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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ATongo_recorder.jpg%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C350px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Tongo_recorder.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Tongo%20recorder%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A350%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18847937935f60bb05c4f4b" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/7/71/Tongo_recorder.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20150828171239" width="350" height="233" class="image thumb alignRight" data-image-name="Tongo recorder.jpg" data-image-key="Tongo_recorder.jpg" type="image" /> </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Bio</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Tongo's Tape Recorder</b> was a Telmar T-100 tape recorder manufactured by Martel in the Early 1960s. <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tongo%20the%20Ape%20Man%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tongo%20the%20Ape%20Man%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTongo%20the%20Ape%20Man%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18847937935f60bb05c4f4b" href="/wiki/Tongo_the_Ape_Man" title="Tongo the Ape Man">Tongo the Ape Man</a> covertly used the recorder as a diary in his covert observations while practicing for a movie role. Speaking into it, he revealed he recognized <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ginger%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ginger%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGinger%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18847937935f60bb05c4f4b" href="/wiki/Ginger" title="Ginger">Ginger</a> and later deduced who the other <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Castaways%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Castaways%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Castaways%7CCastaways%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18847937935f60bb05c4f4b" href="/wiki/The_Castaways" title="The Castaways">Castaways</a> were as well as his amazement at their creativity and ingenuity in catching him. When he gets surprised by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Orangutan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Orangutan%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOrangutan%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18847937935f60bb05c4f4b" class="new" title="Orangutan (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvT3Jhbmd1dGFuP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Orangutan</a> and kidnapped, he accidentally drops the device which the castaways discover afterward. When they listen to the tape, they realize the mystery of his existence on the island. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Trivia</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">The tape recorder wasn't seen again in later episodes. It's possible Tongo picked it up in his departure or the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Professor%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Professor%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BProfessor%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18847937935f60bb05c4f4b" href="/wiki/Professor" title="Professor" class="mw-redirect">Professor</a> saved it as a memory device in his experiments, but this isn't revealed. </li><li data-rte-spaces-before="1">Despite being a tape recorder, Tongo's use of it as a personal diary predates modern electronic memory devices by almost fifty years. </li></ul> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Episode(s)</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Our%20Vines%20Have%20Tender%20Apes%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Our%20Vines%20Have%20Tender%20Apes%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOur%20Vines%20Have%20Tender%20Apes%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-18847937935f60bb05c4f4b" href="/wiki/Our_Vines_Have_Tender_Apes" title="Our Vines Have Tender Apes">Our Vines Have Tender Apes</a> </li></ul> <hr / data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> <p /> Loading editor Objects Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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