

In Wobbu-Palooza!, a festival crasher used a Primeape to disrupt the Wobbuffet Festival. However, Primeape was eventually defeated by Poliwhirl, Totodile, and Pikachu. It defeated Misty's Staryu in battle and sent Jessie and James blasting off. In The Fortune Hunters, Butch owns a Primeape. It was defeated in battle by Chikorita and immediately surrendered its gang leadership to Chikorita. In Chikorita's Big Upset, a Primeape was the leader of a group of wild Fighting-type Pokémon. It is currently training with Anthony to become a true P1 champion. Ash's Charmander battled Primeape, and Ash was able to catch it. Primeape debuted in Primeape Goes Bananas, where a Mankey that stole Ash's hat later evolved into one. Primeape in the anime Major appearances Ash's Primeape Primeape and its evolved form, Annihilape, are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Rage Fist. In Generation IX, Cross Chop is one of its signature moves. In Paldea, Hawlucha is Primeape's natural enemy. It competes with Ursaring when it comes to searching for berries. In the anime, it has shown some fondness for bananas. After death, however, it is said to look peaceful in death. In some cases, it has been known to become so angry that it dies, perhaps because its rage could rise beyond the physical limits of its body. Some researchers have a theory Primeape is angry even when inside a Poké Ball. Even if it is awoken from sleep, it will groggily chase whatever woke it. It will chase anyone who upsets it and will not stop until it has caught up to its target. It has sturdy vessels in its brain that keep it healthy despite its constant anger.

Primeape also possesses the ability to convert its anger into energy to attack its opponents with. This makes its muscles stronger, but at the cost of some of its intelligence.

When it becomes enraged, its blood circulation is boosted. Primeape is easily angered even the slightest glance of eye contact will make it furious. The hands have no visible fingers, instead resembling mittens or boxing gloves, and the feet have two toes. This is probably indicative of a method of training with weights. Its arms and legs are brown and have metal shackles on the wrists and ankles. There is usually a throbbing vein on the left side of its forehead, and it has triangular ears with pink insides, narrow eyes with tiny pupils, and a pink, snout-like nose.

Primeape is a bipedal, simian Pokémon with a round body covered in light beige, shaggy fur. It evolves from Mankey starting at level 28 and evolves into Annihilape when leveled up after using Rage Fist 20 times. Primeape ( Japanese: オコリザル Okorizaru) is a Fighting-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
