History YMMV / RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes

** If he hasn't crosses this by trying to attack Caesar when he was a baby ape ([[JerkassHasAPoint though that's clearly justified from his viewpoint]]), Hunsiker absolutely crosses this when he [[BullyingTheDisabled inconsiderately confronts the dementia-stricken Charles Rodman]] for damages to his car and mercilessly tried to call the police on him and later tried to intervene by confronting ALZ-113-afflicted Franklin for trespassing onto a private property in a neighborhood he lives in and ordering him to get out of the said neighborhood after Franklin accidentally sneezes on him, infecting him. While Hunsiker's a ButtMonkey in the majority of his screen time, he's actually a cathartic ButtMonkey for his completely undeserved IrrationalHatred of his neighbors the Rodmans.

** Jacobs crosses this for condoning the production of ALZ-113 despite its flaws out of {{Greed}} and nothing else.

* WhatAnIdiot: Several moments in the film involve humans taking turns with the IdiotBall.
** Robert Franklin and all the other so-called ape experts fail to notice that a female is pregnant, and later that there's a baby ape in her cell. Thus a dozen apes are put down due to a misunderstanding and bad timing.
*** Especially considering that they were using her to ''test a medical drug''. When scientists do that, they keep track off all of the test subject's health signs. The company appears to be large and wealthy, so I doubt they're running some crap, unregulated operation. Even if they were stupidly not testing for signs, people who work with chimps a lot should've been able to notice she was pregnant just by looking at her.
*** Also, it's going to take more than two not-that-physically-fit-looking scientists to restrain an angry chimpanzee.
** Dodge Landon stepping out into the pen to confront Caesar alone, seemingly unaware of how dangerous chimpanzees can be despite working with them, then following it up by trying to [[spoiler:electrocute a ''talking'' ape (again) while the ape's holding a water hose.]]
*** Dodge's treatment of the apes, period. Yes, mistreat, tease, and torment the animals that are (even without enhancements) intelligent, have long-term memories, and are physically ''much'' stronger than you. [[TheDogBitesBack See if that doesn't]] [[BullyingADragon bite you in the ass later]].
** Jacobs deciding to throw basic safety measures to the wind when testing out the new version of Will's drug. [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Apparently the thought of massive profits makes him lose all caution]].
*** To be fair, Will's treatment up until that point had seemed like little more than a pipe dream. Even with all the data, Jacobs had never seen a successful test until Will broke protocol and treated his father. That turned Will's research from 'pet project' to '[[MoneyDearBoy wonder drug worth billions]].'
*** It's still a severe IdiotBall moment because he didn't even bother with making sure that were ''no'' potential nasty side-effects. The moment the possibility for lots of money became apparent, he gave into greed and [[ViolationOfCommonSense discarded logic and]] ''[[ViolationOfCommonSense common sense.]]'' And his idiocy is not only the reason [[spoiler: Koba kills him]], it's also partly the reason that practically no one sans a completely ignored researcher [[spoiler: realized that Franklin died ''because'' of ALZ-113 (Jacob's would be moneymaker) and was thus unfit for human trial ''and'' mass production.]] The result? [[spoiler: ApocalypseHow, Class 3a.]]
*** Though even if they did contain him after the fact (it should've been before) [[spoiler: how could they have possibly known he'd sneezed on a pilot? ApocalypseHow? Not through Jacobs.]]
** And also Franklin. Sure, he may have first tried to talk with Will by phone, but if he realized [[spoiler: he was infected with a so-far deadly-looking disease]], couldn't he have taken some precautions, like wearing a mask to block his sneezes? At least then perhaps the pilot [[spoiler: wouldn't have contracted the disease, which in turn wouldn't have doomed mankind.]] Hell, Franklin should have said something the moment he noticed something was wrong, since he was completely fine ''until the accident in the testing room happened.''
** Jacobs refusing to continue testing of A112. I get that the chimp thing would be a PR disaster, but he basically has a miracle drug on hand. He cancelled the experiment without even an investigation, throwing god-knows-how-much money down the drain already. It's not like they were experimenting with some tiny little hypothesis that could maybe potentially be applied to future experiments; this was a drug that had gone through a long testing period and seemed to work perfectly.

* AwardSnub: It didn't win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. And many, including Creator/JamesFranco, feel Creator/AndySerkis should have been nominated for Best Actor.

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as a police officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge; a helicopter which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in this film's second sequel, [[Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes]], as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, nicknamed Red, is a secondary antagonist who starts out working for the humans, [[spoiler:only to pull a HeelFaceTurn during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act that costs Red his life]]. Talk about irony...

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as a police officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge; a helicopter which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in this film's second sequel, WarForThePlanetOfTheApes, as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, nicknamed Red, is a secondary antagonist who starts out working for the humans, [[spoiler:only to pull a HeelFaceTurn during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act that costs Red his life]]. Talk about irony...

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as a police officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge; a helicopter which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in this film's second sequel, ''WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, nicknamed Red, is a secondary antagonist who starts out working for the humans, [[spoiler:only to pull a HeelFaceTurn during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act that costs Red his life]]. Talk about irony...

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as a police officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge; a helicopter which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in this film's second sequel, ''War for the Planet of the Apes'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, named Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act that costs Red his life]]. Talk about irony...

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as an officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in this film's second sequel , ''War for the Planet of the Apes'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, named Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act that costs Red his life]].

-->'''Roger Ebert''': The movie has its pleasures, although human intelligence is not one of them.

** Dodge crosses this when he tortures Caesar by either beating him with a high-pressure hose, insulting him or just beating him, while his father John crosses this by indifferently doing nothing about his son's torturing the apes.

** For his unjust actions against Ceasar and the Rodmans during most of his screen time, seeing Hunsiker getting his butt handed too is very satisfying.

** For his unjust actions against Ceasar and the Rodmans during most of his screen time, seeing him getting his butt handed too is very satisfying.

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as the officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in ''Rise'''s second sequel , ''War for the Planet of the Apes'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, named Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act that costs Red his life]].

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as the officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in the second sequel to ''Rise'', ''"War for the Planet of the Apes"'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, named Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act which costs Red his life]].

** The stinger's SequelHook, where Hunsiker spreads ALZ-113 into a major airport, which eventually dooms the planet, can be horrifying to watch in the wake of 2020's [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic global pandemic]] that forced virtually all populated parts of the world into a state of emergency.

** The SequelHook stinger of Hunsiker spreading the ALZ-113 into a major airport hub that eventually dooms the planet can be horrifying to watch in the wake of 2020's [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic]] that forced virtually all populated parts of the world into a state of emergency.

** The SequelHook stinger of Hunsiker spreading the ALZ-113 into a major airport hub that eventually dooms the planet can be horrifying to watch in the wake of 2020's global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that forced virtually all populated parts of the world into a state of emergency.

* IdiotPlot: Let's face it, ''nothing'' in this movie could have happened if it weren't for the vast majority of the human characters acting like complete idiots. See WhatAnIdiot for more examples.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: There's several scenes during the Golden Gate Attack that seem more fitting to a cartoon than anything.

** Koba killing Jacobs. In the context of this film, it's a triumph against an AssholeVictim oppressor. However, in the context of [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes the sequel]], it's Koba's first kill, and he happened to like the taste....

* SpiritualLicensee:

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as the officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in the second sequel to ''Rise'', ''"War for the Planet of the Apes"'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, named Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn much, much later on during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act which costs Red his life]].

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as the officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in the second sequel to ''Rise'', ''"War for the Planet of the Apes"'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn much, much later on during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act which costs Red his life]].

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as the officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in the second sequel to ''Rise'', ''"War for the Planet of the Apes"'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, named Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn much, much later on during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act which costs Red his life]].

** Ty Olsson plays a minor role in ''Rise'' as the officer who fires at Caesar from a helicopter during the battle on the Golden Gate Bridge, which Buck the gorilla leaps at and successfully downs, saving Caesar, but not before Olsson's character inflicts multiple gunshot wounds that result in Buck's death minutes after. 6 years later, Olsson gets cast in the second sequel to ''Rise'', ''"War for the Planet of the Apes"'', as the very thing he fired at in ''Rise'' - a gorilla. Not only that, but said-gorilla, named Red, [[spoiler:starts out working for the humans, only to pull a HeelFaceTurn much, much later on during ''War'''s climax, saving Caesar from a human, an act which costs Red his life]].