From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe

The World's Smartest Gorilla! Matching his Super Gorilla Strength and Genius IQ against evil in all it's forms! The son of the villainous General Gorilla, this able minded ape has put his amazing abilities to work in order to make the world better. Doctor, Author, Teacher and Hero, Dr. Gorilla can do it all!

"Never fear! Dr. Gorilla is here!"

DR. GORILLA
Dr. Gorilla
Player:
Origin:	Science
Archetype:	Tanker
Security Level:	Confidential
Personal Data
Real Name:	Cyril Christian Gorilla
Known Aliases:	None
Species:	Eastern Lowland Mountain Gorilla
Age:	42
Height:	7' 4"
Weight:	789 lbs.
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Russet Brown
Biographical Data
Nationality:	Congonese(by birth), Citizen of the UK
Occupation:	Doctor, Scientist, Author, Adventurer
Place of Birth:	Unknown
Base of Operations:	Paragon City, RI
Marital Status:	single
Known Relatives:	General Gorilla(father), Dr. Henry Drummond (adoptive brother)
Known Powers
Super Gorilla Strength, Praeternatural durability, Can leap great distances, Genius IQ, Quadrodextrous
Known Abilities
Dr. Gorilla is a polymath of the first order. He is a brilliant doctor, surgeon and psychiatric expert. He is an uparalleled scientist, author and researcher. Very few subjects escape his range of knowledge. A polyglot, Dr. Gorilla speaks over 70 languages, ancient and modern.
Equipment
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Contents 1 History 1.1 Early History 1.2 Oxford 1.3 The Clue Crew 1.4 Public Figure 1.5 Recent History 2 Personality 3 Powers 4 Dr. Gorilla's Powers during the Clue Crew years 5 Simone Carswell 6 Affiliations 7 Selected Bibliography 8 Popular Appearances 9 Trivia 10 Artwork 11 Character Reference Shot

History

Early History

Having fled Nazi Germany, to Argentina, to several Balkan Countries, General Gorilla, found himself fleeing once again the enemies who'd swore his capture, now he went to the Congo. He'd been attempting for years to duplicate the process that had created him, he had fled with his prize, a nearly full term test-tube gorilla, with all signs to have inherited all of the General's abilities; a son. Agent Anthony Coulter from MI6 Intelligence Forces out of England had been tracking the sinisiter simian for a decade, and his efforts had finally paid off. The General had holed up in the last place he could in the world, and escape would be impossible if he were detected. A little used, subterranean, Nazi Command center had been made into a makeshift laboratory to bring the scion of the wicked General Gorilla into the world. Under staffed, in wretched conditions and exceedingly primitive medical equipment, the General and his team were successful, but at the very same moment, Agent Coulter and his commando team were raiding the installation. Explosives the team had used damaged the support structure of the facility, and while fleeing the General was buried in hundreds of tons of debris. The agents found the newborn gorilla and brought it back to MI6 along with whatever evidence they could find.

General Gorilla's plan to duplicate the process used upon him were well know to MI6 and other, world intelligence agencies, so the infant gorilla was taken to the Oxford Research Lab for Advanced Studies. There they hoped the scientists could discover something their own experts had failed to detect. It took very little time for the scientists to realize that this gorilla showed unusual intelligence. Before the creature was a year old, it was more than apparent that the gorilla could read, and spoke sign language with uncanny fluency. On it's first "birthday", the infant gorilla spoke, quite clearly and in an unchildlike fashion. When asked why he did not speak sooner, to this he replied "I was under the belief it was proper for children to start talking at around age 1...". The scientists were amazed, and the talking gorilla became the sensation of the world.

Simultaneous to the young gorilla's genius intellect blossoming, was the unusual occurance of the birth of Henry Drummond. Drummond was just turning 2 when the little gorilla started talking and was already in the world spotliight. The remarkable child had learned to speak at 4 months, read before his 1st birthday, and by age two could multiply exponents and spoke three languages. In an effort to cultivate the mind of this remarkable child, and the amazing ape, the two were raised together. Drummond's family had died in a train accident, and Oxford University adopted him. Drummond and the gorilla grew to regard one another as brothers, and were largely unaware of the unusual aspects of their upbringing. Twelve scientists lived in the Mortlake House, a residence on campus converted to a research and home for the duo and the scientific staff. Despite continuous studies, and a very structured education system, the two youngsters had a remarkably wholesome childhood. They were well loved by the scientists, and given opportunity to enjoy their childhood, the whole time the world watched them in fascination. When Henry was eight and Cyril, as the gorilla called himself, was seven, the primate made the unusual move, and applied to Oxford Medical School. It had been discussed that Henry, the older, and more gifted intellectually (Henry Drummond possesses an unrateble IQ, and is considered the world's smartest person) apply to college, but the young gorilla had gone ahead and done it. He was accepted as the youngest student every to attend Oxford. The same year Henry was accepted to MIT and moved to Massachusetts, in America. The two still got together for vacations and holidays. Ironically the more timid gorilla excelled socially in school, while the pushier child, Drummond, became isolated and introverted.

Oxford

The Clue Crew

Shortly after graduating from Oxford, Dr, Gorilla spent 2 years,"finding himself". Mostly he travelled, visited the great places of the world and getting to know humanity outside the small group of researchers's that'd raised him. In 1976, he decided to see America, here he met three teenagers (and their cat), who played in a counter-culture, beatnik style band. They invited Dr. Gorilla to join them on their journey from city to city, letting him perform some of his own "beat-style" poetry as an accent piece. The band was, Dharma King and the Buddhists, and on at least two occasions, were embroiled in some interesting capers. After eight months with the band, the young people and Dr. Gorilla went their seperate ways.

Dr. Gorilla's involvement and touring with the small ensemble caught the eye of media agent Sal Rothstien (who would become,and remains, Dr. Gorilla's professional agent to this day) who pitched the idea of a fictionalized, animated version of the experience. Dr. Gorilla and the band were re-united, by now all were enrolled in college or beginning careers, but the doctor wanted them to recieve the proper ammount of royalties. In September 1977, Dr. Gorilla and the Clue Crew aired it's first episode (Lighthouse Blues) and was an instant success. It would continue on for three years, producing 83 aired episodes and 4 "lost" episodes.

The presentation was fairly simple and formulaic. The band was now called, Guru and the Gorilla-maniacs, and was populated by animated versions of the original teenagers, Dr. Gorilla and Winkie the Cat. Rolling from city to city in their "Gig Rig", a converted tractor-trailer truck, the gang found that each musical engagement was also coupled with some mystery. The Clue Crew was, Ronnie, the guitarist, portrayed as a rather dumb, but popular jock, Brenda Blue, the beautiful, ditzy drummer and go-go dancer, Stony the beatnik, played bass, and was a combination of comic relief and cowardice, and the scheming but bumbling Winkie the Cat, on keyboards, Dr. Gorilla played bongos and "laid down some heavy jive". Invariably most episodes would have a catchy number and generally a chase montage set to one of the band's songs (ironically, none of the original band, played any of the music). Music generated by the show was successful enough to have two albums recorded, but their sales were unremarkable, and no more came of it.

The show was exceedingly popular, spawning mountains of merchandise from toys, to clothes, to lunchboxes. Several times it has been attempted to be resurrected in a modern form, but never succesfully. Two, terrible, made for TV, live action movies were made in 1979 and only aired once. The show remains in syndication and can still be seen worldwide, it has been translated into 23 languages. The show was not without criticism, potrayals of the famous doctor's Super Gorilla Strength, and improbable events made it the target of ruthless criticism from older fans of the show. Despite the critics, the show ran it's course and aired it's last episode on February 1980 (The Creature from Coney Island). Dr. Gorilla wrote 12 episodes of the show himself, but was allowed little creative input, so he kept his professional distance. The good doctor loved the show, thinking it both wonderful and nostalgic, only wishing he could be more a part of the process. A sample of a Clue Crew episode went like this...

EXCERPT FROM EPISODE 14, SEASON 2 (MUMMY'S THE WORD!)

THE CLUE CREW IN AN OLD BOILER ROOM

BRENDA: I FOUND SOMETHING? GOLLY, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?

STONY: I'M HOPING IT'S FOOD, MAN!

WINKIE: OR MONEY!

RONNIE: GUYS, SERIOUSLY, LET ME TAKE A LOOK. WHOA...WHAT IS THAT, IT'S LIKE...

STONY: TOTALLY WIERD IN A FAR OUT WAY? LET'S JUST GET OUTTA HERE, ISN'T ANYONE ELSE HUNGRY...OR TERRIFIED?

DR. GORILLA: LET ME SEE THAT! WHY THAT IS ODD...IT'S A PHOENICIAN COIN...OVER 3,000 YEARS OLD...

BRENDA: GEE WHIZ, LIKE DOC, WHAT'S A "FUN FASHION" COIN DOING DOWN HERE?

WINKIE: AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT'S IT WORTH?

RONNIE: YOU THINK THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH MISSING MUSEUM CURATOR AND OUR CANCELLED GIG AT THE ANCIENT CULTURES EXPO?

DR. GORILLA: IT COULD BE...IT COULD BE...LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A MYSTERY ON OUR HANDS...

STONY: OH BROTHER...IN YOUR CASE BIG BRAINS, THAT'S A LOTTA HANDS...

LAUGH TRACK

When interviewed years later, in a 1990 reunion special, Dr. Gorilla said, that it had been the only time he was unaware that he was a gorilla and that his friends were human. Today, the real-life Clue Crew have grown up and are approaching middle age (Dr. Gorilla was the youngest member, save for Winkie, who died in 1996, at the age of 27). Ronald "Ronnie" Fellows, went to Yale, studied business and started what would become a fabulously successful frozen yogurt company. Ronnie, was hardly the dumb jock portrayed in the show, being rather a sensitive and artistic fellow and the leader of the original group. Ronnie honored his Clue Crew heritage with two flavors of frozen yogurt, "Gig Rig", and "The Doctor prefers Mangoes", resepectively. Brenda "Blue" Smith, became a member of her local TV News team, she was always disappointed that her character was potrayed so dumb. Archibald "Stony" Anderson, stayed with music. and after never achieving popular success, began composing music for TV shows and commercials, he says the portrayal of his own character was a "living mirror". Winkie the Cat, stayed with Stony until he passed, but had little to say at the reunion, but being a real-life cat, this was to be expected. To his credit, the Siamese behaved the perfectly the entire show without tranquilization or incident (in fact, the organizers of the event had booked a Winkie double, fearing the animal had already passed on).

Public Figure

Recent History

Personality

<Polaroid of Dr. Gorilla taken in Central Park by a fan>

Dr. Gorilla is a complex and well meaning individual. Outwardly he is a dry, British intellectual, prone to puns and quotations. He is a methodical thinker and possesses a generous heart. Dr. Gorilla is strongly aware that he is an outsider, and understands that he is more often than not, viewed as a curiosity or novelty. An extremely private primate, the doctor spends his rare moments of free time gardening, writing and reading (He has a weakness for Chaucer, Bocaccio, Milton and particularly Blake). As a gorilla, he finds humans exceedingly unattractive creatures physically, small, frail, hairless and soft looking. The doctor is a confirmed Anglican, and very devout in his faith, but is open-minded and welcome to everyone.

Internally Dr. Gorilla is lonely, he is strongly conscious of the fact that his malicious father is the only other representative of his species, a fact which he bears with some guilt. Dr. Gorilla is exceedingly well liked by anyone who can overcome his frightening physical appearance, but he retains few close friendships. Simone Carswell is his truest confidante, but he esteems the friendship of the Space Paladin as a kindred spirit, he regrets that his adoptive brother and he have become less close in recent years. In the past he was very close to the teenage Clue Crew (Ronnie, Stony, Brenda and Winkie the cat), since they have become adults their friendship has cooled with distance, in truth the doctor misses those "crazy kids" more than he mentions. Despite his minor feelings of isolation, the doctor is cheerful and optimistic, finding wonder and wisdom in culture and friendship of man.

Dr. Gorilla entered into crime-fighting and mystery solving quite reluctanly, far more at home researching and writing, occasionally lecturing and teaching a few classes at Oxford. When his good friend; Dr. Gabriel Young (the 2nd Torch Titan), was brutally murdered, he joined the All Star Sentinels of America as their medical officer (being one of the leading minds on meta-humanity). His duties slowly took him ito the field, and coupled with his previous career in mystery solving, he gravitated to full time super-hero activities, a field he finds gratifying.

Powers

Dr. Gorilla is the son of General Gorilla, a genetically modified primate and an unknown female gorilla. Uitilzing similar in vitro genetic maniplation, that the Nazis used on him, General Gorilla, assured his son the same powers as his own. Alterations to brain structure, muscular and respitory physiology and fortification of his integumentary system provide him the following abilities:

• Super Gorilla Strength: Dr. Gorilla is exceedingly strong, stronger than even most superhumans. When he began his crime fighting career, he had largely neglected this ability and could lift/press about 25 tons under normal conditions, even when he had engaged in little more than scholarly work. Since he has begun actively utilizing his strength, he has grown considerably stronger, being able now to lift/press over 50 tons under normal conditions. (For game purposes add 25 tons to Dr. Gorilla's security level for an approximate total that he can lift/press). When enraged or under the influence of stress or adrenaline, the doctor's strength skyrockets, nearly doubling for brief periods. In addition the doctor has excessive lung capacity and endurance, he can operate strenuously for 5 straight hours, avoid sleep for weeks at a time (but does not enjoy it), and hold his breath for over 20 minutes. He has survived brief periods in a vaccuum without any external apparatus.

• Inulvernability: The doctor's skin and muscle mass are excessively dense, some 20 times more so than a normal gorilla. His skin also builds additional cellular density in response to stress. The doctor has survived falls from over a 1,200 feet, sustained high caliber machine-gun fire, explosions of 20 lbs. of TNT, all with little or no injury. His body is also resistant to heat, flames and extreme cold, having endured temperatures between 1,200 degrees and -60 degrees Farhenheit. In addition to his high degree of invulnerability, the doctor possesses an enormous threshold for pain, allowing him to ignore injury and fatigue. The doctor has combined his natural ability with certain Yogic techniques imparted to him by the Hooded Cowl and other Oriental mystics and has learned to focus past any ammount of strain for short periods, ignoring savage injury and phenomenal stress, he can only maintain this level of discipline for a few moments.

• Leaping: The doctor's leg muscles are so poweful he can send himself hundreds of feet into the air, and cross vast distances in a single bound. Coupled with his phenomenal agility and climbing, the doctor has been "clocked" moving through the city at speeds approaching 100 mph.

• Genius IQ; The doctor has a 198 IQ, and is exceedingly learned. He applies his quick wits, acumen and staggering brain power constantly. Due to his exceedingly high IQ and trained mind, Dr. Gorilla can perform multiple complex actions or throught processes sumultaneously(ie: Writing two seperate letters, doing algebra and playing chess at the same time)

• Physical Ability: Despite his huge bulk (almost 800 lbs.) the doctor is remarkably agile and is a superior climber.

• Quadrodextrous: The doctor can use any of his hands or feet to write, utilize machinery or any other feat of manual dexterity with equal ease.

• Telepathy and Leviatation: The doctor has spent years practicing Eastern Meditation techniques taught to him by the Hooded Cowl. With extreme effort and concentration he has demonstrated weak telepathy and the ability to float in lotus position.

Dr. Gorilla's Powers during the Clue Crew years

The representation of Dr. Gorilla's powers was very different during the Clue Crew years. While travelling with that zany band of trouble prone teenagers, the doctor's only real represented power was his Super Gorilla Strength, which varied greatly from episode to episode, at times seemingly limitless, and at other times barely superior to humans. He possesses no particular invulnerabilities during this time period, and is easily coerced by guns and other weapons as normal people are. While he is displayed on several occasions as a remarkable climber, this ability is often convienently absent. He shows no ability to leap, and is often represented as clumsy. Dr. Gorilla's intellect is portrayed in an equally dichotomous fashion, being brilliant and immensely clueless simultaneously.

Simone Carswell

<Simone> is simply the most capable human being the species has produced. She balances poise and ability with natural grace, I would be nothing without her... excerpt from 1997 Larry King Interview with Dr. Gorilla

Simone Carswell is the doctor's personal assistant and secretary. She is a very attractive woman in her early thirties, of possibly Asiatic heritage and speaks with a very slight, but undefinable accent, she wears horn rimmed glasses and expensive clothes. She handles all his public bookings, arranges his lecture and teaching schedule, schedules all his appointments and patients, as well as act as his public press agent when necessary.

While it is unknown how the two met, it is obvious that Simone has travelled with the doctor as a partner in adventure in his early years. She helped him tackle Varney the Vampire (Strange Tales of Horror and Suspense #72, Dr. Gorilla vs. The Vampire!), as well as the ghost of Houdini (Dr. Gorilla and the Clue Crew Comics! #7, Houdini's Ghost!). She is a crack shot with a pistol, speaks French, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Greek and Arabic, types 120 words per minute and keeps her private life very private. Simone is married, little is known about her husband; Allen, other than that he is an atsronaut and that he is Dr. Gorilla's golf partner. Simone's salary remains a mystery, but it has been indicated that it was the object of shock and envy from a Fortune 500 Company CEO.

Simone Carswell has been with the doctor for most of his career. We do know that when Dr. Gorilla served in Scotland Yard, that this was before he and Simone were acquainted. Likewise, Simone is only very scarcely represented during Dr. Gorilla's, Clue Crew years. Only making four appearances in the 83 episodes. It was explained later that this was the period she met and married Allen.

Affiliations

• ALL STAR SENTINELS OF AMERICA: Dr. Gorilla is the chief medical officer and scientific consultant for the ASSA. He began working with them as strictly a therapist for heroes struggling with the duties of the job. Following the death of Torch Titan (Dr. Gabriel Young), he came on as their full time doctor and scientific expert. Taking a more active role in the frontline, Dr. Gorilla has become one of the major strong-arms of the team. He enjoys his work with the ASSA, and considers the group to be something of a family to him.

• OXFORD UNIVERSITY: The doctor's alma mater, and the place he holds most dear in the world. Dr. Gorilla was raised here byt a group of scientists, at age seven he enrolled and was accepted as their youngest (and only simian) student. Since taking doctorates in Medicine, Psychiatric Medicine, Physics & Engineering, the doctor has returned to teach (mostly Medieval Literature) at Oxford. In July of 2005, he was offered, and accepted the position of Author in Residence.

• "GORILLA UNIVERSITY": The doctor's private Think Tank. The purpose of the "University", is to bring together the finest minds in the world and apply their intellect to solve problems like pollution, cancer, overpopulation, and other philanthropic measures. To stay funded (it's yearly budget is some 40 billion USD), the organization allows research requests, and a will perform privately funded research so long as it fits it's philanthropic mission statement. The motto of the "University" is "Peace through Intellect". Such notable members of "Gorilla University" are Dr. Elizabeth Armstrong (Vector Vixen), Dr. Mark Winters (Winter Wizard) and Dr. Henry Drummond.

Selected Bibliography

Dr. Gorilla is a voluminous author, writing on almost every imaginable subject. His works are recieved well by both intellectuals and everyday citizens, but few will fail to admit some of his work is a bit too erudite. Able to write with both his hands and feet, and his remarkable brain power, the doctor can successfully write three seperate ideas simultaneously, allowing him to produce vast quantities of written material. While he has written over 1,000 books a selected few are listed here for those curious:

• Shining Star of her Heart; Space Paladin and the Loss of Xanthar, the human tale of loss and tragedy from the extrahuman, Indy Press, Indianapolis, IN, 2007

• The Sky is Falling, Patching the Holes in the Atmosphere, A Climactic Study of a Damaged World, Ox Libris, Cattlesville, TX, 2005

• The Physics of Law; A Comparative Study of Atomic Reactions and Jurisprudence, understanding justice as elementary particles, Double Dog Press, Oxfordshire, UK, 1989 (12 editions) (Pullitzer nominated)

• Animated Suspension, History Walking About, Society, The Past and the Impact of Awakening the Frozen Sleepers, Lazarus Corpus Press, Awakening, CA, 2002

• Understanding Confusion, Chaos as the Compass of Logic, an exposition on entropy and social interaction, Midas Press, Aurum, CA, 2007

• Catching the Sands of Time, The Understanding of Temporal Activity as a Particle, The New Theory of Advanced Chronosophy, Saturn Press, Hawking, MA, 2007

• Macbeth and Mytosis; Shakespeare, Cell Replication and the Colony behavior of single celled organisms, comparisons between the Bard and Bacteria, Oxford Press, London, UK, 1996

• Psychosociety; The Madness of Modernity, Life, Insanity and Re-polarization of moral ideology, A Presciption for an Ailing World, Harmony Press, Gautama, OH, 1980 (Nobel nominated)

• Ironic Bonds; Serendipity, Molecular Coincidences and Curiosity, A Calumny of Collected Observations on life and the underlying stucture of matter, Double Dog Press, Oxfordshire, UK, 2005 (Nobel nominated)

• Gorilla's Anatomy; Human Physiology described from an Outsider, An objective view on the subject, Hardcourt Tripleday Books, New York, NY, 1976 (51 revised editions)

• Mythleading Circumstances; The Effects of Meta-Humanity on History; A study of Myth and Legend as an Anthropology of meta-mutation, Freehat Press, Billingsford, CT, 1985 (Ironically this book would inspire Dr. Madison Usa (Meduseductress) to begin her research into uncovering existing cell samples from mythological creatures. A study that would lead her into transforming herself into a living Gorgon)

• The History of Tomorrow; The Study of the Future as the Past, Reverse Engineering Progress,Oxford Press, London, UK, 2007

• A Medical Study of Hyperkinetic Mutation, Slowing down and studying superspeed, freeze-frames at the speed of light, Blue Diamond Books, Bendyville, UK, 1981

• Hypocritic Oath; Politics, Perjury and the People; An introspection into deception as the basis of government, Alexandria Library Press, Pharos, UK, 1978 (Pullitzer nominated)

• Quantum Attraction, Similarities of the Behavior of Sub-Atomic Particles and Human Courtship Rituals, The Elements of Love, understanding the irrational with rational data, St. Valentines Publishing House, Athens, Greece, 1992

• Arounding Monkey, Posterior Dharma Books, Seattle, WA, 1999 <One of several books of poetry published by the doctor.>

• William Taft; ROBOT!!!, The Remarkable Story of the Machine that Ran the Country, The most sophisticated steam driven automata in the world and speculation into who built it...and why?, Kempelen Books, New York, NY, 2006 <considered the definitive text on the Taft/Robot Scandal>

<duskjacket to the 2006 release of "ASSA; Red, White and the USA..." >

Popular Appearances

Dr. Gorilla has appeared in many different publications, television series and documentaries. The very popular primate has appeared in almost every AMAZING COMICS title. His appearances include, but are not limited to; Tipsy Travellight; Gabby Girl about Town (Issues 4,16,23,114,), Maiden Glory: Maiden of Might (Issues 23, 93, 62), Maiden Glory; The Valiant Valkyrie (Issue 1), ASSA (Issues 72, 100, 314,215,216,217,218,220,321,322,450,452,etc...), More Strange Tales of Space (Issue 5), Love Stories: Great Comics for Girls (Issues 45, 79), Spy Hunter: Master of Super Espionage (Issues 14,27, 54), Airman Ace; Tales of the Wild Blue Wonder! (Issues 2,7), well the list goes on and on. He also stared in the very popular 1977-80 ABC Saturday Morning Cartoon; Dr. Gorilla and the Clue Crew, a formulaic, mystery themed show, highly critized by ardent fans for the inconsistancies in representations of Dr. Gorilla's; Super Gorilla Strength (ie: Dr. Gorilla in Episode 4, Season 1 "Phantom of the Roller Disco"; Dr. Gorilla lifts the entire Roller Disco for the last 4 minutes, where in Episode 7, season 2 "Caveman Freakout!!!", Dr. Gorilla is tied up with normal ropes. Dr. Gorilla hosted the acclaimed BBC series,"Seige Perilous; World Leaders Roundtable", and has appeared as an expert and a guest on countless television programs; Dick Cavett, Leno, Letterman, King...

<Maiden Glory: Maiden of Might #23 & More Strange Tales of Space #5, covers>

Trivia

• Dr. Gorilla is myopic (20/60), his goggles not only correct his vision but give him access to x16 telescopic lenses, Passive IR and low light optics. When not fighting crime, the good doctor wears glasses.

• Dr. Gorilla enjoys gardening, he has a particular love of orchids and nasturtiums. He never misses a flower show if he can avoid it.

• Simone Carswell suggested the Doctor wear chains on his costume. She thought the bookish ape needed a "tougher' look.

• Dr. Gorilla's first comicbook appearance was in Tipsy Travellight; Gabby Girl about Town, #4 "That's my Baboon!"

• Dr. Gorilla is a Sagittarius, born on November 25th, he doesn't believe in Astrology, but reads his horoscope in the London Times, everday.

• Dr. Gorilla prefers performing surgery with his feet!

• Dr. Gorilla wrote and composed all the psychadelic tunes for Guru & the Gorilla-maniacs, which performed animated musical numbers in most episodes. The band was the pretext for the team's being together, travelling from gig to gig and ending up in one wacky mystery after the next. Dr. Gorilla being the bongo player and beat poet, Ronnie on Guitar, Stony on Bass, Brenda on Drums, and shockingly, Winkie the Cat (a siamese cat) on keyboards. Everyone sang except Winkie, who continuously tried to sing along, but was always terrible (except in Episode 9, Season 4 "Winkie the Nightengale?!?", one of 12 episodes written by Dr. Gorilla himself) this was a recurring comic bit.

• Brenda "Blue" Smith of Clue Crew fame, was fictionally portrayed as Tipsy Travellight's cousin on the series.

• Producers of Dr. Gorilla and the Clue Crew wanted to replace Winkie the Cat, with Checkers the Spotted Weasel during initial negotiations. A series of rabid weasel attacks in the Pasadena area, where the show was produced, put the brakes on this.

<Dr. Gorilla's business card>

Artwork

All the artwork on this site was done by Dr. Gorilla himself! Check out allstars.guildportal.com to see more!

Character Reference Shot

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