Name: Clyde
Film: Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Great Ape Quality: Friendship (and that right hook)
Clint Eastwood's freewheeling 1978 romp Every Which Way But Loose (and its sequel, Any Which Way You Can, which starred a different orangutan actor) wouldn't be half as fun a joyride without Clyde the orangutan around to lighten the already light mood as the primate sidekick to Eastwood's brawling drifter Philo Beddoe. And as this scene demonstrates, the friendship goes both ways -- Philo chases down two bikers who insult his ape pal, while Clyde has his human buddy's back. Now that's love.