My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Think your school's a zoo?
Created by Timothy Cahill, Julie McNally Cahill
A cheerful, absurdist kids' comedy built on the friendship between a human boy and his animal classmates, sustained across 100 episodes of episodic school hijinks.
My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Tim Cahill and Julie McNally-Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The story revolves around 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, with whom he quickly becomes best friends.
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Is My Gym Partner's a Monkey easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 97% of series.
Is My Gym Partner's a Monkey scary? No. Less frightening than 92% of series.
Is My Gym Partner's a Monkey sad? No. Less sad than 92% of series.
Does My Gym Partner's a Monkey leave you hopeful? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of series.
Is My Gym Partner's a Monkey one of a kind? No. Less singular than 90% of series.
Is My Gym Partner's a Monkey violent? Barely. Less violent than 78% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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