Magilla Gorilla (character)

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

Magilla Gorilla
Species	Gorilla
Gender	Male
Member of	Yogi's Gang
Affiliation	Mr. Peebles Ogee Wally Gator Nightwing Grape Ape Wanda Sykes Jabberjaw Loopy De Loop Magilla's in Jellystone!
Occupation	Actor Clothing retailer
Works for	Magilla's
Father	Mr. Peebles, adoptive father in Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
Mother	Not mentioned
Sister(s)	Maggie Gorilla
First appearance	MG: "Big Game" (1964)
Played by	Allan Melvin (1964-94) Maurice LaMarche (2005, 2008) Frank Welker (2019) Paul F. Tompkins (2021-present)
Fender Bender 500
File:Magilla Ice.png As Magilla Ice in Yo, Yogi!
Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Jellystone!

Magilla Gorilla is an anthropomorphic talking gorilla and the main title character in the Magilla Gorilla animated television shorts, which came as part of The Magilla Gorilla Show. His voice was originated by Allan Melvin.

Character description

Being a gorilla, Magilla has a large build to him and has light brown hair. He sports a purple bow tie, red shorts with green suspenders, a 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
  • 1.1 "Big Game"
  • 1.2 "Gridiron Gorilla"
  • 1.3 "Private Magilla"
  • 1.4 "Bank Pranks"
  • 1.5 "Groovey Movie"
  • 1.6 "Airlift"
  • 1.7 "Come Blow Your Dough"
  • 1.8 "Mad Scientist"
  • 1.9 "Masquerade Party"
  • 1.10 "Come Back Little Magilla"
  • 1.11 "Fairy Godmother"
  • 1.12 "Planet Zero"
  • 1.13 "Prince Charming"
  • 1.14 "Motorcycle Magilla"
  • 1.15 "Is That Zoo?"
  • 2.1 "Bird Brained"
  • 2.2 "Circus Ruckus"
  • 2.3 "Camp Scamps"
  • 2.4 "The Purple Mask"
  • 2.5 "Love at First Fight"
  • 2.6 "Pet Bet"
  • 2.7 "Makin' with the Gorilla"
  • 2.8 "High Fly Guy"
  • 2.9 "Deep Sea Doodle"
  • 2.10 "That Was the Geek That Was"
  • 2.11 "Montana Magilla"
  • 2.12 "Magilla Mix-Up"
  • 2.13 "Wheelin' and Dealin'"
  • 2.14 "Mad Avenue Madness"
  • 2.15 "Beau Jest"
  • 2.16 "Super Blooper Heroes"
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
  • "The Attack of Dr. Mars"
• Yo, Yogi! (as Magilla Ice)
  • 1.3 "Jellystone Jam"
  • 1.12B "To Tell the Truth, Forsooth" (mentioned)
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  • 3.10 "Glen Campbell" (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!
  • 1.1 "Yogi's Tummy Trouble" (no lines)
  • 1.2 "Gorilla in Our Midst" (no lines)
  • 1.5 "A Coconut to Remember"
  • 1.7 "Must Be Jelly" (no lines)
  • 1.9 "VIP Baby You Know Me" (no lines)
  • 1.10 "El Kabong's Kabong is Gone"
  • 1.11 "Mr. Flabby Dabby Wabby Jabby" (no lines)
  • 1.13 "DNA, A-OK!" (no lines)
  • 1.14 "Face of the Town!" (no lines)
  • 1.17 "Gotta Kiss Them All" (no lines)
  • 1.18 "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!"
  • 1.19 "A Fish Sticky Situation"
  • 1.20 "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone" (no lines)
  • 1.21 "Spell Book" (no lines)
  • 1.22 "Lady Danjjer: Is It Wrong to Long for Kabong?"
  • 1.23 "Baby Shenanigans" (no lines)
  • 1.24 "Bleep!"
  • 1.25 "Yogi's Mid-Life Crisis" (no lines)
  • 1.27 "The Sea Monster of Jellystone Cove"
  • 1.28 "Business"
  • 1.29 "Pants!"
  • 1.30 "Uh Oh! It's a Burglar!"
  • 1.32 "The Brave Little Daddy" (no lines)
  • 1.33 "The Big Stink" (no lines)
  • 1.34 "Boo Boo and Benny: Little Buddy Trouble" (no lines)
  • 1.35 "The Box Thief" (no lines)
  • 1.36 "Jailcation" (no lines)
  • 1.39 "Heroes and Capes" (no lines)
  • 1.40 "Sweet Dreams"
  • 2.1 "Meet the Jetsons"
  • 2.2 "Disco Fever" (no lines)
  • 2.3 "Cindy vs. Noodle Arms" (no lines)
  • 2.4 "Hot Guys, Cold Turkey"
  • 2.6 "LAFF Games" (no lines)
  • 2.10 "Vote Raspberry" (no lines)
  • 2.12 "Mummy Knows Best" (no lines)
  • 2.13 "Augie-mented Reality" (no lines)
  • 2.14 "Space Con" (no lines)
  • 2.15 "Sha-zogi" (no lines)
  • 2.16 "Lil' Honk Honks!" (no lines)
  • 2.17 "Epic Rager"

Movies

• Yogi's Ark Lark
• Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper
• The Good, the Bad, and Huckleberry Hound
• Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (poster)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (no lines)

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
  • Issue #6: "The Discount of Monty Cristo]]" (no lines)
• The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera
  • Issue #2K: "Magilla Magic!"
• Hanna-Barbera Spotlight
  • Issue #4: "Big Magilla in Space!"
• Cartoon Network Christmas Spectacular
  • Issue #1F "Don't Badger the Customers"
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • Issue #3A: "The Twiddle Method"
  • Issue #22C: "Mighty Magilla"
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • Issue #47: "Don't Get Mad, Scientist"
• Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla Special
  • Issue #1A: "A Shrewdness of Apes"

Video games

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

Development

Magilla's name originates from "megillah", an English slang word referring to a long and sometimes drawn-out story, and derrived from the Yiddish word "megile", which itself comes from the Hebrew word "megillah" (מְגִילָּה, "scroll"). When Joseph Barbera got a complaint from a Rabbi over the use of "megillah", animator Jerry Eisenberg—himself a Jewish person—gave Barbera permission to use the word.

Gallery

Main article: Magilla Gorilla (character)/Gallery

Behind the scenes

• According to Hanna-Barbera's 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 Parkers episode "The Boomerang Effect," Nikki calls Maurice Magilla Gorilla after they discover he has an extremely hairy chest when he auditions for Kim and Nikki's calendar of college hunks.
• In the first half of the Mad episode "Demise of the Planet of the Apes/The Celebrity Ape-rentice," Magilla is one of the monkeys in the zoo.

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The Simpsons

Main article: The Simpsons

• "When You Dish Upon a Star:" Homer sings the theme song in his sleep, then talks like he's Magilla telling Mr. Peebles not to take his banana, which then turns into wild offensive noises.
• "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair):" Marge erects a giant statue of Homer in his underwear made out of popsicle sticks, which Homer is ecstatic about, but only because he thinks it's Magilla Gorilla.