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 TV shorts. His voice was originated by Allan Melvin.

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!

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)

Movies

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

Shorts

• MetLife's "Everyone" commercial (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.