| “ | Oh, baby! | „ |
| ~ Monkeybone's catchphrase. |
| “ | I left my phone number in your undies. | „ |
| ~ Monkeybone to Miss Kitty, and his most famous quote. |
Monkeybone is the titular main antagonist of the 2001 film of the same name. He is a raunchy, rascally monkey created by the film's main protagonist, Stu Miley.
When he's in his normal self in Downtown, he was on-set puppeteered by Bruce Lanoil and voiced by John Turturro, who also played Mo Flatbush in Mo Better Blues, Bernie Bernbaum in Miller's Crossing, Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski, John Shooter in Secret Window, the Rat King in The Nutcracker in 3D, the Goat in Green Eggs and Ham and Carmine Falcone in The Batman. When he's in Stu's body in the real world, he was portrayed by Brendan Fraser, who also voiced Taz in Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Appearance[]
Monkeybone is a brown monkey with a tan face, palms and feet, and black eyes. He wears a purple fez, and a green vest.
Biography[]
When Stu Miley fell into his dream world, he met Monkeybone as another villain named Hypnos plans to use Stu's body to get a chemical substance that a woman named Julie McElroy developed that gives people and animals nightmares known as the Oneirix.
Upon being sent to the institute by Hypnos upon reminding him of his mission, Monkeybone (in Stu's body) ends up successfully stealing the Oneirix switching it with another juice. Monkeybone obtains the Oneirix and puts it inside stuffed monkey toys of himself (Monkeybone) so that those who touch them will be infected and given nightmares. Once that was done and Monkeybone started to get to work, he used Stu's dog as a guinea pig for the Oneirix much to the dismay of Hynos.
With help from Miss Kitty who distracted Hypnos and subdued the Rat Guard, Stu escapes from his imprisonment. Monkeybone in Stu's body prepares a piñata for the Monkeybone farting dolls at the party.
Meanwhile, Stu reveals Hypnos' plan to Death and convinces her to send him back for only an hour, only to find himself in the body of a dead athlete organ donor. As he flees the morgue attendants, Stu finds out about Monkeybone's planned party and heads there with the extractors still in pursuit.
At the party, Stu's agent Herb exposes himself to the Oneirix in the Monkeybone doll and ends up seeing in the mirror that his clothes are coming to life. This causes Herb to run through the party naked, telling everyone that the clothes have come to life and turned evil. After that, Monkeybone in Stu's body tells everyone to forget about it as he brings down the Stu piñata containing the Monkeybone Dolls.
Stu uses Monkeybone's main characteristics from the comics to cause him to panic and escape. A chase ensues, culminating with Stu and Monkeybone battling each other while clinging to a giant Monkeybone balloon. The balloon is eventually shot down by a passing incompetent policeman and both Stu and Monkeybone fall to their deaths.
Back in Downtown, Stu and Monkeybone are falling toward Down Town where the residents cheer on their fight. Just then, all of the rides stop and a giant robot emerges near the Revive-O causing everyone to flee the area. When Stu and Monkeybone are caught by it, the operator of the robot is revealed to be Death who seems quite cheerful despite the circumstances. Monkeybone tries to have Death let him go to the bathroom, but Death causes her giant robots hands to close down on it. When Stu notices that Monkeybone is nowhere to be found and asks where he is, Death states that Monkeybone is back in Stu's head which is where he belongs before sending him back to the living in his own body.
Personality[]
Stu Miley created Monkeybone to be the opposite of his introverted, shy, and sexually dormant self. As shown in the film, Monkeybone is a loud mouthed, mischievous, and perverted little monkey who takes pleasure in embarrassing Stu just to get a rise out of him. A large part of his character is how sexually devious he is, often taking every advantage to be extremely raunchy toward women, to the point of making crude comments about Stu's girlfriend, Julie.
After stealing Stu's Exit Pass, Monkeybone's true colors are revealed, being that of a backstabbing, selfish, mean spirited , and pretentious egomaniac who used Stu in order to steal his body while secretly working for Hypnos. He in actuality despises Stu, craving a life of his own instead of being a mere figment of Stu's imagination. Monkeybone see's himself as a highly beloved character, taking extreme love for his own merchandise while Stu dislikes it.
While a trickster, Monkeybone is also extremely cowardly when confronted on his devious actions, shown with his extreme paranoia of Stu's "Back in the Pack" punishment. Which acts as a sort of “time out” for him. Monkeybone is also shown to have extreme fear of Death and anything associated with her such as Reapers, mostly due to them acting as a high level of authority in Downtown above Hypnos.
Quotes[]
| “ | Wake up, everybody! It's time for Monkeybone Live! Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! Whoo! It's time for a little singing, a little dancing, and, of course, some good-nature banishing of my very own creator, Mr. Stu-pid Mopey! Hey, guy! Now, I know that you're all in comas, but my first guest is gonna spike your charts! | „ |
| ~ Monkeybone's first words. |
| “ | Hiya, boss. | „ |
| ~ Monkeybone upon greeting Stu after kissing him. |
| “ | Monkeybone: I'm reporting this to my union! Stu: What union?! Monkeybone: The sidekicks union! Me, Tonto, Robin the Boy Wonder and Chewbacca! [imitates Chewbacca roar] You top bananas better watch… Doo-doo! That's it! Enemy fire, I'm going in! Awooga! Awooga! Dive, dive, dive, dive, dive! |
„ |
| ~ Monkeybone reports to the Sidekicks Union, and before jumping into Miss Kitty's cleavage. |
| “ | I love you, too. Boss! Hahahaha! Love you, too! | „ |
| ~ Monkeybone betraying Stu as he steals the Exit Pass and before he took possession of Stu's body. |
| “ | Monkeybone: My body! Where's my body?! Stu: You mean my body?! Monkeybone: Oh, crap! We're dead! Aah! |
„ |
| ~ Monkeybone and Stu falling from the sky back to Downtown. |
| “ | Uh, excuse me, Death. Heh-heh. I hate to break up this little love test, but my little bladder is about to burst. BUT I'VE REALLY GOTTA GO!!!! | „ |
| ~ Monkeybone's last words as he asks Death to use the bathroom and disappears back into Stu's head where he belongs, never to be seen again. |
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Trivia[]
- When Monkeybone possesses Stu's body, Stu's voice comes out of his mouth instead of his own. Though come the film's climax, his voice begins reverting more to its natural high obnoxious pitch, complete with monkey noises.
- During their fight on a runaway balloon of himself, Monkeybone suggests he and Stu have "joint custody" of Stu's body as a compromise: "I (Monkeybone) get it on weekends, and you (Stu) can have it the rest of the time." It's never been revealed if Stu carried out that suggestion after Monkeybone had been returned to his head where he belongs, but with Julie glad to have the REAL Stu back after everything that happened... and their relationship most likely needing to reach a new level now that they are engaged, there's a 50/50 chance of it being symbolically put to use.