Old Monkey

The Old Monkey is a character that appears in the Sonic Boom series. He is an elderly anthropomorphic monkey who lives on Seaside Island. He is also a member of the Village Council of Hedgehog Village.

Appearance
The Old Monkey is an anthropomorphic monkey about Sonic's height. He has auburn fur, violet eyes and peach skin on his belly, around his face and inside his round ears. He appears mostly hunched over with a long and crocked tail which ends in a curl, a white neckbeard, and white spouts of hair on both sides of his head near the neck. He also has a lower tooth sticking out of his mouth. His attire consists of a small black bowler hat, white cuff-less gloves, a white collar, red shocks with large cuffs, and brown shoes. He is almost always seen carrying a cane.

In the comics, the Old Monkey has light brown fur and hair, and his bowler hat is colored white.

Past
Supposedly, the Old Monkey was born into a family whose members were not necessarily close. This lack of family love made him long for such love to express himself.

In his teenage years, the Old Monkey was similar to Sonic in certain aspects. Accordingly, the best day in his life was when he got a free soda from a vending machine.

Season one
The Old Monkey was among the villagers when a meteor shower hit the Village until Sticks the Badger averted it. The Old Monkey soon after attended the Awardy Awards, but at the height of the event, he fled as Dr. Eggman attacked with his robots when the doctor did not get the award. After visiting Meh Burger, the Old Monkey would wander the Village Center where he, to his dismay, saw a terrible street act put on by Orbot and Cubot. He would also later pay a visit to T.W. Barker's Circus of Wonders for a show. While the Old Monkey talked to Lady Goat though, Eggman invaded Seaside Island and made him and the other villagers face his Mega. Fortunately, they were saved when Knuckles, whose case of bad luck made the Mega destroy itself, joined Eggman.

The Old Monkey eventually revisited Meh Burger. On one evening, he and the villagers were attacked by Moth Bot until Team Sonic stopped it. Following another visit at Meh Burger, the Old Monkey came to the trial between Sonic and Eggman when Eggman sued Sonic. As Eggman got exposed for fraud, the Old Monkey took the Walrus Child to safety when Eggman summoned his Badniks. Later on, the Old Monkey noticed Eggman was selling his tomato sauce, which was proven to be untainted to him and the villagers after Sonic tried it (although it was still part of an evil scheme). Back in the Village, the Old Monkey heard a deafening noise when Sonic passed by. He would later return to the Village Center when Eggman created a time loop. The Old Monkey thus relived the same day several times, unaware of the events, until the loop was broken.

Following more trips to Meh Burger, the Old Monkey would come across Sonic several times and slow the hedgehog slow on his way to the library while he tried telling Sonic about the free soda he once got. He would subsequently visit Meh Burger again. Eventually, the Old Monkey got caught up in the Battle of the Buns between Chez Amy and Meh Burger. Depending on their gimmicks, the Old Monkey would switch between these restaurants, before settling at Chez Amy until Eggman destroyed it. Later, the Old Monkey met Swifty the Shrew who dazzled him with his style. He thus stood by Shifty in his race against Sonic, who lost to the shrew and got banished from the Village as per their bet. However, the Old Monkey was betrayed by Swifty when it was revealed he was Eggman's robot agent. The Old Monkey thus regrouped with the Village Council as Swifty robots trashed the Village and brought Sonic back, who got rid of Eggman's army.

When Sticks was (forcibly) holding a yard sale, the Old Monkey dropped by for a look. He would later see Knuckles while he acted as deputy mayor and got him to approve a personal permit. However, the Old Monkey soon saw chaos unfold in the Village due to the permits Knuckles recklessly approved. Another time, the Old Monkey was minding his own business until he got involved in a scene Eggman was shooting for his film, where he escaped from Obliterator Bot while saving the Child Monkey. He later came to the film's premiere at Eggman's lair, but when the movie failed to enslave the audience with hypnotism, the Old Monkey and the audience left.

While at Meh Burger, the Old Monkey heard Sonic call Mike the Ox "just a guy." Believing Sonic was insensitive, the Old Monkey acted much like the spokesperson for the angry mob of fellow-minded villagers, reprimanding Sonic until he retired. However, as the Lightning Bolt Society began harassing the Village, the Old Monkey's attempts to get Sonic's aid failed. When Sonic returned to get both a sheep stampede, the Lightning Bolts and a surprise attack from Eggman under control though, the Old Monkey admitted to Sonic he was wrong about him. No sooner though, he was insulted by Willy Walrus. Another time, when the Old Monkey heard of the global "beaver fever" phenomenon, he briefly suspected Fastidious Beaver was carrying an illness. Later on, the Old Monkey saw Eggman argue with Leroy the Turtle at the post office, but left as Eggman summoned his Decimator Bot. He soon after had a laugh when he saw Tails do a dance in the Village Center.

When Bro-Down Showdown held auditions, the Old Monkey showed up with Mike the Ox. Out of the two of them however, only Mike got on the show. The Old Monkey later joined another angry mob at the town hall when Sonic was thought to be a thief, where Knuckles promised them to find Sonic. Later though, the Old Monkey saw Sonic and his allies return the stolen goods and prove Eggman was the culprit. Some time after, the Old Monkey came to the Robot Battle Royale, where he saw Eggman steal Tails' Hypno-bot at the end. During a heatwave later on, the Old Monkey would later chat with Lady Goat at Meh Burger. He also attended Puppy Con, where he saw Dave the Intern being innocently arrested for causing a rockslide, which turned out to be a set-up made by Eggman.

In time, the Old Monkey went back to Meh Burger. Eventually, he and the villagers were attacked by Eggman's Obliterator Bot until Team Sonic stopped it and got the Greatest Role Model of All Time Award. This meant that the Old Monkey's next trip to Meh Burger got delayed by the team's attempts to be role models. As Eggman returned, the Old Monkey alerted Team Sonic (under D.B. Platypus' strict procedures). The Old Monkey later came to A Rose Without Thorns, a play put on by Team Sonic. Though he applauded the play, a storm broke out after the finale, and the Old Monkey took Sonic's offer to seek shelter in Amy's House. During his next visits to the Village Center, the Old Monkey would watch Knuckles and the new villain Charlie fight, with Knuckles emerging as the winner.

Season two
A fan of Tommy Thunder, the Old Monkey came to the movie star's latest movie promotion. Although he fled when Eggman attacked, he came back to hail Team Sonic's victory over Eggman. The Old Monkey also showed up to hail Tommy after he "beat" Obliterator Bot. After seeing the opening of the new scissor factory, the Old Monkey would ignore Sticks' news reports at first, but soon saw how true they were. While at Sticks' interviews after she got a TV news gig though, the Old Monkey heard her admit she had sold herself out to the media. Feeling betrayed at first, the Old Monkey was inspired by the repentant Sticks to "fight the power." He and the villagers thus began a random revolt before getting calmed and directed into destroying Eggman's latest device when he showed it. The Old Monkey was later in the Village Center, only to flee when Eggman launched an ambush on the Village.

The Old Monkey soon revisited Meh Burger before going to the post office, where he had to deal with Mark the Tapir's impudence while waiting in line. While subtly hypnotized by Dreamcaster's TV broadcasts, the Old Monkey angrily faced Sticks when she disturbed him with her unlikely story about Dreamcaster on TV. The Old Monkey soon after became Dr. Eggman's zombie slave, who had him and the hypnotized villagers build a world-controlling satellite. He would later attack Sticks when she came to the rescue, but was freed as Team Sonic foiled Eggman's plan.

Seeing Tails deploy a successful Village defense against Eggman, the Old Monkey would praise the fox at his trophy ceremony until Eggman arrived through a hole in the defense. With Tails' defense backfiring while Eggman was stopped, the Old Monkey would scorn Tails afterward before resuming his daily life. The Old Monkey later visited Dr. Eggman's job fair, but declined his job offer at Eggman Industries. Another time, the Old Monkey was inspired to buy some Fuzzy Puppy figurines from Orbot and resell one of them to a mystery buyer, unaware that Orbot was manipulating him. After getting a meal at Meh Burger, the Old Monkey saw Knuckles find a foster family in his friends, and could not help but feel jealous. He returned to Meh Burger soon after, where Sonic, much to the Old Monkey's displeasure, cut in front of him in his mech suit. Later on, when he came to an edition of the Comedy Chimp Show, the Old Monkey lost the show's give-away prize to Knuckles. When the Village then had a power outage, the Old Monkey took it in stride at first, but soon began rioting. However, he calmed down once Team Sonic got the power back on.

Learning that their village was named after Sticks' evil ancestor, Jebediah Badger, the Old Monkey began scorning Sticks. Eventually wanting the town renamed, he agreed to a referendum between Amy and Eggman's name propositions at a town meeting. Before the vote though, the Old Monkey got enticed by Eggman's campaign. After Eggman used the referendum to get elected as Village leader though, the Old Monkey saw Eggman attempt to destroy the Village. As Sticks helped her team stop Eggman's plan and remove him from power however, the Old Monkey found peace with Sticks again. Coming to Meh Burger, the Old Monkey received premium service from the new robot employees (courtesy of Eggman) before watching Dave the Intern lose his job to one of these robots in a contest. Upon attenting the reopening of the improved Meh Burger however, the Old Monkey and the villagers got trapped in a force-field and sent towards space in Meh Burger by Eggman. Thanks to Team Sonic and Dave though, the Old Monkey was rescued, along with Meh Burger.

The Old Monkey eventually showed up at Mr. Slate's unveiling of the Fregosi Sapphire, but ran away when Eggman appeared to steal the gemstone. He would later also make a trip to the movies. When Tails seemingly proved Muckfoot's existence with a photo soon after, the Old Monkey would praise Tails as a hero and take part in the ensuring Muckfoot Mania. However, he would scorn Tails when the fox showed that his "Muckfoot" was just Knuckles covered in mud.

Archie Comics
When in the Village Center, the Old Monkey met Dr. Eggman who offered to carry his bags. Suspecting Eggman was up to no good, he kept beating him with his cane. The Old Monkey later joined the Eggtoberfest hosted by Eggman, but as he noticed the rides were not working, an angry mob of villagers assembled and made Eggman fix them. The Old Monkey thus resumed the festival, but Eggman soon grew vengeful over the villagers' dislike of him and set his army loose, which Team Sonic then stopped.

Personality
In his youth, the Old Monkey had a mindset similar to Sonic's, believing he had all the time in the world, although it is implied that he has moved on from that. He also has very poor sense of judgement, having admitted that he has always made the wrong choices in life.

In his senior years, the Old Monkey is usually mild-mannered and polite, allowing properly behaved youngsters to get in front of him. Conversely, his general opinion about present-day kids is not very high, having deemed them inconsiderate and inappropriately dressed. He is also not afraid to get rough when the situation calls for it. He likes to talk about the past but comes off as absentminded, if not a little senile, as he tends to forgets dialogues after a few minutes and lose track of his opinions.

The Old Monkey has occasional shown a very helpful and selfless side to himself by helping children get to safety during Dr. Eggman's attacks. He has also shown a soft side for the love between family members due to the lack of such love in his life, and longs for a foster child that he can treat as if they are his own. However, he has a (fickle) sense of personal pride, having more than once obstinately refused uncalled help in order to prove he can take care of himself, only to rectify his statements when he realizes that his obvious fragility demands it.

The Old Monkey is shown to get very excited over rather mundane things. To him, the best moments in his life were when he got a free soda and was allowed to shout in public.

Trivia

 * The Old Monkey is lactose intolerant.
 * The Old Monkey has always envisioned Muckfoot as a "blurry, unintelligible mess."
 * According to Bill Freiberger, the Old Monkey has not been given an actual name and is instead referred to as "Villager 10-Old Monkey" amongst the staff. However, he will be given a name when it comes up in a story.