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* BerserkButton: Don't hurt Gor's friends. Seriously. Just don't.

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Don't hurt Gor's friends. Seriously. Just don't.



* CatchPhrase: [[SarcasmMode "It just keeps getting better and better..."]]

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*** "The who?"

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* HulkingOut: After Gor receives the ability to become Gormungus.

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* KillerSpaceMonkey: Without the "killer" part, of course.
** Unless you count Rhesus-2...

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course. Unless you count Rhesus-2...



* NoNameGiven: The " ", as their name can't be pronounced.
** [[RunningGag The who?]]

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** The sub-plot of the Orbitron falling in love with the Bananatron has the Orbitron give a couple of suggestive lines. When Captain Simian asks about making contact with the sentient plants, the Orbitron answers that he's trying before Simian clarifies that's not the kind of contact he meant. Later, when Captain Simian says his recurring line of having to remember to get the Orbitron fixed, the Orbitron replies with "Don't even think about it".

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** The sub-plot subplot of the Orbitron falling in love with the Bananatron has the Orbitron give a couple of suggestive lines. When Captain Simian asks about making contact with the sentient plants, the Orbitron answers that he's trying before Simian clarifies that's not the kind of contact he meant. Later, when Captain Simian says his recurring line of having to remember to get the Orbitron fixed, the Orbitron replies with "Don't even think about it".



* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The " ", a race of aliens who are responsible for evolving Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys to their current state.
** [[OverlyLongGag The who?]]

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* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The " ", a race of aliens who are responsible for evolving Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys to their current state.
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state. [[OverlyLongGag The who?]]



* [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What Measure Is A Non-Ape]]: Since the [[RedShirt Holoboons]] are, well, [[HardLight holographic]], no one is concerned that they seem to exist just to die at the hands of the MonsterOfTheWeek, even if they are shown to have independent thoughts and personalities.

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* [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What Measure Is A Non-Ape]]: WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Since the [[RedShirt Holoboons]] are, well, [[HardLight holographic]], no one is concerned that they seem to exist just to die at the hands of the MonsterOfTheWeek, even if they are shown to have independent thoughts and personalities.
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* [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman What Measure Is A Non-Ape]]: Since the [[RedShirt Holoboons]] are, well, [[HardLight holographic]], no one is concerned that they seem to exist just to die at the hands of the MonsterOfTheWeek, even if they are shown to have independent thoughts and personalities.

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Radar misuse, see trope definition. FMB misuse - The Sneaky Guy is not part of the trope.


* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Captain Simian ("Primate 1")
** TheLancer[=/=]TheChick: Shao Lin ("Primate 2")
** TheSneakyGuy: Spydor ("Primate 3")
** TheBigGuy: Gor ("Primate, uh...'4'"[[note]]He seems to still not be very good at counting.[[/note]])
** TheSmartGuy: Dr. Splitz/Splitzy ("Primate 5 [and 6]")



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** In "Plan Ape from Outer Space", Shao Lin makes a remark about Captain Simian being "full of...[[LastSecondWordSwap stuff]]."
** In "Little House on the Primate", Shao Lin talks to Captain Simian about how play is useful in relieving tension and states that she doesn't play before swinging off. Simian then remarks that Shao Lin can use some tension relief in a way clearly referring to lovemaking.
** "Escape from the Plant of the Apes"
*** The sub-plot of the Orbitron falling in love with the Bananatron has the Orbitron give a couple of suggestive lines. When Captain Simian asks about making contact with the sentient plants, the Orbitron answers that he's trying before Simian clarifies that's not the kind of contact he meant. Later, when Captain Simian says his recurring line of having to remember to get the Orbitron fixed, the Orbitron replies with "Don't even think about it".
*** When Captain Simian and Shao Lin remark about each other needing to exercise more while brain-swapped, Captain Simian in Shao Lin's body slaps Shao Lin's rear, which causes Shao Lin in Captain Simian's body to reprimand him by saying she'll thank him to "keep [her] hands to [himself]."


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* LastSecondWordSwap: In "Plan Ape from Outer Space", Shao Lin makes a remark about Captain Simian being "full of...stuff."


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* ParentalBonus:
** In "Little House on the Primate", Shao Lin talks to Captain Simian about how play is useful in relieving tension and states that she doesn't play before swinging off. Simian then remarks that Shao Lin can use some tension relief in a way clearly referring to lovemaking.
** The sub-plot of the Orbitron falling in love with the Bananatron has the Orbitron give a couple of suggestive lines. When Captain Simian asks about making contact with the sentient plants, the Orbitron answers that he's trying before Simian clarifies that's not the kind of contact he meant. Later, when Captain Simian says his recurring line of having to remember to get the Orbitron fixed, the Orbitron replies with "Don't even think about it".

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* RunningGag: "The who?"
** "Gotta get that thing fixed."
** "Check. It's a ______ thing."
** "Strangely soothing."

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"The who?"
** Every time the Orbitron goes into an odd ramble, Captain Simian remarks "Gotta get that thing fixed."
** Simian tends to say "Check. It's a ______ thing."
thing" in response to another character explaining why they're doing what they're doing.
** Characters frequently refer to something, most commonly music playing, as "Strangely soothing."

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** When Captain Simian and Shao Lin remark about each other needing to exercise more while brain-swapped in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes", Captain Simian in Shao Lin's body slaps Shao Lin's rear, which causes Shao Lin in Captain Simian's body to reprimand him by saying she'll thank him to "keep [her]] hands to [himself]."

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** "Escape from the Plant of the Apes"
*** The sub-plot of the Orbitron falling in love with the Bananatron has the Orbitron give a couple of suggestive lines. When Captain Simian asks about making contact with the sentient plants, the Orbitron answers that he's trying before Simian clarifies that's not the kind of contact he meant. Later, when Captain Simian says his recurring line of having to remember to get the Orbitron fixed, the Orbitron replies with "Don't even think about it".
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When Captain Simian and Shao Lin remark about each other needing to exercise more while brain-swapped in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes", brain-swapped, Captain Simian in Shao Lin's body slaps Shao Lin's rear, which causes Shao Lin in Captain Simian's body to reprimand him by saying she'll thank him to "keep [her]] [her] hands to [himself]."

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** In "Little House on the Primate", Shao Lin talks to Captain Simian about how play is useful in relieving tension and states that she doesn't play before swinging off. Simian then remarks that Shao Lin can use some tension relief in a way clearly referring to lovemaking.



* InsufferableGenius: Orbitron (pre-crushing).

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* InsufferableGenius: Orbitron (pre-crushing).was pretty condescending about his intelligence before Gor-illa accidentally crushed him.
* {{Irony}}: In "Little House on the Primate", Gor asks Spydor what patience means and Spydor answers that he'll tell him later. Gor then starts to get impatient on learning what patient means.
-->'''Gor''': I want to know what patience means now!
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* DistractedByTheSexy: More of a straight and deliberate example here. In one episode Shao Lin purposefully uses the fact she is a female to distract a bunch of monkey mooks, before [[PreAssKickingOneLiner going]] [[WhatMeasureIsAMook wild on them]].

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* DistractedByTheSexy: More of a straight and deliberate example here. In one episode "Apes of Wrath", Shao Lin purposefully uses the fact she is a female to distract a bunch of monkey mooks, rogue Holoboons, before [[PreAssKickingOneLiner going]] [[WhatMeasureIsAMook wild on them]].

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* GrandFinale: The last three episodes.

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* GrandFinale: The last three episodes.episodes "The Mandrill Who Knew Too Much", "Ape-pocalypse Now", and "Ape-pocalypse...A Little Later", where Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys put a permanent stop to Lord Nebula's plans with help from a new ally named Mandrax, [[spoiler:who is actually a future version of Captain Simian]].


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* VaderBreath: Parodied in "Ape-pocalypse Now", where Lord Nebula breathes heavily while wearing a paper bag over his head.

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** VoicesAreMental: {{Averted}}! The characters keep their own voices, but the voice actors imitate each others' distinctive cadences.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "Plan Ape from Outer Space", Shao Lin makes a remark about Captain Simian being "full of...[[LastSecondWordSwap stuff]]."

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In "Plan Ape from Outer Space", Shao Lin makes a remark about Captain Simian being "full of...[[LastSecondWordSwap stuff]]."
** When Captain Simian and Shao Lin remark about each other needing to exercise more while brain-swapped in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes", Captain Simian in Shao Lin's body slaps Shao Lin's rear, which causes Shao Lin in Captain Simian's body to reprimand him by saying she'll thank him to "keep [her]] hands to [himself].
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted fiercely in a flashback that showcases Rhesus-2's predecessor being disintegrated by Nebula, complete with full on lingering shots of the bloody aftermath. And this was a kid's show.

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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted fiercely in a flashback in "Rhesus Pieces" that showcases Rhesus-2's predecessor being disintegrated by Nebula, complete with full on lingering shots of the bloody aftermath. And this was a kid's show.



* TrueCompanions: The crew of the Primate Avenger, of course.

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* TrueCompanions: The crew of the Primate Avenger, of course.Avenger are all shown to be near and dear friends.


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* VoicesAreMental: Averted in "Escape from the Plant of the Apes". Captain Simian and Shao Lin swap minds in the episode, but are still voiced by their regular voice actors.
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* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler: In the pilot, Rhesus-1 is shown as a puddle of gore after evidently [[YouHaveFailedMe failing]] Nebula. But a later episode shows that, after his remains were spaced, someone else retrieved them and revived him.]]

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* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler: In the pilot, Rhesus-1 is shown as a puddle of gore after evidently [[YouHaveFailedMe failing]] Nebula. But a later episode "Rhesus Pieces" shows that, after his remains were spaced, someone else retrieved them and revived him.]]
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* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Captain Simian introduces himself in this manner while being interrogated in the beginning of the episode "The Maltese Monkey".
-->'''Captain Simian''': The name is Simian. Chuck Simian.
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* BetweenMyLegs: "Felonious Monks" features a shot where Apax is seen between Shao Lin's legs.
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* CreditsGag: The end credits always feature a monkey-related quote, sometimes spoken by a person with a monkey-related name.
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* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: The main point of the episode "Mind Over Monkey", where Rhesus-2 sends a bomb to the Primate Avenger and delays the Space Monkeys' efforts to stop it from exploding by distracting them with illusions of their worst fears. Spydor is afraid of pitbulls, Gor-illa is afraid of forest fires, Splitzy is afraid of being locked in a cage, Shao Lin is afraid of being forcefully taken from those she cares about, and Captain Simian's worst fear is letting his team down by being killed in action.

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* AGodAmI: What Lord Nebula is trying to accomplish.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "Plan Ape from Outer Space", Shao Lin makes a remark about Captain Simian being "full of...[[LastSecondWordSwap stuff]]."
* AGodAmI: What Lord Nebula is trying to accomplish.achieve godhood by destroying the universe and remaking it as he sees fit.
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* ToiletPaperTrailer: Lord Nebula at one point is seen with some toilet paper stuck to his foot in "The Apes of Wrath".

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* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The " ".

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* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The " ".", a race of aliens who are responsible for evolving Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys to their current state.


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* ToiletPaperTrailer: Lord Nebula at one point is seen with some toilet paper stuck to his foot in "The Apes of Wrath".
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** The holo-boons also parody many famous characters and people. "Gormongus", in particular, features a holo-boon who impersonates Creator/JerryLewis.

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** The holo-boons also parody many famous characters and people. "Gormongus", in particular, features a holo-boon who impersonates Creator/JerryLewis.Creator/JerryLewis, while "Lawnmower Ape" features a pair of holo-boons who resemble and act like the title characters of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Rhesus-2 pulls this on his ''own brain'' in the premiere episode, admonishing his brain for failing Lord Nebula and shooting it before replacing it with a new brain.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Rhesus-2 occasionally pulls this on his ''own brain'' in the premiere episode, by admonishing his brain for failing Lord Nebula being ineffectual and shooting it before replacing it with a new brain.
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* AssimilationPlot: "Invasion of the Banana Snatchers" involved a bureaucracy trying to trap people inside bananas in order to replace them with clones sharing a hive mind.


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** "Invasion of the Banana Snatchers"
*** Orbitron at one point exclaims "[[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream I have no mouth and I must scream]]!"
*** When freed from the banana-thing imprisoning him, Spydor comments that he dreamed of asking people to help him get home and all they did was [[Film/TheWizardOfOz give him ruby slippers]].

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* DumbMuscle: Gor, who broke the intelligence amplifier partway through his amplification.

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* DumbMuscle: Gor, who broke the intelligence amplifier partway through his amplification.amplification, so his tremendous strength comes with the setback of being much less intelligent than the other Space Monkeys.



* ExpospeakGag: Dr. Splitz/Splitzy ''is'' this trope.

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* ExpospeakGag: Dr. Splitz/Splitzy ''is'' this trope. Quite often, Dr. Splitz would say something in an overly complicated manner with his Splitzy persona describing what he said in much simpler vernacular.



* ParentheticalSwearing: Spydor frequently uses the intensifiers "monkey-loving" and "monkey-flipping", which are blatantly family-friendly alternatives to saying "motherfucking".



** The holo-boons also parody many famous characters.

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** The holo-boons also parody many famous characters.characters and people. "Gormongus", in particular, features a holo-boon who impersonates Creator/JerryLewis.

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* RedShirts: The holo-boons, HardLight baboons in red jumpsuits who exist to both enable this trope and [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman avoid angering the censors]].

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* RedShirts: The holo-boons, HardLight baboons in red jumpsuits who exist to both enable this trope get destroyed so that none of the main characters have to die and [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman avoid angering the censors]].


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* RoboticReveal: In "The Monkey Has Landed", Lilith is revealed to be a robot when she leaps in front of a laser blast meant for Captain Simian, exposing her robotic insides.
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* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: In "Ape-lien", the other Space Monkeys chew out Spydor for his usual character flaws, but commend him for saving the day.
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* ActionGirl: Shao Lin.

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* ActionGirl: Shao Lin.Lin is a woman who can fight remarkably well.



* ApesInSpace

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* ApesInSpaceApesInSpace: Captain Simian himself was an ordinary monkey shot into space before the '   ' found him and evolved him into a more humanoid form.



* BigBad: Lord Nebula.

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* BigBad: Lord Nebula.Nebula is the show's main villain.



* BodySwap: Captain Simian and Shao Lin in "Escape from the Plant of the Apes".

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* BodySwap: Captain Simian and Shao Lin switch minds in "Escape from the Plant of the Apes".



* CloudCuckooLander: Orbitron, after Gor accidentally crushed him.

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* CloudCuckooLander: Orbitron, Orbitron becomes quite an eccentric artificial intelligence, after Gor accidentally crushed him.



* CaptainSuperhero

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* CaptainSuperheroCaptainSuperhero: The title character is a hero with the title Captain.



* DeadpanSnarker: Spydor, and especially the Captain himself.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Spydor, and especially the Captain himself.himself, are prone to sarcastic remarks.



* TheDragon: Rhesus-2.

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* TheDragon: Rhesus-2.Rhesus-2 is Lord Nebula's main underling.



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeysEverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The heroes are apes.



* GentleGiant: Gor. Unless he becomes Gormungous or his BerserkButton is pushed, that is.

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* GentleGiant: Gor.Gor is large, but good-natured. Unless he becomes Gormungous or his BerserkButton is pushed, that is.



* LadyOfWar: Shao Lin.

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* LadyOfWar: Shao Lin.Lin is a female warrior who manages to still be graceful.



* NoNameGiven: The " ".

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* NoNameGiven: The " ".", as their name can't be pronounced.



** ThouShaltNotKill: The implicit reason for this.

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** ThouShaltNotKill: The implicit reason for this.this is so that the Space Monkeys aren't tempted to kill their enemies.



* RoyalWe: Shao Lin was fond of this at first.

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* RoyalWe: Shao Lin was fond of this referring to herself with plural pronouns at first.



* SouthernFriedGenius: Splitzy.
* SplitPersonality: Dr. Splitz/Splitzy exemplifies this trope.

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* SouthernFriedGenius: Splitzy.
Splitzy shares his other self Dr. Splitz' intelligence, but also gains a Southern accent.
* SplitPersonality: Dr. Splitz/Splitzy exemplifies this trope.the trope of having two personalities, with Dr. Splitz being a stoic scientific genius and Splitzy being a redneck mechanic.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Rhesus-2 pulls this on his ''own brain''.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Rhesus-2 pulls this on his ''own brain''.brain'' in the premiere episode, admonishing his brain for failing Lord Nebula and shooting it before replacing it with a new brain.
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* WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: Franchise/StarTrek lampoons are all over the place in the series.

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* WhereNoParodyHasGoneBefore: Franchise/StarTrek ''Franchise/StarTrek'' lampoons are all over the place in the series.



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''Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys'' (1996-1997) is an animated sci-fi series focusing on the exploits of a rag-tag crew of an interplanetary ship composed entirely of monkeys from Earth. They have been transformed into anthropomorphic, intelligent versions of themselves by the AppliedPhlebotinum of the " ", a mysterious race of benevolent aliens whose name can't be spoken or written, only thought. The sworn enemy of the " " and the Space Monkeys is Lord Nebula, an immensely powerful being who wants to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the universe]] and recreate it in his own image. Nebula's second-in-command is Rhesus-2, a rhesus monkey whom he turned into a HollywoodCyborg with several interchangeable brains. Sadly, it was canceled after one season.

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''Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys'' (1996-1997) is an animated sci-fi series focusing on the exploits of a rag-tag crew of an interplanetary ship composed entirely of monkeys from Earth. They have been transformed into anthropomorphic, intelligent versions of themselves by the AppliedPhlebotinum of the " ", a mysterious race of benevolent aliens whose name can't be spoken or written, only thought. The sworn enemy of the " " and the Space Monkeys is Lord Nebula, an immensely powerful being who wants to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the universe]] and recreate it in his own image. Nebula's second-in-command is Rhesus-2, a rhesus monkey whom he turned into a HollywoodCyborg {{Cyborg}} with several interchangeable brains. Sadly, it was canceled after one season.
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* TheNameless: The " ".

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* TheNameless: NoNameGiven: The " ".
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Rhesus-2 pulls this on his ''own brain''. And it [[TheDyingWalk tries to get away.]]

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