History Film / TimeOfTheApes

''Time of the Apes'' was cobbled together from bits and pieces of a 1974 Japanese [[LiveActionTVTropes TV series]] from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' creators Creator/TsuburayaProductions -- ''SF Drama: Saru no Gundan'' (SFドラマ 猿の軍団, "Army of Apes: A Sci-Fi Drama). The series ran for 26 episodes and did not meet with much enthusiasm, not even from its "home crowd" in Japan. In 1987, enter Sandy Frank: buyer, producer, and importer of all manner of Japanese crap cinema. Sandy purchases the 26 episodes, gets rid of all but 4 or 5 of them, and [[CompilationMovie splices bits and pieces from these remaining episodes into a film. Kind of like a]] [[JustForPun Sandy Frankenstein monster]] [[CompilationMovie pieced together from garage sale leftovers.]] This film [[FollowTheLeader capitalized]] on the ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' series. Though obviously (sometimes ''painfully'') Japanese, the dubbed version gives the characters [[CulturalTranslation English names]].

''Time of the Apes'' was cobbled together from bits and pieces of a 1974 Japanese [[LiveActionTVTropes TV series]] from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' creators Creator/TsuburayaProductions -- ''SF Drama: Saru no Gundan'' (SFドラマ 猿の軍団, "Army of Apes: A Sci-Fi Drama). The series ran for 26 episodes and did not meet with much enthusiasm, not even from its "home crowd" in Japan. In 1987, enter Sandy Frank: buyer, producer, and importer of all manner of Japanese crap cinema. Sandy purchases the 26 episodes, gets rid of all but 4 or 5 of them, and [[CompilationMovie splices bits and pieces from these remaining episodes into a film. Kind of like a Frankenstein monster pieced together from garage sale leftovers.]] This film [[FollowTheLeader capitalized]] on the ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' series. Though obviously (sometimes ''painfully'') Japanese, the dubbed version gives the characters [[CulturalTranslation English names]].

* {{Archenemy}}: Gebar.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Commander.
* BadBoss: Gebar.

* BigEater: Johnny.

* CheapCostume: The ape masks.

* {{Determinator}}: Gebar.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Caroline, Catherine.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* ForbiddenZone: Green Mountain.

* InherentlyFunnyWords: Honestly, "Gebar".
* InspectorJavert: Gebar.
* ItsAllMyFault: Gebar realizes this in the harshest way possible.

* NiceHat: Gebar's helmet.

* NoPeripheralVision
* OlderSidekick: Godo.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Commander.
* PluckyComicRelief: Johnny.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Commander.

* TeamMom: Kazuko/Catherine.

* UnfortunateNames: Gebar.

* {{Zoom}}: Done to an absurd degree.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The actor who played Gebar, the late Baku Hatakeyama, is [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Daita Oiwa]].

-->'''Johnny:''' No!...I don't wanna be killed by a monkey![[note]]'''Crow:''' ''(as Johnny)'' I want to die by my own hand![[/note]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: ''I don't care!''.

* TheLoad: Johnny.

''Time of the Apes'' was cobbled together from bits and pieces of a 1974 Japanese [[LiveActionTVTropes TV series]] from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' creators Creator/TsuburayaProductions -- ''SF Drama: Saru no Gundan'' (SFドラマ 猿の軍団, "Army of Apes: A Sci-Fi Drama). The series ran for 26 episodes and did not meet with much enthusiasm, not even from its "home crowd" in Japan. In 1987, enter Sandy Frank: buyer, producer, and importer of all manner of Japanese crap cinema. Sandy purchases the 26 episodes, gets rid of all but 4 or 5 of them, and [[CompilationMovie splices bits and pieces from these remaining episodes into a film. Kind of like a Frankenstein monster pieced together from garage sale leftovers.]] This film [[FollowTheLeader capitalized]] on the ''PlanetOfTheApes'' series. Though obviously (sometimes ''painfully'') Japanese, the dubbed version gives the characters [[CulturalTranslation English names]].

* FollowTheLeader: Inspired by the popularity of PlanetOfTheApes in Japan.

For the ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' versions, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E06TimeOfTheApes episode recap page]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: The actor who played Geybar, the late Baku Hatakeyama, is [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Daita Oiwa]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: The actor who played Geybar, Hatakeyama Baku, was the "Yellow Ranger" in the Japanese series ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger''.

''Time of the Apes'' was cobbled together from bits and pieces of a 1974 Japanese [[LiveActionTVTropes TV series]] -- ''SF Drama: Saru no Gundan'' (SFドラマ 猿の軍団, "Army of Apes: A Sci-Fi Drama). The series ran for 26 episodes and did not meet with much enthusiasm, not even from its "home crowd" in Japan. In 1987, enter Sandy Frank: buyer, producer, and importer of all manner of Japanese crap cinema. Sandy purchases the 26 episodes, gets rid of all but 4 or 5 of them, and [[CompilationMovie splices bits and pieces from these remaining episodes into a film. Kind of like a Frankenstein monster pieced together from garage sale leftovers.]] This film [[FollowTheLeader capitalized]] on the ''PlanetOfTheApes'' series. Though obviously (sometimes ''painfully'') Japanese, the dubbed version gives the characters [[CulturalTranslation English names]].

-->'''Johnny''': "With this knife, I'm not scared of anyone!"

-->'''Johnny:''' No!...I don't wanna be killed by a monkey![[note: '''Crow:''' ''(as Johnny)'' I want to die by my own hand![[/note]]

-->'''Johnny:''' "No!...I don't wanna be killed by a monkey!"\\

* CynicismCatalyst: Gebar's wife and son; he believes that Godo was responsible for killing them, though the murder is actually unsolved.

* AerithAndBob: We get Catherine, Johnny, and Caroline alongside Godo, Pepe, and [[strike:K-Mart]] Gebar.

* AmbiguousGender: Pepe, her gender wasn't even revealed until the last third of the movie.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Johnny
* {{Archenemy}}: Gebar
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Commander
* BadBoss: Gebar

* BigEater: Johnny
* {{Catchphrase}}: ''I don't care!''

* CynicismCatalyst: Gebar's wife and son; he believes that Godo was responsible for killing them.
* {{Determinator}}: Gebar

* ForbiddenZone: Green Mountain

* TheLoad: Johnny

* NiceHat: Gebar's helmet

* OlderSidekick: Godo
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The Commander
* PluckyComicRelief: Johnny
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The Commander

* TooDumbToLive: Johnny

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Caroline, Catherine

* UnfortunateNames: [[strike:Gaybar]] Gebar
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Pepe, it doesn't help that he/she is referred to as BOTH a boy and a girl.

* HeyItsThatGuy: The actor who played Geybar, Hatakeyama Baku, was the "Yellow Ranger" in the Japanese series ''HimitsuSentaiGoranger'', the original SuperSentai series.

* DeadLittleSister: Gebar's wife and son; he believes that Godo was responsible for killing them.