Gorilla (cartoon)

Gorilla is a cartoon character who appears in Amazing Animals. They (multiple Gorillas appear) are the fourth most commonly recurring character in the series, appearing in multiple episodes of all four seasons. He also appears in every single opening segment of the series and appears on the back covers of all season one VHS boxes.

## Appearance

Gorilla’s appearance remains consistent across all four seasons. His body is a pale blue colour, with a darker blue area surrounding his mouth. He has a small purple nose that is distinct from the rest of his face, small eyes and a large head. He has large and powerful arms ending with four-fingered hands, along with very short back legs. The arms have small spiral-shaped wrinkles on the elbow joints. In later seasons, Gorillas are also depicted as having sparse hair on their chins.

Sometimes, different-looking Gorillas appear. In An Animal Year, one cartoon segment includes a second male Gorilla that is very similar to the original except for being a pale purple colour with a pale green area surrounding the mouth. This same cartoon segment includes a female Gorilla, which is pink in colour with a green area surrounding the mouth. She also has long eyelashes and wears a red flower on her head and lipstick, but is otherwise identical in appearance to the other Gorillas. The female Gorilla reappears in season four, with the only main difference in appearance being the swapping of the red flower for an orange bow on the head.

A baby Gorilla appears in Animal Babies. It has a similar overall shape to the adult Gorillas and also an identical colour scheme, with the main differences being that the eyes are reduced to tiny dots and the heavier brow of the adult Gorillas instead being tiny line-shaped eyebrows.

## Personality

Gorilla is generally depicted as being a cartoon that prefers its own company, and can often be standoffish or even aggressive towards other characters. Several times in the first season, and in all the introductory segments, he is shown to chase or roar at other characters that annoy him such as the Squirrels or Lizards. While he is often shown getting angry at other characters, he very rarely seems to escalate into actually trying to attack anyone – often, it is just his frightening appearance that scares away others. Sometimes, his aggression is driven by other characters stealing from him, such as Squirrel stealing nuts in Animal Journeys and the Pigeons eating his seeds in Farm Animals.

Gorilla is also shown to be quite clumsy and is often depicted as unintelligent. Many of his ideas are shown backfiring in different ways – in Animal Journeys, he tries to use extending stairs to catch Squirrel but is instead sent flying off them, in Rainforest Animals he falls from the canopy after accidentally swinging onto Rattlesnake’s tail and his attempts at playing paddle-ball and juggling fail to impress other characters. In Animal Partners, he accidentally drops his partner after being distracted by an itch on his back.

## Episodes

Animal Disguises (1 appearance)

Nighttime Animals (1 appearance)

Animal Survivors (1 appearance)

Animal Builders (2 appearances)

Mini-Beasts (1 appearance)

Animal Babies (2 appearances)

Animal Journeys (1 appearance)

Animal Records (1 appearance)

Animal Pets (1 appearance)

Animal Families (1 appearance)

An Animal Year (1 appearance)

Monkeys and Apes (1 appearance)

Animal Hunters (1 appearance)

Animal Talk (2 appearances)

Rainforest Animals (2 appearances)

Animal Acrobats (as still image on side of circus train – in his clown outfit from Animal Babies)

Animal Neighbors (1 appearance)

Giant Animals (2 appearances)

Farm Animals (1 appearance)

Clever Animals (1 appearance)

Woodland Animals (4 appearances)

Backyard Animals (1 appearance)

Tiny Animals (4 appearances)

Animal Partners (1 appearance)