The Troglodyte

Codexus Primatarium

• The title references ‘Pan Troglodytus’, the scientific name for Chimpanzee
• ‘Aunt Crystal’ references Crystal, the name of the monkey actress from The Hangover
• ‘Cousin Dunston’ references ‘Dunston Checks In’ which features an orangutan called Dunston
• ‘Mum’s sister Bubbles’ references Michael Jackson’s pet monkey
• The first letter of each line of Rarity’s poem spells out ‘HAHA MONKE’
• Boule is the surname of the writer of Planet of the Apes
• Burroughs is the surname of the writer who created Tarzan of the Apes
• ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ is a three wise monkeys references
• The first letter of the first 28 sentences after the first XXX scene break spells ‘THIS IS LITERALLY ALL ABOUT MONKE’
• Pongo pygmaeus and hylobates pileatus are the scientific names of orangutan and a type of gibbon
• ‘The beast falling off a ferris wheel’ references the climax of Mighty Joe Young, which has a massive gorilla fall off a giant ferris wheel
• ‘Be like her, walk like her, talk like her too’ references King of the Swingers from The Jungle Book
• The first letter of each line of Applebloom’s poem spells out ‘MONKE LOVES MELONS’
• Twist literally says ‘Ooh ooh ah ah’ like a monkey would
• Sweetie references the infinite monkey theorem