History Film / ConquestOfThePlanetOfTheApes

The sequel to ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' and the fourth installment of the ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' franchise, released in 1972. Almost twenty years have passed since Cornelius, Zira, and Dr. Milo arrived on Earth. During those years, cats and dogs died of a mysterious disease, and apes became both household pets and servants for mankind. The United States became oppressive and fascist in culture, of uniformed classes and castes, based upon ape slave labour. And Milo, now known as Caesar, is a horseback rider in Armando's circus.

''Conquest'' has received mostly mixed reviews.

In 2011, 20th Century Fox rebooted the ''Planet of the Apes'' film series starting with ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes''. It had a similar plot synopsis to ''Conquest'', in which the protagonist is also a chimpanzee named Caesar who leads an ape rebellion against the humans.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The film was originally supposed to end with Caesar finally JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope; he allows the gorillas bludgeon Breck to death with their rifles, then gets a genuine KickTheDog moment by killing [=MacDonald=]. See FocusGroupEnding above.

* VillainousBreakdown: Breck when the apes are cutting down the steel gate sealing him and his associates. This makes him realize that apes are beginning to successfully subjugate humans as the dominant species on the planet as they are now both physically and ''intellectually'' superior.

* ElectricTorture: Caesar is tortured to make him admit he can talk. [=MacDonald=], after watching it for a moment, leaves, apparently sickened. [[BigBad Governor Breck]] then shows he has an order for Caesar's execution, so he decides to just turn it on again UpToEleven and electrocute him. But [=MacDonald=], after leaving, goes to the utility room and turns off the power. Caesar is smart enough to fake his own death by torture, then later escapes.

* KillThemAll: In a state of a VillainousBreakdown from the ape riots, Breck orders that the revolting apes that are in the control room with them be killed.
-->'''Breck:''' SHOOT THEM!! SHOOT THEM ALL!!

* DeweyDefeatsTruman: The movie was released in 1972, the same year Taylor and his crew from the original were supposed to set out for an interstellar mission in their futuristic spaceship.

* DefiantToTheEnd: Breck just stares at the apes as they were about to kill him. He even goes as far as to rationalize what he's done to the apes, saying that enslaving and anthropomorphizing them helped them evolve out of their primitive, barbaric state. Caesar angrily gives him the DeathGlare that apes never asked to be civilized.

* EvilIsHammy: Governor Breck.

* IronicEcho: When Caesar ordered to have the Apes kill Breck, Lisa uttered "[[LittleNo N... no]]".

* [[JobStealingRobot Job-Stealing Apes]]: The job employers makes apes do all the blue-collar and labor work so that they don't have to pay salaries to humans to do so, resulting in Luddite-esque strikes happening. Though it can be inferred the reason why the out-of-work humans aren't trying to help the apes escape from slavery in any shape or form is because the fruits of the apes' labor flows to ''them'' and so they benefit from it.
* KillThemAll: In a state of a VillainousBreakdown from the ape riots, Breck ordered the revolting apes that are in the control room with them to be killed.

* SuddenlyShouting: Caesar, who was about to kill Breck for his MotiveRant, instead he ordered the apes to drag him outside.

* FocusGroupEnding: The movie was always going to end with the apes beginning their takeover, but originally, Breck was going to be beaten to death--a definitive demonstration about the circle of hatred. However, following a preview screening, the ending was slightly changed, with a few editing tricks and Creator/RoddyMcDowall dubbing in new dialogue.

* NotSoDifferent: Between Caesar and [=MacDonald=].

The sequel to ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes'' and the fourth installment of the ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' franchise, released in 1972.
Almost twenty years have passed since Cornelius, Zira, and Dr. Milo arrived on Earth. During those years, cats and dogs died of a mysterious disease, and apes became both household pets and servants for mankind. The United States became oppressive and fascist in culture, of uniformed classes and castes, based upon ape slave labour. And Milo, now known as Caesar, is a horseback rider in Armando's circus.

Twenty years have passed since Cornelius, Zira, and Dr. Milo arrived on Earth. During those years, cats and dogs died of a mysterious disease, and apes became both household pets and servants for mankind. The United States became oppressive and fascist in culture, of uniformed classes and castes, based upon ape slave labour. And Milo, now known as Caesar, is a horseback rider in Armando's circus.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The movie was filmed just as TheSixties were ending, but with the streets still filled with violent riots over Vietnam and Civil Rights.

* TimeSkip: As noted earlier, 20 years have passed since the last movie.

* DefiantToTheEnd: Breck just stares at the apes as they were about to kill him. He even goes as far as to rationalize what he's done to the apes, saying that enslaving and anthropomorphizing them helped them evolve out of their primitive, barbaric state.

* [[JobStealingRobot Job-Stealing Apes]]: The job employers makes apes do all the blue-collar and labor work so that they don't have to pay salaries to humans to do so, resulting in Luddite-esque strikes happening.

In 2011, 20th Century Fox rebooted the ''Planet of the Apes'' film series starting with ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' which had a similar plot synopsis to ''Conquest'' in which the protagonist is also a chimpanzee named Caesar who leads an ape rebellion against the humans.

* StableTimeLoop: Averted: in the timeline Caesar's parents are from, apes became responsive to human speech "in less than two centuries" and turned the tables after "three more centuries" and were led by an ape named Aldo[[note]]Presumably an aversion of OneSteveLimit as a character called Aldo also appears in the films in the present[[/note]]. The revised ending [[spoiler: indicates that Caesar might move ape society towards a more peaceful attitude towards humans than Aldo would have.]] This is expanded upon a bit in ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'', the next film in the series.

* StableTimeLoop: Averted: in the timeline Caesar's parents are from, the ape revolt was lead by Aldo, since Caesar didn't exist, and the revised ending [[spoiler: indicates that Caesar might move ape society towards a more peaceful attitude towards humans than Aldo would have.]] This is expanded upon a bit in ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'', the next film in the series.

In 2011, 20th Century Fox rebooted the ''Planet of the Apes'' film series starting with ''Film/RiseOfThePlanetOfTheApes'' which had a similar plot synopsis to ''Conquest'' in which the protagonist is also a chimpanzee named Caesar who leads an ape rebellion against the humans. Critics and audiences mainly regard ''Rise'' as better both effects-wise (in terms of recreating apes on-screen without using real apes) and writing/directing than this film.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The apes wear different jumpsuits depending on their species: chimps wear green, gorillas wear red and orangutans wear yellow.

* MisplacedWildlife: Caesar hid himself in a cage full of orangutans. But one of Governor Breck's subordinates learn of this since "there are no chimpanzees in Borneo".

* StableTimeLoop: The apes from the future create the apes from the past.
** Although [[spoiler:the revised ending indicates that Caesar might move ape society towards a more peaceful attitude towards humans than originally shown.]]

* TitleDrop

* DefiantToTheEnd: Breck just stares at the apes as they were about to kill him.

** A hair salon and its clients let a chimp do hair grooming. She hunts for bugs to eat in a woman's hair and in the process ruins her hair. What'd they expect?

* VillainousBreakdown: Breck when the apes are cutting down the steel gate sealing him and his associates.

* SuddenlyShouting: Caesar, who was about to kill Breck for his speciesist rant, instead he ordered the apes to take him outside.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: A hair salon and its clients let a chimp do hair grooming. She hunts for bugs to eat in a woman's hair and in the process ruins her hair. What'd they expect?

--> '''Caesar''': LOUSY HUMAN BASTARDS!

-->'''Breck''': SHOOT THEM!! SHOOT THEM ALL!!
* MeaningfulName: Caesar.
-->'''Breck''': Caesar. A king.
** [[FridgeBrilliance Which also helps explain why later apes bear Romanesque names.]]

* MoralityChain: Armando was the only human Caesar ever cared for. His death motivates him to rebel.

-->'''Caesar''': Tonight, we have seen... the birth... of the Planet of the Apes!

Twenty years have passed since ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes''. During those years, cats and dogs died of a mysterious disease, and apes became both household pets and servants for mankind. The United States became oppressive and fascist in culture, of uniformed classes and castes, based upon ape slave labour. And Milo, now known as Caesar, is a horseback rider in Armando's circus.

Twenty years have passed since ''Film/EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes''. During them, cats and dogs died of a mysterious disease, and apes became both household pets and servants for mankind. The United States became oppressive and fascist in culture, of uniformed classes and castes, based upon ape slave labour. And Milo, now known as Caesar, is a horseback rider in Armando's circus.

''Conquest'' has received mostly negative reviews.