Grape Ape
Grape Ape | |
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Grape Ape in "That Was No Idol, That Was My Ape." | |
Species | Ape |
Gender | Male |
Affiliation | Beegle Beagle Yogi Yahooeys Grape Apers |
Father | Harry Ape King Kong[1] |
Mother | Mrs. Ape |
First appearance | TGGAS: "That Was No Idol, That Was My Ape" (1975) |
Played by | Bob Holt (1975-1978) John Michael Higgins (2004) C.H. Greenblatt (2021) |
Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special | |
SCOOB! | |
Jellystone! |
Grape Ape is an anthropomorphic giant ape and the main title character in the Grape Ape animated TV shorts. His voice was originated by Bob Holt.
Character description
Appearances
TV series
- The Great Grape Ape Show
- Laff-A-Lympics
- Dexter's Laboratory
- 2.2 "Chubby Cheese" (animatronic robot)
- Jellystone!
Comics
Biography
Debut series
Crossover Era
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".
Dexter's Laboratory Cameo
Grape Ape Sings
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.
Everyone's Back in Jellystone!
Grape Ape in the Funny Books
Terminated
In Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1, he was killed by Deathstroke.
The Next Magilla
Development
His character was most likely inspired by King Kong, being over 40 feet high.
Gallery
- Main article: Grape Ape/Gallery
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.
References
- ^ Laff-A-Lympics: "Quebec and Baghdad" season 1, episode 16 (1977).