My Gym Partner's a Monkey

My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Tim Cahill and Julie McNally Cahill for Cartoon Network. It aired from December 26, 2005, to November 27, 2008, ending with a total of four seasons and 56 episodes. The series follows Adam Lyon, a human who, after a clerical error listed his surname as "Lion", is forced to transfer to Charles Darwin Middle School, a school for local anthropomorphic zoo animals, where he is partnered with Jake Spidermonkey in gym, and quickly becomes best friends with him. Two DVD volumes have been released in 2007 and 2008 in Australia.

My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Genre
Created byJulie McNally Cahill
Timothy Cahill
Written by
  • Julie McNally Cahill
  • Timothy Cahill
  • Tom Sheppard
  • Roger Eschbacher
  • Mitch Larson
  • Adam Pava
Directed by
  • Timothy Cahill
  • Gary Hartle (supervising director, Season 1–2)
  • John McIntyre (supervising director, Season 3–4)
Voices of
Theme music composerTom Sheppard
Pat Irwin
Opening theme"My Gym Partner's a Monkey" by Nika Futterman and Tom Kenny
ComposerTom Sheppard (original songs)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes56 (102 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersJulie McNally-Cahill
Timothy Cahill
Producers
  • Victoria McCollum (Season 1–3)
  • Haven Alexander (Season 4)
AnimatorSaerom Animation
Running time22 minutes
11 minutes for normal segments
22 minutes for special segments
44 minutes for TV movies
Production companyCartoon Network Studios
Original release
Network
ReleaseDecember 26, 2005 (2005-12-26) 
November 27, 2008 (2008-11-27)

Saerom Animation, who also did animation work for Adventure Time, Regular Show, and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, provided the animation. The series won an Emmy Award in 2007 and was nominated for four Annie Awards.

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