Igor the Monkey

Bio
Igor is a capuchin monkey, considered the most intelligent New World monkeys in existence and often used in laboratories. He is the property of Dr. Boris Balinkoff, possibly named after his former manservant. Igor follows him back to the island with mind-control rings backed by a main control device to control the castaways. Igor soon watches from afar as Balinkoff takes Gilligan under his control and the Skipper and Ginger in turn. After Gilligan gets his ring back, Igor takes his turn playing with the machine and getting Gilligan to act like a monkey. Convinced his rings will work on anyone, Balinkoff has Igor distribute the rest of the rings, getting them to rehearse an attack on Fort Knox, but his remote control gets smashed and he has to cancel his scheme.

Trivia

 * Igor is not to be confused with Igor the Manservant or Igor the Cosmonaut.
 * The monkey playing Igor is possibly the same monkey that reappears in Bang! Bang! Bang!.
 * According to Vito Scotti, the capuchin monkey in the episode misbehaved on the set and became temperamental, adding that it bit and gummed both Russell Johnson and himself. Scotti also said that it ripped off part of his mustache and picked at his hair behind the scenes

Episode(s)

 * Ring Around Gilligan