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* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books, there is an orangutan librarian. [[BerserkButton He is not a monkey]]. As a matter of fact, the Librarian used to be a wizard, working in Unseen University's library until a magical accident in ''Literature/TheLightFantastic'' turned him into an ape. He's been transformed for so long that most people new to the series ''assume'' he's this trope, and even his fellow wizards have trouble remembering that he used to be human (although depending on the RuleOfFunny it can be the other way around; it's mentioned that if you told the other Wizards there was an ape in the library, they'd [[ComicallyMissingThePoint go and ask the Librarian if he'd seen it]].)

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

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* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': Taken UpToEleven in the oneshot strip "[[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2023/05/08/president-gorilla President Gorilla]]", which is about a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gorilla who is]] [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent the president]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Farnsworth comes up with a hat that makes a monkey intelligent. This results in a Type 3 rival for Fry.

* ''Series/NotTheNineOClockNews'', where Gerald the Gorilla upstages the academic naturalist who "captured" him in the Congo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCYGm1vMJ0

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with monkeys in]] PoweredArmor.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books, there is an orangutan librarian. [[BerserkButton He is not a monkey]]. As a matter of fact, the Librarian used to be a wizard, working in Unseen University's library until a magical accident in ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'' turned him into an ape. He's been transformed for so long that most people new to the series ''assume'' he's this trope, and even his fellow wizards have trouble remembering that he used to be human (although depending on the RuleOfFunny it can be the other way around; it's mentioned that if you told the other Wizards there was an ape in the library, they'd [[ComicallyMissingThePoint go and ask the Librarian if he'd seen it]].)

* The "Chekhov and the Gorilla" sketch from ''A Poke in the Eye With a Sharp Stick'' has Anton Chekhov discussing the final dress rehearsal of ''The Cherry Orchard'' with Sergei Nemirovich, the financial director of the the theatre. Nemirovich is a gorilla and keeps suggesting that Chekhov find some way to work a gorilla into the plot.

* The BritCom ''Series/{{Nightingales}}'' (three nightwatchmen in an office building whiling the time away) had Terrence Oblong, a gorilla who joined the team for an episode. Type 1 or 2.

* The BritCom ''Series/{{Nightingales}}'' (three nightwatchmen in an office building whiling the time away) had Richard Oblong, a gorilla who joined the team for an episode. Type 1 or 2.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books, there is an orangutan librarian. [[BerserkButton He is not a monkey]]. As a matter of fact, the Librarian used to be a wizard, working in Unseen University's library until a magical accident in [[Discworld/TheLightFantastic the second book]] turned him into an ape. He's been transformed for so long that most people new to the series ''assume'' he's this trope, and even his fellow wizards have trouble remembering that he used to be human (although depending on the RuleOfFunny it can be the other way around; it's mentioned that if you told the other Wizards there was an ape in the library, they'd [[ComicallyMissingThePoint go and ask the Librarian if he'd seen it]].)

* The "Chekhov and the Gorilla" sketch from ''A Poke in the Eye With a Sharp Stick'' has Anton Chekhov discussing the final dress rehersal of ''The Cherry Orchard'' with Sergei Nemirovich, the financial director of the the theatre. Nemirovich is a gorilla and keeps suggesting that Chekhov find some way to work a gorilla into the plot.

** Homer is outranked by an inanimate carbon rod.

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* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', a Type 2 is featured in "1 angry ghost". [[spoiler: It becomes a Type 3 after being electrified.]]