Trivia / My Gym Partner's a Monkey

• Acting for Two: Another Cartoon Network series that tries to save their budget.
  • Did you know that Ingrid and Lupe are both voiced by Grey Delisle?
  • And both Slips and Windsor are voiced by Rick Gomez?
  • Not to mention that Maurice LaMarche voices most of the male CDMS faculty.
  • There's also Tom Kenny voicing Jake (and his dad), Henry Armadillo, Dickie Sugarjumper, Corey Vulture, David Coppertrout, Chad, Asst. Coach Ferret (usually overlapped by other dialogue) and Mr. Orangutan.
  • Nika Futterman voices Adam and Miss Chameleon, and some other students like Lacey Badger and Margaret Rhino.
  • And Phil LaMarr does Bull Sharkowski (and his sister Euripides), Phinneas Porpoise and Ms. Slender Loris.
  • Cree Summer voices Kerry Anderson, Mrs. Tusk, Miss Loon and other kids like Eddie Panther and Latanya Hippo.
• Banned Episode: The episode "The Butt of the Jake" was banned in 2007 as it was deemed too vulgar and "butt-filled" for younger audiences.
• Banned in China: The episode "Amazon Kevin", which features an unflattering Crocodile Hunter pastiche, was never aired in Australia again in the wake of Steve Irwin's unfortunate demise.
• The Cast Showoff: This show features a lot of big-name voice actors as main, major, and recurring characters, all of whom are huge Cartoon Network veterans.
  • The main character, himself, Adam Lyon, is voiced by Nika Futterman, while Jake, the secondary character/iconic series mascot is voiced by Tom Kenny (and the creators make sure to flesh out this character a lot and show off his vocal talent as much as possible). Not to mention both Ingrid and Lupe are voiced by Grey Griffin.
  • As for major/recurring characters, there's Maurice LaMarche voicing Principal Pixiefrog, who gets tons of extended dialogue and "stand-up bits" in nearly every episode. Not to mention the inclusion of Phil LaMarr, Kath Soucie, Cree Summer, and Brian Doyle-Murphy as major characters, (Bull Sharkowski, Deidre Koala, Kerry Anderson, and Coach Gills, respectively) who all make plenty of appearances and major roles every season.
  • In fact, it'd be easier to mention the main characters who aren't voiced by celebrities. These being Slips Python and Windsor Gorilla, both of which are voiced by Rick Gomez, who can call this series the pinnacle of his career. To be fair though, he did a good job providing two very different voices for characters who usually talk to each other, both of which were original and iconic on their own, so it's fair to say that old Ricky is one of the more underappreciated members of the VA crew.
• Cross-Dressing Voices:
  • Nika Futterman as Adam. Both Spanish dubs (Mexico and Spain), Hungarian, Danish, and Polish avert this. Abraham Vega (Mexico), Miguel Rius (Spain), Bence Penke (Hungary), Zacharias Grassmé (Denmark), and Kamil Kubik, Kajetan Lewandowski, and Beniamin Lewandowski (Poland), are all male.
  • Brian Doyle-Murray as Coach Gills!
  • Phil LaMarr as Bull Sharkowski's big sister Euripides, Ms. Slender Loris and the Unkempt zoogoer.
  • Cree Summer as Eddie Panther and the Unruly zoogoer.
• The Danza: Student counselor Mandrill's first name is Maurice, as in VA Maurice LaMarche.
• Fake Brit: Tom Kenny as Dickie Sugarjumper.
  • In-episode example: When everyone at CDMS are forced to wear school uniforms, everyone, except Dickie (who is British of course), Adam and Principal Pixiefrog, started speaking in obviously fake British accents.
  • Speaking of Tom Kenny, David Coppertrout also qualifies.
  • Then, there's Jake's cousin Lord Saucypants, voiced by Rick Gomez.
• In Memoriam: The episode "Animal School Musical" was dedicated to Robert Goulet who posthumously appeared as Coach Ferret's singing voice.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Two DVD volumes of the show do exist but they're Region 4 and region locked. The series has never had an American home video release to date, aside from the episode "Bubble or Nothing" being featured on the Cartoon Fridays compilation DVD. The entire series is available on iTunes however, and is also on the Boomerang app.
• Kids' Meal Toy: In 2007, McDonald's sold a set of eight toys based on this series, Camp Lazlo, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Squirrel Boy, with each franchise having two characters. The MGPaM toys were a pencil topper of Jake that swung from a branch, and a wind-up chomping figure of Bull.

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