be cute, charming and even harmless as babies, but when they reach adulthood they tend to become aggressive, unpredictable and physically stronger than humans. They may even potentially carry a number of deadly diseases that can infect humans. This combination makes many non-human primates ''very'' dangerous animals. This is why it is illegal to keep any monkey or ape as a pet in many countries.

* ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' has the TeamPet Chim-Chim. [[Film/SpeedRacer The movie]] had not one but two chimps taking turns playing Chim-Chim. Whenever either one of them was on screen, they quite literally [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar threw crap past the radar]], and also [[HilarityEnsues got behind the wheel of a vehicle]].

See also ApesInSpace, KillerSpaceMonkey, ManiacMonkeys, MischiefMakingMonkey, SeaAping and NinjaPirateZombieRobot (which invokes this trope quite often); also check out EverythingsBetterWithPenguins, TurtlePower, and EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs for the avian and saurian equivalents of this trope. See CymbalBangingMonkey for a common exception to this trope. For more mythically mysterious monkeyoid beings, see BigfootSasquatchAndYeti.

** Most delightfully when Homer becomes the leader of a Stonemasons-style secret organization and decided that the best way to use his new-found power was to get a bunch of monkeys together and re-enact the Civil War.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozrxwjZ5xkU The chimps that were sent into space came back super-intelligent.]]

** Apu gets a helper monkey, and Homer craves one too. He is told helper animals are only for the disabled and feeble, so he brings Old Grampa with him to get Mojo and Homer of course usurps him. He gets him to do fun stuff like watch TV, eat and drink to excess, steal donuts, etc. "Pray. For. Mojo."

** When the Simpsons went to Africa and became hopelessly lost, Homer reassured them that he had a map. He gets out the box of Animal Crackers that started it all and finds an outline of Africa on one side with a picture of a chimp as the only decoration on it. Homer: "He, he, he. Monkey." They were still lost.

** In one episode, Johhny Cochran implores the jury to "look at the silly monkey" during his closing argument. The jury (minus the one whose head explodes) rule in favor of his client.
** Plus there was Phonics Monkey, who killed Kenny...

* The Advertising/{{Gainomax}} adverts.

See also ApesInSpace, KillerSpaceMonkey, ManiacMonkeys, MischiefMakingMonkey, SeaAping and NinjaPirateZombieRobot (which invokes this trope quite often); also check out EverythingsBetterWithPenguins, TurtlePower, and EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs for the avian and saurian equivalents of this trope. See CymbalBangingMonkey for a common exception to this trope.

** Gorilla Grodd: Psychic would-be world conqueror from a hidden city of superintelligent gorillas. Gorilla City's actually kind of a big deal in DC; King Solovar was an important figure in the ''original'' CrisisCrossover.

* Heroic simians in ''WebAnimation/GamingAllStars'' include [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong Donkey Kong]], [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Diddy Kong]], and [[VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo Amigo]] in ''The Ultimate Crossover'' and ''Remastered'', all of whom become part of the ultimate team of heroes near the end of both works.

** The Imga are a race of sentient "great apes" from Valenwood, the forest homeland of the Bosmer (Wood Elves). They are known for their reverence to the [[OurElvesAreBetter Altmer (High Elves)]] and seek to emulate them in dress and, sometimes, even going as far to shave their fur. Ironically, the most famous Imga in the series' lore is Marukh, known as the "Monkey Prophet," who was the leader of the 1st Era Alessian Order. The Order was extremely human-supremacist and [[FantasticRacism extremely racist]] toward all races of Elves. They've [[TheUnseen yet to appear]] in the series (though the lore-friendly ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' [[GameMod Mod]], "Moonpath to Elsweyr", adds them in as {{Giant Mook}}s to the Altmeri [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Thalmor]].

* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom, where primate anthros are one of the less commonly seen species. This could be because the fandom is based around [[SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism anthropomorpism]], and that primates are already so humanlike that they can't be anthropomorphized to the same extent as other species.