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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meet]] ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[Series/CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meet]] ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[Series/CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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* LightningLash: Lord Incendimore uses an electrified WhipSword as his primary weapon. While impractical, it is one of the few things giving him a fair chance in battle against Col. Flix.
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* WhipItGood: Lord Incendimore uses an electrified WhipSword as his primary weapon. While impractical, it is one of the few things giving him a fair chance in battle against Col. Flix.
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* ElementsOfNature: The Gorillas have an Earth/Metal theme, the Ice Chimps have a Water/Ice theme. The Pyrangutans are Fire, and Ethermangs have an Air theme.
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* ElementsOfNature: ElementalMotifs: The Gorillas have an Earth/Metal theme, the Ice Chimps have a Water/Ice theme. The Pyrangutans are Fire, and Ethermangs have an Air theme.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Flix's non-fighting personality is modeled after Grissom from ''Series/{{CSI}}'', so it makes sense they'd have similar personality tics. It is also what keeps him from developing a massive ego, as he is constantly receiving praise for being similar to [[Film/{{Transformers}} his other inspiration]].
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Quirini and the Ice Chimps only wanted to turn all humanity into cats and rule them. When forced into a truce with the Pyrangutans, they want to enslave humanity and brutalize them into submission. By the ''third'' story, the Ethermangs are straight-up for the KillEmAll approach.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Quirini and the Ice Chimps only wanted to turn all humanity into cats and rule them. When forced into a truce with the Pyrangutans, they want to enslave humanity and brutalize them into submission. By the ''third'' story, the Ethermangs are straight-up for the KillEmAll approach.
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Meanwhile, young office intern [[TheHero Stacy Mirafuentes]] receives a package from her uncle. She [[IgnorantOfTheCall does not at first realize that he had just bestowed upon her guardianship of the Gorillas' sacred artifact]]. Her mother, boyfriend, and everyone at her church are soon [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive attacked by the Ice Chimps and turned into cats]], as the Chimps battle with her to steal the Omni. They eventually do so, but not before the Gorilla known as Burrpatch stops them from killing Stacy. As the Chimps await the arrival of their leader [[BigBad Lord Quirini]] to begin the [[BalefulPolymorph felining of America]], Stacy finds herself a reluctant ally to the Q-Basic Gorillas.
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Meanwhile, young office intern [[TheHero Stacy Mirafuentes]] receives a package from her uncle. She [[IgnorantOfTheCall does not at first realize that he had just bestowed upon her guardianship of the Gorillas' sacred artifact]]. Her mother, boyfriend, and everyone at her church are soon [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive attacked by the Ice Chimps and turned into cats]], as the Chimps battle with her to steal the Omni. They eventually do so, but not before the Gorilla known as Burrpatch stops them from killing Stacy. As the Chimps await the arrival of their leader [[BigBad Lord Quirini]] to begin the [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation felining of America]], Stacy finds herself a reluctant ally to the Q-Basic Gorillas.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Part of Lord Quirini's EvilPlan to TakeOverTheWorld somehow involves turning humanity into cats so that they're easier to enslave. His followers [[CloudCuckooLander don't even bother trying to question his logic]].
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* ForcedTransformation: Part of Lord Quirini's EvilPlan to TakeOverTheWorld somehow involves turning humanity into cats so that they're easier to enslave. His followers [[CloudCuckooLander don't even bother trying to question his logic]].
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* FiveManBand
** Heroes:
*** TheHero: Stacy fills in for Flix, sort of, until Flix can arrive [[EleventhHourRanger near the end]].
*** TheLancer: Screechie
*** TheBigGuy: Burrpatch, whom Stacy first encounters.
*** TheChick: Akilina
*** KidAppealCharacter: Banana Breath ("BB" for short,) who acts very childish at times but can still competently fight.
** While the Ice Chimps are legion, there are a few that appear to be more important [[FacelessGoons than others]].
*** BigBad: Lord Quirini
*** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
*** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
*** DarkChick: Pigat
*** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
** Heroes:
*** TheHero: Stacy fills in for Flix, sort of, until Flix can arrive [[EleventhHourRanger near the end]].
*** TheLancer: Screechie
*** TheBigGuy: Burrpatch, whom Stacy first encounters.
*** TheChick: Akilina
*** KidAppealCharacter: Banana Breath ("BB" for short,) who acts very childish at times but can still competently fight.
** While the Ice Chimps are legion, there are a few that appear to be more important [[FacelessGoons than others]].
*** BigBad: Lord Quirini
*** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
*** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
*** DarkChick: Pigat
*** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
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* LargeHam: (Almost) everyone. But especially Quirini. His mannerisms are copied from [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood Prince John]], after all.
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* LargeHam: (Almost) everyone. But especially Quirini. His mannerisms are copied from [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973 Prince John]], after all.
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* DoomMagnet: Like a typical Dozerfleet female protagonist, Stacy's constantly [[OffWithHisHead threatened with losing her head]], and her loved ones [[StuffedIntoTheFridge are the first to be turned into cats]]. As for the CallToAdventure? She's IgnorantOfTheCall until it [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive reveals that it knows where she lives]]. Then, she's ResignedToTheCall, having never got a chance to refuse it.
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* DoomMagnet: Like a typical Dozerfleet female protagonist, Stacy's constantly [[OffWithHisHead threatened with losing her head]], and her loved ones [[StuffedIntoTheFridge are the first to be turned into cats]].cats. As for the CallToAdventure? She's IgnorantOfTheCall until it [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive reveals that it knows where she lives]]. Then, she's ResignedToTheCall, having never got a chance to refuse it.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Played straight with most of the Gorillas.
** KillerGorilla: Col. Veyour and Col. Hibblewin turn evil.
** ManiacMonkeys: The Ice Chimps and Pyrangutans play this one fairly straight.
** KillerGorilla: Col. Veyour and Col. Hibblewin turn evil.
** ManiacMonkeys: The Ice Chimps and Pyrangutans play this one fairly straight.
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If it's unpublished, it can't possibly have gotten past the radar. Also this is a ZCE
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: See StacysMom (below)
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* LargeHam: (Almost) everyone. But especially Quirini. His mannerisms are copied from [[Disney/RobinHood Prince John]], after all.
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* FiveBadBand: While the Ice Chimps are legion, there are a few that appear to be more important [[FacelessGoons than others]].
** BigBad: Lord Quirini
** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
** DarkChick: Pigat
** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
** BigBad: Lord Quirini
** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
** DarkChick: Pigat
** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
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** TheHero: Stacy fills in for Flix, sort of, until Flix can arrive [[EleventhHourRanger near the end]].
** TheLancer: Screechie
** TheBigGuy: Burrpatch, whom Stacy first encounters.
** TheChick: Akilina
** KidAppealCharacter: Banana Breath ("BB" for short,) who acts very childish at times but can still competently fight.
** TheLancer: Screechie
** TheBigGuy: Burrpatch, whom Stacy first encounters.
** TheChick: Akilina
** KidAppealCharacter: Banana Breath ("BB" for short,) who acts very childish at times but can still competently fight.
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** Heroes:
*** TheHero: Stacy fills in for Flix, sort of, until Flix can arrive [[EleventhHourRanger near the end]].
** *** TheLancer: Screechie
** *** TheBigGuy: Burrpatch, whom Stacy first encounters.
** *** TheChick: Akilina
** *** KidAppealCharacter: Banana Breath ("BB" for short,) who acts very childish at times but can still competently fight.fight.
** While the Ice Chimps are legion, there are a few that appear to be more important [[FacelessGoons than others]].
*** BigBad: Lord Quirini
*** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
*** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
*** DarkChick: Pigat
*** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
*** TheHero: Stacy fills in for Flix, sort of, until Flix can arrive [[EleventhHourRanger near the end]].
** While the Ice Chimps are legion, there are a few that appear to be more important [[FacelessGoons than others]].
*** BigBad: Lord Quirini
*** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
*** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
*** DarkChick: Pigat
*** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
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* ColonelBadass: Col. Flix, Col. Rotoro, and [[SixthRangerTraitor Col. Veyour]]. Flix has practically become the [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck Norris]] of Gorillas, so his enemies are always looking for [[HowToStopTheDeusExMachina ways to keep him distracted.]] Only Veyour shows no respect for Flix; but is at the same rank.
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* ColonelBadass: Col. Flix, Col. Rotoro, and [[SixthRangerTraitor Col. Veyour]]. Flix has practically become the [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck Norris]] of Gorillas, so his enemies are always looking for [[HowToStopTheDeusExMachina [[JustForFun/HowToStopTheDeusExMachina ways to keep him distracted.]] Only Veyour shows no respect for Flix; but is at the same rank.
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* ColonelBadass: Col. Flix, Col. Rotoro, and [[SixthRangerTraitor Col. Veyour]]. Flix has practically become the [[ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck Norris]] of Gorillas, so his enemies are always looking for [[HowToStopTheDeusExMachina ways to keep him distracted.]] Only Veyour shows no respect for Flix; but is at the same rank.
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* ColonelBadass: Col. Flix, Col. Rotoro, and [[SixthRangerTraitor Col. Veyour]]. Flix has practically become the [[ChuckNorrisFacts [[Website/ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck Norris]] of Gorillas, so his enemies are always looking for [[HowToStopTheDeusExMachina ways to keep him distracted.]] Only Veyour shows no respect for Flix; but is at the same rank.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY meet]] ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[Series/CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meet]] ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[Series/CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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In 1991, IBM and Microsoft released a game for [=MS-DOS=] and simply titled it ''Gorillas''. The actual file was '''Gorilla.BAS'''. Compiled in the Quick-Basic language, it was a very simple game in which players had gorillas on buildings and took turns throwing exploding bananas at each other. Players had to account for angles, velocities, and wind speed to see who could blow up more of the other guy's gorillas before time ran out. Add a few motherboard beeps to the 1812 overture, [[MundaneMadeAwesome and the end result was awesome]]. Except....it wasn't good enough for the think tank Dozerfleet Productions, home of the ''[[CiemWebcomicSeries Gerosha Chronicles]]''.
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In 1991, IBM and Microsoft released a game for [=MS-DOS=] and simply titled it ''Gorillas''. The actual file was '''Gorilla.BAS'''. Compiled in the Quick-Basic language, it was a very simple game in which players had gorillas on buildings and took turns throwing exploding bananas at each other. Players had to account for angles, velocities, and wind speed to see who could blow up more of the other guy's gorillas before time ran out. Add a few motherboard beeps to the 1812 overture, [[MundaneMadeAwesome and the end result was awesome]]. Except....it wasn't good enough for the think tank Dozerfleet Productions, home of the ''[[CiemWebcomicSeries ''[[Webcomic/CiemWebcomicSeries Gerosha Chronicles]]''.
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* [[{{Animorphism}} Transmogrinned Primates]] [[AliensAreBastards are Bastards]]: The Ice Chimps [[MistakenForAliens look very much like aliens]]. Not helped in that their ''Sims 2'' artwork uses a suit from ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that's been kit-bashed together with repainted {{Magneto}} helmets and given TronLines. But as many alien tropes as the fanfic plays with, the villains are ironically ''[[EarthAllAlong not]]'' [[EarthAllAlong from space]]. They still [[KickTheDog kick as many puppies]] as they can manage.
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* [[{{Animorphism}} Transmogrinned Primates]] [[AliensAreBastards are Bastards]]: The Ice Chimps [[MistakenForAliens look very much like aliens]]. Not helped in that their ''Sims 2'' artwork uses a suit from ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that's been kit-bashed together with repainted {{Magneto}} ComicBook/{{Magneto}} helmets and given TronLines. But as many alien tropes as the fanfic plays with, the villains are ironically ''[[EarthAllAlong not]]'' [[EarthAllAlong from space]]. They still [[KickTheDog kick as many puppies]] as they can manage.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY meet]] ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[Series/CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY meet]] ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''.''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[Series/CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY meet]] ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY meet]] ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[CSIMiami [[Series/CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
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* CampStraight: WordOfGod is that Quirini is as straight as all the other Ice Chimps; but his speech mannerisms are modeled after several villainous lions from the DisneyAnimatedCanon, making him sound awfully flamboyant.
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* CampStraight: WordOfGod is that Quirini is as straight as all the other Ice Chimps; but his speech mannerisms are modeled after several villainous lions from the DisneyAnimatedCanon, Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon, making him sound awfully flamboyant.
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->'''Lord Quirini of the Ice Chimps:''' "Do you have any last words... is it... ''Stacy''?\\
'''Stacy Mirafuentes:''' (''turning into an eagle'') Just three: Monkey... go... boom! (''flies away while Quirini takes banana bomb to the face'')
In 1991, IBM and Microsoft released a game for [=MS-DOS=] and simply titled it ''Gorillas''. The actual file was '''Gorilla.BAS'''. Compiled in the Quick-Basic language, it was a very simple game in which players had gorillas on buildings and took turns throwing exploding bananas at each other. Players had to account for angles, velocities, and wind speed to see who could blow up more of the other guy's gorillas before time ran out. Add a few motherboard beeps to the 1812 overture, [[MundaneMadeAwesome and the end result was awesome]]. Except....it wasn't good enough for the think tank Dozerfleet Productions, home of the ''[[CiemWebcomicSeries Gerosha Chronicles]]''.
In 2003, a full 12 years after the game's release, the Dozerfleet founder proposed in an open chat room the possibility for a film based on the Gorillas. That premise was met with mostly scoffing, and the others at [=TeenChat=] dismissed the pitch as [[{{Troll}} trolling]]. The basic idea was proposed yet again in 2004/2005-ish on The Ring Forum at [=EZBoard=]; only to be laughed at there as well. Undeterred, the idea sat on a shelf until 2012. It has now been developed almost to the point that a rough draft script can be forged just from [[http://dozerfleet.wikia.com/wiki/Q-Basic_Gorillas the wiki article at DozerfleetWiki]].
[[AC: ''Q-Basic Gorillas'']]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Monkeying around just got a lot more violent.]]
The initial story revolves around ancient Africans who were sent to protect powerful ancient relics from being captured by evil exiles from Canaanite nations who fled after their homes were destroyed by the Israelites. The Africans failed to protect ''all'' the relics, and one of them turned the relic guardians and their enemies into humanoid primates. The different primates splintered off into different factions. The good guys turned into Gorillas, and assembled their own underground kingdom under the rule of the wise [[BigGood Queen Qilanta]] of the Q-Base Temple. Centuries later, the evil [[AnIcePerson Ice Chimps]] want to steal [[MacGuffin the most powerful of the remaining relics]] - the Omni Transmogrin - so they can turn all of humanity into cats and TakeOverTheWorld. The current Topaz Division of Gorillas sent to battle the Ice Chimps in North America is headed by Col. Flix, who was declared a war hero before he even properly enlisted due to his rescue of the Gorilla princess Quilmara.
Meanwhile, young office intern [[TheHero Stacy Mirafuentes]] receives a package from her uncle. She [[IgnorantOfTheCall does not at first realize that he had just bestowed upon her guardianship of the Gorillas' sacred artifact]]. Her mother, boyfriend, and everyone at her church are soon [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive attacked by the Ice Chimps and turned into cats]], as the Chimps battle with her to steal the Omni. They eventually do so, but not before the Gorilla known as Burrpatch stops them from killing Stacy. As the Chimps await the arrival of their leader [[BigBad Lord Quirini]] to begin the [[BalefulPolymorph felining of America]], Stacy finds herself a reluctant ally to the Q-Basic Gorillas.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Burn, baby! Burn!]]
She later discovers that a bug has been placed on her that tracks her movements, and decides to leave the Topaz Q-Base so that she doesn't lead the Chimps right to the Gorillas' home. The Gorillas manage to get the bug off her leg as they are out of town and away from base, but it sends out a distress signal before self-destructing. Several Ice Chimps descend from the sky and attack. Lord Quirini discovers that he needs Stacy to make the Omni function properly, and orders his Chimps to kidnap her. With Col. Flix missing, the Gorillas feel they're down on their luck. But they decide to face the Chimps in an epic showdown of banana bombs and buildings collapsing. Just when all hope seems lost, the missing Col. Flix arrives [[GodModeSue to even the odds]]. Together, Stacy and Flix must find a way to defeat Quirini and revert to human everyone the Chimps have turned into cats - even if they have to destroy the Omni to do it!
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A sequel was thought up almost immediately after the original's plot description went online. This story takes place just months after the first one. Rob and Stacy are getting married, and Burrpatch is attending the wedding. However, it's revealed that Diamond Division's Col. Veyour has had a FaceHeelTurn and is now working with the Ice Chimps.
Making matters worse, Veyour has friends in low places in Mexico. He also helps the Ice Chimps, reeling from the loss of Lord Quirini as a leader, to unite with the Pyrangutans. The combined forces proceed to threaten a complete takeover of Mexico, and employ drug cartels to assist them.
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[[caption-width-right:250:That's [[CaliforniaDoubling actually a bridge in Grand Ledge, not Jerusalem]].]]
After [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent the presidents of both the US and Mexico]] are infected with a parasite, Col. Flix is forced to take them to the Q-Base in Africa [[FindTheCure to find a cure]]. Topaz Headquarters is taken over by the US military, and the remaining Gorillas are forced into hiding in Mexico to regroup while Flix is gone. When Flix returns, he and the Ruby Gorillas must help the Topaz Gorillas turn the tide in Mexico. They finally succeed and killing Lord Incendimore and getting the drug lords to abandon the Pyrangutans, but the Ice Chimps and Veyour decide to regroup and claim the real prize: Jerusalem.
Veyour and company waste little time fleeing the scene, with a few dead Gorillas left behind in Mexico. Flix and company want to give chase, but agree that they need to fix things at their base before they can do anything else.
[[AC: ''Beneath the Golden Dome'']]
Picking up a very short while from where the second story left off, the third reveals that [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy both Solomon and Muhammad knew about]] the Ethermangs. However, they kept hush about it both because they knew that [[EvilIsNotAToy the Ethermangs could not be controlled]]. Col. Veyour, however, believes he can convince the Ethermangs to work for him, just as he finally got the Ice Chimps to work for him. He proves [[IncrediblyLamePun dead wrong]].
The Ethermangs take over the remaining Pyrangutans and Ice Chimps both, and set all their forces on destroying Israel. First, the Ethermang leader Prince Duqat demands that the Pyrangutans destroy all Gorilla bases around the world. This strategy seems successful at first; except enough Gorillas survive the assault to form a ginormous army that descends on the greater area of Israel and Palestine to finish the fight.
It ultimately leads to a nighttime battle inside of a cavernous tomb located underneath the Dome on the Rock mosque, with structural damage to the mosque after the tomb begins collapsing. The Gorillas are forced to make a last stand against Prince Duqat and the Ice Chimps.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY meet]] ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
!!Tropes present in all three stories:
* AdaptationExpansion: The original video game just had two monkeys throwing a banana at each other. Virtually every single other thing in this adaptation is (semi)-original material.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Ice Chimps, Pyrangutans, and Ethermangs are all descended from Amalek, the ancient enemies of ancient Israel. Since the [[Literature/TheBible New Testament]] happened and they were unable to intervene in that time period due to Jesus' entire narrative receiving ContractualImmortality, they want to destroy the modern world out of revenge.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Flix's non-fighting personality is modeled after Grissom from ''Series/{{CSI}}'', so it makes sense they'd have similar personality tics. It is also what keeps him from developing a massive ego, as he is constantly receiving praise for being similar to [[Film/{{Transformers}} his other inspiration]].
* AnyoneCanDie: In the first story alone: Abelina, Tom, [[spoiler: Lord Quirini]], Aqhat, Pigat, and others die. Oftentimes horribly. Other than [[KidAppealCharacter BB and Akilina]] and possibly also Flix, almost nobody has any real PlotArmor. In the sequels, even more Gorillas [[SacrificialLion are sacrificed]], leading to a DwindlingParty.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Omni Transmogrin can cure the Ice Chimps of the need for cryogenic suits, and can even revert the Gorillas to being human. It can also turn anyone into almost any type of talking animal. In the wrong hands, it can turn all humanity (permanently) into cats! The Felinus Transmogrin, by contrast, can only turn someone into a cat or revert them.
** The Vase of Ethermangs counts as one in the third story.
* BigDamnHeroes: Col. Flix finally rejoins the Gorillas, and immediately [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps]] many of the FacelessGoons that the other Gorillas struggled with. He becomes essentially a walking DeusExMachina.
* ColonelBadass: Col. Flix, Col. Rotoro, and [[SixthRangerTraitor Col. Veyour]]. Flix has practically become the [[ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck Norris]] of Gorillas, so his enemies are always looking for [[HowToStopTheDeusExMachina ways to keep him distracted.]] Only Veyour shows no respect for Flix; but is at the same rank.
* DestinationDefenestration: How Akilina finishes off Aqhat.
* DeusExitMachina: All the BigBad villains are GenreSavvy enough to understand that the single most guaranteed way of standing any chance of victory is to force Col. Flix to embark on a side mission. Otherwise, his GodModeSue tendencies would [[CurbStompBattle kill all the drama]]. Alas, they can't seem to keep him away ''quite long enough.''
* ElementsOfNature: The Gorillas have an Earth/Metal theme, the Ice Chimps have a Water/Ice theme. The Pyrangutans are Fire, and Ethermangs have an Air theme.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Played straight with most of the Gorillas.
** KillerGorilla: Col. Veyour and Col. Hibblewin turn evil.
** ManiacMonkeys: The Ice Chimps and Pyrangutans play this one fairly straight.
* AFatherToHisMen: Sort of. Flix gets much reverence and awe for how well he can fight, but is pretty much viewed by the others as an eccentric older brother.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Quirini.
* FiveBadBand: While the Ice Chimps are legion, there are a few that appear to be more important [[FacelessGoons than others]].
** BigBad: Lord Quirini
** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
** DarkChick: Pigat
** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Stacy fills in for Flix, sort of, until Flix can arrive [[EleventhHourRanger near the end]].
** TheLancer: Screechie
** TheBigGuy: Burrpatch, whom Stacy first encounters.
** TheChick: Akilina
** KidAppealCharacter: Banana Breath ("BB" for short,) who acts very childish at times but can still competently fight.
* FromACertainPointOfView: Cited word-for-word by Akilina after she tosses a banana bomb at a church window as a fake-out to Aqhat. He is about to accuse her of wasting her ammo, but gets punched in the face. As he begins burning up from room temperature, she tosses him out a window and reminds him that "waste is relative."
* GeniusBruiser: Col. Flix is a recluse whose personality is modeled on [[Series/{{CSI}} Gil Grissom]].
* AnIceSuit: All the Ice Chimps require one to survive. Their visors are therefore their AchillesHeel.
* LargeHam: (Almost) everyone. But especially Quirini. His mannerisms are copied from [[Disney/RobinHood Prince John]], after all.
* MacGuffin: The Omni Transmogrin, which can turn anyone into a cat or change them back to being human. It can also cure the Ice Chimps of needing to live in cryogenic suits.
* MonumentalDamage: The Ice Chimps destroy Lansing Community College's library and computer lab building; but amazingly don't damage the capitol building in spite threatening to destroy Lansing's city hall. The Pyrangutans also tear lots of things up in Mexico City; and the Ethermangs go to town with Jerusalem.
* [[OneManArmy One-Ape Army]]: Flix may have mild trouble taking down Quirini himself, but the other Ice Chimps are rightly terrified of him.
* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: The Ice Chimps in the first story attacked ''[[FlyoverCountry Lansing]]''. After joining with the Pyrangutans, they threatened ''[[SouthOfTheBorder all of Mexico]]'' while [[TheSavageSouth co-opting its criminal element]]. And by adding the Ethermangs to their roster, they were able to threaten ''the entire world'' (mainly the Middle East, but the whole world by extension.)
* TheStoic: Col. Flix. A shy hermit, he often does things apart from the other Gorillas. But he will come together with his team when he needs to. He seldom expresses any emotion other than "determined" or "urgent."
* StuffBlowingUp: It does ''want'' to be like a Creator/MichaelBay movie, after all.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Jaac]] in ''Orangutans of Fire'' and [[spoiler: Screechie]] in ''Beneath the Golden Dome''.
** [[spoiler:Col. Veyour]] also dies in ''Beneath the Golden Dome'' almost immediately.
* [[{{Animorphism}} Transmogrinned Primates]] [[AliensAreBastards are Bastards]]: The Ice Chimps [[MistakenForAliens look very much like aliens]]. Not helped in that their ''Sims 2'' artwork uses a suit from ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that's been kit-bashed together with repainted {{Magneto}} helmets and given TronLines. But as many alien tropes as the fanfic plays with, the villains are ironically ''[[EarthAllAlong not]]'' [[EarthAllAlong from space]]. They still [[KickTheDog kick as many puppies]] as they can manage.
* TwoPartTrilogy: The first story has a much smaller size and scope than the two that follow. The first leaves very little SequelHook for the second. But the second is practically begging for a sequel.
!!Tropes unique to the first story:
* AudienceSurrogate/[[TheHero The Heroine]]: Stacy Mirafuentes. She's [[WriteWhatYouKnow an office intern]] who goes from flexing out early on a Friday afternoon to battling for survival of humanity all within a matter of a few hours.
* BalefulPolymorph: Part of Lord Quirini's EvilPlan to TakeOverTheWorld somehow involves turning humanity into cats so that they're easier to enslave. His followers [[CloudCuckooLander don't even bother trying to question his logic]].
* CampStraight: WordOfGod is that Quirini is as straight as all the other Ice Chimps; but his speech mannerisms are modeled after several villainous lions from the DisneyAnimatedCanon, making him sound awfully flamboyant.
* ChildEater / EatsBabies: Brassandra, who is executed by Flix for doing so. Qilmara is so impressed with Flix's courage and integrity by how he disposes of Brassandra, that she helps Flix get enlisted to the Topaz Division. From there, Flix is promoted to Col. Flix.
* CreatorProvincialism: Downtown Lansing gets destroyed by the Ice Chimps.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Stacy ultimately saves herself from Quirini, using Flix as a distraction. She then turns it around and uses her escape efforts to distract Quirini so Flix can easily dispose of him.
* DoomMagnet: Like a typical Dozerfleet female protagonist, Stacy's constantly [[OffWithHisHead threatened with losing her head]], and her loved ones [[StuffedIntoTheFridge are the first to be turned into cats]]. As for the CallToAdventure? She's IgnorantOfTheCall until it [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive reveals that it knows where she lives]]. Then, she's ResignedToTheCall, having never got a chance to refuse it.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: See StacysMom (below)
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The Omni Transmogrin was entrusted to Stacy by George, so it therefore only works at maximum efficiency when it's attached to Stacy. Irritates Quirini because he was hoping he wouldn't have to kidnap her to operate it. Not because he hates being a kidnapper; but because he feels kidnapping missions are a waste of time.
* PhlebotinumOverload: Using a transmogrin on one victim at a time is safe. Using it on a massive number of victims simultaneously will cause the transmogrin to explode, destroying it permanently.
* StacysMom: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] by way of StealthPun, as Stacy's boss shows a hint of romantic curiosity about Anna Mirafuentes. Stacy herself pretends not to notice.
* TheStarscream: George tries to use a BatmanGambit to turn Aliyan into this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work]].
* ThereAreNoPolice: Or military either, apparently. The Ice Chimps are so efficient at disappearing, that the police are clueless what to do. The only time a cop does anything is to pull Stacy over, which only leads to his entire squad being killed by Pigat. Partially justified with the Michigan National Guard, as they're turned into cats.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Pigat is the first to actually die (killed by [[spoiler: Burrpatch]].) Abelina gets killed by [[spoiler: Quirini]].
* WorfHadTheFlu: Due to an excursion with another division that led to him being trapped, Flix is missing for a majority of the story. Leads to the tagline "Where's Col. Flix?" The team + Stacy are forced to find ways of operating without Flix to lead them.
!!Tropes unique to the second story:
* DarkerAndEdgier: Quirini and the Ice Chimps only wanted to turn all humanity into cats and rule them. When forced into a truce with the Pyrangutans, they want to enslave humanity and brutalize them into submission. By the ''third'' story, the Ethermangs are straight-up for the KillEmAll approach.
* FallenHero: Col. Veyour only joined the cause because he didn't know what to do with his life as a humanoid gorilla. He found himself promoted through the ranks to colonel, but it never meant much to him. Indulging in the works of depraved academia, he loses faith in the Qilantan cause by the day. He finally decides that being "open-minded to the future" requires him to sympathize with the Ice Chimps. He eventually takes this to its logical extreme: betraying the Gorillas.
* NationalStereotypes: Invoked when Lord Incendimore begins recruiting the most brutal gangs of the Mexican drug trade to his cause.
* WhipItGood: Lord Incendimore uses an electrified WhipSword as his primary weapon. While impractical, it is one of the few things giving him a fair chance in battle against Col. Flix.
!!Tropes unique to the third story:
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: King Solomon sealed away the Ethermangs. [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muhammed]] considered freeing them at one point after capturing a relic he believed could be used to tame them. His reasoning was that they could be useful for the cause of jihad. However, a close friend talks him out of it. Therefore, the Dome of the Rock is built on top of the underground prison that [[SealedEvilInACan holds a relic containing the Ethermangs]]. Both Solomon and Muhammad decided to make no mention of knowing where the Ethermangs were imprisoned.
* EnemyMine / TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Israelis and Palestinians are forced to work with each other to overthrow the Primates of [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], and [[BlowYouAway Ether]]. In spite their shared mistrust of the Gorillas, the Israeli and Palestinian forces agree to work with them as well.
* EvilVersusEvil: Hamas as opposed to the combined forces of Ice Chimps, Pyrangutans, and Ethermangs. They decide ItsPersonal when the Ethermang's reason for kicking Hamas out of Palestine is: "If you were actually able to do our job and destroy Israel, you would have already done it!"
* [[KillTheCutie Put Cutie in the Hospital]]: [[spoiler:Akilina]] doesn't die, but she is seriously wounded by a would-be assassin. A group of Hamas operatives originally plotting to assassinate the Israeli prime minster changes its mind and shoots her, out of revenge for the group leader's brother dying while Akilina fought the Ice Chimps and the brother got caught in the crossfire. BB, Burrpatch, and a hundred others gathering at the speech immediately [[IncrediblyLamePun go ape]] in their RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Made crazier when the Ice Chimps show up to cause mayhem.
** BB continues his RoaringRampageOfRevenge all the way to the Tomb of Ethermangs, allowing him to murder the bejeebers out of several Ice Chimps he encounters there.
* [[WatchingTroyBurn Watching Jerusalem Burn]]: Flix is left contemplating the near-destruction of Israel right as the Ice Chimps are finally defeated. Meanwhile, he also contemplates that he lost his last chance of being human. Also, [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs Topaz Headquarters was destroyed]]. And [[InferredHolocaust there's no telling yet how many other Gorilla Divisions and their members have died trying to defeat the Ethermangs and Ice Chimps]].
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'''Stacy Mirafuentes:''' (''turning into an eagle'') Just three: Monkey... go... boom! (''flies away while Quirini takes banana bomb to the face'')
In 1991, IBM and Microsoft released a game for [=MS-DOS=] and simply titled it ''Gorillas''. The actual file was '''Gorilla.BAS'''. Compiled in the Quick-Basic language, it was a very simple game in which players had gorillas on buildings and took turns throwing exploding bananas at each other. Players had to account for angles, velocities, and wind speed to see who could blow up more of the other guy's gorillas before time ran out. Add a few motherboard beeps to the 1812 overture, [[MundaneMadeAwesome and the end result was awesome]]. Except....it wasn't good enough for the think tank Dozerfleet Productions, home of the ''[[CiemWebcomicSeries Gerosha Chronicles]]''.
In 2003, a full 12 years after the game's release, the Dozerfleet founder proposed in an open chat room the possibility for a film based on the Gorillas. That premise was met with mostly scoffing, and the others at [=TeenChat=] dismissed the pitch as [[{{Troll}} trolling]]. The basic idea was proposed yet again in 2004/2005-ish on The Ring Forum at [=EZBoard=]; only to be laughed at there as well. Undeterred, the idea sat on a shelf until 2012. It has now been developed almost to the point that a rough draft script can be forged just from [[http://dozerfleet.wikia.com/wiki/Q-Basic_Gorillas the wiki article at DozerfleetWiki]].
[[AC: ''Q-Basic Gorillas'']]
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[[caption-width-right:250:Monkeying around just got a lot more violent.]]
The initial story revolves around ancient Africans who were sent to protect powerful ancient relics from being captured by evil exiles from Canaanite nations who fled after their homes were destroyed by the Israelites. The Africans failed to protect ''all'' the relics, and one of them turned the relic guardians and their enemies into humanoid primates. The different primates splintered off into different factions. The good guys turned into Gorillas, and assembled their own underground kingdom under the rule of the wise [[BigGood Queen Qilanta]] of the Q-Base Temple. Centuries later, the evil [[AnIcePerson Ice Chimps]] want to steal [[MacGuffin the most powerful of the remaining relics]] - the Omni Transmogrin - so they can turn all of humanity into cats and TakeOverTheWorld. The current Topaz Division of Gorillas sent to battle the Ice Chimps in North America is headed by Col. Flix, who was declared a war hero before he even properly enlisted due to his rescue of the Gorilla princess Quilmara.
Meanwhile, young office intern [[TheHero Stacy Mirafuentes]] receives a package from her uncle. She [[IgnorantOfTheCall does not at first realize that he had just bestowed upon her guardianship of the Gorillas' sacred artifact]]. Her mother, boyfriend, and everyone at her church are soon [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive attacked by the Ice Chimps and turned into cats]], as the Chimps battle with her to steal the Omni. They eventually do so, but not before the Gorilla known as Burrpatch stops them from killing Stacy. As the Chimps await the arrival of their leader [[BigBad Lord Quirini]] to begin the [[BalefulPolymorph felining of America]], Stacy finds herself a reluctant ally to the Q-Basic Gorillas.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Burn, baby! Burn!]]
She later discovers that a bug has been placed on her that tracks her movements, and decides to leave the Topaz Q-Base so that she doesn't lead the Chimps right to the Gorillas' home. The Gorillas manage to get the bug off her leg as they are out of town and away from base, but it sends out a distress signal before self-destructing. Several Ice Chimps descend from the sky and attack. Lord Quirini discovers that he needs Stacy to make the Omni function properly, and orders his Chimps to kidnap her. With Col. Flix missing, the Gorillas feel they're down on their luck. But they decide to face the Chimps in an epic showdown of banana bombs and buildings collapsing. Just when all hope seems lost, the missing Col. Flix arrives [[GodModeSue to even the odds]]. Together, Stacy and Flix must find a way to defeat Quirini and revert to human everyone the Chimps have turned into cats - even if they have to destroy the Omni to do it!
[[AC: ''Orangutans of Fire'']]
A sequel was thought up almost immediately after the original's plot description went online. This story takes place just months after the first one. Rob and Stacy are getting married, and Burrpatch is attending the wedding. However, it's revealed that Diamond Division's Col. Veyour has had a FaceHeelTurn and is now working with the Ice Chimps.
Making matters worse, Veyour has friends in low places in Mexico. He also helps the Ice Chimps, reeling from the loss of Lord Quirini as a leader, to unite with the Pyrangutans. The combined forces proceed to threaten a complete takeover of Mexico, and employ drug cartels to assist them.
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[[caption-width-right:250:That's [[CaliforniaDoubling actually a bridge in Grand Ledge, not Jerusalem]].]]
After [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent the presidents of both the US and Mexico]] are infected with a parasite, Col. Flix is forced to take them to the Q-Base in Africa [[FindTheCure to find a cure]]. Topaz Headquarters is taken over by the US military, and the remaining Gorillas are forced into hiding in Mexico to regroup while Flix is gone. When Flix returns, he and the Ruby Gorillas must help the Topaz Gorillas turn the tide in Mexico. They finally succeed and killing Lord Incendimore and getting the drug lords to abandon the Pyrangutans, but the Ice Chimps and Veyour decide to regroup and claim the real prize: Jerusalem.
Veyour and company waste little time fleeing the scene, with a few dead Gorillas left behind in Mexico. Flix and company want to give chase, but agree that they need to fix things at their base before they can do anything else.
[[AC: ''Beneath the Golden Dome'']]
Picking up a very short while from where the second story left off, the third reveals that [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy both Solomon and Muhammad knew about]] the Ethermangs. However, they kept hush about it both because they knew that [[EvilIsNotAToy the Ethermangs could not be controlled]]. Col. Veyour, however, believes he can convince the Ethermangs to work for him, just as he finally got the Ice Chimps to work for him. He proves [[IncrediblyLamePun dead wrong]].
The Ethermangs take over the remaining Pyrangutans and Ice Chimps both, and set all their forces on destroying Israel. First, the Ethermang leader Prince Duqat demands that the Pyrangutans destroy all Gorilla bases around the world. This strategy seems successful at first; except enough Gorillas survive the assault to form a ginormous army that descends on the greater area of Israel and Palestine to finish the fight.
It ultimately leads to a nighttime battle inside of a cavernous tomb located underneath the Dome on the Rock mosque, with structural damage to the mosque after the tomb begins collapsing. The Gorillas are forced to make a last stand against Prince Duqat and the Ice Chimps.
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The story was deliberately structured to be "in the spirit of" ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' and ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' [[XMeetsY meet]] ''RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. A fourth installment, ''Civil War'', has been proposed. It would have Col. Flix get a promotion to general, with his colonel spot being replaced by the [[CSIMiami David Caruso-like]] Col. Relish.
!!Tropes present in all three stories:
* AdaptationExpansion: The original video game just had two monkeys throwing a banana at each other. Virtually every single other thing in this adaptation is (semi)-original material.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Ice Chimps, Pyrangutans, and Ethermangs are all descended from Amalek, the ancient enemies of ancient Israel. Since the [[Literature/TheBible New Testament]] happened and they were unable to intervene in that time period due to Jesus' entire narrative receiving ContractualImmortality, they want to destroy the modern world out of revenge.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Flix's non-fighting personality is modeled after Grissom from ''Series/{{CSI}}'', so it makes sense they'd have similar personality tics. It is also what keeps him from developing a massive ego, as he is constantly receiving praise for being similar to [[Film/{{Transformers}} his other inspiration]].
* AnyoneCanDie: In the first story alone: Abelina, Tom, [[spoiler: Lord Quirini]], Aqhat, Pigat, and others die. Oftentimes horribly. Other than [[KidAppealCharacter BB and Akilina]] and possibly also Flix, almost nobody has any real PlotArmor. In the sequels, even more Gorillas [[SacrificialLion are sacrificed]], leading to a DwindlingParty.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Omni Transmogrin can cure the Ice Chimps of the need for cryogenic suits, and can even revert the Gorillas to being human. It can also turn anyone into almost any type of talking animal. In the wrong hands, it can turn all humanity (permanently) into cats! The Felinus Transmogrin, by contrast, can only turn someone into a cat or revert them.
** The Vase of Ethermangs counts as one in the third story.
* BigDamnHeroes: Col. Flix finally rejoins the Gorillas, and immediately [[CurbStompBattle curb stomps]] many of the FacelessGoons that the other Gorillas struggled with. He becomes essentially a walking DeusExMachina.
* ColonelBadass: Col. Flix, Col. Rotoro, and [[SixthRangerTraitor Col. Veyour]]. Flix has practically become the [[ChuckNorrisFacts Chuck Norris]] of Gorillas, so his enemies are always looking for [[HowToStopTheDeusExMachina ways to keep him distracted.]] Only Veyour shows no respect for Flix; but is at the same rank.
* DestinationDefenestration: How Akilina finishes off Aqhat.
* DeusExitMachina: All the BigBad villains are GenreSavvy enough to understand that the single most guaranteed way of standing any chance of victory is to force Col. Flix to embark on a side mission. Otherwise, his GodModeSue tendencies would [[CurbStompBattle kill all the drama]]. Alas, they can't seem to keep him away ''quite long enough.''
* ElementsOfNature: The Gorillas have an Earth/Metal theme, the Ice Chimps have a Water/Ice theme. The Pyrangutans are Fire, and Ethermangs have an Air theme.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Played straight with most of the Gorillas.
** KillerGorilla: Col. Veyour and Col. Hibblewin turn evil.
** ManiacMonkeys: The Ice Chimps and Pyrangutans play this one fairly straight.
* AFatherToHisMen: Sort of. Flix gets much reverence and awe for how well he can fight, but is pretty much viewed by the others as an eccentric older brother.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Quirini.
* FiveBadBand: While the Ice Chimps are legion, there are a few that appear to be more important [[FacelessGoons than others]].
** BigBad: Lord Quirini
** TheDragon: Role seems to rotate, but Aliyan appears to be the most prominent right hand for Quirini.
** CommunicationsOfficer: Niqmad
** DarkChick: Pigat
** TheBrute: Mishtam. Subverted in that it's [[KidAppealCharacter BB]] who executes him.
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Stacy fills in for Flix, sort of, until Flix can arrive [[EleventhHourRanger near the end]].
** TheLancer: Screechie
** TheBigGuy: Burrpatch, whom Stacy first encounters.
** TheChick: Akilina
** KidAppealCharacter: Banana Breath ("BB" for short,) who acts very childish at times but can still competently fight.
* FromACertainPointOfView: Cited word-for-word by Akilina after she tosses a banana bomb at a church window as a fake-out to Aqhat. He is about to accuse her of wasting her ammo, but gets punched in the face. As he begins burning up from room temperature, she tosses him out a window and reminds him that "waste is relative."
* GeniusBruiser: Col. Flix is a recluse whose personality is modeled on [[Series/{{CSI}} Gil Grissom]].
* AnIceSuit: All the Ice Chimps require one to survive. Their visors are therefore their AchillesHeel.
* LargeHam: (Almost) everyone. But especially Quirini. His mannerisms are copied from [[Disney/RobinHood Prince John]], after all.
* MacGuffin: The Omni Transmogrin, which can turn anyone into a cat or change them back to being human. It can also cure the Ice Chimps of needing to live in cryogenic suits.
* MonumentalDamage: The Ice Chimps destroy Lansing Community College's library and computer lab building; but amazingly don't damage the capitol building in spite threatening to destroy Lansing's city hall. The Pyrangutans also tear lots of things up in Mexico City; and the Ethermangs go to town with Jerusalem.
* [[OneManArmy One-Ape Army]]: Flix may have mild trouble taking down Quirini himself, but the other Ice Chimps are rightly terrified of him.
* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: The Ice Chimps in the first story attacked ''[[FlyoverCountry Lansing]]''. After joining with the Pyrangutans, they threatened ''[[SouthOfTheBorder all of Mexico]]'' while [[TheSavageSouth co-opting its criminal element]]. And by adding the Ethermangs to their roster, they were able to threaten ''the entire world'' (mainly the Middle East, but the whole world by extension.)
* TheStoic: Col. Flix. A shy hermit, he often does things apart from the other Gorillas. But he will come together with his team when he needs to. He seldom expresses any emotion other than "determined" or "urgent."
* StuffBlowingUp: It does ''want'' to be like a Creator/MichaelBay movie, after all.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Jaac]] in ''Orangutans of Fire'' and [[spoiler: Screechie]] in ''Beneath the Golden Dome''.
** [[spoiler:Col. Veyour]] also dies in ''Beneath the Golden Dome'' almost immediately.
* [[{{Animorphism}} Transmogrinned Primates]] [[AliensAreBastards are Bastards]]: The Ice Chimps [[MistakenForAliens look very much like aliens]]. Not helped in that their ''Sims 2'' artwork uses a suit from ''Franchise/StarTrek'' that's been kit-bashed together with repainted {{Magneto}} helmets and given TronLines. But as many alien tropes as the fanfic plays with, the villains are ironically ''[[EarthAllAlong not]]'' [[EarthAllAlong from space]]. They still [[KickTheDog kick as many puppies]] as they can manage.
* TwoPartTrilogy: The first story has a much smaller size and scope than the two that follow. The first leaves very little SequelHook for the second. But the second is practically begging for a sequel.
!!Tropes unique to the first story:
* AudienceSurrogate/[[TheHero The Heroine]]: Stacy Mirafuentes. She's [[WriteWhatYouKnow an office intern]] who goes from flexing out early on a Friday afternoon to battling for survival of humanity all within a matter of a few hours.
* BalefulPolymorph: Part of Lord Quirini's EvilPlan to TakeOverTheWorld somehow involves turning humanity into cats so that they're easier to enslave. His followers [[CloudCuckooLander don't even bother trying to question his logic]].
* CampStraight: WordOfGod is that Quirini is as straight as all the other Ice Chimps; but his speech mannerisms are modeled after several villainous lions from the DisneyAnimatedCanon, making him sound awfully flamboyant.
* ChildEater / EatsBabies: Brassandra, who is executed by Flix for doing so. Qilmara is so impressed with Flix's courage and integrity by how he disposes of Brassandra, that she helps Flix get enlisted to the Topaz Division. From there, Flix is promoted to Col. Flix.
* CreatorProvincialism: Downtown Lansing gets destroyed by the Ice Chimps.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Stacy ultimately saves herself from Quirini, using Flix as a distraction. She then turns it around and uses her escape efforts to distract Quirini so Flix can easily dispose of him.
* DoomMagnet: Like a typical Dozerfleet female protagonist, Stacy's constantly [[OffWithHisHead threatened with losing her head]], and her loved ones [[StuffedIntoTheFridge are the first to be turned into cats]]. As for the CallToAdventure? She's IgnorantOfTheCall until it [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive reveals that it knows where she lives]]. Then, she's ResignedToTheCall, having never got a chance to refuse it.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: See StacysMom (below)
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The Omni Transmogrin was entrusted to Stacy by George, so it therefore only works at maximum efficiency when it's attached to Stacy. Irritates Quirini because he was hoping he wouldn't have to kidnap her to operate it. Not because he hates being a kidnapper; but because he feels kidnapping missions are a waste of time.
* PhlebotinumOverload: Using a transmogrin on one victim at a time is safe. Using it on a massive number of victims simultaneously will cause the transmogrin to explode, destroying it permanently.
* StacysMom: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] by way of StealthPun, as Stacy's boss shows a hint of romantic curiosity about Anna Mirafuentes. Stacy herself pretends not to notice.
* TheStarscream: George tries to use a BatmanGambit to turn Aliyan into this. [[spoiler: It doesn't work]].
* ThereAreNoPolice: Or military either, apparently. The Ice Chimps are so efficient at disappearing, that the police are clueless what to do. The only time a cop does anything is to pull Stacy over, which only leads to his entire squad being killed by Pigat. Partially justified with the Michigan National Guard, as they're turned into cats.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Pigat is the first to actually die (killed by [[spoiler: Burrpatch]].) Abelina gets killed by [[spoiler: Quirini]].
* WorfHadTheFlu: Due to an excursion with another division that led to him being trapped, Flix is missing for a majority of the story. Leads to the tagline "Where's Col. Flix?" The team + Stacy are forced to find ways of operating without Flix to lead them.
!!Tropes unique to the second story:
* DarkerAndEdgier: Quirini and the Ice Chimps only wanted to turn all humanity into cats and rule them. When forced into a truce with the Pyrangutans, they want to enslave humanity and brutalize them into submission. By the ''third'' story, the Ethermangs are straight-up for the KillEmAll approach.
* FallenHero: Col. Veyour only joined the cause because he didn't know what to do with his life as a humanoid gorilla. He found himself promoted through the ranks to colonel, but it never meant much to him. Indulging in the works of depraved academia, he loses faith in the Qilantan cause by the day. He finally decides that being "open-minded to the future" requires him to sympathize with the Ice Chimps. He eventually takes this to its logical extreme: betraying the Gorillas.
* NationalStereotypes: Invoked when Lord Incendimore begins recruiting the most brutal gangs of the Mexican drug trade to his cause.
* WhipItGood: Lord Incendimore uses an electrified WhipSword as his primary weapon. While impractical, it is one of the few things giving him a fair chance in battle against Col. Flix.
!!Tropes unique to the third story:
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: King Solomon sealed away the Ethermangs. [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muhammed]] considered freeing them at one point after capturing a relic he believed could be used to tame them. His reasoning was that they could be useful for the cause of jihad. However, a close friend talks him out of it. Therefore, the Dome of the Rock is built on top of the underground prison that [[SealedEvilInACan holds a relic containing the Ethermangs]]. Both Solomon and Muhammad decided to make no mention of knowing where the Ethermangs were imprisoned.
* EnemyMine / TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Israelis and Palestinians are forced to work with each other to overthrow the Primates of [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], and [[BlowYouAway Ether]]. In spite their shared mistrust of the Gorillas, the Israeli and Palestinian forces agree to work with them as well.
* EvilVersusEvil: Hamas as opposed to the combined forces of Ice Chimps, Pyrangutans, and Ethermangs. They decide ItsPersonal when the Ethermang's reason for kicking Hamas out of Palestine is: "If you were actually able to do our job and destroy Israel, you would have already done it!"
* [[KillTheCutie Put Cutie in the Hospital]]: [[spoiler:Akilina]] doesn't die, but she is seriously wounded by a would-be assassin. A group of Hamas operatives originally plotting to assassinate the Israeli prime minster changes its mind and shoots her, out of revenge for the group leader's brother dying while Akilina fought the Ice Chimps and the brother got caught in the crossfire. BB, Burrpatch, and a hundred others gathering at the speech immediately [[IncrediblyLamePun go ape]] in their RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Made crazier when the Ice Chimps show up to cause mayhem.
** BB continues his RoaringRampageOfRevenge all the way to the Tomb of Ethermangs, allowing him to murder the bejeebers out of several Ice Chimps he encounters there.
* [[WatchingTroyBurn Watching Jerusalem Burn]]: Flix is left contemplating the near-destruction of Israel right as the Ice Chimps are finally defeated. Meanwhile, he also contemplates that he lost his last chance of being human. Also, [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs Topaz Headquarters was destroyed]]. And [[InferredHolocaust there's no telling yet how many other Gorilla Divisions and their members have died trying to defeat the Ethermangs and Ice Chimps]].
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