Talk:Curious George

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You might want to mention that the 1980 Curious George shorts first aired on Nickelodeon in the year 1986, before the Disney Channel picked it up months later. This information comes from a web video documentary series called Nick Knacks, produced by Pop Arena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OCuknAddCs ElMeroEse (talk) 06:52, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

The introduction refers to George as a monkey but later he is referred to as an ape. Which is he? They are in the same clade, but one family is the Old World Monkeys and the other is the Apes. 2600:1700:5531:3810:A6E6:5236:704:5596 (talk) 04:33, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

Curious George is a monkey, specifically a Barbary macaque. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:07, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

However it may seem to the reader, that is not supported in the source material. Captainllama (talk) 18:14, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

But Barbary macaques are what you call monkeys without tails and Curious George is a monkey without a tail. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:15, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

I feel like these paragraphs don't belong where they currently are:

In the film Forrest Gump of 1994, one edition of Curious George (one with a yellow cover but no other title than Curious George) is used as Forrest's favorite book, which his mother reads to him. Forrest later reads it with his son (also named Forrest), with a Curious George plush also shown on his shelf. In the opening scene a feather comes floating down to Forrest's feet and he stores it in this book. At the end of the film it falls out of the book and rises floating through the air again.

Jarrod, the titular character and protagonist from the NBC series The Pretender, read Curious George books in season one and developed a fascination with them. He likened himself to George and Sydney Green, the psychiatrist whom he saw as a surrogate father, to the Man with the Yellow Hat.

The books have inspired others, for example Bangkok Bob, written for and published by Big Brother Mouse, a Lao publishing project.''

Currently they're in a section talking about adaptions and licensed branding. I feel like they should be put in a section talking about the influence of the books (which is something I've seen in other wikipedia articles.) If I'm like, way off base, let me know, since this is my second time ever doing something on wikipedia. Paxsitheach (talk) 23:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

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I request for where it says "fictional monkey" to be changed to "fictional Barbary macaque", since Barbary macaques are the only monkeys that don't have tails and Curious George is a tailess monkey. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 17:40, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

That constitutes original research. George is referred to as a "monkey" throughout. Captainllama (talk) 17:52, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

But Barbary macaques are monkeys. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:03, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

A Barbary macaque is what you call a monkey without a tail, which is what Curious George is. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:04, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Again, that is ORIGINAL RESEARCH. I encourage you to examine the linked policy. Nowhere in the Curious George books is he referred to as a Barbary macaque, he is called a monkey or an ape throughout. Your (correct or otherwise) evaluation of his species is completely irrelevant, we go by the source material. Captainllama (talk) 18:10, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

But Barbary macaques are monkeys, not a different species. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:12, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Can you show me where in the source material, the Curious George books, he is referred to as a Barbary macaque? If not, it does not belong in the article, however theoretically correct your evaluation of this fictional character may be. Captainllama (talk) 18:16, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

The source does not explicitly call Curious George a "Barbary macaque", but the source describes him as a Barbary macaque by calling him a "tailless monkey" or "monkey without a tail". ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:25, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

So that is what we call him, a "tailless monkey" or "monkey without a tail". Captainllama (talk) 18:26, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

And a Barbary macaque is what you call a "tailless monkey" or "monkey without a tail", so Curious George is a Barbary macaque. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:29, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes a Barbary macaque may be what you or I call a "tailless monkey" or "monkey without a tail", but the books do not. Captainllama (talk) 18:34, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

You're right, the books describe him as a Barbary macaque, not explicitly call him one. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 18:40, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: sorry ~2026-17059-35 (talk · contribs) but you're making an assumption and not supplying any sources. As George is a fictional character you can't assume that he's a Barbary macaque just because in reality, monkeys without tails are Barbary macaques. He could, equally, be a chimpanzee who has had an accident and lost his tail. Without sources, my assumption is as valid as yours although we all accept that yours is more likely than mine, which is why we need reliable sources to describe him in any other way as a monkey or monkey without a tail. Nthep (talk) 18:49, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Nthep, Chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys and chimpanzees don't have tails, anyway. Get your facts right before replying to me. ~2026-17059-35 (talk) 19:19, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Just the point, without sources any old crap could get added.

If George was a real animal then there's a sensible discussion to be had, but he isn't, he's a fictional character and is whatever the authors wanted him to be. They described him as a monkey, whether they based him on anything real or not is just speculation on our part and it's not our part to assign a description to him which is based solely on our interpretation of what we think the authors meant. Nthep (talk) 20:57, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

The complainant should google "what type of monkey is curious george", and might be surprised by the answer. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:45, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

This article] discards the Barbary macaque theory because George doesn't look like one and was caught in the jungle, while Barbary macaques live in mountainous regions of northern Africa, not jungles. Rather, he looks and behaves more like a juvenile chimpanzee.  ​‑‑Lambiam 09:24, 19 March 2026 (UTC)