"Code Monkeys" (2007) TV series 2007-????

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Creator:

Adam De La Peña

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

11 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Tagline:

G4's new comedy of 8-bit proportions!

Plot:

Two game developers try to survive their crazy Texas billionaire boss and his rich prissy son in 1983.

Cast

Adam De La Peña	...	Dave / ... (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Andrew Sipes	...	Larrity / ... (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Matt Mariska	...	Jerry / ... (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Gretchen McNeil	...	Mary (25 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tony Strickland	...	Black Steve (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Dana Snyder	...	Todd / ... (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lionel Tubbins	...	Clarence / ... (24 episodes, 2007-2008)
Suzanne Keilly	...	Clare (23 episodes, 2007-2008)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Monkey Wrangler Productions

Trivia:

Benny's health bar is followed by Korean. Rather than translating to "health", ì-�너ì{€ sounds like what it means: E-NA-JI -- energy.

Quotes:

Dave: I love you whores!

Brilliant!!!

I barely heard anything about this show, but I happened to be watching G4 the night the series premiered, and I have to say I was stunned. This is, quite simply, the best video game related cartoon EVER. Every part of this show is a reference to videogames, from the health bar and score at the top of the screen, to the brief "PAUSE" message right before commercials (including the trademark pause ding like Mario games have). The humor is a lot like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, though the stories are more cohesive than ATHF's. The show has the visual style of an 8-bit game (a close comparison would be to the Rise of the Mushroom Kingdom series at VGDC.com, although stylistically it looks more like River City Ransom) However, this innocent presentation belies the highly offensive content, which includes plenty of swearing, lots of video game violence, and even one scene were one character paints his penis green after a hard night of partying. Yet, so much attention is put into little details, where hardcore gamers will notice many things from many old classic games and probably read into many things that casual viewers wouldn't even notice. If G4 ever needed a show to get them more attention from the masses, this would be it. Whether that's a good thing or not is yet to be seen, but I can say that Code Monkeys is brilliant and I hope it stays on the air for a long time.