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== History == | == History == | ||
They were among the creatures genetically engineered by [[Professor Scarper]] of the [[First Horde]] using a mutagen initially developed to create creatures loyal to the Horde. Even after the Horde stopped funding Scarper's experiments, erasing all knowledge of themselves from him or them, this meant that Scarper's creations were compelled to form [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society|Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]] of their own. The gorillas followed this pattern, arranging themselves into the Gang of the Green Gorilla. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'') Having settled on making everyone believe that all gorillas were green as a goal, they adapted brainwashing technology to artificially instill this belief in ordinary people. | === Origins === | ||
They were among the creatures genetically engineered by [[Professor Scarper]] of the [[First Horde]] using a mutagen initially developed to create creatures loyal to the Horde. Even after the Horde stopped funding Scarper's experiments, erasing all knowledge of themselves from him or them, this meant that Scarper's creations were compelled to form [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society|Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]] of their own. The gorillas followed this pattern, arranging themselves into the Gang of the Green Gorilla. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'') Having settled on making everyone believe that all gorillas were green as a goal, they adapted brainwashing technology to artificially instill this belief in ordinary people, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') creating the [[Brain-Washing Machine]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Evil (short story)|The Book of Evil]]'') | |||
=== First encounters with the Cupids === | |||
As early as 1978, the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] encountered evidence of the Gang's activity in the form of people randomly abducted by the Crew on the Prime Earth who showed signs of Gorilla brainwashing. However, being unaware of the Gang's existence at the time, the Cupids didn't know what to make of them and released them back on Earth without reversing the conditioning. | As early as 1978, the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] encountered evidence of the Gang's activity in the form of people randomly abducted by the Crew on the Prime Earth who showed signs of Gorilla brainwashing. However, being unaware of the Gang's existence at the time, the Cupids didn't know what to make of them and released them back on Earth without reversing the conditioning. | ||
In December 1986, a group of Green Gorillas took control of the town supermarket of [[Vanityville]], emptying it of all [[Christmas]] paraphernalia and instead forcing the shopping customers to buy their green-gorilla merchandise, at gunpoint. They encountered a group of [[Clockwork Cherub]]s of the Crew, led by Commander [[Amadeo-378]], by coincidence. Noting the affected humans' unhappiness, the Cupids decided the Gang's aims seemed oppose to their own and decided to defeat them, kicking off the [[Skirmish at the Vanityville Supermarket]]. The Cupids were victorious, although the Gang's scientists subsequently learned how to reverse Cupid [[Love Potion|romanticisation]]. | In December 1986, a group of Green Gorillas took control of the town supermarket of [[Vanityville]], emptying it of all [[Christmas]] paraphernalia and instead forcing the shopping customers to buy their green-gorilla merchandise, at gunpoint. They encountered a group of [[Clockwork Cherub]]s of the Crew, led by Commander [[Amadeo-378]], by coincidence. Noting the affected humans' unhappiness, the Cupids decided the Gang's aims seemed oppose to their own and decided to defeat them, kicking off the [[Skirmish at the Vanityville Supermarket]]. The Cupids were victorious, although the Gang's scientists subsequently learned how to reverse Cupid [[Love Potion|romanticisation]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') inventing a machine simply known as the [[Cupid Love Reverser]]. The Crew effectively interpreted this as a declaration of war. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Evil (short story)|The Book of Evil]]'') | ||
=== Ongoing hostilities === | |||
Thereafter, the Cupids went on to oppose the Gorillas on many occasions, “from the depths of the [[Amazonian jungle]] to the very [[North Pole]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') When they received their first letter from the [[Society of the Rhyming Dove]], the Cupids briefly feared it was a trick from the Green Gorillas, trying to lure them into a trap. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]'') | Thereafter, the Cupids went on to oppose the Gorillas on many occasions, “from the depths of the [[Amazonian jungle]] to the very [[North Pole]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') When they received their first letter from the [[Society of the Rhyming Dove]], the Cupids briefly feared it was a trick from the Green Gorillas, trying to lure them into a trap. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]'') | ||
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At some point prior to 2019, the Gang of the Green Gorilla tried to use the custom of trick-or-treating to their advantage, going door to door in the Prime Universeon [[Halloween]] under the guise of being costumed children and then brainwashing everyone who answered the door. However, they were foiled by the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids. As a result, they weren't very fond of the holiday anymore by 2019 — nor indeed of most other popular holidays, “generally for reasons quite similar to this”. They did try to organise their own Halloween party in 2018, but it got out of hand, several brainwashing machines were destroyed, and the Gangs forbade further celebration once and for all as a result. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghosts and the Machine (short story)|The Ghosts and the Machine]]'') | At some point prior to 2019, the Gang of the Green Gorilla tried to use the custom of trick-or-treating to their advantage, going door to door in the Prime Universeon [[Halloween]] under the guise of being costumed children and then brainwashing everyone who answered the door. However, they were foiled by the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids. As a result, they weren't very fond of the holiday anymore by 2019 — nor indeed of most other popular holidays, “generally for reasons quite similar to this”. They did try to organise their own Halloween party in 2018, but it got out of hand, several brainwashing machines were destroyed, and the Gangs forbade further celebration once and for all as a result. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghosts and the Machine (short story)|The Ghosts and the Machine]]'') | ||
=== A fraught 2019 === | |||
When the [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]] fraudulently edited their own [[Cupid Fact File]] in 2019, they claimed to be “the greatest of mysterious organizations, better than those [[Mob of the Maroon Magpie|marauding magpies]] or gangrenous gorillas”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'') | When the [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]] fraudulently edited their own [[Cupid Fact File]] in 2019, they claimed to be “the greatest of mysterious organizations, better than those [[Mob of the Maroon Magpie|marauding magpies]] or gangrenous gorillas”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'') | ||
At some point, [[Green Gorilla (Pessimist and the Dromedaries)|one Green Gorilla]] was captured by the [[Drove of the Database-Compiling Dromedaries]] and imprisoned at [[Research Laboratory 6]]. When [[Pessimist-242]] was captured, he ended up in a cell opposite to the Gorilla's, and the Gorilla managed to convince the Cupid to aid in a Laboratory-wide escape plan, putting his intelligence and his ability to highjack the electric locks to good use. The plan ended up succeeding, with Pessimist parting ways with the other escapees just after the Gorilla used his superior strength to pry open the ceiling hatch that would allow the rest to escape the building. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | At some point, [[Green Gorilla (Pessimist and the Dromedaries)|one Green Gorilla]] was captured by the [[Drove of the Database-Compiling Dromedaries]] and imprisoned at [[Research Laboratory 6]]. When [[Pessimist-242]] was captured, he ended up in a cell opposite to the Gorilla's, and the Gorilla managed to convince the Cupid to aid in a Laboratory-wide escape plan, putting his intelligence and his ability to highjack the electric locks to good use. The plan ended up succeeding, with Pessimist parting ways with the other escapees just after the Gorilla used his superior strength to pry open the ceiling hatch that would allow the rest to escape the building. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | ||
By the time [[Bibliophile-962]] wrote the Gorillas' entry in the [[Book of Evil]] shortly thereafter, one of their “more recent” inventions was “the [[Cupid Sandwich Stealer]], designed to steal the sandwich of any passing Cupid” (apparently a “response” to the Cupids' own creation of the [[Gorilla Fur Dyer]]). The Gorillas had pride of place in the Book, constituting the second entry, immediately after [[Director Darius]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of Evil (short story)|The Book of Evil]]'') | |||
When the [[Cupid Suggestion Box]] was put up for public use in the [[Cupid Homeworld]] by the [[Copper-Colored Council of Elders]], [[Celebration-665]] left a suggestion to invite the Gang of the Green Gorilla, who he'd heard were “real party animals”, for a party in the Homeworld — with no apparent awareness that the Gorillas were sworn enemies of the Crew. The Elders naturally rejected the idea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]'') | When the [[Cupid Suggestion Box]] was put up for public use in the [[Cupid Homeworld]] by the [[Copper-Colored Council of Elders]], [[Celebration-665]] left a suggestion to invite the Gang of the Green Gorilla, who he'd heard were “real party animals”, for a party in the Homeworld — with no apparent awareness that the Gorillas were sworn enemies of the Crew. The Elders naturally rejected the idea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]'') | ||
