107 My Gym Partner's a Monkey Facts YOU Should Know!

107 My Gym Partner's a Monkey Facts YOU Should Know! is an upcoming 107 Facts episode of ChannelFrederator's Tooned Up!. The episode is hosted and narrated by Joey Graff. In this episode, Joey Graff tells you all the facts about Cartoon Network's animal-themed Middle School show.

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Joey Graff: In some middle schools, students (and sometimes staff, I guess) tend to behave like animals. But in Charles Darwin Middle School, the students, and staff, really ARE animals, with ONE lone exception. And you thought YOUR school was a zoo. Can you imagine having a REAL monkey for a gym partner?? That's right, it's My Gym Partner's a Monkey! In today's episode, we're taking a look at one of Cartoon Network's most intriguing and unique original shows, with its quirky characters, creatively written butt jokes, fourth wall breaks, slapstick, and an animal cast of characters. I'm Joe with ChannelFrederator, and it's time for some animal trivia with 107 Facts YOU should know about My Gym Partner's a Monkey! Don't forget to subscribe, and click the bell icon to become a part of our notification squad. Without further delays,.... *screeches like a monkey*

(Fact #1) My Gym Partner's a Monkey first aired on Cartoon Network as a sneak peek during their "Sneak Peak Week" on December 26, 2005. A day after Christmas day! It aired alongside other shows, like Robotboy, Zixx, and Ben 10! It later premiered on the network on February 24, 2006 on the Fridays Animation Block, airing alongside shows like Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Camp Lazlo!, Ed, Edd n Eddy, Codename: Kids Next Door, the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Class of 3000, and the Life and Times of Juniper Lee.

(Fact #2) The series was created by Timothy Cahill, and his wife Julie McNally-Cahill, serving as Cartoon Network's first original series created by a married couple.

(Fact #3) Before My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Tim and Julie had their head start at Warner Bros. animation, working on shows such as Histeria, Detention, Animaniacs and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries.

(Fact #4) The couple would later go on and create the 2012 Littlest Pet Shop series for the Hub Channel, now known as Discovery Family.

(Fact #5) The original concept for My Gym Partner's a Monkey was traced all the way back in 2001, when Julie and Tim left Warner Bros. Animation, and moved over to Cartoon Network. And during production, The show was originally titled "The Zoo". The rest of the show was pretty much the same, with the show still having the same basic concept as the current show, as well as the same cast of characters, just with a few noticeable changes to their physical appearances.

(Fact #6) So, why was the name changed? Well, Cartoon Network felt that the title just sounds too generic, and wanted a more "creative" name. And thus, we got My Gym Partner's a Monkey.

(Fact #7) How did the couple move from Warner Bros. Animation to Cartoon Network, you ask? Well, they were approached by Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy creator Maxwell Atoms, who told the couple that Cartoon Network wanted more animated comedies to rival Nickelodeon.

(Fact #8) The show was then submitted to Jeff Prezenkowski and Khaki Jones at Cartoon Network. The channel, during its time, wanted more cartoons with anthropomorphic animals, especially due to the success of Camp Lazlo!, another show on Cartoon Network about a monkey.

(Fact #9) My Gym Partner's a Monkey had two unreleased pilots produced from 2003 to 2004. The first pilot, which shares the same name as the TV show, was where all of the show began, when Adam Lyon was mistaken for a real lion, due to an error on the secretary's computer, saying that his last name is "Lion", which had him transferred from Chester Arthur Middle School, to Charles Darwin Middle School. The pilot even had a noticeably different art style, but still had the same animation. It was never aired, due to the end of Cartoon Network's Cartoon Cartoons moniker, which was also the same reason pilots for Chowder, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Camp Lazlo!, and the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack were never aired.

(Fact #10) Another pilot that never aired was "A Troubled Lion", produced in 2004, a year after the first pilot was produced, and featured the final art style that would later be used in the TV show. Julie McNally-Cahill does have two copies, that she shares with her husband, and may in fact upload them online eventually.

(Fact #11) Chris Savino, creator of the Loud House, and showrunner for the last two seasons of Dexter's Laboratory and the Powerpuff Girls actually worked on My Gym Partner's a Monkey as a storyboard artist. For example, he storyboarded the episode "Shark Fin Soupy".

(Fact #12) Tom Sheppard, known for his work on the Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and ¡Mucha Lucha! also worked on My Gym Partner's a Monkey, alongside William Reiss, who also worked on Chowder and SpongeBob SquarePants.

(Fact #13) Nika Futterman voices Adam Lyon, Margaret the Rhino, and Miss Chameleon. She also voiced Luna Loud on the Loud House, as well as Lola from CatDog, and Olga from Hey Arnold!. However, this was not the first time she voiced a protagonist on Cartoon Network, as she also lent her voice to Mike Mazinsky in Mike, Lu & Og.

(Fact #14) Tom Kenny voices Jake Spidermonkey, Henry Armadillo, and Dickie Sugarjumper. He's also had his name and voice on literally EVERYTHING!! These included, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rocko's Modern Life, Adventure Time, CatDog, the Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, the Fairly OddParents!, Camp Lazlo!, Wander Over Yonder, Codename: Kids Next Door, Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and Clarence.

(Fact #15) Grey DeLisle-Griffin voices Joanie Ox, Ingrid Giraffe, Lupe Toucan, Nurse Gazelle, and Mrs. Warthog. Like Tom Kenny, she's been in literally EVERYTHING!! These included Avatar: the Last Airbender, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, the Fairly OddParents!, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, the Loud House, Codename: Kids Next Door, and Mighty MagiSwords.

(Fact #15) Windsor Gorilla and Slips Python both share the same voice actor: Rick Gomez, who also voiced Sniz Bronkowski on the Sniz and Fondue segments in Nickelodeon's animation compilation series KaBlam!.

(Fact #16) Maurice LaMarche voices Principal Pixiefrog, Cyrus Q. Hornbill, and Maurice Mandrill, the latter is a comedic stand-in for his voice actor, who also voiced the Brain on Pinky and the Brain and Father on Codename: Kids Next Door.