| Mighty Joe Young | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Naming | |||
| Others | N'gai Zamu | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Species | Mountain Gorilla | ||
| Gender | Male | ||
| Place of origin | Unnamed jungle | ||
| Affiliation | Jill Young | ||
| Relations | Unnamed mother (deceased) | ||
| Occupation | Guardian | ||
| Current status | Active | ||
| Biology | |||
| Body type | Primate | ||
| Diet | Omnivorous | ||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Non-sapient | ||
| Behind the scenes | |||
| Universe | Mighty Joe Young | ||
| Performed by | John Alexander (as an adult) Verne Troyer (as a baby) | ||
Mighty Joe Young, aka N'gai Zamu, is a giant mountain gorilla raised by Jill Young.
Overview[]
When Mighty Joe Young was about a baby, Jill found him in the grass where they played peek-a-boo with each other until Jill's mother catches her. Joe is seen again running away from the hunters with Jill until her mother finds them both and holds her daughter close when she was fleeing from the hunters. Before she dies, she tells Jill to take care of Joe.
Twelve years later, Jill and Joe are living a wilderness life. Eventually, Joe grew to an adult but somehow was enormous than a usual gorilla, he is sent to animal preserve, but his peaceful residence is short-lived when he gets provoked by poachers and causes a rampage during a public interview at a party. Joe is then detained in a large prison cell, but Jill and Gregg manage to free him. He is then forced to flee when he runs into Strasser, the police and the navy, who are all out to get him.
Joe is later seen in the fire-at-the-fairground scene where he has to rescue Jason, a little boy, from the Ferris wheel, but falls hard on the ground in the process and lays asleep, making Jill desperately think that he is dead. Jill tries to wake him up a few times, but nothing happens, and she falls into tears. Several minutes later, Joe slowly opens his eyes and he and Jill are reunited. Joe is then given his own wildlife habitation, where he can roam free and live in peace.
Appearances[]
- Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- Mighty Joe Young (1998, remake)