The Monkey

The Monkey is a monkey toy who is a major antagonist in the 2010 Disney•Pixar animated film Toy Story 3. He reforms at the end of the film, since he likely realized that Lotso deceived him.
==Role in the film==
The Monkey is a cymbal-banging monkey toy at Sunnyside Daycare. He doesn't speak, but he does make screeching monkey noises.
The Monkey is first seen being played by Bonnie Anderson when the much older Ms. Davis goes to Sunnyside to donate the toys and meets Bonnie's mother, and Bonnie is extremely shy to talk to Andy's mother.
During the times when Sunnyside is under Lotso's regime, the Monkey has worked under Lotso as a nighttime security guard watching all the security cameras in his office. Every time a toy tries to escape, the Monkey pushes a button that turns on the P.A. and screeches loudly into it while banging his cymbals together repeatedly, alerting Lotso and his other nighttime guard toys to capture that toy like a security alarm.
When Woody returns to Sunnyside to rescue his imprisoned friends, the Chatter Telephone tells information about the Monkey to Woody and says that he'll have to get rid of the Monkey if he wants to escape.
That night, the Monkey is busy focusing his eyes on one camera where Ken, Big Baby, and the reset Buzz have cornered Mr. Potato Head (who escaped from his cell and left a real potato in it) that he doesn't notice Slinky coming out of his cell in the Caterpillar Room through another camera. Woody and Slinky quietly go through the vent into the Monkey's office. With Slinky grabbing hold of Woody and swinging him, Woody tries to put a plastic black bag over the Monkey's face, but the Monkey senses them right behind him, and he quickly turns around and screeches at Woody, making him and Slinky fall on the Monkey due to getting startled, knocking the P.A. off the desk. The Monkey and Woody both get up, and the Monkey turns and hisses at the surprised Woody and attempts to leave to tell Lotso. However, before he can reach the door, Woody trips him over with the P.A.'s cord. This leads to a brief fight, in which the Monkey overpowers Woody by repeatedly banging his cymbals on Woody's face. Woody tells Slinky to grab a nearby scotch tape, and the Monkey screeches in horror when he turns to see Slinky charging toward him. Woody and Slinky then tie him up with the tape (like a mummy) and lock him in a filing cabinet.
Lotso's later knowledge of Woody and his friends' escaping in the first place is not revealed, but it is likely that the Monkey managed to free himself and alert Lotso, leading to Lotso beating up the Chatter Telephone for information on Woody's whereabouts.
During the film credits, the Monkey has returned to his position of monitoring security cameras at night again after Sunnyside is revolutionized into a cool and groovy toy paradise by Barbie and Ken, Sunnyside's new leaders. Seeing a disco party taking place at the Butterfly Room through one of the security cameras, the Monkey, also enjoying the disco, puts on his star-shaped sunglasses and starts playing his clash cymbals gently, indicating that he has reformed as well.
==Trivia==
*It is very likely that director Lee Unkrich put a monkey in the film due to his love for monkeys.John Lasseter Q&A: "Do You Like Monkeys?"
*His sounds are reused from the Barrel of Monkeys.
*He is similar to the experimental monkey from the 1988 American horror film .
*Despite being called a monkey, he is actually a chimpanzee, and chimpanzees are apes.
*It is unknown how the humans that run the daycare haven't caught on to the fact that the toys come to life via footage from previous nights that the Monkey has monitored. Although it is implied that Lotso has him erase each previous night's footage shortly before Sunnyside opens so that the humans won't realize this phenomenon.
==Gallery==
Toy Story 3 - Bonnie holding the Monkey.png|The Monkey being held by Bonnie
Toy Story 3 - The Monkey screeching and banging his cymbals.png|The Monkey screeching and banging his cymbals
Toy Story 3 - The Monkey notices Woody.jpg|The Monkey senses Woody and Slinky's presence
Toy Story 3 - The Monkey is tripped by Woody.jpg|The Monkey is tripped by Woody before he can alert Lotso
Toy Story 3 - The Monkey vs Woody.jpg|The Monkey bangs Woody's head with his cymbals
Toy Story 3 - The Monkey wrapped in tape.jpg|The Monkey wrapped in tape by Woody and Slinky
Toy Story 3 - The Monkey thrown into a drawer.jpg|The wrapped Monkey gets thrown into a drawer
Toy Story 3 - Reformed Monkey.jpg|The Monkey in the credits scene wearing a pair of sunglasses
Real-life Jolly Chimp toy.jpg|The real-life Jolly Chimp toy by the Daishin CK Company
==References==
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