- For the piece of evidence, see Mr. Monkey's Head.
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Mr. Monkey is a fictional character who is the mascot of Global Studios. There is a large statue/clock of him at Global Studios itself, although it was badly damaged on the day of Jack Hammer's murder. Every hour, the statue would let out an "ook" noise, like a stereotypical monkey cry.
Damaged mascot[]
The head of the Mr. Monkey statue at Global Studios broke off and landed on the road during a storm at 2:15. This made it difficult to reach Studio Two via car, leading to the initial, mistaken supposition by the police that the location was unrelated to the ongoing murder case, until defense attorney Phoenix Wright proved in court that this was not the case. Eventually, the head was removed from the road, allowing easy access to Studio Two once again.
Unseen makeover[]
A couple of years after that incident, Global Studios, following their newfound streak of successful movies and series, including the Steel Samurai franchise, began an extensive remodeling effort of the studios, with even their mascot, Mr. Monkey, supposedly receiving an unseen face-lift of some sort.
When the character was brought up in a conversation, however, Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth would once again erroneously name the mascot "Mrs. Monkey" as he previously did in court, his listener, Kay Faraday, being none the wiser of his mistake.
Black market auction[]
The head of the mascot that was broken during the murder of Jack Hammer was later used for a black market auction of police evidence, and was among several such items found by Miles Edgeworth in a secret storage room on the 51st floor of Bigg Building. Although Edgeworth recognized it, he once again mistakenly referred to it as "Mrs. Monkey", with his investigative partner at the time, Ema Skye, pointing out his error.
Name[]
- Its Japanese name, "Sarumage-don" (サルマゲどん), comes from "saru" (猿), meaning "monkey", and "chonmage" (ちょんまげ), a type of traditional topknot haircut associated with samurai. The suffix "-don" is a honorific used in various countries that roughly translates as "Lord". As a whole, the name is a reference to the word "Armageddon", mostly associated with the 1998 movie in Japanese.
- Its English name is simply "Monkey" with the standard English honorific "Mister".
Development[]
- In the English dub of the Ace Attorney anime adaptation, Mr. Monkey is instead called the "Forest Imp". In keeping with his mistakes in the games, Edgeworth mistakenly calls it the "Forest Blimp".
- When dressed as "Laurice Deauxnim", Larry Butz wears clothes sporting a Mr. Monkey's head in front; he also has a sketchbook with the same face printed on it.