Magilla Gorilla (character)

This article is about the main title character. For other uses, see Magilla Gorilla.

Magilla Gorilla
Magilla Gorilla in "Big Game."
Species	Gorilla
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Mr. Peebles Yogi's Gang Nightwing Grape Ape Wanda Sykes; Jabberjaw Loopy De Loop Magilla's
Occupation	Actor in Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
Father	Mr. Peebles, adoptive father in Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
Mother	Not mentioned
Sibling(s)	One sister, Maggie Gorilla, in Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
First appearance	MG: "Big Game" (1964)
Played by	Allan Melvin (1964-94) Maurice LaMarche (2005, 2008) Frank Welker (2019) Paul F. Tompkins (2021)
File:Magilla Ice.png As Magilla Ice in Yo, Yogi!
Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Jellystone!

Magilla Gorilla is the main title character in the Magilla Gorilla animated television shorts. His voice was originated by Allan Melvin.

Character description

Magilla is an anthropomorphic gorilla with light brown hair. He sports a purple bow tie, red shorts with green suspenders, an undersized purple derby hat, and brown dress shoes.

Owned by the pet shop owner, Mr. Peebles, Magilla is a fun-loving primate who spends most his time in the front display window of his shop. He is prone to all sorts of trouble and is a constant strain to Peebles's finances. Due to his tomfoolery, Magilla's asking price would get lower and lower, until he briefly gets bought by another person. The customer in question would use Magilla for various purposes, but with one mishap or another ensuing, he always winds up back in the store with a refund at hand.

Occasionally, the gorilla is also a friend to a little girl named Ogee―the only customer to show interest in owning him.

Appearances

TV series

• Magilla Gorilla
• Funtastic Treasure Hunt
  • "The Attack of Dr. Mars"
• Yo, Yogi! (as Magilla Ice)
  • 1.3 "Jellystone Jam"
  • 1.12B "To Tell the Truth, Forsooth" (mentioned)
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 2.1 "SPF" (no lines)
  • 3.8 "Free Magilla"
  • 4.7 "The Death of Harvey"
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
  • 1.3 "Peebles' Pet Shop of Terrible Terrors!"
• Jellystone!

Movies

• Yogi's Ark Lark
• Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
• Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (poster)

Specials

• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (no lines)
• Arabian Nights
• The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (no lines)

Shorts

• "Everyone" (no lines)

Comics

• Magilla Gorilla (Gold Key Comics)
• Magilla Gorilla Kite Fun Book
• Magilla Gorilla (Charlton Comics)
• Laff-A-Lympics
  • #6 "The Discount of Monty Cristo" (no lines)
• The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
  • #2J "Magilla Magic!"
• Hanna-Barbera Spotlight
  • #4 Big Magilla in Space!"
• Cartoon Network Christmas Spectacular
  • #1F "Don't Badger the Customers"
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • #47 "Don't Get Mad, Scientist"
• Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
  • #1A "A Shrewdness of Apes"

Video games

• Hanna-Barbera's Turbo Toons
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Gallery

Main article: Magilla Gorilla (character)/Gallery

Behind the scenes

• According to a 1982 calendar, he was born on January 14th.

In popular culture

• Magilla is mentioned by one of Elaine's co-workers in a deleted scene of the Seinfeld episode "Summer of George."
• In The Simpsons episode "When You Dish Upon A Star," Homer dreams that he's Magilla and mauls Mr. Peebles after he takes away his banana.
• In "Demise of the Planet of the Apes," a segment of the MAD episode "It's a MAD Monkey Special!," Magilla is one of the monkeys in the zoo.