Monkey (item)

The Monkey is a quest item used in the Monkey Madness quest. The player must save a monkey from the Ardougne Zoo in order to earn the trust of Awowogei. Players obtain a monkey by wielding a Karamja monkey greegree, then talking to the Monkey Minder to be put into the cage with the other monkeys. Afterward, they must talk to a monkey with their M'speak amulet and convince it to get into their backpack. To get out of the cage, players must unwield the greegree and speak with the Monkey Minder who will remove you from the cage. Players cannot teleport with the Monkey in their inventory. Using any form of teleportation will make the monkey disappear from your backpack.

It can be poked whilst in the backpack, which will prompt some humorous dialogue. He will often interrupt the player as well. He says:
 * "Are we there yet?"
 * "Are we nearly there yet?"
 * "I'm hungry."
 * "I'm tired!"
 * "Ook? Argh!! It's the Shaikahan!"
 * "*snore* ... Ook? Argh!! It's the Shaihakan!"
 * "In the jungle, the mighty jungle..."

Trivia

 * The Shaikahan features in the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest.
 * "In the jungle" is a line from The Lion Sleeps Tonight, a song by The Tokens.
 * When you have the monkey in your inventory, you can give him "monkey food." For example, bananas.
 * You can cast Alchemy Spells on the monkey. The monkey gives 0 coins after being alched.
 * If you use an item on him other than monkey food he will say "What are you trying to do to me!?"
 * Even after the quest, you can get a monkey from Ardougne Zoo, and free it anywhere in Karamja for 128 Thieving experience.
 * You could before drop/release the monkey in a Free to Play world, this has now been fixed by Jagex.
 * If you have any bananas in your inventory, the monkey will eat one after some time.