Giant ape

The giant ape is a male gorilla.
Initially, the giant ape was a mindless slave controlled by the wizard's magical whistle; he was used to terrorize and force the submission of a troop of monkeys who lived in Gonzolanga. However, when Timon defeated the giant ape by tickling his palm, the giant ape fell on his wizard master and broke his magical whistle, thus freeing himself from the wizard's control. Once free, the giant ape became an ally of the troop.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Initially, the giant ape was a gentle giant who lived near Gonzolanga. However, when the wizard crafted a magical whistle, he used it to control the giant ape and force him to terrorize the troop of monkeys who lived in Gonzolanga. The wizard became a tyrant, with the giant ape serving as his enforcer. Briefly, the giant ape was free, as the troop banished the wizard and wiped his memory of Gonzolanga.
===Re-enslavement by the wizard===
With the help of Timon and Pumbaa, the wizard returned to Gonzolanga, where he blew his magic whistle. This summoned the giant ape, who began to chase the lead ape and his troop. Once the monkeys had been scattered, the giant ape bowed before the wizard and called him his master.
Meanwhile, Timon questioned the lead ape on the wizard's backstory, and the lead ape explained that, though the giant ape had once been gentle, the wizard's magical whistle had turned him into a creature of anger and evil. With the giant ape's help, the wizard had become a tyrant. The troop had managed to briefly banish him and wipe his memories of the path to Gonzolanga, but he had returned with the help of Timon and Pumbaa.
Just then, the wizard reappeared and gloated that the troop had been unable to obtain his magical whistle. The giant ape then disposed of Pumbaa and seized Timon in one fist. To escape, Timon tickled the giant ape's palm, which caused him to topple onto his master and break the magical whistle. Without the whistle's power, the giant ape was free.
With the wizard defeated, the troop as well as the giant ape bid Timon and Pumbaa farewell.
==Physical appearance==
The giant ape is a massive gorilla who is many times the size of a monkey. He is powerfully built, with large hands and feet, wide shoulders, thick limbs, and a well-muscled chest. His main pelt is dark gray, while his chest and the fur lining his upper face are a paler gray. Like most apes, his face, ears, hands, and feet are tan.
==Personality and traits==
Naturally, the giant ape is gentle, mild-mannered, and good-humored. However, under the influence of the whistle, he turned angry, evil, and violent, and served only his master.
==Appearances==
* The Lost City of Gonzolanga
==References==
Category:Antagonists
Category:Characters
Category:Gorillas
Category:Males
Category:Unnamed characters