My Gym Partner's a Monkey

My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an animated television series that debuted on Cartoon Network on December 26, 2005 as a sneak peek, and aired officially as a series on February 24, 2006. The show is about an impolite child named Adam Lyon who got transferred to Charles Darwin Middle School (or CDMS as most of the characters in the show call it) because of a mistake believing that he was a lion due to his last name. The show originally ended on reruns aired in 2010, then aired again from 2012 outside of the Cartoon Planet block.
Why Adam never tried to get the mistake corrected is never addressed in the series. Though its possible that aside from the animal-related classes that he would NEVER need, Adam actually enjoys the friends he made at the school more than wanting to go back to human school.
==Characters==
::Main Article: My Gym Partner's a Monkey/Characters
*Adam Lyon (voiced by Nika Futterman) is a 12-year-old human boy who was transferred from Chester Arthur Middle School to Charles Darwin Middle School (CDMS) by an accidental misspelling of his last name from "Lyon" to "Lion". As the series title suggests, in gym class, Adam was paired up with Jake Spidermonkey and the two become best friends. Jake's plans have them getting involved in situations which end up with him and Adam in trouble. Adam, being physically weak, is often preyed upon by the other animal students. His personality is downtrodden, due to being in an animal school and he also has a reputation of complaining about his daily experiences at the school. Adam can be arrogant and strong-willed at times. Outside of school, he is often seen with a human girl named Kerry, with whom he has a secret crush. His efforts to impress her end up with Adam's embarrassment. Towards the middle of the series, Adam seems to be on the borderline of sanity. Throughout the series, he is a big fan of his favorite superhero, Captain Clowny, despite the time he didn't get a Captain Clowny action figure for his birthday after making a wish on a star that he would. He eagerly hopes to attend a clown-based summer day-camp and his college of choice is Clown College, as seen on his resume in the episode "My Feral lion
*Jacob P. "Jake" Spidermonkey (voiced by Tom Kenny), as his last name implies, is a spider monkey who quickly became Adam's best friend. He is often very possessive of Adam and hates not having him around regularly. Jake is emotional and goofy, who takes to heart some of Adam's comments and actions, leading to some overly-dramatic and exaggerated reactions. He can be lazy and selfish, but at the same time, he is also fairly sensible. A running gag in the series is his obsession with the well-being of his butt, which he made grow so large that it blocked out the sun in one episode. Along with the majority of the other animal students, Jake lives close enough to the school that he can see it from where he lives. Jake is often depicted as unintelligent. Jake has an older brother who looks like a taller, more stretched-out version of Jake.
*Principal Pixiefrog (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is the CDMS principal, as his last name implies, is a frog. As a strict but fair administrator he runs a tight ship, which is somewhat remarkable considering he could easily be squashed underfoot by most of his students and the rest of the faculty, for instance when he was forced to watch the cheerleading practice, he ended up being crushed under LaTanya Hippo's foot with the weight of the entire team. Principal Pixiefrog always dodges lawsuits, is terrified of lawyers and is scared when anyone in the school could get sued (He is shown to have Liticaphobia). Adam always asks him if anything bothers him, this frog principal will always help him to see. It is also revealed that Principal Pixiefrog has a mother who bothers him. He once had a girlfriend named Lenore (This was a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven"). After Principal Pixiefrog screamed "LENORE!", a raven flew and smacked into his window. He won the Principal of the Year award. Eventually, he was stripped of it due to a dispute and the title was offered to Principal Wolverine, a principal who temporarily replaced him once.
== Series overview ==
Season:	Episodes:	Premiere date: 	Finale date:
1 	13 	December 26th, 2005 	May 19th, 2006
2 	13 	June 8th, 2006 	January 5th, 2007
3 	13 	January 12th, 2007 	August 31st, 2007
4 	14 	September 14th, 2007	November 27th, 2008
Shorts 	13 	September 6th, 2006 	February 22nd, 2008
==Episodes==
:Main Article: My Gym Partner's a Monkey/Episodes
== Other Appearances ==
* Adam made a small cameo in the Codename: Kids Next Door and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy crossover special, The Grim Adventures of the KND, where he was seen as one of the kids popping out of the Delightful Reaper. Jake also appeared during the end credits along with Mandark with a mini crossover of Dexter's Laboratory titled My Gym Partner's a Mandark.
* Jake Spidermonkey made a cameo appearance in the OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes crossover episode, Crossover Nexus, where he was seen as one of the Cartoon Network heroes that were summoned and defeated by the episode's main antagonist, Strike.
* The series was acknowledged in the Cartoon Network 30th Anniversary video in October 2022.
== Home Media ==
The episode "Bubble or Nothing" is on the Cartoon Network Fridays DVD.
The show got a complete first season DVD, titled: My Gym Partner's a Monkey: Season 1, Vol. 1 - King of the Jungle and My Gym Partner's a Monkey : Season 1 Vol 2 Monkey Business. It is released in Australia on region 4 by Madman Entertainment.
All 4 seasons of the series are available on iTunes.
The series is available to watch on the Boomerang streaming service.
On February 2022, My Gym Partner's a Monkey was released on HBO Max in Latin America.
== Trivia ==
* The series is shown in different aspect ratios on home media platforms. On iTunes, it is shown cropped to 4:3, while on the Boomerang streaming service, it was shown in 16:9.
* The two part special, The Big Field Trip, is on different formats on video platforms. iTunes has the split part version, while the Boomerang streaming service had the original double length episode.
* On the Boomerang streaming service, each 11 minute segment of My Gym Partner's a Monkey were separated into individual episodes, the same thing happened to Courage the Cowardly Dog, Codename: Kids Next Door, and Camp Lazlo.
== Broadcast History ==
* Cartoon Network (original run: 2005-2008; re-runs: 2010, 2012-2013)
== Gallery ==
Gym Partner Season 1 Apple TV.jpg|Volume 1 Apple TV cover
File:MyGymPartner'sAMonkeyVolume2AppleTV.jpg|Volume 2 Apple TV cover
Gym Partner Season 3 Apple TV.jpg|Volume 3 Apple TV cover
File:GymPartnerBoomerang.jpg|icon on the Boomerang streaming service.
MyGymPartner'saMonkeyCN30thAnniversaryiTunescover.jpg|The Complete Series Cartoon Network 30th Anniversary iTunes cover
File:Invaded My Gym Partner.jpg|Cartoon Network Invaded promo
File:MyGymPartner'sAMonkeyMadmanPromo.jpeg|Madman Entertainment
File:My Gym Partner's A Monkey - HBO Max vertical image.jpg|HBO Max Latin America cover
File:My Gym Partner's a Monkey - HBO Max horizontal image.jpg|Horizontal HBO Max Latin America cover
File:AdaminTheGrimAdventuresoftheKND.jpeg|Adam's brief cameo in The Grim Adventures of the KND
File:CharlesDarwinMiddleSchoolFusionFall.jpeg|Charles Darwin Middle School as it appears in Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
File:MyGymPartner'sAMonkeyKingoftheJungleDVD.jpeg|King of the Jungle DVD from Australia
File:MyGymPartner'sAMonkeyMonkeyBusinessDVD.jpeg|Monkey Business DVD from Australia
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyCompleteSeriesAppleTV.jpeg|The Complete Series Apple TV cover
File:JakeSpidermonkeyMcDonald'stoy.jpeg|Jake Spidermonkey McDonald's pencil toy
File:VirgilSharkowskiMcDonald'stoy.jpeg|Virgil Sharkowski McDonald's pencil toy
JakeSpidermonkeyCrossoverNexus.jpg|Jake Spidermonkey as stone in Crossover Nexus
File:Adam Lyon Toonix.png|Toonix of Adam Lyon
File:PicsArt 07-03-03.01.18.jpg|Toonix of Jake Spidermonkey
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyBoomerangstreamingservicebanner.jpeg
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyDecember26th2005sneakpreview.jpeg|The series' sneak preview on December 26th, 2005
File:JakeSpidermonkeyYes!erapromoposter.jpeg|Jake Spidermonkey promo poster from the Yes! era
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyKingoftheJungleDVDbackcover.jpeg|King of the Jungle Australian DVD back cover
File:MyGymPartner'saMonekyFebruary24th2006seriespremiere.jpeg|The series premiere on February 24th, 2006
File:E36BACBF-3CDC-4350-931C-8ED96C04EE03.jpg|Toonix of Principal Pixiefrog
File:Da Ape.jpg|Toonix of Windsor Gorilla
File:Jake Yes Icon.PNG|Now/Then icon of Jake Spidermonkey from the Yes! era
File:MyGymPartner'sAMonkeyApril21st2006episodepremiere.jpeg|The premiere of Supplies Party/She's Koala That! on April 21st, 2006
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyAugust31st2006episodepremiere.jpeg|The premiere of Jake's Day Off/Lupe in Love on August 31st, 2006
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyMonkeyBusinessDVDdisc.jpeg|Monkey Business Australian DVD disc
File:GymPartnerPromoDVD.jpeg|Cartoon Network Studios promotional DVD
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyPromoDVD2.jpeg|second Cartoon Network Studios promotional DVD
File:Lupe Toonix.jpg|Toonix of Lupe Toucan
File:My Gym Partner's a Monkey.png|Jake's Now/Then icon from the City era
File:MyGymPartner'saMonnkeyMarch3rd2006episodepremiere.jpeg|The Premiere of Shark Attack/Me Adam, You Jake on March 3rd, 2006
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeypromotionalDVDbackpackage.jpeg|Promotional DVD back package
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeysquarepromo.jpeg
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyhorizontalMaxLatinAmericabackground.jpeg
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyfigurines.jpeg|Figurines
File:MyGymPartner'saMonkeyJune8th2006seasonpremiere.jpeg|The premiere of the show's second season on June 8th, 2006
File:Fall era show icon - Jake Spidermonkey (My Gym Partner's a Monkey).PNG|Jake Spidermonkey's icon from the Fall era
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