MONKEYON THEPHONE

BEFORE YOU APED ON FONE,
HE WAS ALREADY ON THE CALL.

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THE ORIGINAL CALLER.

The phone changed.
The market changed.
The monkey didn't.

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MONKEY ON THE PHONE ☎THE ORIGINAL CALLER ☎PICK UP THE PHONE ☎THE OGs ARE CALLING ☎THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGED. THE MONKEY DIDN'T. ☎WE BECAME THE MONKEY. ☎MONKEY ON THE PHONE ☎THE ORIGINAL CALLER ☎PICK UP THE PHONE ☎THE OGs ARE CALLING ☎THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGED. THE MONKEY DIDN'T. ☎WE BECAME THE MONKEY. ☎

THE APE WAS ALWAYS ON THE PHONE.

Last cycle gave us Dog Wif Hat.

This cycle gave us Ape on Fone.

Callouts.
Feeds.
Social trading.

See it.
Ape it.

The entire market is being traded straight from the fone.

But the OGs know something.

Before there was Ape on Fone...

THERE WAS ALREADY A MONKEY ON THE PHONE.

Baboon in a suit talking on an office telephone in front of a red background

THE PREQUEL TO APE ON FONE

Chapter 1 — a brief illustrated history, for schools.

  1. 2011
    ☎ MONKEY GETS PHONE
  2. 2014
    ☎ MONKEY ESCAPES GETTY IMAGES
  3. 2015
    ☎ MONKEY BECOMES INTERNET MEME
  4. 2026
    ☎ MONKEY DISCOVERS THE TRENCHES
  5. APE.
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Baboon in a suit talking on an office telephone in front of a red background

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THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGED.
THE MONKEY DIDN'T.

YOU'VE SEEN HIM BEFORE.

No lore manufactured yesterday.

No character invented for a token.

This monkey has been sitting on the internet for more than a decade.

The famous clips are part of the “Getty Images Baboons” series.

Photographers GK and Vikki Hart uploaded dozens of videos between 2011 and 2012 showing baboons using office technology:

phones.
computers.
money.
meetings.
desks.

Exactly the kind of behavior the trenches would eventually evolve into.

The clips escaped stock-video websites and became reaction GIFs across Tumblr, Twitter and the rest of the internet.

Years later, we're doing the exact same thing.

Sitting in front of screens.
Holding our phones.
Watching numbers.
Making calls.
Trying to make money.

WE BECAME THE MONKEY.

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Baboon in a suit talking on an office telephone in front of a red background

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MONKEY ON THE PHONE ☎THE ORIGINAL CALLER ☎PICK UP THE PHONE ☎THE OGs ARE CALLING ☎THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGED. THE MONKEY DIDN'T. ☎WE BECAME THE MONKEY. ☎MONKEY ON THE PHONE ☎THE ORIGINAL CALLER ☎PICK UP THE PHONE ☎THE OGs ARE CALLING ☎THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGED. THE MONKEY DIDN'T. ☎WE BECAME THE MONKEY. ☎

APE ON FONE

NEW NORMIES

  • — found memecoins on their phones
  • — callouts
  • — feeds
  • — social trading
  • — instant entries
  • — instant exits

MONKEY ON THE PHONE

THE OGs

  • — old internet
  • — reaction GIFs
  • — Tumblr
  • — early Twitter
  • — ancient memes
  • — been online way too long

SAME SPECIES.
SAME PHONE.
DIFFERENT GENERATION.

Ape on Fone is the new trenches.

Monkey on the Phone is for the people who were already online when memes were just shitty GIFs you sent your friends.

THE MILLENNIALS OF THE TRENCHES.

MONKEY→PHONE→INTERNET→MEMES→CRYPTO→PUMP.FUN→APE

HUMAN EVOLUTION TOOK MILLIONS OF YEARS.
MONKEY EVOLUTION TOOK ONE BULL MARKET.

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INCOMING CALL...

CALLER:
MONKEY

REASON:
BULL MARKET

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Baboon in a suit talking on an office telephone in front of a red background

APE ON FONE
IS FOR THE NEW GENERATION.

MONKEY ON THE PHONE
IS FOR THE GENERATION THAT RAISED THEM.

WE ARE THE MILLENNIALS
OF THE TRENCHES.

BEFORE YOU APED ON FONE,
HE WAS ALREADY ON THE CALL.

INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGY

  1. 1. Know Your Meme — Getty Images Baboons

    The documented history of the meme, including the original Getty Images videos, Tumblr usage and its spread as a reaction meme.

  2. 2. Getty Images — Monkey on Phone / Baboon Office Media

    Original Getty archive/search showing the famous baboon office and telephone imagery.

  3. 3. Know Your Meme — “The Most Famous Baboons on the Internet, Explained”

    An explainer covering the bizarre history behind the internet's famous office baboons.

DO YOUR OWN INTERNET ARCHAEOLOGY.

Baboon in a suit talking on an office telephone in front of a red background

PHONE'S RINGING.
THE OGs ARE ANSWERING.

MONKEY ON THE PHONE.

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