Basic Trope: Non-human primates are added for comedic purposes.
- Straight:
- A humorous scene involving monkeys is added to the show for no particular reason.
- Mike, a Talking Animal monkey, is the Plucky Comic Relief and usually getting up to silly shenanigans.
- Exaggerated:
- The show is a comedy where all of the characters are primates.
- The show adds comical scenes involving monkeys whenever it possibly can.
- Downplayed:
- Mike is The Comically Serious from time to time.
- There are no primates, but someone tells a funny joke about a monkey at one point.
- Justified:
- Monkeys are known for getting into goofy shenanigans from time to time.
- Mike is an entertainer.
- Inverted:
- Maniac Monkeys
- Mike is an extremely serious monkey who never does anything funny.
- The show is set in a monkey world, where Mike the human is usually used for comedy.
- Subverted: Monkeys are shown as humorous at first, until they suddenly attack someone.
- Double Subverted: The Maniac Monkeys are still portrayed as Laughably Evil.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Monkeys are not added to the series.
- The only time monkeys are ever shown is when it'd make logical sense, and there isn't much attention drawn to them at all.
- Enforced: "People find monkeys funny, so let's add a few of them doing silly things."
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Someone trains Mike the monkey to do some tricks.
- Exploited: The characters need a distraction, so they call upon Mike the monkey to do something humorous.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: "Monkeys are usually either funny, aggressive, or smart in fiction. Or all three."
- Conversed: "What was that scene with the monkeys all about?" "I don't know, but it sure was funny!"
Let's go back to Silly Simian and see the funny monkeys.
