Some of Charley Chimp's and other animated
cymbal monkey toys' notable contributions to popular culture:

  • In 2011 Charley Chimp was used a warehouse scene in the TV show "The Young and the Restless"
  • A collection of film stills compiled by enthusiast Ed Broom from several of the movies in which the cymbal banging monkey, Charley Chimp makes an appearance.
  • The 2010 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops the cymbal-banging monkey bomb is occasionally obtained from a mystery box in "Zombie mode".
  • In the 2010 Pixar's animated film Toy Story 3, a cymbal-banging monkey watches the security cameras at Sunnyside Daycare and sounds an alarm over its P.A. system if any toys try to escape at night.
  • Cymbal monkey from Toy Story 3 interviewed for a New York Times article May, 2010
  • In the 2009 video game Wet, the cymbal-banging monkey is a constant symbol in its main menu and loading screens.
  • It is featured as an explosive weapon "monkey bomb" in the video game Call of Duty: World at War,
  • The 2006 book The Wall and the Wing by Laura Ruby features sinister mechanical monkeys who steal memories for pennies.
  • The toy is featured in "The Monkey", a Stephen King short story from his 1985 book Skeleton Crew
  • In 2005 the "Supernatural" episode 'Home' (Season 1, Episode 9) paid homage by having a clapping monkey in the scene where the plumber is killed in their original home-house in Kansas.
  • The 2004 American film comedy Euro Trip features a cymbal-banging monkey toy in club Vandersexxx used as an instrument of pleasure
  • The 1988 Film Monkey Shines features a monkey with cymbals both on the promotional poster and trailer
  • The 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera features a cymbal-banging monkey as the topper of a music box.
  • The 1984 thriller film "The Devil's Gift" featured the cymbal banging monkey as a pivotal character.
  • The Disney Film Aladdin includes a scene in which the monkey Abu is transformed into one by the evil sorcerer Jaffar.
  • Cymbal monkey is seen in "Sliver" music video by Nirvana
  • A giant cymbal-banging monkey is used by the Grinch to block out the sound of carolers in the 2000 live action film How the Grinch Stole Christmas. A 15 ft. version of monkey is now part of the Grinch Cave at Universal Studios theme park
  • The toy has been seen the Simpsons and Futurama animated cartoons
  • James Franco portrays a serial killer named "Franco" on the daytime soap opera General Hospital. One of the character's trademarks
  • In the 1977 film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind one suddenly begins clapping its cymbals as a UFO nears a character's home.s a cymbal-playing monkey. He has a large one, and a miniature version of the toy.