I Am Weasel

I Am Weasel "I am not a baby. I am Weasel." Genre: Comedy Slapstick Surreal humor Running Time: 7 minutes Country: United States Release Date: July 22, 1997 – September 16, 1999 Network(s): Cartoon Network Created by: David Feiss Distributed by: Warner Bros. Television Distribution Starring: Charlie Adler Dee Bradley Baker Candi Milo Howard Morris Dan Castellaneta Michael Dorn Seasons: 5 Episodes: 79

I Am Weasel is an American animated comedy television series created by David Feiss for Cartoon Network, and the 4th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons and it's a following spin-off to Cow and Chicken.

Plot

The series chronicles the random adventures of two funny animal frenemies: I.M. Weasel (Michael Dorn) and I.R. Baboon (Charlie Adler). The first one is a famous, heroic, eloquent, highly intelligent and very talented least weasel who always tries to help people out and is thus adored by everybody, constantly shouting his catchphrase "I am Weasel!" while pointing high in the air before going after help. The latter is his foil, an ugly and idiotic hamadryas baboon who is envious of Weasel's success and constantly tries to do better than he does (also doing a victory dance to express his joy when thinking he is doing so), and failing miserably after all due to his total stupidity.

Why It's Weasel

1. Its theme song is fantastic to listen to. It is sung to the tune of the nursery rhyme "Pop Goes the Weasel" but with different lyrics.
2. Awesome and detailed animation, which is a slight improvement from its previous show.
3. Excellent voice acting, from Michael Dorn, Charlie Adler and the returning actors from Cow and Chicken.
4. Memorable characters like I.M. Weasel, I.R. Baboon, the Red Guy (the returning character from the Cow and Chicken series), Nurse Loulabelle, Jolly Roger, and Admiral Bullets.
   • Speaking of which, Cow and Chicken themselves do appear in the show in certain episodes, along with the other characters from their show such as their parents, their Teacher, and Flem and Earl.
5. Great storylines of Weasel doing heroic things, and Baboon trying to do his own heroic things to outshine Weasel, which usually leads into hilarious trouble due to Baboon’s low intelligence, in which Weasel helps fix.
6. Just like Cow and Chicken, this show has a great soundtrack.
7. The creative, and original concept of a weasel helping out many people and has a rivalry with a baboon monkey.
8. Relatable moments, such as Baboon trying to get attention so he feels important in life and his rivalry with his frenemy, Weasel.
9. Colorful and detailed background design.
10. Artistic title cards, which is typical for a Cartoon Cartoon, and it's an improvement from the previous show as Weasel does something and announces the episode’s title each time.
11. As usual, the slapstick humor is great.
12. It is more fun than Cow and Chicken, where it is better than the latter.
13. The series finale, "I Are Legend", was a decent way to end the series (despite the bad ending).

Qualities That Are Not Weasel

1. The series once in a while gets pretty mean-spirited to I.R. Baboon who is a butt-monkey (no pun intended).
2. The series finale, "I Are Legend", while decent, has a pretty downer ending.
3. Similarly to Cow and Chicken, it tends to overuse butt jokes. While they are usually surprisingly funny, they can sometimes be uncomfortable and gross.

Reception

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Trivia

• When making the second season of Cow and Chicken, Cartoon Network wanted David Feiss to keep on making shorts for this show. David Feiss didn't want to make any more, but agreed he would only if he could start using the Red Guy in the shorts. Since then, the Red Guy was a regular character in this show.

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