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For the main article on the animal, see Gorilla.

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• The gorilla suit is an eternally popular gag costume on television series.
  • Among the earliest examples is the gorilla-suited Nairobi Trio, a recurring-gag element of the 1950s TV comedy series, The Ernie Kovacs Show
  • On the Canadian children's cable network YTV, a recurring character on the series The Zone is Gorilla Stan, a person wearing a cheap Halloween costume.
  • In the Oct. 31, 2002, Halloween episode of the NBC series Scrubs, chief of staff Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins) wears a gorilla suit, unbeknownst to the doctors.
  • In the first season of NBC's L.A. Law, Harry Hamlin's character wooed the Susan Dey character while wearing a gorilla suit.
• A gorilla is a mascot for a number of sports teams:
  • The NBA's Phoenix Suns mascot is The Gorilla.
  • Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas, is the only public college in the United States to have a gorilla as mascot.
  • The Phillips Academy boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts, has a gorilla as an informal mascot.
• The giant gorilla is a recurring theme in film, especially in the various incarnations of King Kong and Mighty Joe Young.
• Magilla Gorilla is a well known Hanna-Barbera cartoon from 1960s
• In the Planet of the Apes films, comic books, etc., normal-sized gorillas fill security/military roles.
• The namesake of the Donkey Kong video game franchise is a gorilla.
• Optimus Primal in the TV series and toy line Beast Wars and Beast Machines starts out as a regular gorilla. His beast modes get more technological in each incarnation.
• In one episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, a gorilla appears and attacks Patrick and Sandy.
• The protagonist of Don Martin's Mad Magazine strip "National Gorilla-Suit Day" is beset by gorillas (or persons dressed as gorillas). "National Gorilla-Suit Day" is celebrated every year on January 31st. Writer Mark Evanier promotes this holiday on his web site [1], [2]
• In the anime series "Sakigake! Cromartie High School", a gorilla is one of the more powerful delinquents at Cromartie High. He (she?) also plays backup guitar for "Freddie," a fellow student who may or may not be Freddie Mercury.
• In the award-winning novel Ishmael, written by Daniel Quinn, a gorilla teaches the protagonist about the history of humanity and the effect "civilized" culture has had on other species.
• Gorillas were frequently used as a gimmick to sell comics during the Silver Age of Comic Books: see Gorillas in comics.
• An intelligent gorilla named Grodd is a recurring super-villain of The Flash in DC Comics and the animated TV series Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.
• In the popular video game Halo 2, an alien race nicknamed the Brutes resemble evil gorillas.
• There is a children's musical group called Barking Gorillas [3]. Its theme is a dance song called "Barking Gorillas Bounce" [4], and its logo features three gorillas dressed as a barbershop trio.
• The British comedy series The Mighty Boosh features a talking gorilla named Bollo.
• In the animated Disney version of Tarzan, the hero's adopted family are gorillas (unlike the "Great Apes" of the original book), including Kala, Kerchak, Terk, and Tublat.
• In the Tarzan-parody animated TV series George of the Jungle, George's best friend is an erudite talking gorilla named Ape. In the 1997 film adaptation, Ape is voiced by John Cleese.
• A popular virtual band "The Gorillaz" is named after the animal.
• Windsor, a supporting character in the animated Cartoon Network series My gym partner's a monkey, is a gorilla.
• Gorillas are also Beasts in the popular fantasy MMO World of Warcraft some can be tamed and used by the Hunter Class in the game though they are not nearly as commonly used as other potential pets.

[edit] See also

• Gorillas in comics
• List of fictional apes
• List of fictional monkeys