Apes
Plays
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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He goes to the apes' Forbidden Zone Calima to discover the crashed space station, which apparently has been there for thousands of years.There, the hero plays a recording made by the ship crew, which tells they decided to go after Leo, crashed, and the apes rebelled and killed most of them.
Source: Film / Planet of the Apes (2001) -
Tarzan plays this as a Tear Jerker when he appears dressed in his father's suit - because it means he now looks like a human gentleman instead of the boy raised by apes (and is therefore ready to leave his home in the jungle).
Source: She Cleans Up Nicely -
Meta example-in Planet of the Apes (2001), Charlton Heston plays the villain's father, an ape who considers humans Always Chaotic Evil due to a terrifying human artifact in their family's possession- a handgun.
Source: Irony
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