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My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Title card for My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Format	Animated comedy series
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	43 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes approx.
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	December 26, 2005 – present
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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.

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. 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.

Adam (left) and Jake (right)

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

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

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