Lead ape

The lead ape is a male monkey. He is the leader of a troop of monkeys in Gonzolanga.
Initially, the lead ape and his troop lived in peace in the abandoned ruins of the human city Gonzolanga. However, a wizard monkey constructed a magical whistle to control a giant ape, whom he used to terrorize and intimidate the troop. Eventually, the troop overpowered the wizard and sent him away from Gonzolanga with his memories scrambled. However, he later returned with the help of Timon and Pumbaa, and began to torment the troop anew. With Timon's help, the wizard was defeated, and the lead ape and his troop were left to live in peace.
==Biography==
===Early life===
The human city of Gonzolanga was abandoned and left in ruins, which led the lead ape and his troop to make it their home. For a time, they lived in peace. However, a wizard monkey constructed a magical whistle and used it to control a giant ape who lived nearby. With the giant ape's might, the wizard wreaked terror on the troop until he was eventually overpowered and sent away with his memories scrambled. With the wizard gone, the troop lived in relative peace for a time.
===Wizard's return===
With the help of the wizard, Timon and Pumbaa ended up in the lost city of Gonzolanga. There, they were surrounded by the lead ape and his troop, who demanded to know how they had found the city. Timon explained that they had been accompanied by a magical monkey, and the troop realized with horror that the wizard had returned.
Sure enough, the wizard emerged, and the lead ape commanded his troop to seize him. However, before they could subdue him, the wizard blew on his magical whistle and summoned the giant ape, who sent the troop fleeing the ruins in a panic.
Once to safety, Timon questioned the lead ape on the wizard's backstory, and the lead ape explained that the wizard had been unhappy living among the troop in Gonzolanga. He had constructed his whistle to control the giant ape, whom he had used to tyrannize the troop. The monkeys had eventually managed to overpower the wizard and exile him from Gonzolanga with his memories altered, but with Timon and Pumbaa's help, he had returned.
After the story, Timon managed to defeat the giant ape by tickling his hand and causing him to fall on top of the wizard and his whistle; this both rendered the wizard insane and broke the whistle, which freed the giant ape. With the troop restored to freedom, the lead ape and his fellow monkeys wished Timon and Pumbaa farewell.
==Physical appearance==
The lead ape is an elderly monkey with a short stature, a hunched back, and scruffy features. His main pelt is brown. He has long white hair ringing his head and hanging from his chin, a white stripe on top of his head, and black eyes. He wears a yellow tunic and carries a wooden staff.
==Personality and traits==
The lead ape is loath to trust newcomers. He exerts authority, determination, and ingenuity, both in his dealings with the wizard and with Timon and Pumbaa. However, once his trust is earned, the lead ape becomes kind and gentle, with a helpful disposition.
==Appearances==
* The Lost City of Gonzolanga
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Leaders
Category:Males
Category:Monkeys
Category:Unnamed characters