My Gym Partner's a Monkey

My Gym Partner's a Monkey
File:Title-card-Mgpam.jpg Title card for My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Created by	Timothy Cahill and Julie McNally Cahill
Starring	Tom Kenny Nika Futterman Grey DeLisle Maurice LaMarche Phil LaMarr Rick Gomez Brian Doyle-Murray Cree Summer Cade McNown Dee Bradley Baker Tara Strong Rob Paulsen
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	49 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes approx.
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	December 26, 2005 – present

My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Timothy and Julie McNally Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The first episode of the series premiered on December 26, 2005, as a sneak peek into Cartoon Network's new shows for the following year. Regular showings began on February 20, 2006. The show is distributed by Nelvana internationally.

Series description

The story revolves around Adam Lyon, a human student at Charles Darwin Middle School. After a clerical error listed his name as "Lion", he is sent from Chester A. Arthur Middle School to Charles Darwin Middle School, a school for the local zoo animals. Shortly after his transfer, he is partnered with Jake Spidermonkey in gym, hence the title. While Adam has to deal with the obvious difficulties humans have performing animal-like tasks, Jake just has fun at everyone else's expense. Jake also seems to be quite attached to Adam, going into deep depression when Adam hangs out with other friends or is away for a while. This is exemplified by Jake publicly crying when Adam is sick for a day.

Much of Charles Darwin Middle School is modeled after specific habitats. For example, there are fish tubes created so that the fish can breathe and swim around. There are also vines and bodies of water. Though some animals like Bull Sharkowski use devices to allow them to live outside of their natural habitat. In Bull's case he uses what looks like headphones full of water that go around his gills. The main characters have been able to breathe in water in the pilot episodes for some strange reason.

Charles Darwin Middle School appears to be the only animal school around, as it is later explained in the episode "Uniformity." In the episode, there are high end east coast schools for animals. Also, there is a school for plants called Creeping Broad-Leaf Sedge Middle School (CBLSMS) where Jake is sent to due to a clerical error calling him a spider plant. The school competes against human schools in athletics and other events. In one episode where Adam signs up to return to his old school for a day transfer, all the teachers and staff seem to replicate their animal counterparts.

Characters

Main article: List of characters from My Gym Partner's a Monkey

Adam (left) and Jake (right)

Episodes

Main article: List of My Gym Partner's a Monkey episodes

DVDs

The First Season of the series is comfirmed for an autumn 2008 or early 2009 release for Region 1.

External links

• Official site
• My Gym Partner's a Monkey at IMDb
• Template:TV.com show