There's probably some overlap but "monkey" as a trope for work that requires no particular skill and can be done by anyone is much older than that (that's why y

There's probably some overlap but "monkey" as a trope for work that requires no particular skill and can be done by anyone is much older than that (that's why you have the infinite monkeys thing to begin with), plus likely an extension of "tape monkey", not to mention stuff like https://youtu.be/QFMejEbAHlI?t=22 https://youtu.be/QFMejEbAHlI?t=22