List of fictional primates in animation

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This is a list of fictional primates in animation, and is a subsidiary to the list of fictional primates. Non-tailed primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans are included in the apes section. Tailed primates such as monkeys, baboons, aye-ayes and marmosets are included in the Monkeys section. This list does not include humans, prehistoric human species, or humanoids.

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Apes

ApeSpeciesOriginNotes
Bingo Gorilla The Banana Splits
Bobo Chimpanzee Kim Possible The mascot of Camp Wannaweep, a camp that Ron Stoppable attended in his youth.
Bobo Haha Chimpanzee Generator Rex A purple chimpanzee who gained sapience and the ability to speak after becoming an E.V.O. He is Rex Salazar's sidekick and best friend. [1]
BoobyChimpanzee Perman
Charles SimianChimpanzee Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
Captain Gutt Gigantopithecus Ice Age: Continental Drift A pirate and master of the seas. He got his name from his fingernails, which he uses to gut his victims. [2]
Chim-ChimChimpanzee Speed Racer Pet of Speed's younger brother, Spritle
DalilahGorilla Kingdom Force A female gorilla. She is one of six main leading characters and the team's only female member.
GorillaGorilla Cromartie High School Considered smarter than most of the main characters. He is also an extremely talented sushi chef.
Gori-san Mountain gorilla Jungle King Tar-chan He is very gentle and kind, and like Etekichi is smarter than an ordinary gorilla, but unlike Etekichi he cannot talk.
GorillaGorilla Battle Spirits: Saikyou Ginga Ultimate Zero
Gorilla GoalieGorilla Bedknobs and Broomsticks A gorilla is seen during the soccer match, where he is one of its two goalies, the other being an elephant.
Gorilla MegaloGorilla Kore wa Zombie desu ka? Of the Dead
Gorzan Gorilla Legends of Chima The prince of the Gorilla tribe.
Grape ApeGorilla The Great Grape Ape Show A 40-foot-tall purple gorilla with the mind of a child.
GumboChimpanzee Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
King Gorilla Gorilla The Venture Bros. Super-villain and "scared straight" counselor
KongGorilla Cats Don't Dance A gorilla who appears when Danny and Sawyer are going to Little Ark Angel voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
JohnnyGorilla Sing
King Louie Bornean orangutan The Jungle Book franchiseLeader of the clan of monkeys, Louie was created for the Disney film and does not appear in the original Rudyard Kipling book. In the 2016 film, he is depicted as a Gigantopithecus . [3]
Magilla Gorilla Gorilla The Magilla Gorilla Show Mr. Peebles banana guzzling pet, waiting to be sold.
MauriceGorilla Marsupilami Marsupilami's silent sidekick purple gorilla friend in a pink shirt
Mojo Jojo Chimpanzee The Powerpuff Girls A megalomaniacal madman and the archenemy of the Powerpuff Girls. [4]
Mr. NesmithChimpanzee Planet Sheen In the service of NASA, originally a normal ape, but when his rocket crashed on an alien planet he developed advanced intelligence and the ability to speak, due to the higher gravity. Sheen Estevez, the star of the show, often incorrectly refers to him as a monkey, much to Nesmith's annoyance.
Mr. Teeny Chimpanzee The Simpsons Krusty the Clown's acting partner and possibly pet and, like Krusty, is addicted to cigarettes.
Optimus Primal Gorilla Beast Wars The leader of the Maximals, a faction descended from the Autobots. He has the ability to transform into a robotic gorilla. [5]
Phil and MasonChimpanzee Madagascar Two chimpanzees that work for the Penguins. Phil is silent using sign languages, while Mason does the talking
Utan Orangutan Vandread
Windsor GorillaGorilla My Gym Partner's a Monkey A wise gorilla and another friend of Adam Lyon

Monkeys

MonkeySpeciesOriginNotes
Abu Monkey Aladdin Aladdin's best friend and sidekick.
Alakazam Macaque Alakazam the Great Is encouraged by monkeys to become their king. As a king he is rude and arrogant. His arrogance intensifies until King Amo teaches him a lesson.
AntauriMonkey Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! A black robot monkey.
Atchan Spider monkey Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
Baboon Baboon Skunk Fu
BlipMonkey Space Ghost One of Space Ghost's sidekicks.
Bobo BrothersSpider monkey Go, Diego, Go! Two mischievous spider monkeys that always cause trouble. In most episodes, Diego tries to stop them misbehaving. In turn, they always ask for forgiveness for their actions.
Boots Monkey Dora the Explorer A 5-year-old monkey whom Dora met one day in the forest, is her best friend. He is friendly and enthusiastic, and usually wears nothing but his beloved red boots.
BubblesMonkey Dragon Ball Z
Buddhist MonkeyMonkey Happy Tree Friends He is golden yellow and wears a brown-orange robe with brown beads and has a pattern of brown dots in the shape of a square on his forehead.
Captain Huggy FaceMonkey WordGirl A monkey-like alien from the planet Lexicon who is WordGirl's sidekick. Also known as Bob.
Chu-chuMonkey Revolutionary Girl Utena A light purple monkey owned by Anthy Himemiya. [6]
Ete-kichiMonkey Jungle King Tar-chan
Evil Monkey Monkey Family Guy An evil monkey that torments Chris Griffin.
FurgeMonkey Seitokai Yakuindomo
GibsonMonkey Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! A blue robot monkey.
GokuMonkey Gokudo
GuenterMonkey Futurama A monkey made super-intelligent by the Electronium hat he wears, which was created by Professor Farnsworth.
George Monkey Curious George
Giggles and TicklesMonkey 64 Zoo Lane Two monkeys who like to tickle each other.
Gleek Exxorian monkey Super Friends A blue monkey-like alien and the pet of Zan and Jayna, the Wonder Twins. [7]
Hoho Colobus monkey Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
I.R. Baboon Baboon I Am Weasel
Isambard King Kong BrunelMonkey Danger Mouse
Jake SpidermonkeySpider monkey My Gym Partner's a Monkey Adam's best friend.
Kiki Monkey Magical Sentosa He is the former mascot of Sentosa, Singapore.
Lazlo Spider monkey Camp Lazlo
Master Monkey Golden snub-nosed monkey Kung Fu Panda Member of the Furious Five.
Minka MarkSpider monkey Littlest Pet Shop She is an energetic artist.
Monkey Monkey Dexter's Laboratory An ordinary looking laboratory monkey, but unknown to Dexter a superhero who stars in the Dial M for Monkey shorts.
MonkeysMonkey Dumbo
Miss Lucy Simian Baboon The Amazing World of Gumball The teacher and antagonist of Gumball Watterson
Monkey NinjasMonkey Kim Possible The minions of Monkey Fist
Mother's GokuMonkey Gokudo the Adventurer
NovaMonkey Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! A yellow robot monkey.
OttoMonkey Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! A green robot monkey.
Playful Heart MonkeyMonkey Care Bears One of the Care Bear Cousins. He has yellow-orange fur and his belly symbol is a red heart-shaped balloon with party favours.
Rafiki Mandrill The Lion King A friend of the lion pride and wisementor to Simba.
Sasuke SarutobiMonkey Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride
SebastianMonkey The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue An old monkey who was the victim of the cruel experiments of Tartarus Laboratories and as a result has a mutilated and bandaged hand.
SeealotMonkey Working with Words (Journey Through the Jungle of Words) Dualot's monkey companion.
SparxMonkey Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! A red robot monkey.
Steve Vervet monkey Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Flint Lockwood's pet monkey, who is equipped with a thought translator.
TalaMonkey Shimmer and Shine Shimmer's pet monkey.
YoyoMonkey Blinky Bill’s Extraordinary Balloon Adventure

Prosimians

ProsimianSpeciesOriginNotes
Maurice Aye-aye Madagascar King Julien's advisor.
Momo Lemur Avatar: The Last Airbender A winged lemur. [8]
Murphy Galago Daisougen no Chiisana Tenshi Bush Baby
Mort Mouse lemur MadagascarA resident of King Julien's kingdom. In All Hail King Julien , it is revealed that Mort is immortal and previously absorbed several of his alternate universe counterparts, who manifest as alternate personalities.
King Julien Ring-tailed lemur MadagascarThe king of the Madagascar jungle.

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