- "Monkeys, apes, they all hold stuff with their feet, man! We're talking freaks of nature!"
- ― Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
- "Do you not know me, human? Often before we have fought and you defeated me. But today I have raised an army. An army of little brothers and they long to meet with you. Do you not know me? I am Grodd. "
- ― Gorilla Grodd to Wally West/The Flash (DC Comics)
The power to use the abilities of primates. Variation of Mammalian Physiology.
Also Called
- Ape Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
- Monkey Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
- Primate Body/Form/Mimicry
- Simian Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into primates and simians, including lemurs, the Old World monkeys and apes, and the New World monkeys.
Applications
- Climbing
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Balance
- Enhanced Combat
- Enhanced Dexterity
- Enhanced Durability
- Enhanced Endurance
- Enhanced Strength
- Powerful Bite
- Prehensile Feet
- Prehensile Tail
Variations
- Catarrhini Physiology (Old World monkeys and apes)
- Cercopithecidae Physiology (Old World monkeys)
- Cercopithecinae Physiology (baboons, macaques and vervet monkeys): Environmental Adaptation
- Papio Physiology (baboons): Decelerated Aging, Enhanced Bite, Enhanced Combat
- Cercopithecinae Physiology (baboons, macaques and vervet monkeys): Environmental Adaptation
- Hominoidea Physiology (apes): Enhanced Intelligence, Decelerated Aging
- Gibbon Physiology: Climbing, Enhanced Leap, Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Balance, Enhanced Dexterity
- Hominid Physiology (orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and humans): Enhanced Intelligence, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Memory
- Cercopithecidae Physiology (Old World monkeys)
- Platyrrhini Physiology (New World monkeys): Climbing
- Atelidae Physiology (howler, spider, woolly, and woolly spider monkeys): Prehensile Tail
- Aotidae Physiology (night monkey): Night Vision
- Strepsirrhini Physiology (Lemuriform primates): Climbing
Extinct simians:
- Australopithecus Physiology
- Gigantopithecus Physiology: Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Endurance, Unnatural Size
Mythical simians:
- Vanara Physiology: Demigod Physiology, Shapeshifting, Size Manipulation, Supernatural Condition
Associations
Primates are associated with a great number of mystical and supernatural abilities and connections in mythology and folklore, this user with this power may have access to: Adoptive Muscle Memory, Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Combat, Knowledge Replication, Trickster, Reactive Attribute Enhancement
- Archaeondris/Ancient Indri: Supernatural Condition, Unnatural Size
- Aye-ayes: Curse Inducement, Death Inducement (by pointing with middle finger), Fearlessness
- Baboons and mandrills: Enhanced Wisdom/Supernatural Wisdom, Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Intelligence, Hunting Intuition, Knowledge Manipulation, Magic
- Gorillas: Enlightenment, Supernatural Strength
- Indri: Curse Inducement/Taboo Inducement (by being killed and/or eaten), Enhanced Condition, Solar Empowerment
- Lorises: Afterlife Guardian/Guardianship, Enhanced/Supernatural/Ultimate Vision, Healing, Manipulations, Mediumship, Regenerative Healing Factor
Known Users
See Also: Primate Index.
Folklore/Mythology
- Thoth (Egyptian Mythology)
- Hanuman (Hindu Mythology)
- Vanara (Hindu Mythology)
- Simian Demons (Japanese/Chinese/Korean Mythology/Folklore)
Literature
- Rebecca (Cirque du Freak)
- The Librarian (Discworld)
- The Monkey King (Guardians of Childhood)
- Golden Monkey (His Dark Materials)
- Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)
- The Bandar Log (The Jungle Book)
- Kakuen (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Yeti (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Tarzan (Tarzan)
Comics
- Mobian simians (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Anthropomorphic simians (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Luther Hargreeves/Number One/Spaceboy (Dark Horse Comics)
- Gorilla Grodd (DC Comics)
- Congorilla (DC Comics)
- Monsieur Mallah (DC Comics)
- Detective Chimp (DC Comics)
- Titano (DC Comics)
- Ultra-Humanite (DC Comics)
- Cy-Gor (Image Comics)
- Humanimalian simians (Extinctioners)
- Eve Mahn
- Warfare
- Marsupilami (Marsupilami)
- M'Baku the Man-Ape (Marvel Comics)
- Kenneth Hale/Gorilla Man (Marvel Comics); was physically transformed into an ape while still retaining human intelligence
- Dr. Arthur Nagan/Gorilla-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Fahnbullah Eddy/Gorilla Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Gorilla-Man/Franz Radzik (Marvel Comics)
- Erik Gorbo/Monster Ape (Marvel Comics)
- Jerome Beechman/Mandrill (Marvel Comics)
- Hit-Monkey (Marvel Comics)
- The Weeping Gorilla (Promethea)
Movies
- Anthropmorphic monkeys (Spark a Space Tail)
- Anthropomorphic simians (The Adventures of the American Rabbit)
- Ping Pong
- Goku/Oozaru (Dragonball Evolution)
- Captain Gutt (Ice Age)
- Peter (Jack The Giant Killer); temporarily
- The Bandar Log (The Jungle Book 1967/The Jungle Book 2016)
- King Louie
- Konga (Konga)
- Megaprimatus kong (King Kong)
- King Kong
- Kiko
- Queen Kong
- Anthropomorphic simians (Kung Fu Panda)
- Monkey
- Julio Krallman (La Horripilante Bestia Humana/Night of the Bloody Apes)
- Rafiki (The Lion King)
- Mighty Joe Young (Mighty Joe Young)
- Miss Edwards (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)
- Monkeybone (Monkeybone)
- Scot Webster (The Monster and the Girl)
- Evolved Apes (Rise of The Planet of The Apes)
- Monk-E (Super Buddies)
- Babi (Treasure Buddies)
Television
- Vixens (Arrowverse/DC Comics)
- Amaya Jiwe
- Mari McCabe
- Kuasa
- Nora Darhk (Arrowverse/DC Comicss)
- Lazoons (Fireball Xl5)
- Zoonie
- Sam (Five Minutes More)
- Gorilla Tribe (Lego Legends of Chima)
- Gorilla Legend Beast (Lego Legends of Chima)
- Sinister Simian (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- Rumba Monkey (Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
- Camilla (What Now)
Anime/Manga
- Zeke Yeager (Attack on Titan); as the Beast Titan
- Jerome Guizbatt (Bleach)
- Monmon (Digimon)
- Gokuwmon (Digimon)
- Apemon (Digimon)
- Makuramon (Digimon)
- Etemon (Digimon)
- KingEtemon (Digimon)
- MetalEtemon (Digimon)
- Targetmon (Digimon)
- Saiyans (Dragon Ball series)
- Mencue/Monk (Eto Rangers)
- Darius (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Bikou (Highschool DxD)
- Sun Wukong (Highschool DxD)
- Guardian ÄRM, Bumoru (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Enma the Monkey King (Naruto)
- Son Gokū (Naruto)
- Rōshi (Naruto); via Jinchūriki Forms
- Blackback (One Piece)
- Humandrills (One Piece)
- Acacia (Toriko); after consuming NEO
- Forever (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
Cartoons
- Anthropomorphic primates (Almost Naked Animals)
- Miss Simian (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Momo (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Charlie (Bananas in Pyjamas reboot)
- Grimian (Battle Force 5)
- Arachnichimps/Evolved Arachnichimps (Ben 10 series)
- Spidermonkey/Ultimate Spidermonkey
- Lazlo (Camp Lazlo)
- Simian* Maestre Grinto (Combo Ninos)
- Beast Boy (Young Justice/DC Comics)
- Monkey (Dexter's Laboratory)
- Simion (Dexter's Laboratory)
- Simians (Dora the Explorer/Go, Diego, Go!)
- Boots
- Bobo Brothers
- Madame Ape Face (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder)
- Bobo Haha (Generator Rex)
- I.R. Baboon (I Am Weasel)
- Tomato (Iggy Arbuckle)
- Stoke (Iggy Arbuckle)
- Monkey Fist (Kim Possible)
- Mort (Madagascar/All Hail King Julien); 40% lemur
- Primates (My Gym Partner's a Monkey)
- Jake Spidermonkey
- Windsor Gorilla
- Terd (Pororo the Little Penguin)
- Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Oscar (The Save-Ums!)
- Tina (The Save-Ums!)
- Dr. Tyler Rockwell (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
- Yojojo (Waybuloo)
- Rangatang (Wide Eye)
Video Games
- Specter (Ape Escape)
- Doctor Silverback (Champions Universe)
- Man-Ape (Cheetahmen)
- Monkeys (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
- Kornephores (Dino Crisis 3)
- Kongs (Donkey Kong)
- Shimon Vastaya (League of Legends)
- Anthropomorphic gorillas (Legend of Kay)
- Shun
- Bodyguard
- Winston (Overwatch)
- Mankey and Primeape (Pokémon)
- Aipom and Ambipom (Pokémon)
- Chimchar, Monferno, and Infernape (Pokémon)
- Pansage and Simisage (Pokémon)
- Pansear and Simisear (Pokémon)
- Panpour and Simipour (Pokémon)
- Oranguru (Pokémon)
- Passimian (Pokémon)
- Grookey, Thwackey, and Rillaboom (Pokémon)
- George (Rampage)
- Folding Screen Monkeys (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
- "See No Evil" Monkey
- "Hear No Evil" Monkey
- "Speak No Evil" Monkey
- "Do No Evil" Monkey
- Guardian Ape/Headless Ape (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
- Sunken Valley Monkeys (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
- Fling Kong (Skylanders)
- Grilla Drilla (Skylanders)
- Dr. M (Sly Cooper)
- Hun Batz (SMITE)
- Sun Wukong (SMITE)
- Monkeys (Star Fox)
- Dash Bowman
- Andrew Oikonny
- Andross
- Ruffian
- Hozens (Warcraft)
Tabletop Games
- Girallons (Dungeons & Dragons)
- The Jammers (Feng Shui)
- Vanarans (Pathfinder)
- Charau-ka (Pathfinder)
- Ruthazek the Gorilla King (Pathfinder)
- Angazhani (Pathfinder)
- Ape-Boys (Rifts)
- Jokaero (Warhammer 40,000)
Web Original
- Sun Wukong (RWBY)
- SCP-039 - Proboscis Engineers (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-397 - A Hominidae (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1341 - "JUNGLE IN A JAR" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2292 - Gorilla beringei necromantiae (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2984 - Girl on Fire (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3149 - Monkey Business (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3602-A - The Monkey King's Legacy (SCP Foundation)
Known Items
- Monkey Staff/Monkey Spear (Xiaolin Showdown/Xiaolin Chronicles)