Grape Ape

Grape Ape is an anthropomorphic giant ape and the main title character in the The Great Grape Ape Show. His voice was originated by Bob Holt.

Character description
Grape Ape is a giant purple gorilla who stands at 40 feet tall. His clothing consists of a green cap, a green bow tie, and an green shirt.

Although a well-meaning creature, Grape Ape has the intelligence of a toddler, and is prone to make mistakes by accident (typically in huge consequences). His best friend is Beegle Beagle, who gives him commands in whatever situation they are in. While he is best friends with Beegle, his size tends to initially shock and frighten those unfamiliar with him, and his presence alone has often terrified people and animals.

Both Grape Ape and Beegle ride on a small yellow van driven by the latter, where Grape Ape positions himself by standing on top of its roof. Strange as it may seem, the van can withstand Grape Ape's weight. When told to "rev up", he winds it up as though it were a friction toy car, and then hops back in once it speeds up. He can stop the van by using his feet as brakes.

Grape Ape's catchphrase is saying his name twice ("Grape Ape, Grape Ape") after anything anyone says, usually as a form of agreement or acknowledgement of what was said.

TV series

 * The Great Grape Ape Show
 * Laff-A-Lympics
 * Dexter's Laboratory
 * 2.2 "Chubby Cheese" (animatronic robot)
 * Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak
 * 1.2 "Episode 2"
 * Jellystone!
 * 1.1 "Yogi's Tummy Trouble" (no lines)
 * 1.2 "Gorilla in Our Midst" (no lines)
 * 1.8 "Cats Do Dance" (mentioned)
 * 1.16 "Squish or Miss"
 * 1.18 "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!" (no lines)
 * 1.23 "Baby Shenanigans"
 * 1.26 "Jellystone Moon Platoon" (no lines)
 * 1.31 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Rat Race" (no lines)
 * 1.32 "The Brave Little Daddy"
 * 1.35 "The Box Thief" (no lines)

Movies

 * Scoob! (no lines)

Specials

 * Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!

Shorts

 * "Everyone" (no lines)
 * Jellystone!
 * 1.6 "Wait-Tea" (no lines)

Comics

 * Laff-A-Lympics
 * The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
 * #3 "The Man Who Stole Thursday"
 * Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
 * #1A "Jellystone Dark" (corpse)
 * Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
 * #1A "A Shrewdness of Apes"

Shorts

 * "Everyone"

Books

 * Scooby-Doo's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (coloring book)
 * Scooby-Doo's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (activity book)

Laff-A-Lympics
He was a member of the Yogi Yahooeys which was led by Yogi Bear. Grape Ape was the only 1962-post member of the team.

He would later go on to lead the Grape Apers, and is the only remaining member of the Yahooeys on the team.

Cameo on Yogi's Space Race
He made a guest cameo in the Yogi's Space Race episode "Nebuloc–The Prehistoric Planet", in which he helped save the Space Racers from the "Space Apes".

Harvey Birdman Represents
In the episode "Grape Juiced," Grape Ape is accused of taking steroids during the Laff-A-Lympics games and is put on trial with Harvey Birdman representing him.

SCOOB!
He appeared in the end credits sequence, in which he had joined the Falcon Force, alongside Atom Ant, Jabberjaw and Captain Caveman, fighting crime in Times Square.

Terminated
In Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1, he was killed by Deathstroke.

Development
His character was most likely inspired by King Kong, being over 40 feet high.

He also shares similarities with an earlier HB character, Magilla Gorilla.

Behind the scenes

 * According to a 1982 calendar, he was born on May 19th.

In popular culture

 * In the Robot Chicken skit "Hear the G" segment of the episode "I'm Trapped," he is seen dead with police officers surrounding his body, once they checked his ID, they realized they didn't hear the "G" in his name which explains why they shot him.