

Soon after, the two new friends outsmarted and intimidated Rocket to make Caesar the new alpha. Later on, he stole a knife from one of Dodge Landon's friends and used it to break out of his cell before doing the same to the cell of the lonely but kind gorilla Buck who became another friend of his.

As time passed, Caesar began to adjust to the shelter making a companion out the friendly orangutan Maurice (who also knew sign language) and started to teach himself way of survival. The court then sent Caesar to the San Bruno Primate Shelter where he was harassed by the alpha chimpanzee Rocket and the guard Dodge Landon as well as growing embittered that his parental figures couldn't take him home. Biting off his finger in front of many people. Later, in a demented state, Charles got into an argument with their volatile neighbor which caused Caesar to attack the latter in his adoptive human grandfather's defense. Prompting Will to tell him the truth which made Caesar conflicted. After the other apes were euthanized, Will and handler Robert Franklin discovered the infant chimpanzee with the latter convincing the former to smuggle him out.ĭiscovering the effects of 112 on the young ape's brain cells, Will and his father named the increasingly intelligent ape Caesar and raised him in their family which was later joined by veterinarian Caroline Aranha three years later.Īt eight years of age, Caesar started questioning in sign his role in life compared to humans and other animals. Eventually she was shot to death in front of the Board members and the project was shut down. However, when Bright Eyes' chimpanzee handlers tried to bring her to the Board and unknowingly separate her from her newly born son, her maternal instincts urged her to attack. Convinced that Bright Eyes' improved cognitive abilities made the ALZ-112 safe for human trials, Will and Steven called a Board meeting to decide the next step. Including a pregnant female nicknamed Bright Eyes. When Gen-Sys Laboratories scientist, Will Rodman started developing a retrovirus to cure Alzheimer's Disease under the supervision of his employer, Steven Jacobs.įive and a half years later, Will started giving the retrovirus, ALZ-112, to chimpanzee test subjects. The events that led to this fight and the Ape Rebellion as a whole began thirteen and a half years before.
