Grape Ape

Grape Ape
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
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.

Appearances

TV series

• The Great Grape Ape Show
• Laff-A-Lympics
• Dexter's Laboratory
  • 2.2 "Chubby Cheese" (animatronic robot)
• Jellystone!

Comics

• Laff-A-Lympics

Biography

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".

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.

Grape Ape in the Funny Books

Terminated

Grape Ape killed by Deathstroke.

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.

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.