Unfortunately, the on-screen version of this jolly ape was already used in Toy Story 3, and Disney owns the copyright. Fortunately, Perkins was informed before production on The Monkey began.
Copyright issues have made The Monkey make a return to the recent internet headlines after the makers had to replace the monkey character's cymbals with drums because ...
Once that little monkey starts a tinny rat-tat-tat on his drum, nobody’s safe. Based on a Stephen King short story ... toy, which looks like a maniac and is known among collectors as a Jolly ...