Sentient gorillas in the comic world world are a so common that an entire article could be devoted to their monkey madness. No. Jackanapes is not a strange villain because he is an ape, but rather because despite the fact that he is an ape he is dressed in a clown costumenow thats strange. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the term jackanapes is an archaic word used to describe a tame monkey. Based on this apes choice of weaponsa machete and a submachine gunhe is anything but tame. Jackanapes is technically not an enemy of Batmanhe instead fights Damian Wayne (Batmans son) in the futurebut in my book messing with Batmans baby boy is as close as the real thing.