Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend

Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend is the 22nd episode of Gilligan's Island. It aired November 27, 1965.

Synopsis
One morning, Mrs. Howell discovers her diamond brooch missing, unaware it has been taken by a gorilla attracted to her perfume on it. She gets abducted by it as a result and the other Castaways try to rescue her. Eventually, the Professor realizes its attraction to her perfume and decide to use it to lead the gorilla into a trap. WhenGilligan runs back to get it, he accidentally turns the open bottle upside down and douses himself with it. When he gets back to the Professor and Skipper, the scent on him is over-powering and the gorilla abducts him in exchange for Mrs. Howell. Now, Gilligan needs to be rescued, and as the Skipper and Professor try to mix a similar perfume, Gilligan escapes back to camp; the gorilla having run off with a female gorilla.

Credits
Main Cast
 * Bob Denver as Gilligan
 * Alan Hale Jr. as The Skipper
 * Jim Backus as Mr. Howell
 * Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
 * Tina Louise as Ginger
 * Dawn Wells as Mary Ann
 * Russell Johnson as The Professor

Guest Cast
 * Gorilla - Janos Prohaska

Trivia

 * When the Ape throws the Skipper to the ground; this is actually a dummy dressed to look like the Skipper.
 * Janos Prohoska also reappeared Gilligan's Island as an ape in "Forward March" and "Our Vines Have Tender Apes." He later guest starred on "Dusty's trail" playing a gorilla and a bear.
 * Janos Prohaska appeared in the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark" as the Horta.
 * On an episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," the TV announcer mentions this episode in passing as "the one where a female gorilla falls in love in Gilligan" - a apparently an in-joke reference to this episode!