his article is incomplete. This article does not cite sufficient and reliable sources. Expired links should be removed.'' Manis was a trained

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that played Clyde as

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's sidekick in the

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box office hit ''

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''. Its

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sequel, ''

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'' (1980), did not feature Manis, as the "child actor" had grown too much between productions. In the sequel, two orangutans, C.J. and Buddha, shared the role. In a documentary produced by

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(PETA), it was alleged that Manis was beaten on the set by his trainer to keep him docile. The trainer would spray

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in his face and then beat him with an iron pipe wrapped in newspaper. The source for this information was ''Visions of Caliban'', a book by

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and

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, but Peterson and Goodall actually refer not to Manis but to Buddha, the orangutan used in the second film (which the book mistakenly calls ''Every Which Way You Can'', rather than ''Any Which Way You Can''). The book claims that Buddha was badly beaten by his trainer, who clubbed him with an axe handle, and that an autopsy after his death suggested

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. Buddha's crime was stealing

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s from the craft service table. The book claims that the second orangutan referred to as being in the film, Clyde Junior or C.J., was brought in for publicity during the marketing of the movie, as a result of Buddha's death. Doubt has been cast on these claims by makeup effects artist William Munns. Manis returned to working with his trainers' act in

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