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No. Jump Good.

—Monkey Man's main quote.

Monkey Man is a man who was raised by monkeys who taught him to jump good. In the season 2, he was named Monkey Boy in the credits.

Personality[]

Appearance[]

He is a Neanderthal man who was big and has blue eyes, orange hair and beard. His only clothing was a brown silk that conceals his body.

In Season 5, his appearance might be the same but his hair and beard were white because he was already old.

Biography[]

The Monkey Man is a human who was enslaved as a child by Aku's robot minions, but left that life when led away by a tribe of The White Ape Tribe. As per the customs of their tribe, he learned to jump good, allowing him to leap great and unnatural distances.

He comes across Jack eating, and steals his food. After apologizing, he offers to show Jack his tribe. Following the invasion by a rival tribe of red gorillas, which Jack fights off, he strikes a deal with Jack to show him how to jump good in return for defense training. Jack shows the tribe various methods of practical defense, ranging from traps to personal combat training. In return, the tribe teaches Jack to jump good via the application of heavy weights and constant training.

When Jack leaves, he hears the rival tribe return, and witnesses the Monkey Man and his tribe successfully fend off the invaders. Later, he is also one of the many allies of Jack who appeared in his vision when he was suffering from an infection.

In the finale, he and the rest of the monkey tribe came to aid Jack against Aku. Since Aku was destroyed in the past, it is unknown how this will affect his own existence and jump good ability, not to mention his meeting with the monkey tribe, in the future. (Episode CI)

Abilities[]

  • Jump Good/Superhuman Leaping: The Monkey Man has astonishing superhuman leaping. His leaping ability was high enough to nearly reach Earth's orbit with ease (Episode XIV: Jack Learns to Jump Good).
  • Trapping Skills: Trained by Jack, The Monkey Man is proficient in setting traps for his victims.
  • Combat Skills: Originally, The Monkey Man was never trained in fighting. However, after been taught by Jack in stick fighting, he is a trained fighter, allowing him to defeat multiple red gorillas.
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