Funky Monkey

Funky Monkey is an episode of the cartoon Class of 3000.

Plot

Li'l D goes to the zoo to get footage of a gorilla for the Upper Class play "The Kong and I." There he meets Momo the gorilla, whom he spends some time playing the drums with. When Li'l D goes back to school, Momo follows him there. The class is forced to hide Momo, until the upperclassmen offer Li'l D the lead drumming part if they can use Momo as King Kong. Momo doesn't want to do this, so he runs away; Sunny Bridges, Philly Phil, and Li'l D go and round him up. Meanwhile, the upperclassmen use the rest of the class for other odd jobs, but the students soon get tired of being used and refuse to continue. Li'l D sees that Momo is tired of being used too, and gives him the drumming part. After the play, Momo becomes a musical attraction at the zoo.

Song

The song in this episode is "Banana Zoo". The song's animation is intentionally a little sloppier than the usual animation, and is in the scene of a forest with many zoo animals.

Person episode focuses on

• Li'l D

Cultural references

• When Li'l D climbs up the building to get Momo, Momo throws barrels at him, and Sunny hands him a mallet, which Li'l D swings to deflect one of the barrels. This scene is a reference to Donkey Kong.

• In the "Banana Zoo" music video, Momo is depicted taking an impromptu bath, a reference to Bathing Ape. The artist even remarks, "Look at that ape, over there bathing."

• In the classroom, Sunny makes a paper chain that resembles a war, but complains that "It was supposed to be the Battle of Shiloh, not Gettysburg."

• "The Kong and I" is a play on words of the popular play/movie The King and I.

• The final words of the episode are 'Get your hands off me... You dirty stinking zoo keeper'. These words are a play on the words 'Get your hands off me, you dirty stinking ape' from Planet of the Apes.

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