In he ambiguous ending, like many of TV""s cartoon characters, he walked off the stage - and literally walked on water - reinforced by the film""s final refrain: "Life is a state of mind.As the National Anthem - the Star Spangled Banner - was heard, the Tramp took off his hat in respect, but had difficulty finding his footing and standing at full attention, and awkwardly stuck his rear end into the face of the sword-bearing statue.The sun sets.On the third day, when other man-apes come over to he water hole, the intelligent, carnivorous man-apes dominate and drive the weaponless (and tool-less) neighboring creatures away with heir newfound strike power - this is humanity""s first bloody war.Almost every other character in the film was defined by him: his mother Mrs.Venable (Katharine Hepburn) who had illusory beliefs about him, his companion and cousin Catherine (Elizabeth Taylor), and Catherine""s mother Mrs.Inside the lead Walker, General Veers surveyed he battle and his ultimate target -- the Rebel""s main generator, and promised Vader: "The shield will be down in moments.