Mighty Joe Young

Joe Young is the titular main protagonist in 1949's Mighty Joe Young and the titular deuteragonist in the 1998 remake of the same name by Disney. He is a gigantic and benevolent, but initially paranoid mountain gorilla who was adopted by Jill Young and wants to live peacefully. 
He is portrayed by John Alexander, while his vocal sound effects are provided by Frank Welker, who also provided the vocal sound effects and voices of Curious George in , Dragon in the , Garfield Cat in , Scooby-Doo and Fred Jones in the franchise, Bronx in , Zilla Junior in , Spike in the franchise, Hu in , Zero in , Goddard in the franchise, Sven in the franchise, Dante and Pepita in , Abu and Rajah in the franchise, Momma Dino in , Max in franchise, Blue in the trilogy, and Elinor, while in bear form, from .
==History==
Joe is first seen as a baby when Jill finds him in the grass and plays peek-a-boo with him until Jill's mother catches her. Joe is seen again running away from the hunters with Jill, until her wounded mother finds them and holds her daughter close when she was fleeing from the hunters. Before she dies, she tells Jill to take care of Joe.
Twelve years later, Jill has raised Joe who, because of a rare genetic anomaly, has now grown to a height of 15 feet (4.6 meters) and weighs 2,000 pounds (910 kilograms). As a result, the other gorillas won't accept him and both are now living in relative peace until a wildlife refuge director, Gregg O'Hara, convinces Jill that they would be safer from poachers if they relocate to Los Angeles.
The trio goes to Hollywood, and win the hearts of the refuge staff, who are so impressed by Jill's relationship with Joe that they put her in charge of the Gorilla. One day, Jill is approached by Strasser, who is now running a fraudulent Animal Preserve in Botswana while actually selling animal organs on the black market. He has seen a news report about Joe and is now eager for revenge. At first Jill does not realize Strasser was the poacher who killed both her and Joe's mothers, since Strasser's right hand is hidden in his coat pocket. Strasser tries to convince Jill that Joe would be better off in his wildlife refuge back in Africa. Later, during a gala, Strasser's henchman, Garth, uses a poacher's noisemaker to scare Joe into a frenzy. Joe trashes the gala, recognizes Strasser and tries to attack him. Joe is then captured and placed in a concrete bunker. Before their departure, Gregg has fallen in love with Jill and he kisses her goodbye. Shortly after Jill leaves, Gregg discovers a poacher's noisemaker that the maintenance had found, making him realize that Strasser is a poacher and he goes after them to save Jill and Joe. On the way to the airport, Jill notices the half-glove covering Strasser's missing fingers, and finally realizes who he really is. Just then, Strasser notices Greg pursuing them and pulls out his revolver, but Jill punches him in the chest, then leaps out of the truck and into the street. Joe sees her and rocks the truck over onto its side and escapes. Greg finds Jill, who reveals to him that Strasser killed her mother and plans to kill Joe and they rush off to find him. 
Jill and Gregg eventually locate Joe at a carnival where he is playfully wreaking havoc. Strasser arrives and attempts to shoot Jill, but Garth pushes Strasser's gun away from Jill and causes him to fire at a spotlight, subsequently starting a fire and causing the Ferris wheel to break down. Realizing how ruthless Strasser truly is, Garth says that he quits, but Strasser knocks Garth unconscious with his gun. Strasser eventually confronts Jill and attempts to kill her, but Joe sneaks up behind them and tosses Strasser into the air, where he grips onto electrical wires over a transformer. Short two fingers on the hand holding the wire, as he lost his thumb and trigger finger, Strasser is killed when he loses his grip and he falls into the transformer, electrocuting him, and leaving only the half-glove hanging from the wiring. 
Joe is later seen in the fire-at-the-fairground scene where he has to rescue Jason, a little boy, from the Ferris wheel, but falls hard on the ground in the process and lays asleep, making Jill desperately think that he is dead. Jill tries to wake him up a few times, but nothing happens, and she falls into tears. Several minutes later, Joe slowly opens his eyes and he and Jill are reunited, indicating that he was just briefly knocked out from the fall. Joe is then given his own wildlife habitation, where he can roam free and live in peace.
==Traits==
=== Personality ===
Joe is always loyal and bighearted, but can act very violent and hot-tempered whenever things go wrong, especially when his archenemy Strasser is involved. 
=== Appearance ===
Joe is supposed to grow into the same size of that of a typical adult gorilla in his adult years, but because of a rare genetic anomaly, has now grown to a height of 15 feet (4.6 meters) and weighs 2,000 pounds (910 kilograms).
==Abilities==
*Colossal Strength: Due to his enormous size, Joe is an incredibly powerful and strong gorilla, enough to rip open a small cage, break chains, and pull a safari car off the ground.
*Immense Speed: Joe can run and sprint at high speed faster than a cheetah and can even run faster than regular gorillas.
*Enhanced Agility: Thanks to his size, especially as an adult, Joe can move from one place to another, especially whenever he's jumping.
==Gallery==
Mighty-joe-young-disneyscreencaps.com-23.jpg|Baby Joe
Jill with Joe.jpg|Joe with Jill
Joe holds Greg by his foot.jpg|Joe holds Greg by his foot
mighty-joe-young-disneyscreencaps.com-5367.jpg|Joe at his California preserve.
mighty-joe-young-disneyscreencaps.com-10008.jpg|Joe destroys a car when its alarm annoys him.
Mighty Joe Hollywood.jpg
Joe playing at the Carnival.jpg
Mighty Joe Young roaring in Strasser's face.jpg|Joe roars at Strasser's face to save Jill
Joe climbs up the Ferris Wheel to save Jason.jpg|Joe climbs up the Ferris Wheel to save Jason.
mighty-joe-young-disneyscreencaps.com-12611.jpg|Jill and Greg open up a wildlife sanctuary for Joe.
mighty-joe-young-disneyscreencaps.com-12684.jpg|Joe runs free in his new home.
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