History Main / SonOfAnApe

* Used by a human character in ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' to show his hubris. Morbius has used Krell technology to [[UpgradeArtifact enhance his intellect]], and believes this makes him uniquely qualified if TheWorldIsNotReady to receive the knowledge he's discovered. When Lieutenant Ostrow dies using the same technology [[ItsTheOnlyWay to get to the bottom of what's going on]], Morbius has NoSympathy (which finally turns his own daughter against him).

It's not always a strictly {{fantastic|Racism}}al insult, either. Some humans use this to insult each other, often against ethnic groups they consider primitive and inferior, or simply against individuals they don't like. The insult implies that the human in question is uncivilized and indistinguishable from less advanced primates; compare "Neanderthal". Even in RealLife, primate-related insults are unfortunately used as ethnic slurs, especially by white supremacists against people of African descent. From a biological standpoint, this makes no sense, as all humans are in fact apes (belonging to the family [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae Hominidae]], or great apes). This means that humans who consider "ape" insulting sound suspiciously similar to Professor Ratigan in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', who detested being called a rat [[BoomerangBigot even though he quite obviously was one]]. It makes as much sense as accusing other people of being mammals.

It's not always a strictly {{fantastic|Racism}}al insult, either. Some humans use this to insult each other, often against ethnic groups they consider primitive and inferior, or simply against individuals they don't like. The insult implies that the human in question is uncivilized and indistinguishable from less advanced primates; compare "Neanderthal". Even in RealLife, primate-related insults are unfortunately used as ethnic slurs, especially by white supremacists against people of African descent. From a biological standpoint, this makes no sense, as all humans are in fact apes (belonging to the family [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae Hominidae]], or great apes). This means that humans who consider "ape" insulting sound suspiciously similar to Professor Ratigan in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', who detested being called a rat [[BoomerangBigot even though he quite obviously was one]]. It makes as much sense as accusing other people of being mammals.

When used by StarfishAliens, it can sometimes raise questions if there's no basis for them to know what apes or monkeys are in the first place, and that humans are descended from them. [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]] meanwhile delight in pointing out less than divine origins for humans.

It's not always a strictly {{fantastic|Racism}}al insult, either. Some humans use this to insult each other, often against ethnic groups they consider primitive and inferior, or simply against individuals they don't like. The insult implies that the human in question is uncivilized and indistinguishable from less advanced primates; compare "Neanderthal". Even in RealLife, primate-related insults are unfortunately used as ethnic slurs, especially by white supremacists against people of African descent. From a biological standpoint, this makes no sense, as all humans are in fact apes (belonging to the family [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae Hominidae]], or great apes). This means that humans who consider "ape" insulting sound suspiciously similar to Professor Ratigan in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', who detested being called a rat [[BoomerangBigot even though he quite obviously was one]].

When used by StarfishAliens, it can sometimes raise questions if there's no basis for them to know what apes or monkeys are in the first place. [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]] meanwhile delight in pointing out less than divine origins for humans.

It's not always a strictly {{fantastic|Racism}}al insult, either. Some humans use this to insult each other, often against ethnic groups they consider primitive and inferior, or simply against individuals they don't like. The insult implies that the human in question is uncivilized and indistinguishable from less advanced primates; compare "Neanderthal". Even in RealLife, primate-related insults are unfortunately used as ethnic slurs, especially by white supremacists against people of African descent. From a biological standpoint, this makes no sense, as all humans are in fact apes (belonging to the family [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae Hominidae]], or great apes). This means that humans who consider "ape" insulting sound suspiciously similar to Professor Ratigan in ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'', who detested being called a rat even though he quite obviously was one.

** The Kree sometimes refer to humans as "pink apes".

* The majority of the Floor Guardians in ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' absolutely detest humans, seeing them as lesser vermin that have no use other than to be killed and subjugated. While some such as Sebas view them with more respect, he still cares little for them in the grand scheme of things, and will instantly slaughter them by the thousands if commanded. A notable stand-out is Narberal Gamma, who throws out so many insect/worm/parasite/other insults at humans when she's fighting them that you would swear she has an insult thesaurus tucked under her outfit.

* In episode 5 of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', Haruko insults Amarao by calling him a "primitive monkey!", to which Amarao responds that it's a derogatory term used to refer to "underdeveloped planets" that way. Haruko could care less.
* In the first half of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Viral consistently refers to the human heroes as "naked apes", as do Generals Adaine and Cytomander. (Thymilph isn't around long enough to do it[[note]]then again, Thymilph ''is'' an ape, so it wouldn't quite work[[/note]] and Guame presumedly knows better.)
* In ''Manga/GetterRobo'', the Dinosaur Empire refers to humans as "arrogant apes."
* In the climatic fight between [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Dio Brando and Jonathan Joestar]], Dio asks "how can a monkey defeat a man" as he believes that [[TranshumanTreachery he's better than Jonathan because he's now a vampire]].

* From ''[[ComicBook/XMen New X-Men]]'' 130: Then again, this could just as easily be an insult directed at [[AcceptableTargets politicians]], if not more so considering Xavier's beliefs on human-mutant relations and the fact that mutant humans are just as much ape as the regular sort of humans.

* In the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the Kree sometimes refer to humans as "pink apes".

* In one ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip, Calvin asks whether Hobbes believes that humans evolved from apes. Hobbes' response: "I sure don't see any difference."

* In numerous examples of RecursiveFanfiction for ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'', many anti-human ponies refer to humans as apes and monkeys, especially when they want to disparage humans as [[HumansAreBastards war-loving savages]].

* Jacq in ''Film/{{Automata}}'' mentions to a robot that he's with that it is just that, a machine. It retorts by saying that saying it's just a machine would be like saying Jacq's just an ape.
* The Black Hole aliens from ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' refer to earthlings as primitive apes, despite the fact that they themselves look like gorillas. Perhaps they see themselves as ''civilized apes'', rather than primitive ones?

* The angels in the ''Film/TheProphecy'' series constantly refer to humans as "talking monkeys".
* Alluded to in an inversion of sorts in ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' quite a few times--"human" is the insult. Notably verbalized in Zira's comments like "You know what they say, human say, human do," and "to apes, all men look alike." Also, the apes have their own version -- they hate to be called 'monkeys'.

* ''Film/HowardTheDuck''. After Howard learns about evolution, he calls humans "hairless apes."
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros'': Koopa and his minion (both [[LivingDinosaurs descendants of dinosaurs]]) has this exchange regarding humans:

* Mendoza, an immortal human in ''Literature/TheCompanyNovels'', refers to normal humans as monkeys.
* During the Man-Kzin War period of Larry Niven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' series, the Kzinti constantly referred to humans as "monkeys". By the ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' period, they have stopped doing that, having had their collective asses handed to them too many times by the humans to casually dismiss them anymore. The monkey comparison is occasionally presented by the narrative as being a ''positive'' one, in that [[HumansAreSpecial as monkeys we have curiosity, which leads to learning potentially valuable things]] that the feline Kzin do not. Clearly they never heard that [[AnimalStereotypes cats are curious too.]]

* Used frequently by Mudge in reference to Jon-Tom in ''Literature/{{Spellsinger}}''. Also on one occasion by Dorcas the hinny.
** Given that monkeys in Mudge and Dorcas's world are [[BeastMan fully sentient and civilized]], the implication may have been that Jon-Tom is foolish or frivolous rather than primitive.
* In ''Literature/CodexAlera'', one of the [[WolfMan Canim]] insults the human protagonist with a phrase that roughly translates to "monkey-boy". The spirit of this trope when turned on another species is also seen in that the worst insults you can offer a Cane are "dog" and ''especially'' "jackal".
* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'', Ferrovax the dragon sneeringly refers to ''all'' the humanoids at Bianca's party, human or vampire, as "monkeys".
* Played with in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series: the Librarian at Unseen University, a human transformed into an orangutan, actually ''prefers'' being an ape (well, a ''different kind'' of ape), but, as in the ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' example, call him a "monkey" (or even ''say'' "monkey" around him) at your peril.
** At one point in ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', a bird has a malicious expression that is explained as it "remembering the days it was a giant reptile that could have taken these sons of monkeys to the cleaners." Apparently, Discworld once had dinosaurs, and they [[DinosaursAreDragons weren't dragons]].
** Death himself refers to humans as being "WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE" in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'', implying that humans ''would'' be simply apes if not for their capacity to aspire to greater things.
* In the ''Literature/ParadoxTrilogy'', Basil, the bird-alien navigator of the ''Glorious Fool'', insults a couple of his human shipmates (Devi and Nova) by calling them "monkeys".
* In ''Literature/TheDinosaurLords'', Raguel calls humans "apes", though the context makes it seem more like an InsultOfEndearment.
* In Creator/VladimirVasilyev's ''Death or Glory'', TheAlliance races will occasionally refer to the humans (whom they normally call "homo" from ''homo sapiens'') as "apes", claiming that humans are an evolutionary dead-end. As far as they're concerned, any intelligent being that spent millions of years enhancing the body instead of the mind can't be called truly intelligent (the aliens tend to have evolved from simpler animals/organisms, such as lizards, birds, or insects). Of course, they tend to ignore that we need such complicated bodies to support our big craniums. Also, in later novels, humans are the only ones who are able to put up a decent fight against the Shat-Tsurs, especially in ground engagements. So it looks like those well-developed bodies do have an advantage, huh?

* On ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Ninth Doctor refers to humans as "stupid apes" on a couple of occasions. So do the new series' Silurians, some of whom want to wipe humanity out. Less hostile Silurians like Vastra, who's in an InterspeciesRomance with a lesbian human, also consider humans apes, but purely in the taxonomic sense and not as an insult. Vastra does use "monkey" as a male-specific insult, which could also function (whether or not [[GeniusBonus intentionally]]) as a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar sexual innuendo]]: the usual telltale difference between monkeys and apes is that most monkeys have tails while apes don't, and "tail" works well as a DoubleEntendre for... something else.
* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'':
** The Xindi refer to the humans as being "ape-like". In this case it is generally intended as more descriptive than insulting, and the same term is also used for Primate Xindi.
** Silik beat them to it, however. In the pilot, he says that human DNA "is almost identical to that of an ape" in comparison to the enhanced DNA of those Suliban (such as himself) who have joined the Cabal.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" the alien "Bad Cop" Bele sneers that "They tell me that some people on your world believe that you are descended from...apessssssss".
* A few arrogant angels on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' look down on humans. [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Uriel]] refers to humans as "mud monkeys." Former archangel Lucifer condemns humans for being "hairless apes" that were "[[HumansAreFlawed flawed]]...murderous".
* The Cat on ''Series/RedDwarf'' calls Lister, Rimmer, and Kochanski "monkeys" on a regular basis.
* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'': Helheim Overlord Deemushu refers to humans as apes or monkeys (depends on whose subs you're reading). This attitude is so ingrained, [[spoiler: he keeps it up even while getting his ass kicked by Gaim's SuperMode.]]
* On ''Series/{{Angel}}'', one of the insectoid demons from Jasmine's dimension refers to humans as "filthy little mice" rather than monkeys. The reason it makes sense, presumably, is that for a [[BigCreepyCrawlies bug creature]], all mammals seem equally alien, and probably this demon is familiar with some kind of mouselike creatures that inhabit his home dimension, but he knows nothing about monkeys.

* [[{{Hackette}} Root]] on ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' has referred to [[BadassInANiceSuit Reese]] as a 'helper monkey' and an 'Australopithecine' because she regards him as mere DumbMuscle for Harold Finch.
* On ''Series/RookieBlue'', Shaw once referred to firefighters as 'hose monkeys'.
* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': Sheldon has called geologists 'gravel monkeys'.

* Music/CrashTestDummies' "Franchise/{{Superman}}'s Song" contains the line "dumb as an ape".
* The Music/{{Tool}} song "Right In Two", which is sung from the perspective of angels, refers to humans as monkeys.

* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the [[SpaceElves Eldar]] derisively refer to humans and other species they deem inferior as "mon-keigh". It only ''sounds'' like "monkey," though; the meaning is "those which have to be exterminated."
* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' setting, a trideo program out of Tir Tairngire had an elvish title that translated as "Keeper of the Monkey House". It's a flagrantly-racist comedy about an elven landholder's dealings with idiotic, destructive, irresponsible human tenants.
* Subverted in the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting's Wildlands, where the natives refer to humans as "hairless apes". The subversion is that the natives are all [[TalkingAnimal sentient animals]], so actually ''approve'' of the "ape" part: it's the hairlessness they find objectionable.

* In ''Theatre/PrincessIda'', Lady Psyche teaches that men, [[StrawFeminist as opposed to women]], descended from apes and so remain apes at heart:

* In ''The Hairy Ape'' by Eugene O'Neill, the AntiHero "Yank" takes being called an ape so seriously that, by the play's final scene, he wholeheartedly believes he is one.

* In ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' the [[MegaNeko felinoid Kilrathi]] refer to the humans as "hairless apes" and similar terms. The humans return the favor, referring to the Kilrathi as Cats, Furballs, Gatos, etc.
* In ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', [[LizardFolk Azala]] refers to humans as apes.
** And in the [[VideoGameRemake DS version]], so do the (much more friendly) Reptites in [[AlternateUniverse Dinopolis]]. They're not trying to be insulting (more confused as to how hairless sentient apes can exist), but the playable characters take offense nonetheless.
* ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'', the nickname for humans is 'ape' or 'monkey'. This nickname was originally used by the Tarka, but was adopted by most major species -- including humanity itself. That said, [[IntelligentGerbil most of the species]] from ''Sword of the Stars'' have similar nicknames: Tarka are 'crocs' or 'lizards', Hivers are 'bugs' and Morrigi are 'crows'. The Liir probably have one too, but it's not mentioned. As for the Zuul, they have no name for themselves. Zuul is just what the other races call them, which is a Liir term derived from the word "Suul'ka", meaning "abominable" (any further epithets would probably be redundant). Although in the Zuul language the word means 'pirate'.
* Sakuya does this to the heroine a few times in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend''. The heroine can return fire with poultry comments. [[MoodWhiplash This stops being funny]] in [[CarnivoreConfusion certain storylines]].
* In ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'', Jinn and Angels in particular call humans "Apes" or "monkeys" as an insult. [[spoiler:When the Host show up in Tokyo to take away Lilith, one says "That Samael should couple with a talking ape" with obvious disgust.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', unusually, it is some of the humans who refer to themselves this way when talking to trolls (John calls human babies [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003567 "little pink monkeys"]], and Dave refers to the human civilization as growing from the foundations of [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004672 simian reproductive potency]].) Only once Gamzee [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004718 calls Dave the "pInKeSt oF MoThErFuCkIn sTaR MoNkEyS"]].
* "Hairless apes" from ''Webcomic/TwoKinds''
* In ''[[http://www.the-gutters.com/comic/69-steve-willhite The Gutters]]'' the shark refers to humans as "hairless monkeys".
* Artie the [[UpliftedAnimal uplifted gerbil]] in ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' occasionally refers to humans as "plains apes". This has been taken up by many of the transgenic community in ''Webcomic/SkinHorse''.

** Not a direct example, but in "The Problem With Popplers", Lrrr is seen having trouble telling an orangutan apart from Leela. [[spoiler:He only comes around when a hippie points out that he's being tricked]].
* On ''Crash Nebula'', the ShowWithinAShow from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', the kid who will grow up to be Crash is repeatedly insulted by the other space students calling him one variation or another on [[EvolutionaryLevels "moderately evolved primate"]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'', Gorrath calls humans "monkey men".
* [[Disney/{{Dumbo}} "Grab that rope, you hairy ape!"]]
* Many times, slow-witted [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] is compared to an ape. This actually becomes a major plot point in a trial that mirrors the Scopes Trial after Ned Flanders tried to get Creationism taught in Springfield Elementary.
* The botanical ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTick Tick]]'' villain, El Seed refers to humans as "monkeys" and human superheroes as "supermonkeys".
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Dogstar}}'', the Sirrians always refer to humans as "hairless monkeys", and have great trouble telling humans apart.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Nibbler describes Earth as being ruled by "psychotic apes".

* In the ComicBook/MarvelUniverse, the Kree sometimes refer to humans as "pink apes".

* In VideoGame/TheSecretWorld, Jinn and Angels in particular call humans "Apes" or "monkeys" as an insult. [[spoiler:When the Host show up in Tokyo to take away Lilith, one says "That Samael should couple with a talking ape" with obvious disgust.]]

* In ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', this gets thrown around all the time by both humans and non-humans. What makes it funny is that some of Tagon's Toughs actually ''are'' genetically uplifted apes. For an extra layer of hilarity, the lampshades come out when Kevyn (whose sister is engaged to one of said uplifted apes) uses the phrase "... or I'm a monkey's uncle!"
--> Considering who your sister's dating, technically...
--> Any offspring of such a union would be apes, not monkeys. I checked.[[note]]Although ScienceMarchesOn; apes are now considered a subset of monkeys, so it would be both.[[/note]]

** Given that monkeys in Mudge and Dorcas's world are [[PettingZooPeople fully sentient and civilized]], the implication may have been that Jon-Tom is foolish or frivolous rather than primitive.

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* Jacq in ''Film/{{Automata}}'' mentions to a robot that he's with that it is just that, a machine. It retorts by saying that saying its just a machine would be like saying Jacq's just an ape.

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* From ''[[Comicbook/XMen New X-Men]]'' 130:
-->'''Xavier'''[addressing human troops]: The X-Men have this deliberately engineered "emergency" under control. We've just lost one of our rescue team, do you understand? We're in no mood to play chimpanzee politics...
** Then again, this could just as easily be an insult directed at [[AcceptableTargets politicians]], if not more so considering Xavier's beliefs on human-mutant relations and the fact that mutant humans are just as much ape as the regular sort of humans.

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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': In ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-3#post-6355734 A Rescued Princess]]'', Princess Julia insults Ami in such a manner:
--> Don't flatter yourself, you foolish human monkey-thing.

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* Alluded to in an inversion of sorts in ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' quite a few times--"human" is the insult. Notably verbalized in Zira's comments like "You know what they say, human say, human do," and "to apes, all men look alike." Also, the apes have their own version--they hate to be called 'monkeys'.

--> What is it that they come from? I keep forgetting. It's mice or something.
--> Apes, sir. Monkeys.
--> Disgusting mammals.

* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', there are several pointed references to humans being descended from apes, and more than one character addresses or refers to Arthur with some variation of "monkey man". What ''they're'' descended from isn't mentioned. This even exends to Betelgeuse natives, who look exactly like humans.
** [[spoiler: By the end of ''The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe'' we find out that humans ''didn't'' evolve from apes. They evolved from telephone sanitizers and security guards that got banished from Golgafrinchum to primitive Earth for being useless, meaning this trope is [[PlayingWithATrope played with.]] [[InterspeciesRomance Unless some of the Golgafrinchums mated with the cavemen, that is.]]]]

* During the Man-Kzin War period of Larry Niven's ''Literature/KnownSpace'' series, the Kzinti constantly referred to humans as "monkeys". By the ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'' period, they have stopped doing that, having had their collective asses handed to them too many times by the humans to casually dismiss them anymore.
** The monkey comparison is occasionally presented by the narrative as being a ''positive'' one, in that [[HumansAreSpecial as monkeys we have curiosity, which leads to learning potentially valuable things]] that the feline Kzin do not. Clearly they never heard that [[AnimalStereotypes cats are curious too.]]

* On ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Ninth Doctor refers to humans as "stupid apes" on a couple of occasions. So do the new series' Silurians, some of whom want to wipe humanity out. Less hostile Silurians like Vastra, who's in an InterspeciesRomance with a lesbian human, also consider humans apes, but purely in the taxonomic sense and not as an insult. Vastra does use "monkey" as a male-specific insult, which could also function (whether or not [[GeniusBonus intentionally]]) as a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar sexual innuendo]]: the usual telltale difference between monkeys and apes is that most monkeys have tails while apes don't, and "tail" works well as a DoubleEntendre for...something else.
* The Xindi from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' refer to the humans as being "ape-like". In this case it is generally intended as more descriptive than insulting, and the same term is also used for Primate Xindi.

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* In ''ComicStrip/ShermansLagoon'', the characters refer to humans as "hairless beach apes".
* In one ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip, Calvin asks whether Hobbes believes that humans evolved from apes. Hobbes' response: "I sure don't see any difference."
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', the [[SpaceElves Eldar]] derisively refer to humans and other species they deem inferior as "mon-keigh". It only ''sounds'' like "monkey," though; the meaning is "those which have to be exterminated."

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* In episode 5 of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', Haruko insults Amarao with something along the lines of "primitive monkey!", to which Amarao responds that it is politically incorrect to refer to "underevolved species" that way.

* [[{{Hackette}} Root]] on ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' has referred to [[BadassInANiceSuit Reese]] as a 'helper monkey' and an 'Australopithecine'.

In many speculative settings, nonhumans characters will often use "ape" or "monkey" as a FantasticSlur against humans (compare CallAHumanAMeatbag). This is especially common in settings where humans are depicted as [[HumansAreMorons less intelligent or civilised than other sentient races]]. The BigBad tends to do this if he's not human himself (or at least [[TranshumanTreachery not anymore]]). When used by StarfishAliens, it can sometimes raise questions if there's no basis for them to know what apes or monkeys are in the first place.

* The Black Hole aliens from ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' films ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' refer to earthlings as primitive apes, despite the fact that they themselves look like gorillas.

* In VideoGame/TheSecretWorld, Jinn and Angels in particular call humans "Apes" or "monkeys" as an insult. One character who joined a relationship with a human is described as "why he should take up with a talking ape" in confusion/dislike.

* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'': Helheim Overlord Deemushu refers to humans as apes or monkeys (depends on whose subs you're reading). This attitude is so ingrained, [[spoiler: he keeps it up even while getting slaughtered by Gaim's SuperMode.]]

--> Any offspring of such a union would be apes, not monkeys. I checked.

* In ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', there are several pointed references to humans being descended from apes, and more than one character addresses or refers to Arthur with some variation of "monkey man". What ''they're'' descended from isn't mentioned.

* ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars'', the nickname for humans is 'ape' or 'monkey'. This nickname was originally used by the Tarka, but was adopted by most major species -- including humanity itself. That said, [[IntelligentGerbil most of the species]] from ''Sword of the Stars'' have similar nicknames: Tarka are 'crocs' or 'lizards', Hivers are 'bugs' and Morrigi are 'crows'. The Liir probably have one too, but it's not mentioned. As for the Zuul, they have no name for themselves. Zuul is just what the other races call them, which is a Liir term derived from the word "Suul'ka", meaning "abominable" (any further epithets would probably be redundant).

* On ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Ninth Doctor refers to humans as "stupid apes" on a couple of occasions. So do the new series' Silurians, some of whom want to wipe humanity out. Less hostile Silurians like Vastra, who's in an InterspeciesRomance with a lesbian human, also consider humans apes, but purely in the taxonomic sense and not as an insult. Vastra does use "monkey" as a male-specific insult, which could also function (whether or not [[GeniusBonus intentionally]]) as a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar sexual innuendo]]: a usual telltale difference between monkeys and apes is that most monkeys have tails while apes don't, and "tail" works well as a DoubleEntendre for...something else.