Gorillas in popular culture

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A poster for the 1933 film King Kong

Representations of

gorillas are common in popular culture in the Western world[1]
with the full range of electronic media having gorillas as mascots, gorillas behaving like humans, and humans behaving like gorillas.

Art

Animation

Comics

  • In The Adventures of Tintin comic The Black Island, a gorilla called Ranko was featured, who people thought was a monster.
  • Gorillas were frequently used as a gimmick to sell comics during the
    Gorillas in comics
    .
  • Several intelligent gorilla characters appear in DC Comics media: the heroes Congorilla and Solovar, and the villains Gorilla Grodd and Monsieur Mallah.
  • Marvel Apes, a Marvel Comics mini-series in which The Gibbon is transported into an alternate earth where all the Superheroes have simian counterparts (Captain Apemerica).
  • In the
    comic books
    , normal-sized gorillas fill security/military roles.
  • Grease Monkey is a science fiction series centered around intelligent gorillas.
  • In the space opera webcomic Schlock Mercenary, one of the recurring characters is an uplifted gorilla (i.e. a gorilla that has genetically enhanced, human-level sentience). This gorilla also bears the name Kerchak.

Film

Magazines and literature

A monstrous German gorilla in a World War I propaganda poster (Harry R. Hopps; 1917)

Music

Online games

  • 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.
  • In the popular superhero-themed MMO Champions Online, Dr. Silverback is one of the most important heroes of the setting and a contact for the players.
  • The team-based multiplayer shooter
    Winston
    , a gorilla who was born and raised on a futuristic lunar colony and received an education in science, enabling him to become an advanced engineer and scientist himself.

Schools

Sports

Stage and theatre shows

  • A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair for 56 Minutes and Then Leaves, a stage show features a man wearing a gorilla suit doing exactly what is said in the title.

Television

Video games

Other

See also

Notes

  1. New York Times
    . Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  2. ^ Gott, Ted (2005). "Stowed Away:Emmanuel Frémiet's Gorlla Carrying Off A Woman". Art Journal. 45. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  3. ^ Cooper, Alice. "Thrill My Gorilla." Constrictor. [S.l.]: Premium Masters, 1994.
  4. ^ Dead Milkmen (Musical group). Big Lizard in My Backyard. El Segundo, CA: Restless, 1985.
  5. ^ Flaming Lips. "Shaved Gorilla." Telepathic Surgery. Culver City, CA: Restless Records, 1989.
  6. ^ GabbaniVEVO (2017-02-09), Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali's Karma, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2017-04-08
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  8. ^ Ghostface Killah. "Gorilla Hood." The Pretty Tony Collection Chapter 2. n.p., n.p., 2008
  9. ^ Project Pat. "Gorilla Pimp." Mista Don't Play Everythangs Workin. New York: Hypnotize Minds/Loud Records, 2001.
  10. ^ Spin Doctors. "Gorilla Boy." Here Comes the Bride. New York: DAS, 1999.
  11. ^ Taylor, James. "Gorilla." Gorilla. Burbank, Calif: Warner Bros, 1975.
  12. ^ Zevon, Warren. Warren Zevon. Los Angeles, Calif: Imperial, 1969.
  13. ^ Zevon, Warren. "Gorilla, You're a Desperado." Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School. [Miami, Fla.]: Columbia Pictures Publications, 1980.
  14. ^ Z-Ro. Screwed Up Click Representa. Houston, TX: Presidential Records, 2002.
  15. ^ Spot the link between a gorilla and chocolate Archived 6 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The Independent, 14 May 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2007.

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