<P> The human and ape survivors of the struggle left the ship and their descendants are the people Leo has encountered since landing . Realizing that General Thade will be coming after him with an army, he leads a human rebellion against the apes . As the battle between humans and apes goes on, a familiar vehicle descends from the sky and is identified immediately by Leo as the pod piloted by Pericles, the chimp astronaut who was pushed in time as Leo does . When Pericles lands, the apes interpret his landing as the return arrival of Semos, who is their god . They bow, and hostilities between humans and apes disappear . Pericles then runs into the Oberon and Leo runs after him, while being followed by General Thade . Inside, Thade and Leo wrestle, with Pericles trying to help Leo, only to be thrown hard against a wall . Seeing that Thade is in the pilot's deck, Leo closes the automatic door of the entrance, trapping Thade as he shoots the gun, the bullets ricocheting off the door harmlessly . </P> <P> After the battle was finished, Leo decides that it is time for him to leave the Planet of the Apes, so he gives Pericles to Ari, with her promising to look after him, also saying farewell to Daena . Leo climbs aboard Pericles's undamaged pod and uses it to travel back in time through the same electromagnetic storm . Leo ends up crashing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Earth in his own time . He looks up at the Memorial, and in shock, sees it is now a monument in honor of General Thade . A swarm of police officers, firefighters, and news reporters descend on Leo, but on closer inspection, they are all apes . </P> <P> Ari was the daughter of Senator Sandar, a high - ranking member of the Ape Senate . She was portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter </P> <P> She had a passion for life and thrived for a world where apes and humans lived as equals . She was idealistic and despised the way the humans were treated . Ari spoke publicly about her outrageous beliefs, and used her father as a shield from the authorities . When Ari spotted astronaut Leo Davidson in a cage, she just had to have him . She bought him and the female Daena, whom he particularly liked, because she saw their rebelliousness . From there she became captivated by Leo whom she viewed as unique . Ari helped Leo and a band of others escape Ape City and followed them into the Forbidden Zone . General Thade, a suitor for her affections, explained this escape as a kidnapping of Ari and used this to justify his absolute power under martial law . Thade's army marched on humanity, and Ari and her human friends waited in Calima for their arrival . She may have struggled to live up to her ideals but was the vital link between the human rebels and the more sympathetic members of ape society . </P>

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