Silver

### Dislikes

Being underestimated, King Panthera and the royal family, the baboons' incompetence, disobedience, lions, dragons

### Status

Incarcerated

**Silver** (also known as **Horace A. Silver**) is the main antagonist of the episode, *Jungle Kingdom Bash* in the cartoon series, *Dreamcoast Adventures.* He was head of the Jungle Castle servants and a loyal friend to the mighty King Panthera. In secret, Silver hated King Panthera for believing that he can rule the kingdom better than him. Willing to get revenge, Silver plans to overthrow the royal family, take over the Jungle Kingdom and rule the jungles as king.

## Background

Silver was hired to work as the castle servant leader and had that job for almost his adult life. He proved himself that he could be capable of leading the servants and watching over the King and Queen's sons. For this, Silver was looked up to in admiration by his servants and given the privilege of watching over the kingdom whenever the royal family is absent. Although, Silver was the royal family's most trusted advisor, he still wished for more power over the kingdom but Panthera believed that only a lion could rule the kingdom. Taking offense to that, Silver becomes determined to overthrow the royal family and rule the jungle as king and plans to do that with help from magic dust, potions and an army of possessed baboons, whom the jungle has deemed insane and violent.

### Personality

Silver is introduced as a charming and gentlemanly character who kindly welcomes visitors to the kingdom and the castle. He displays composure and flaunts his royal status in a way which expresses his conceited nature. Silver's job as the royal advisor and having complete and total power over the servants and occasionally the kingdom goes straight to Silver's head, leading to gain more power over the kingdom as a monarch and rule it in his own way, if possible. When discussing this idea with the King, Silver tried to tell the King that if he abdicated the throne will be best for the kingdom if he's in the throne room. Although, Silver has been given the chance to prove to the King that he's fit to rule, the King still disagrees with, saying that the kingdom is not ready for a new king and that Silver couldn't do a better job than the King himself. After hearing this, Silver falls into a revengeful insanity, becoming greatly determined to become powerful by usurping the throne and proving to the King that he is fit to rule, even if it means endangering the lives of the residents.

Although Silver had several magic potions and spells in his possession, he is incredibly intelligent. As the leader fo the Baboon Army, Silver continuously received phone calls from the baboons. He feared that someone would discover his true intentions, eventually, so to prevent this from happening, he faked being kidnapped by the baboons by placing a spell on the servants, making them believe that he has disappeared. While generally calm under pressure, Silver can immediately become abusive and intimidating whenever his henchmen fails him or if anyone interferes with his plans to overtake the kingdom.

### Physical appearance

Silver is a muscular silverback gorilla with fanged teeth and blue eyes.

As the King's royal advisor, Silver wore a tailored black tux with black dress shoes.

As the leader of the baboon army, Silver wears a purple-black trench coat with a metal mask that is capable of disguising his voice, giving him the voice of the Masked Primate.

## Appearances

### Dreamcoast Adventures

#### Jungle Kingdom Bash

On the eve of the royal coronation, the royal family is abducted by an army of baboons. With the royal family absent, Silver is charge of running the castle while Mayor Morocco governors the kingdom until the royal family returns. Mark and the gang visits the Jungle Castle to ask Silver, some questions leading to the royal family's kidnapping. Silver shows Mark and the gang where the family was abducted from and mentions that the castle's gardener, Shomari has "dabbled in the dark arts." Mark thanks Silver for his help and leaves the castle as well as the jungle.

Later that night, the Jungle Kingdom's prince and future king, Mitchell escapes from the Baboon Lands and retreats to Dreamcoast where he's taken in by Mark and his friends. The Masked Primate learns that the baboons failed to capture the escaped prince and is angry at them for their failure but sees this as an advantage. King Mark and his friends will bring Mitchell to him, allowing him to capture and execute him. The next morning, Silver was "kidnapped" by the baboons and the servants have no recollection of what happened. Mark spots remnants of magical pink dust on Mr. Toucan's head. Mark and the gang then decides to rescue the royal family and Silver and find Mitchell's home while Rock, Timon and Pumbaa spy on Shomari, whom they believe is the one who masterminded the kidnapping of the royal family.

From a distance, the Masked Primate spots Mark and the gang entering the thickest jungle and proceeds with his plan to have them terminated. His first attempt was to have them strangle by enchanted vines but is defeated by Mitchell. His second attempt was to suck them into the bottom of the jungle with enchanted quicksand but is defeated by Mitchell and the magic of Mark's magic wand. Enraged by Mitchell and Mark's interferences, he orders his army to capture them and drain Mark of his magic. Afterwards, they bring Mark, Mitchell and the gang to the Baboon Lands and discusses his plan to take over the Jungle Kingdom. Mark plans to call the guards and have them arrest "Shomari" for his crimes but the Masked Primate is revealed to be Silver. He arranged his own kidnapping, so no one would suspicious about the rapid phone calls, he received. It is revealed that Mitchell is the first-born son of the royal family and heir to the throne. He put a powerful spell on him that reversed Mitchell's aging process, so no one would recognize him.

Mitchell's memories of Silver betraying the kingdom comes back to his mind and remembers how angry he is at him for ruining his chance of ruling the Jungles and making his father proud. By using Mark's wand, he transforms him into a hulking monster and tries to attack Silver who makes an escape to the kingdom, not before dropping a VHS tape which reveals Silver's relationship with the King and why he hates him, so much. Now understanding Silver's motives, the gang goes over to Jungle Hall to save Morocco from being killed by Silver, so he can have complete and total power over the kingdom.

The next morning, Silver uses his magic to lift City Hall off the ground and into the air and proceeds with his plan to assassinate Morocco. Fortunately for Morocco, he is saved at the last minute. Angered at his failed assassination, he orders his army to attack Mark, Darwin and his army of lion guards while Silver battles Mitchell. Meanwhile, Darwin and Mark discover that the baboons have been controlled by a strange green goo that is manipulating their minds. By using volts of electricity, they free the baboons from their control. Despite his army being freed from his control, Silver proceeds to kill Mitchell only to have his spear blasted out of his hand by Mark's wand. Now seeing that he's surrounded, Silver attempts to make a run for it only to be grabbed by the magic from Mark's wand and forced to tell where the royal family is kept or be turned into a toad. Silver gives Mitchell, a multi-colored beaker and is taken to the castle dungeon as punishment for his attempted usurpation and treasonous acts to the jungles.