Capuchin monkey
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| CHARACTER | |
| Capuchin monkey | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Death | 1936 Cairo. Egypt[1] |
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The Capuchin monkey was a specially trained monkey of the Monkey Man.
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[edit] Biography
In 1936, the Capuchin[2] was assigned to follow Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood, and locate the Headpiece to the Staff of Ra be it the piece itself or some similar shape like on a diagram and return it to its master. She was taught that failure would mean she wouldn't get to eat.[3]
Jones and Ravenwood first encountered the Capuchin on the rooftop of Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir's house, where it was entertaining his children. After realizing it was not the family's pet, Ravenwood adopted it, and joked with Jones that it was their baby.
The monkey accompanied Jones and Ravenwood on their shopping trip in the marketplace, but darted away when she realized that her master was nearby. Joining her master, she gave the heil salute the German Agent, who was forced to salute in return. The monkey helped in the chase to get Jones and Ravenwood, by signalling to the German agents and their Arab henchmen that Ravenwood was hiding in a basket.
The monkey returned to following Jones, who went to the Marhala Bar to grieve while believing Ravenwood dead in an explosion. After a bar confrontation between Jones and René Emile Belloq, the monkey ran into Sallah's truck, where she received a hand signal from her master to stay with Jones.
That night, at the house of Imam, the monkey's master poisoned a bowl of dates in order to kill the archaeologist, but the hungry monkey grabbed one for herself and died. Sallah saw her dead body, and managed to stop Jones from eating one of the poisoned fruit.[1]
[edit] Personality and traits
The Capuchin wore a distinctive red vest and mimicked her master when giving the zieg heil. She would salute in return.[1]
[edit] Appearances
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (First appearance)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark junior novelization
