Comedy Chimp

"You, my friend, are one witty simian!"

- TV Announcer, "Can an Evil Genius Crash on Your Couch for a Few Days?"

Comedy Chimp is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom franchise. He is an anthropomorphic chimpanzee and a prominent television personality on Bygone Island. A former multi-media star, he currently hosts his own television show, the Comedy Chimp Show.

Appearance
Comedy Chimp is an anthropomorphic chimpanzee, about as tall as Knuckles, with brown fur, blue eyes, and brownish-grey facial fur and chest fur. He also has a pair of wisps on his forehead and a hair tuff on the side of his head.

In his youth, Comedy was thin and wore a wisteria vest with straight light blue markings. Over the years though, his health and looks would deteriorate. In the present, he is much bigger and rather chubby, with large arms and hands, and surprisingly small legs. As attire, he now wears a jacket similar to the vest he used to wear, white socks, and black shoes.

TV series
Comedy Chimp started out as a celebrity in his youth, although the years would take its toll on him, both physically and psychologically, slowly taking away his health and positivity. One time, Comedy Chimp starred in at least one successful movie which was famed for having a twist ending. He eventually left this profession and started his own talk show, the Comedy Chimp Show.

When Sticks got an invitation to the Awardy Awards, Comedy Chimp showed up unannounced twice, hoping to be one of the people Sticks would take to the gala. However, Team Sonic rejected him both times. Nevertheless, Comedy Chimp still got to the gala where he and the rest were saved from Dr. Eggman when he tried getting the award by force.

During Sonic and Dr. Eggman's time in the court, Comedy Chimp performed an act on his show accommodating the events and later his own "New Years Eve Rockin' Bananaganza" with his cohost Wolf Sidekick. For a special edition of his show, Comedy Chimp interviewed his guest Dr. Eggman about his success with his tomato sauce, where Eggman revealed his plot to conquer the Village with his robotic sauce cans which began swarming the set. Comedy Chimp tried to flee but was cut off by the cans and was forced to hear Eggman's bad jokes, until Team Sonic came in and stopped him.

While the world was caught in a time loop created by Dr. Eggman, Comedy Chimp would visit Meh Burger repeatedly until the loop was broken, unaware of what had transpired. Later on, while on his talk show, Comedy Chimp helped introduce the "Are You Smart Enough to Feed Yourself?" television show. Comedy Chimp eventually attended Amy Rose's sensitivity seminar where he vented some insecurities, though his fellow participant Sonic eventually left them to retire. Comedy Chimp later joined the seminar on a camping trip, where he found Sonic back in business upon his return.

When New Year's Eve finally arrived, Comedy Chimp hosted his "New Year's Adequate Eve" show in the Village Center, where he interviewed party guests like Knuckles and Mayor Fink on the festivities, alongside Soar the Eagle. During this, Dr. Eggman used his Slow Motion Machine to slow down time long enough for him to beat Sonic in something before New Year, though Comedy Chimp did not see Eggman's victory as it happened too fast for him to notice it. Comedy Chimp later took up an acting job his agent had picked up from Sonic the Hedgehog, where he had to play a girl for a demonstration. Begrudgingly, Comedy Chimp saw the job through.

As host for Bro-Down Showdown, Comedy Chimp advertised for the auditions. When Comedy Chimp hosted the show though, which Sonic and Eggman had joined as partners, Obliterator Bot attacked. Comedy Chimp quickly warned a battle-ready Sonic that he would be disqualified if he fought his partner's robot. Sonic still did it though, so Comedy Chimp declared the remaining pair, Dave the Intern and Lady Walrus, the winners.

During some publicity stunts, Comedy Chimp was overshadowed by Knuckles' new trend, and soon realized that he was past his prime. He thus had Knuckles fill in for him while he got his cosmetic surgery, certain a dope like Knuckles could not replace him. However, he learned Knuckles had gotten his job when he returned, so Comedy Chimp elicited Eggman to get Knuckles off the show in exchange for letting Eggman Industries sponsor it. The plan proving a partial success, Comedy Chimp reclaimed his job, although karma caught up with him when Eggman's Kitty Funball blew up as he advertised it.

The Big Boom and Boom Shaka-laka
While at a restaurant, Comedy Chimp had to take cover as Dr. Eggman attacked in the Big Boy. While hiding, he talked with the Fastidious Beaver about how bothersome Eggman's attacks are.

During a trip in the Village Center, Comedy Chimp was offered a bridge by Dr. Eggman. Though Comedy Chip liked the offer despite its uselessness, he declined since he did not trust Eggman. After much consideration though, Comedy Chimp decided to invest in Eggman's proposition, but when he heard that the bridge was no longer for sale, he decide to invest in a go-kart instead. When the Go-kart Pan-island Grand Prix was being held shortly after, Comedy Chimp joined the competition for the sake of publicity. During the race, he noticed Tails falling down a cliff and considered helping him until some Bee Bots created talking holograms of Comedy Chip's shoulder devil and shoulder angel who convinced him to crash his go-kart to create a spectacle for the audience, eliminating him from the race.

Worlds Unite and aftermath
After the Go-kart Pan-island Grand Prix, Comedy Chimp was heading home with the Fastidious Beaver, when Sticks strong-armed the duo into joining "Team Sticks" and help the Maverick Hunters, who were stranded in their dimension, find Sigma. They thus infiltrated Eggman's lair, where they had Orbot and Cubot open a Genesis Portal for them. Joining the Maverick Hunters on their adventure, Comedy Chimp's crew arrived on the Unified World just as Sonic's World and Earth from the year 20XX finished merging due to Sigma's Unity Engines. In the chaos, Comedy Chimp and his team joined the New Freedom Fighters and the Robot Masters of Light Labs from these worlds to stop Sigma's plans. On their way to Sigma's base on the Lost Hex in the Sky Patrol, Comedy Chimp tried to joke around with the bitter Break Man. When the Unified Army faced Sigma's defense line consisting of the Deadly Six and their Mechaniloid army however, Comedy Chimp and Fastidious hid inside the Sky Patrol in terror until the battle passed despite Sticks' orders.

Though the exhausted Unified Army won, they soon after faced an army of Mavericks deployed by "Sigma-2," an evolved form of Sigma. When Sticks brought reinforcements from the world of Street Fighter, Comedy Chimp and Fastidious stayed on the Sky Patrol to guard the Chaos Emeralds while their allies pursued the Mavericks to the worlds they invaded. Sigma eventually attacked the Sky Patrol, but with aid from Metal Sonic, Comedy Chimp and the crew got away in an escape pod with the Emeralds before Sigma landed the final blow.

Comedy Chimp soon regrouped with the Unified Army, now bolstered by members from different dimensions, where he helped Cream guard the Emeralds until an alternate Sonic and Mega Man needed them. Though Super Sonic and Super Armor Mega Man defeated Sigma, their Genesis Portal-ravaged reality would have killed them, but Xander Payne altered history by stopping Sigma's plot from happening, thus sending Comedy Chimp's crew back home. Retaining their memories though, Comedy Chimp and Fastidious were left severely traumatized and could thus not verify Sticks' story.

Comedy Chimp eventually recovered and went back to the Comedy Chimp Show. During one of the recordings, Comedy Chimp introduced Kyle the Gorilla when the simian joined the show's talent team.

Personality
Comedy Chimp is noted to be very witty and fearless in his comedy as he is not afraid of making jokes at others' expense. He appears mostly upbeat, undeterred and always cracks jokes, but inside he holds some deep insecurities. He can be very grumpy when things does no go his way though.

It has been implied that Comedy Chimp was more hopeful and bright in his youth, but his life as a celebrity has since then claimed them. He is very committed to his life as a celebrity and an actor, pursuing a good image, publicity, and takes on even the most humiliating jobs, even at the cost of his dignity which is all but gone now. Comedy Chimp will thus go to very selfish lengths to preserve his job, even if it means crossing the moral horizon, such as when he allied himself with Dr, Eggman to get back his job. In spite of his actions though, he does have a good side. He showed genuine remorse for the destruction he caused for allying himself with Eggman (although he brushed it off once he realized it was for his benefit) and considered giving up his position in the Go-kart Pan-island Grand Prix to help Tails.

Like most comedians, Comedy Chimp is notorious for spending his money on bad investments, though his better judgment of people serves as a somewhat of a buffer to it.

Trivia

 * Comedy Chimp's voice actor, Bill Freiberger, is as well the show writer and co-executive producer of Sonic Boom televisions series, and has also written a few stories in the Sonic Boom comic.
 * In "Closed Door Policy", a comic book starring Comedy Chimp as a banana-themed super hero combating badniks appeared. This implies that Comedy Chimp had a career as a comic book character as well.
 * Comedy Chimp was already mentioned in "Can an Evil Genius Crash on Your Couch for a Few Days?" on the television Sonic, Tails and Dr. Eggman were watching in the middle of the night.
 * Due to Dr. Eggman's frequent attacks on the island, Comedy Chimp had to take out his "assurance insurance" policy.
 * Comedy Chimp was said to have a film career with at least one successful movie which was famed for having a twist ending. This is a reference to film director M. Night Shyamalan, who has been famously known to direct The Sixth Sense, a film popularized by its twist-ending.