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Feb 8, 2024 · Bad Ape first appears in the concluding film of the Rise of the Apes trilogy, War for the Planet of the Apes, and is portrayed by National Security star, Steve Zahn.
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Past
Not much is known about Bad Ape other than he came from and lived in the Sierra Safari Zoo in Reno, Nevada, United States. Over the years, Bad Ape repeatedly heard and listened to his human handlers call him "Bad Ape" and as such, over time he began to firmly believe that "Bad Ape" was indeed his name. According to him, he had a child that was taken from him by humans. Some time later when the Simian Flu first broke out, Bad Ape became infected along with the rest of his fellow apes. As a res...
Encounter With Caesar
Bad Ape mistakes Caesar's group for humans upon seeing a human girlwith them and steals one of their horses forcing them to chase him as he opens fire on them. Caesar's group soon corner him in an abandoned building where both sides learn the other are both apes. Bad Ape is excited to see more apes like him and has them stay over where he tells them of his origins as a zoo ape. He explains as the humans were getting sick, the apes were getting smarter and he learned how to speak by picking up...
Aiding Caesar
Bad Ape then took Caesar and his friends to the Alpha-Omega base in the hope that he can find his sons. Bad Ape plays a huge part in rescuing Caesar and his colony from the humans because he is small and can fit through small places. Bad ape mistakenly found the underground sewers that Maurice, Nova and Rocket could use to rescue the apes. Although he was reluctant to dig through to the surface until Maurice roared at him. Bad Ape was worried when Nova wandered into the camp and watched as Ro...
Helping the Apes escape
He later took part in the rescue, he was forced into climbing on Maurice's back and would meet the rest of the colony. Rocket pointed him out as a good ape, as the other apes thanked him for his help. Fascinated to meet more apes like him, Bad Ape introduced himself to the colony. When Caesar and Rocket liberated the young apes, Bad Ape took part in making sure the young were tended to. After the northern army attacked, Bad Ape was worried at the destruction caused by the warring humans. He q...
Not much is known about Bad Ape's personality at this moment other than he is a congenial and anxious yet friendly ape; if not a little bit crazy from witnessing the deaths of his family and the constant years of isolation in the mountains. Upon meeting Caesar and his allies, Bad Ape was overjoyed and ecstatic to finally meet apes who were evolved ...
High-Level Intellect: Having been infected by the Simian Flu, Bad Ape was granted increased intelligence, understanding that clothes help keep one warm and was able to use such to attempts to get C...Speech:From his infection, Bad Ape gained the ability of speech. He was taught how to speak by watching the humans, who gave him his self declared name; "Bad Ape". His fluency paralleled that of Ca...Expert Horse Rider:Bad Ape is able to ride a horse with ease, using one to escape from Caesar's group.Skilled Marksman:Bad Ape is able to fire a shotgun to ward off Caesar as he pursued him, though it ultimately had little impact.(Bad Ape looks through binoculars backwards) "Oh no! Why so small?" (talking to Caesar) "I see girl, I think you human. But you ape! Like me!" "New friends! Special day!" (Bad Ape) "After zoo, I go... look for food. Then find... human zoo! Zoo for sick. Big walls. Sick human climb. Bad human kill." (Caesar) "Bad humans? Soldiers?" (Bad Ape) "Soldie...
Although the character's name is officially "Bad Ape", this not technically his name. "Bad Ape" is just the derogatory name that the humans gave him repeatedly thus over time he mistakenly began to...In interviews, director Matt Reeves explained that introducing Bad Ape was meant to start widening the fictional world for future sequels, by establishing that there are other apes across the world...War for the Planet of the Apes (novelization)Jul 18, 2017 · In one respect, Steve Zahn’s experience performing as the show-stealing Bad Ape in “War for the Planet of the Apes” is rather similar to the situation his innocent, silly character finds...
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Jul 13, 2017 · A new addition to this franchise is Steve Zahn, who in War for the Planet of the Apes plays “Bad Ape,” a chimpanzee who lived in a zoo before apocalypse. Steve Zahn is one of those actors who...
Dec 26, 2016 · There's Caesar, of course (played by Andy Serkis ), and his pals Maurice ( Karin Konoval) and Rocket ( Terry Notary ). But War for the Planet of the Apes brings on one intriguing new addition, a...
Jul 14, 2017 · In Matt Reeves ‘ War for the Planet of the Apes, audiences meet a chimpanzee called Bad Ape, played by Steve Zahn, who has been living in solitude after he escapes from a zoo, where the...
