I’ve been using Blender for 6 or 7 years…
And today, I realize Suzanne’s topology is sooo dirty and I’m like… SHOCKED ^^
Seriously, look at that 
And all those faces seem so non uniform to me ^^
Am I the only one who had never realized that ? 
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Tricotou
Not at all, when 2.5 was release there was a discussion about making a second version of suzanne but the outcome was that as a test object it doesn’t have to be perfect, and some stuff like the eyes as separate objects helps when testing some features.
I made mine, see my avatar
not this again…
It’s a joke model from the earliy 2000s that for one reason or another became a mascot.
Suzanne was never meant to replace the teapot or the bunny. and there’s some charm in its imperfections anyway
“Hey! Be nice to our monkey! She’s famous!”
(And, seriously, she happens to be a very good starting point for a lot of face-and-head modeling, especially for creatures.)
I always thought that it is a generic blueprint for humanoid shapes (like an organic primitive )… which serves as base when crafting a head… haha… I guess I was way off then
Suzanne topology is great for astonishing new users when they learn Subdivision Surfaces
By the way, perhaps current topology is the most optimal option to achieve this without increasing the vertex count.
Sure, you can use the monkey as a starting point for your work, in which case the topology would matter, but for those curious:
