History Trivia / ApeEscape

* CastingGag: Jimmy and Natalie, in Ape Escape 2, a game where you GottaCatchEmAll, are voiced by Ash and Misty.

* TalkingToHimself: In ''Ape Escape 2'', Creator/DanGreen does double-duty as both the Professor and Spike.

* ActorAllusion: Jimmy and Natalie, in Ape Escape 2, a game where you GottaCatchEmAll, are voiced by Ash and Misty.

* DuelingDubs: For some reason, the games are almost always given two English dubs. One for North America where the characters all have American accents, and another for the UK where everyone has a British accent.

** The games (at least, the North American versions) are inconsistent with the voice actors. This is bad enough that even the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable port of the original had different voice actors from the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation version.

* TalkingToHimself: In ''Ape Escape 2'', Creator/DanGreen does double-duty as both the Professor and Spike.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Nightmare Scenario Monkey Fable from the secnd game was supposedly the original idea for the game.

** Speaaking of ''Million Monkeys'', the game was planned to release outside of Japan at one point, but its localization was cancelled at the same year, probably because of the low sales of the third game. It was even shown at E3 2006 with a trailer and screenshots.

* FranchiseKiller: It seems the third game didn't do well enough in the West for the franchise to avert NoExportForYou for most of the remaining installments. The Playstation Move reboot, likewise, seems to have failed to find an audience and killed the franchise entirely, with very few signs of life from it since then.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Nightmare Scenario Monkey Fable from the 2nd game was supposedly the original idea for the game.

* FranchiseKiller: It seems the third game didn't do well enough in the West for the franchise to avert NoExportForYou for the remaining installments. The Playstation Move reboot, likewise, seems to have failed to find an audience and killed the franchise entirely, with very few signs of life from it since then.

** Solid Snake's guest appearance in ''Ape Escape 3'' was voiced by Creator/PeterLurie (who voiced Vulcan Raven in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'') instead of his usual actor Creator/DavidHayter.

** Also the anime series, ''Saru Getchu -On Air-'', hasn't aired outside of Japan.

** The games (at least, the North American versions) are inconsistent with the voice actors. This is bad enough that even the {{PlayStation Portable}} port of the original had different voice actors from the original {{PlayStation}} version.
** Solid Snake's guest appearance in ''Ape Escape 3'' was voiced by Peter Lurie (who voiced Vulcan Raven in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'') instead of his usual actor Creator/DavidHayter.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Jimmy and Natalie ended up sounding like [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Ash and Misty]] in the North American version of ''Ape Escape 2''. [[GottaCatchThemAll Given the nature of the game]], it fits.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Jimmy and Natalie ended up sounding like [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Ash and Misty]] in the North American version of ''Ape Escape 2''. [[GottaCatchThemAll Given the nature of the game]], it fits.
** Creator/VeronicaTaylor also provides the voice of Pink Monkey in ''2''. In the same game, [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Gary]] is Yellow Monkey, [[Anime/YuGiOh Mokuba]] is Pipotchi, while [[Anime/YuGiOh Tristan]] (or [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Yusei]]) voices Red Monkey, Blue Monkey, ''and'' Specter.
** In ''Ape Escape 2'', Creator/DanGreen [[TalkingToHimself does double-duty as both]] the Professor and Spike.
** In ''Ape Escape 3'', Debi Derryberry (Jimmy Neutron) voices Pink Monkey, Creator/NolanNorth voices Dr. Tomoki, Creator/SteveBlum voices Yellow Monkey, Phil Proctor (Warren Vidic from ''AssassinsCreed'') voices White Monkey and the Professor in the ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Mesal Gear Solid]]'' section, and Gregg Berger (Jecht from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'') voices Red Monkey.

* {{Narm}}: The games never had stellar dialogue, though the voice acting was professional enough to hold it up decently, primarily in the later games. The original game is just plain corny with most of its voice acting.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Nightmare Scenario Monkey Fable from the 2nd game was supposedly the original idea for the game.

** ''Piposaru 2001'', ''Million Monkeys'', ''Piposaru Racer'', and ''[=SaruSaru=] Big Mission'' were the only titles in the series to not get an English release. An Eyetoy entry in the series, ''Monkey Mania'', never got an North American version due to poor reception in Japan, Europe, and Australia. ''Ape Academy 2'' similarly only got released in Europe and Japan. In an odd case, ''Pumped and Primed'' was not released in Europe.
** Also the anime series, ''Saru Getchu -On Air-'', has been out for in Japan for 4 years with no sign of an English release.

** In ''Ape Escape 3'', Debi Derryberry (Jimmy Neutron) voices Pink Monkey, NolanNorth voices Dr. Tomoki, Creator/SteveBlum voices Yellow Monkey, Phil Proctor (Warren Vidic from AssassinsCreed) voices White Monkey and the Professor in the ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Mesal Gear Solid]]'' section, and Gregg Berger (Jecht from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'') voices Red Monkey.

** ''Piposaru 2001'', ''Million Monkeys'', ''Piposaru Racer'', and ''[=SaruSaru=] Big Mission'' were the only titles in the series to not get an English release. An Eyetoy entry in the series, ''Monkey Mania'', never got an American release due to poor reception in Japan, Europe, and Australia. ''Ape Academy 2'' similarly only got released in Europe and Japan. In an odd case, ''Pumped and Primed'' was not released in Europe.

** In ''Ape Escape 3'', Debi Derryberry (Jimmy Neutron) voices Pink Monkey, NolanNorth voices Dr. Tomoki, Creator/SteveBlum voices Yellow Monkey, Phil Proctor (Warren Vidic from AssassinsCreed) voices White Monkey and the Professor in the [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Mesal Gear Solid]] section, and Gregg Berger (Jecht from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'') voices Red Monkey.

* NoExportForYou: ''Piposaru 2001'', ''Million Monkeys'', ''Piposaru Racer'', and ''[=SaruSaru=] Big Mission'' were the only titles in the series to not get an English release. An Eyetoy entry in the series, ''Monkey Mania'', never got an American release due to poor reception in Japan, Europe, and Australia. ''Ape Academy 2'' similarly only got released in Europe and Japan. In an odd case, ''Pumped and Primed'' was not released in Europe.

** The Playstation Move [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] is available in America...but if you want a physical copy, you have to get it from Japan or Europe, because the American release is download-only. Same goes for ''Ape Quest'', except Europe didn't get a physical version.
* TheOtherDarrin
** The games (at least, the American versions) are inconsistent with the voice actors. This is bad enough that even the {{PSP}} port of the original had different voice actors from the original {{PS1}} version!
** Solid Snake's guest appearance in ''Ape Escape 3'' was voiced by Peter Lurie (who voiced Vulcan Raven in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'') instead of his usual actor DavidHayter.

* NoExportForYou: Four of the games (two of which are arguably "core" titles, despite different gameplay) are only available in Japan, while one minigame compilation made it to America but not Europe.

** Solid Snake's guest appearance in ''Ape Escape 3'' was voiced by Peter Lurie (who voiced Vulcan Raven in the original ''MetalGearSolid'') instead of his usual actor DavidHayter.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Nightmare Scenario Monkey Fable from the 2nd game was supposedly the original idea for the game.

* TheOtherDarrin: The games (at least, the American versions) are inconsistent with the voice actors. This is bad enough that even the {{PSP}} port of the original had different voice actors from the original {{PS1}} version!

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** The Playstation Move [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] is available in America...but if you want a physical copy, you have to get it from Japan or Europe, because the American release is download-only. Same goes for ''Ape Quest'', except Europe didn't het a physical version.

* TheOtherDarrin: These games (at least, the American versions) are a bit inconsistent with their voice actors. This is bad enough that even the {{PS1}} original and its {{PSP}} port have different voice actors!