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Poll: Favorite Old World Monkey Movie Character
Which of these selected Old World monkey movie characters* is your favorite one?
* Old World monkeys are scientifically classified in the primate taxonomy family Cercopithecidae, comprising talapoin, patas, vervet, guenon, macaque, mangabey, baboon, gelada, drill, mandrill and other related monkey species. These species' natural habitat is the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe on the Eastern Hemisphere continents (with its sole surviving European habitat species residing on Gibraltar). They also are part of the broader Haplorhini suborder, containing all the higher primates including tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes.
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Make Your Choice
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Rafiki (OW/Mandrill Monkey)
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Jackie Chan in Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Master Monkey (OW/Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey) -
Rock of Ages (2012)
Hey Man (OW/Anubis Baboon) -
Charlize Theron in Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Monkey (OW/Snow Monkey) -
Pat Walshe in The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Nikko (fictitious OW/Chinese Blue Flying Monkey) -
Neil Patrick Harris in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Steve (OW/Vervet Monkey) -
Gladiator II (2024)
Baboon Gladiator Lucius' baboon gladiator opponent (OW/Baboon) -
The Jungle Book (2016)
Bandar Log Monkey Troop (ficticious OW/Bandar Log Monkey) -
Jimmy O. Yang in The Monkey King (2023)
Monkey King (OW/Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey) -
Danny Trejo in Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Boots (OW/Blue Monkey) -
Typhoon in The Fly (1986)
Typhoon (OW/Hamadryas Baboon) -
Brad Morris in Sing (2016)
Baboon (OW/Hamadryas Baboon) -
Monkey Kingdom (2015)
Maya (OW/Toque Macaque Monkey) -
Wicked (2024)
Chistery Nikko, Wizard's monkey army leader and Elphaba's favorite winged monkey (fictitious wing-transplanted OW/Snow Monkey) -
Jean-Claude Van Damme in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
Jean Clawed's Baboon form (fictitious OW/Hamadryas Baboon Hybrid) -
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Monkey Mutts (ficticious OW/Mandrill Monkey Mutation) -
Fred Hechinger in Gladiator II (2024)
Dondas, Emperor Caracalla's pet monkey (OW/Blue Monkey) -
Frank Welker in Jumanji (1995)
Jumanji's Monkey Troop (OW/Long-Tailed Macaque Monkey) -
Pierre Mattocks in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Prince Kassim, his Baboon form (OW/Yellow Baboon) -
Dan Fogler in Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
Yummo & Wickersham Brothers Monkey troop (ficticous OW/Wickersham Monkey Suess species) -
The Croods (2013)
Punch Monkey Troop (ficticous OW/Punch Monkey) -
Adam Buxton in Sing 2 (2021)
Klaus Kickenklober (OW/Proboscis Monkey) -
Anna Mugiho in Batman Ninja (2018)
Monkichi (OW/Macaque Monkey) -
Typhoon in Shakma (1990)
Shakma (OW/Hamadryas Baboon) -
Donnie Yen in The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace (2014)
The Monkey King (OW/Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey) -
Monkey Kingdom (2015)
Kip (OW/Toque Macaque Monkey) -
Evan Almighty (2007)
Baboon Pair (OW/Hamadryas Baboon) -
Guardians of Oz (2015)
Flying Monkey Troop (ficticous OW/Yellow Flying Monkey) -
Leo DeLyon in The Jungle Book (1967)
Flunkey aka M.C. Monkey (ficticious OW/Bandar Log Monkey) -
Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
Bajrangi Bhaijaan's Monkey Friend (OW/Rhesus Macaque Monkey) -
Ryan Naylor in The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Creepo Monkey (ficticous OW/Creepo Monkey) -
After Earth (2013)
Baboon Troop (OW/Chacma Baboon) -
Frankie Avalon and Kiyoshi Komiyama in Alakazam the Great (1960)
Son Goku / Alakazam (OW/Macaque Monkey) -
Mickey The Baboon in The Rundown (2003)
Amorous Jungle Ape (OW/Hamadryas Baboon) -
Ellie Nygårds Blom and Nina Åkerlund in Monky (2017)
Another Old World Monkey Movie Character Not ListedMonky (reincarnated) (OW/Dusky Leaf Monkey) [as the listed example]