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[[caption-width-right:350:This cover [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spoils the ending]]... but not the ending of [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 the book]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:This cover [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spoils the ending]]... but not the ending of [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 not the ending of the book]].]]
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** Gorillas are apparently meat-eaters and chimps abhor the idea of murder. Justified, though, in that it takes place in the future and on an alien planet, so the apes could certainly have evolved differently from their modern Earth counterparts.
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** Gorillas are apparently meat-eaters and chimps abhor the idea of murder. Justified, though, in that it takes place in the future and on an alien planet, so the apes could certainly have evolved differently from their modern Earth counterparts.counterparts[[note]]In Real Life, at least on earth, chimps are very dangerous and often violent. Gorillas are considered much less prone to violence, often preferring threat displays and bluffs[[/note]].
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Seeing how the species roles have swapped on Soror and being confined in a zoo, Antelle apparently can't handle it and forgets everything that separates him from the human animals. Ulysse reflects that, had he not had the opportunity to communicate and demonstrate his intellect, he might have done the same, the burden of living as an animal without ''being'' one too great to bear.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted. They speak their own language. Ulysse has to learn it.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted. They speak Mostly explained by TranslationConvention after Ulysses learns the apes' language but the doll they find in the archaeological site says "Papa" and it's theorised that children on a lot of planets use the simple word to describe their own language. Ulysse has to learn it.fathers.
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* CasualInterstellarTravel: The couple in the framing device have gone to a remote solar system on their honeymoon. It's not clear if they have some unmentioned FasterThanLightTravel or are using TimeDilation and will return from their honeymoon to find their families dead for centuries.
* ColonizedSolarSystem: It's mentioned that all the other planets in the solar system have been colonized, causing the need to explore others.
* ColonizedSolarSystem: It's mentioned that all the other planets in the solar system have been colonized, causing the need to explore others.
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* TimeDilation: The trip to Betelgeuse takes two years for Ulysse and co but centuries to the rest of the universe.
* TranslationConvention: Ulysse learns the local language after a while and from then on every is said in English/French for the convenience of the reader.
* TranslationConvention: Ulysse learns the local language after a while and from then on every is said in English/French for the convenience of the reader.
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* MeaningfulName: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. The humans called her Nova because they thought she was as beautiful as most shining star.
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* MeaningfulName: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]. The humans called her Nova because they thought she was as beautiful as most a shining star.
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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler: Turns out that's how the intelligent apes originated. Before them, there were intelligent humans who used the apes as servants and lab animals. It's implied that the apes started out merely imitating their masters, treating them like they themselves were treated and learning to operate their tech. Eventually, they developed actual sapience]].
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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler: Turns It turns out that's how the intelligent apes originated. Before them, there were intelligent humans who used the apes as servants and lab animals. It's implied that the apes started out merely imitating their masters, treating them like they themselves were treated and learning to operate their tech. Eventually, they developed actual sapience]].
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* UncannyValley: InUniverse and subverted. Ulysse notes early on that the ''creepiest'' thing about the Apes is how they '''don't''' fall into this while wearing human clothes and doing human things, like sipping drinks from straws or lighting pipes. A Terran ape in a hat is a sight to provoke laughter or sadness depending on your opinion, a Soror Ape wearing a hat is as natural an Earth human wearing a hat. Later, he finds himself more disturbed when he simply stops seeing them as Apes at all.
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* UncannyValley: InUniverse and subverted. Ulysse notes early on that the ''creepiest'' thing about the Apes apes is how they '''don't''' fall into this while wearing human clothes and doing human things, like sipping drinks from straws or lighting pipes. A Terran ape in a hat is a sight to provoke laughter or sadness depending on your opinion, a Soror Ape ape wearing a hat is as natural an Earth human wearing a hat. Later, he finds himself more disturbed when he simply stops seeing them as Apes apes at all.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: After their first encounter with Nova at the waterfall, Antelle wants to move the launch and explore a different part of the planet. His two companions would like to stay, and don't even pretend that the possibility of seeing the gorgeous naked Nova again is their primary motivation.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: After their first encounter with Nova at the waterfall, Antelle wants to move the launch and explore a different part of the planet. His two companions would like to stay, and don't even pretend that the possibility of seeing the gorgeous naked Nova again is isn't their primary motivation.
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:Not only does Ulysse's son by Nova have his father's intellect and capacity for speech, but in mothering him and being with Ulysse Nova begins to become intelligent herself, being nearly "truly" human by the time they reach Earth. . . just in time for her to experience the full horror of the TwistEnding.]]
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* HumansAreMorons: Well, obviously with the animal humans of Soror, who have no intelligence or intellect about them whatsoever. [[spoiler:But humanity at large, on whatever planet they may develop, are apparently capable of building massive civilizations, then just lazily turning everything they build over to Apes evolving to succeed them, then regressing to unintelligent animals. By the end of the book, this cycle has played out on Soror and Earth, and it's implied several other worlds in the cosmos.]]
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* BeastialityIsDepraved: ZigZagged. Once Zira knows Ulysse is intelligent, she's somewhat put off by his closeness with Nova. Once Ulysse proves himself to the rest of the Apes of Soror, he dares not get close to Nova again, or even show her preferential treatment, for fear of scandal. Since Nova is, in every way but form, an animal, her ability to provide informed consent is a sticking point.
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* BeastialityIsDepraved: BestialityIsDepraved: ZigZagged. Once Zira knows Ulysse is intelligent, she's somewhat put off by his closeness with Nova. Once Ulysse proves himself to the rest of the Apes of Soror, he dares not get close to Nova again, or even show her preferential treatment, for fear of scandal. Since Nova is, in every way but form, an animal, her ability to provide informed consent is a sticking point.
