Apes
Men
Both words in one sentence
- Pleased with herself, she says "I love monkeys, they're so funny" - when Jenny calls her out on calling humans 'monkeys', Vastra responds that people are apes and men are monkeys.
Source: Women Are Wiser -
He is among the captured men, and taken back to the apes' mostly pre-industrial city.
Source: Film / Planet of the Apes (1968) - Notably verbalized in Zira's comments like "You know what they say, human say, human do," and "to apes, all men look alike." Also, the apes have their own version—they hate to be called 'monkeys'.
Source: Son of an Ape
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