List of fictional primates

This list of fictional primates is a subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. The list is restricted to notable non-human characters (including prehistoric human related species such as Homo erectus and humanoids) from the world of fiction including bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, gibbons, monkeys, lemurs and other primates.

Literature

Character	Species	Origin and Author	Notes
Claw the Giant Ape	Ape	Beast Quest	Claw is the second beast Tom fights in Series Two, "The Golden Armor". He guards the chain mail. He has a tail with a sting rather like a scorpion. He lives in the Dark Jungle in Avantia.
Francine Frensky	Monkey	Arthur's Valentine by Marc Brown	A tomboy who loves sports, drumming, and singing. She is 8 years old, and she is the best player on her team in just about every sport they play, rivaled only by the Brain at soccer and basketball.
Ishmael	Gorilla	Ishmael by Daniel Quinn	A philosopher who was captured from the wild when young and sent to the zoo. After the zoo sold him to a menagerie, an old Jewish man bought him and could communicate with him through his mind. Ishmael teaches captivity to the unnamed narrator.
The Librarian	Orang-utan	Discworld by Terry Pratchett	The Librarian appeared in the first novel of the series, The Colour of Magic, and was transformed into an orang-utan in The Light Fantastic as the Octavo fired a beam of magic upwards. On discovering that being an orang-utan had certain advantages for a librarian - he can climb up to high shelves, for example - he refused to be transformed back into a human and has remained an orang-utan ever since. The other wizards have gradually become used to the situation, to the extent that, from Night Watch: 'if someone ever reported that there was an orang-utan in the Library, the wizards would probably go and ask the Librarian if he'd seen it'.

Comics

Ape	Origin	Notes
Ape-X	Squadron Supreme #5	A member of The Squadron Supreme; Also the name of a super hero who becomes a powerful gorilla after donning a magic Mexican wrestling mask
Monsieur Mallah	Doom Patrol (vol. 1) #86	An intelligent homosexual gorilla created by an evil brain in a jar. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Evil, enemies of the original Doom Patrol.
Titano	Superman	A fictional character appearing in DC Comics, primarily as a foe of Superman.

Primates in film

Ape	Origin	Notes
Aldo	Planet of the Apes	The leader of the gorilla factions (and the ape revolution, by extension) during the rise of the ape society prior to humanity's downfall, as the "lowest species" of the planet.
King Kong	King Kong	A giant movie monster resembling a gorilla, that has appeared in several movies since 1933. These include the groundbreaking 1933 movie, the film remakes of 1976 and 2005, as well as various sequels of the first two films. The character has become one of the world's most famous movie icons and, as such, has transcended the medium.
Caesar	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Intelligent Ape, who is abandoned and rallies a group of apes to escape from a cruel caging facility.
Mighty Joe Young	Mighty Joe Young	An abnormally large gorilla who grew up in the USA and with his human friend Jill's help returned to his homeland in Africa.

Animation

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Lazlo	Spider monkey	Camp Lazlo
Magilla Gorilla	Gorilla	The Magilla Gorilla Show
Grape Ape	Gorilla	The Great Grape Ape Show
Rafiki	Mandrill	Lion King
King Gorilla	Gorilla	The Venture Bros.
Terk	Gorilla	Tarzan

Television

Name	Species	Origin	Notes
Bingo	Gorilla	The Banana Splits	Member of The Banana Splits, an all-animal band. He played the drums.
Professor Bobo	Gorilla	Mystery Science Theater 3000
Zoboomafoo	Coquerel's sifaka	Zoboomafoo	Titular puppet lemur

Video games

Character	Species	Origin	Platform(s)	Notes
Andross		Star Fox	SNES	The archenemy of the Star Fox team.
Conga the Gorilla	Gorilla	Banjo-Kazooie	N64 · Xbox Live Arcade	A giant gorilla who first appears in Mumbo's Mountain.
Donkey Kong	Gorilla-like ape	Donkey Kong	Arcade · Atari 2600 · Amstrad CPC · Apple II · Atari 7800 · Atari 8-bit · C64 · ColecoVision · GBA · Intellivision · MSX, NES · 3DS · MS-DOS · TI-99/4A · TRS-80 · VIC-20 · Wii · ZX Spectrum

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