History Main / CymbalBangingMonkey

* In a ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episode, the Titans hear an eerie "help me...help meeeee..." coming from a closet. An innocent cymbal-banging monkey falls out and says "Help me, help me, help me count! One! Two! Three! Four!...." It's played for comedy though, the scene is hilarious rather than creepy.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}: Nobita and the Tin Labyrinth'' ends with an AffectionateParody of kaiju films, where Doraemon and gang decides to take down Napogisutora's army with their own army of giant-sized LivingToys - one of them which is a wind-up giant monkey who smashes airplanes with cymbals while seated atop a skyscraper (doubles as a KingKongCopy spoof!).

* In the Colombian film ''Milagro en Roma'', based on the short story "La Santa" by Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez, a mechanical cymbal-playing monkey suddenly bursts into action at the wake of a seven-year-old girl, although it had not worked before that. Later, the monkey's spontaneous action at the girl's wake is cited as evidence for her being a saint. The Vatican is not impressed, however.

[[WaistcoatOfStyle Vests are cool]]. Cymbals are cool. [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkeys are cool]]. [[CoolToy Toys are cool]]. [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Combine all four and it should also be cool]], right? WRONG. In fact, [[NightmareFuel it's so creepy]], that versions of this mechanical monstrosity end up in a lot of sci-fi/horror movies. Kind of the flipside of EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys. If you see ''this one'', you know the non-fun sort of weird is on the way.

[[caption-width-right:220:He's peering into your soul...[[note]]For those interested in a challenge, ''this exact monkey'' is in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.[[/note]]]]

* ''Series/UltramanTaro'' has one in the form of an assistant to the first Alien Temperor.

* Yes, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbal-banging_monkey_toy these things really exist]]. They're as creepy as you'd expect.

* ''VideoGame/LittleNightmares'' has one to throw at essential buttons to open doors or to [[ThrowingTheDistraction distract]] the blind janitor.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has one who is very, very frighting to look at. When night falls on Sunnyside Daycare, he sits in the second-floor security office, watching all the screens. If a toy tries to escape, he turns on the center's P.A. system and screeches into it while banging his cymbals. Lotso and crew are on top of the poor toy in moments.

* In ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', the Grinch has a giant version of one in his lair, and uses it to drown out the Whos' singing...along with using a jackhammer as a pogo stick and la-la-laing while riding it.
-->'''The Grinch''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUOtBpLd9_w PLAY, MONKEY! PLAY!]]
%%* Used in ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'', before the door to the Nest opens.

* One of these is the madness-inducing ArtifactOfDoom in ''Film/TheAmityvilleLegacy'' and its sequel, ''Film/AmityvilleEvilNeverDies.''

* Starting with Map Pack 3 in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty World at War'' through ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''' "FIVE" features a CymbalBangingMonkey strapped with C4 (called the Monkey Bomb) as a distraction device for the players to use. It is replaced by the Gersch Device in First Strike's Ascension.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has one. When night falls on Sunnyside Daycare, he sits in the second-floor security office, watching all the screens. If a toy tries to escape, he turns on the center's P.A. system and screeches into it while banging his cymbals. Lotso and crew are on top of the poor toy in moments.

%%* ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren'' in the opening scene.

* ''Film/MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders'', a film that uses clips of ''The Devil's Gift''. When this movie was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', it inspired Pearl to make Professor Bobo dress up as one of these to scare Mike and the 'bots. They weren't impressed.
-->Rock 'n' roll Martian... rock 'n' roll Martian...

* One of these is the madness-inducing ArtifactOfDoom in ''Film/TheAmityvilleLegacy.''

* In ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', NonHumanSidekick Abu is briefly turned into one of these by [[BigBad Jafar]].

* "The Monkey", a Creator/StephenKing short story. In a nutshell, every time it claps its cymbals, someone dies, and the main character and his younger son both describe the feeling of revulsion they have when they see and touch the doll, yet also how they almost ''want'' to wind it up even though they know what will happen when they do. The comic adaptation of this by Glenn Chadbourne from ''The Secretary of Dreams'' (Volume Two) also features a cymbal-banging monkey.

[[caption-width-right:220:He's peering into your soul...]]

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendship'': "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E26SchoolRazePart2 School Raze – Part 2]]": As part of her plan to annoy Tirek enough that he'd help the Mane Six get out of Tartarus, Pinkie Pie dressing up as a monkey and banging her cymbals prove the last straw.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' has one. [[spoiler:When night falls on Sunnyside Daycare, he sits in the second-floor security office, watching all the screens. If a toy tries to escape, he turns on the center's P.A. system and screeches into it while banging his cymbals. Lotso and crew are on top of the poor toy in moments.]]