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Class of 3000
Class of 3000 logo
Genre	Animated series
Creator(s)	Andre 3000 Tommy Lynch
Starring	Andre 3000 Tom Kenny Jennifer Hale Crystal Scales Phil LaMarr Janice Kawaye Small Fire
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	22 minutes approximately
Broadcast
Original channel	Cartoon Network
Original run	November 3, 2006 – present
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Class of 3000 is an American Comedy animated television series on Cartoon Network that is created, executive produced by and starring André Benjamin (a.k.a. André 3000) of the hip-hop group OutKast as superstar and music teacher Sunny Bridges, set at Atlanta, Georgia's Westley School of Performing Arts. Mr. Bridges is a hip-hop artist who occasionally lectures in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood. The voice cast includes Tom Kenny, Janice Kawaye, Phil LaMarr, Jeff Bennett, Jennifer Hale, Crystal Scales and Chantal Strand, who will do the voice for Sunny's newest student, Rebbeca Langron. The series made its world premiere (previously advertised as a live premiere with performances by Chris Brown) on November 3, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT with a one-hour special [1]. The show was co-created and developed by Veteran Producer Tom Lynch (South of Nowhere, The Secret World of Alex Mack, and The Journey of Allen Strange, The Jersey, Romeo!, and Kids Inc.) & Patric M. Verrone. The title does not refer to the students' graduating year, but to the class being taught by André 3000's character, Sunny Bridges.

[edit] Main Characters

An image of Sunny Bridges (far right) running his students (from left to right), Eddie, Kim (behind Eddie), Tamika, Philly Phil, Kam, Madison, and Li'l D.

[edit] Sunny Bridges

Main article: Sunny Bridges

The hometown hero of Little Five Points, Sunny is a musical genius who left Georgia to become a recording artist. Over the years in the employ of his money-grubbing manager, however, he lost his passion for music and returned to his old neighborhood. He intended to go into permanent retirement; instead, Li'l D convinces him to become the new music teacher at Westley School of Performing Arts. Sunny is devoted to his students, but he is forced to keep a low profile in order to avoid media attention. While he can play many instruments, his favorite is the saxophone. He has mentioned that he owns over 65,000 shirts. Sunny's character is loosely based off of Jazz Saxophonist Sonny Rollins, both in his appearance and reclusive personality.

[edit] Li'l D

Main article: Li'l D

Li'l D has been called a "li'l me" by creator Andre 3000. He is the unofficial leader of the Westley School's music class. Bright, talented, and confident to a fault, he is incredibly tenacious when it comes to music. Through sheer determination (as well as breaking and entering), he has managed to recruit Sunny Bridges as the class's new music teacher. Though Li'l D considers himself remarkably streetwise, his overconfidence often leads him into trouble. He plays the drums, as well as several other instruments. He is the shortest member of the class, standing about 4'6". According to the movie, Li'l D's father left him as a child.

[edit] Tamika Jones

Main article: Tamika Jones

Overweight and aggressive, Tamika makes it her business to keep the other students in line. As her reputation implies, she has earned the title "toughest girl in school." She is also extremely stubborn. The slightest misstep is grounds for a threatening fist. "Prove it or Move it" is her trademark phrase, but is not sure what to do if someone chooses "Prove it!". Though she has a sharp tongue, Tamika shares a close bond with her classmates, and will protect them as often as she bullies them. She plays the harp, but is also adept with an acoustic guitar, along with the electric guitar.

[edit] Kam Chin

Main article: Kam Chin

Kam is Kim's twin brother and her polar opposite. He generally projects an air of refinement and class -- or so he would like to think. He has his own creativity but the opposite of Kim's. It was apparently pressure from Kam and Kim's father that forged Kam's uptight attitude. He primarily enjoys classical music, but is versatile enough to play virtually any type of keyboard. He apparently had a fear of hang gliding into a flock of angry mallards, likes to be in an army or marching band, and mostly has trouble teaming up with Kim as shown in "Westley Side Story". Once they turned Kim and Kam into some sort of black and white mime.

[edit] Kim Chin

Main article: Kim Chin

Kim is Kam's twin sister and his polar opposite. She is very energetic, sometimes to the point of mischief, and loves to torment her more old-fashioned sibling. Generally, though, she has the better common sense, and she is extremely creative. Kim plays the turntable, tamborine, xylophone, marimba, cymbals, triangle, vibraphone, maracas, steel drums, piano, and most other non-drum percussion instruments. She still sleeps with a stuffed animals as Kam said in "Westley Side Story". She calls Kam a Melvin , nerd face , and cheese munch. She and Kam are the youngest students in the first year Westly Music class.

[edit] Philly Phil

Main article: Philly Phil

Brilliant and imaginative, Philly Phil, the only known teen and oldest of the group at 13, tends to stand out for his unusual fashion sense. He can invent useful devices on the spot, though they often malfunction. Though Li'l D and the other students do not fully understand Phil's many eccentricities, they are willing to accept him as one of their own. Philly Phil has an appetite for any type of food, especially candy. He plays bass guitar and the upright or double bass. Philly Phil's personality and mode of speech significantly resemble Donald Sutherland's character "Oddball" from the film "Kelly's Heroes". His height doesn't seem to be consistent from episode to episode (He was about as tall as Principal Luna in "The Hunt For Red Blobtober" and only a few inches taller than Madison in "Funky Monkey".). He seems to have Irish heritige, due to his accent and curly orange hair.He is the tallest student, being only a few inches shorter then his mom.

[edit] Edward "Eddie" Phillip James Lawrence III

Main article: Eddie Lawerence III

Eddie, who speaks with a slight Southern drawl, is the richest kid in the school being the heir to the Lawrence fortune (According to the first episode, his father is the head of the Earth division of "Cola Cola"). A cultured aristocrat, he has something of a high-and-mighty attitude concerning the other students, naively believing that all problems can be solved with money. He is the only character to have ten fingers at any time (He will usually have eight, but for at least one scene he has had 10. Eddie's explanation for his 10 fingers is that it is due to his wealth), which he needs to play complex instruments such as the clarinet. Eddie's clarinet is quite different, as it is cyan instead of the usual black. It appears that he has a highly one-sided crush on Tamika, although this was only suggested in two episodes (Home and Westley Side Story) and confirmed by Tamika in the episode "Love is in the Hair...Net". Eddie primarily plays wind instruments like the trumpet, clarinet, trombone, and flute. Eddie has spoken of having Swiss ancestry. A running gag in the series is when one of Philly Phil's inventions is about to cause an explosion Eddie says "You know as we stand here watching a 13 year old (whatever Phil is doing at the time), I'm beginning to have second thoughts.", normally said thing explodes during or right after he says it to which he says "never mind".

[edit] Madison Spaghettini Papadopoulos

Main article: Madison Spaghettini Papadopoulos

She is cheerful, upbeat and extremely ditsy as is evident from her perpetual vacant smile, and has a bit of a Southern drawl like Eddie; however, her flower-child appearance belies the perceptive mind behind it. Madison plays bowed string instruments such as the violin and cello.She seems to be the dumbest member of the class, and is probably taller than Philly Phil when he's not wearing his cowboy boots. She gets frizzy hair when love is in the air.

[edit] Rebbeca Langron

Sunny's newest student to appear in the second season. Her instrument will be the viola.

[edit] Minor characters

• Principal Luna: The principal at Westley School for Performing Arts. He seems to be of Hispanic descent, and is always trying to make money for the school. He has a crush on the substitute lunch lady, Ms. Squatenchowder. He owns 36 out of the only known 37 of a rare type of spatula as seen in "Love Is in the Hair...Net". He also seems to over-use the word "Fantastic". He is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Sunny's Manager and Men: Seen in "Home", Sunny's manager is constantly coming up with new ideas to use Sunny to make money. He's also hired Sunny a guy who yells "Sunny, you're wanted on stage!" as well as a Yes Man and a Hatchet Man. All of them irritate Sunny greatly, and helped lead to him almost completely retiring from music. Sunny's Manager is voiced by Jeff Bennett.

• Momo: Momo, seen in Funky Monkey and Am I Blue? (in a flashback), is a drumming gorilla. He likes to throw chairs,which Li'l D takes to mean Momo understands him. His vocal effects are done by Ogie Banks.

• Cheddar Man: Charles, also known as Chedder Man, is one of Sunny's friends. He specialises in selling cheeses and doing teeth. He's something of a shady character and is often seen selling contraband goods and services out of his car, like "Mr. Bristle" action figures that, are really used toothbrushes, and bootleg movies which he shoots and in which he plays every part. He's often used as a quick joke in the show to keep up the interest. As seen in the episode "Eddie's Money", he is an excellent helicopter mechanic. He is also known to be part of Sunny's old band, the "Sunny Bridges' Funkaneers," he also has helicopter repair skills, shown in "Eddie's Money." He has also been the kid's manager in "Am I Blue?"

• Bianca Moon: A woman who runs an organic food shop that appears in "Home" and again in "The Hunt for Red Blobtober". She's shown to be out of touch with reality, and will accept painted shells and shiny beads as currency if you don't have money when buying merchandise. Like Madison, she is always happy and has a southern accent.

• Kid Sunny: Seen only in Flashbacks that when Sunny tells about his days as a first year. These flashbacks have only been seen in "Home" when he wanted to buy an ax thinking it would change his life, but it was to heavy for him so he bought a guitar. "Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts!", where kid Sunny is in Modern Dance and his teacher keeps saying "Here comes the water" and dumped water on them , and in "Funky Monkey", where kid Sunny is in a Upper Class play, but even is still a first year. No one but Sunny knows what happened in that play. All we know is that Sunny got the lead role "The Tree" and during the real play he asked "That ain't a real ax is it?" and was answered "Shut up first year! Trees don't talk!". Sunny's younger self has been seen in many other episodes, such as "Westley Side Story".

• Teen Sunny: Teen Sunny is another person only seen in flashbacks. So far Teen Sunny has only been seen in "The Hunt for Red Blobtober" He was the lead of a funk band called "Sunny Bridges' Funkaneers" consisting of Cheddar Man, Jan the Janitor, and Lucius.

• Big D: He is actually the Devil. He is the Owner of Soul Stack Records, and the former-manager of Li'l D. He let Li'l D go after Sunny agreed to take his place. However Sunny tricked him into ripping up his contract. He has two henchmen who act and hiss like snakes. He is likely based off the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia which is actually refrenced in the episode when he and Li'l D have a fiddle contest (among other contests) for Li'l D's soul ,which he tricked Li'l D into selling to him, Li'l D plays a off key version of the song. He only appeared in The Devil and Lil'D. Voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.

• Mr. Lawrence: Eddie's father and the extremely wealthy head of the Earth division of the Cola Cola company. He was seen once in a flashback in "Eddie's Money", where he buys a Baseball Stadium for Eddie's front yard so Eddie can see a live baseball game. However, when Eddie comments on the stadium being empty and asks his father to fly in some baseball fans, Mr. Lawrence replies "I'm not made of money, unlike the guest house.", then pointing at a house made of money. His motto is "Why go out when you can have whatever you want at home?" He appears again in "Brotha From the Third Rock", when he shoots down Philly Phil's rocket from the sky. (This episode also marks the first appearance of Eddie's mother, Mrs. Lawrence, who was curiously absent from her son's birthday party in "Eddie's Money".)

• Upperclassmen: The upperclassmen are seniors at Westley School, who tend to act superior, like plays being "Upperclassmen" plays and trays being "Upperclassmen" trays. They're mainly Preston, Marlon, and a big, bully-like friend of Preston's. They have only appeared in "Funky Monkey", "Am I Blue", and Prank Yankers. Preston is voiced by Tom Kenny, Marlon is voiced by Jeff Bennett (in the style of Marlon Brando), and the other Upperclassmen are voiced by Ogie Banks.

• Leela Lopez: Another teacher at Westley's. She has a crush on Sunny while Sunny has love interest in her. She appears in "Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts!", "Love Is in the Hair...Net", and "Am I Blue?". She eats raw cookie dough. Voiced by Jennifer Hale.

• Petunia Squatenchowder: The substitute lunch lady at Westley's. Principal Luna has a crush on her but she has developed a crush on Sunny also. Then she falls in love with Luna after a fight with Sunny. She commented that she would dump Luna if he played his "Luna Love" song again, it is unknown if they are still dating. She owns number 37 of the 37 rare spatulas. She has appeared in "Love Is in the Hair...Net" and "Am I Blue?" Voiced by Tom Kenny.

• Philly Phil's Dad: A nerd who seems to be a scientist. He is a lot like Philly Phil, though his son says he is embarrassing. He sales Plasma TVs. He is seen in "Brotha From the Third Rock" and "Am I Blue?"

• Mr. Giraffe: Philly Phil's stuffed giraffe who seems to have strange powers like teleportation. He always appears when something bad has, or is about to, happen. Only appears in "Am I Blue?"

• Sulu: Eddie's butler, always seems to have whatever is needed at the moment, is Asian-American.

• Inga and Gunther Gabinstad: Two Russian international chalk thieves who stole Principal Luna's chalk and framed Tamika. They were disguised as Kaylie and MacKenzie, two popular kids. At the end of the episode they got arrested. They only appeared in Prank Yankers.

• Mr. Erl: He owns a shop and is Sunny's good friend. He only apeared in Home.

• Jan: Jan is a janitor at Westly. He is a former member of Sunny Funkyaneers. He has a secret choclate treasure. He likes to play swedish air guitar in his free time. He also made bootleg merchandise on one occasion. He has appeared in "The Hunt for Red Blobtober", "Love Is in the Hair...Net", and "Am I Blue?".

• Regina Langron: Rebbeca's grandmother. She was to appear in the second season. She will be voiced by Fran Bill.

• Totty: Rebbeca's pet dog, a St. Bernard. She wears a yellow colar. She was to appear in the second season.

[edit] Episodes

The first season instruments for the students are as follows.

• Li'l D - Drums
• Eddie - Clarinet
• Philly Phil - Jazz Bass and Bass Guitar
• Madison - Violin
• Kim - Various Percussion Instruments
• Kam - Piano
• Tamika - Harp

A second season will premiere in June 2007, and will also feature a musical performance. Here are the second season instruments for the students.

• Li'l D - Drums (From Season 1)
• Eddie - Trumpet
• Philly Phil - Bass Guitar (From Season 1)
• Madison - Cello
• Kim - Tambourine
• Kam - Piano (From Season 1)
• Tamika - Acoustic Guitar
• Rebbeca - Viola

[edit] Songs

Throughout the show, the students play songs, sometimes based on how they feel. There are also instruments viewed and played by the students and others in every episode.

A November 3rd Newsday article notes that:

....some creative grown-ups throw down each episode, too, providing distinctive visuals for music videos to Andre Benjamin's original songs performed by the class' kids. "Ren & Stimpy" wild-man animator John Kricfalusi and classic Parliament-Funkadelic cover artist Overton Loyd do the premiere honors, with subsequent contributions from Marvel Comics' Bill Sienkiewicz and Robotboy director Charlie Bean.

Each episode has included at least one song, and usually features a different style of music, such as blues in Eddie's Money, and funk in The Hunt for Red Blobtober. So far, the songs that have premiered are as follows:

• Life Without Music ("Home-Part 1")
• Throwdown ("Home-Part 2")
• Oh, Peanut ("Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts")
• Banana Zoo ("Funky Monkey")
• Fight the Blob ("The Hunt for Red Blobtober")
• A Richer Shade of Blue ("Eddie's Money")
• We Want Your Soul ("The Devil and Lil'D")
• U.F.O. Ninja ("Brotha From the Third Rock")
• Kim Kam Jam ("Westley Side Story")
• Luna Love ("Love Is in the Hair...Net")
• Crayon ("Am I Blue?")
• Cool Kitty ("Prank Yankers")
• Don't You Worry, Your Mentor Will be Fine ("Sunny's Mentor")
• The Cool School Blues ("Too Cool for School")

[edit] CD Track List

A CD featuring songs from the show will be released in June, coinciding with the second season premiere. The CD will feature songs from the first season. [2]

1. Class of 3000 Theme Song
2. Life Without Music (Home)
3. Throwdown (Home)
4. Oh, Peanut (Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts)
5. We Want Your Soul (The Devil and Li'l D)
6. A Richer Shade of Blue (Eddie's Money)
7. Fight the Blob (The Hunt for Red Blobtober)
8. Banana Zoo (Funky Monkey)
9. U.F.O. Ninja (Brotha From the Third Rock)
10. Kim Kam Jam (Westley Side Story)
11. Luna Love (Love Is in the Hair...Net)
12. Crayon (Am I Blue?)
13. Cool Kitty (Prank Yankers)
14. Don't You Worry, Your Mentor Will be Fine (Sunny's Mentor)
15. The Cool School Blues (Too Cool for School)
16. Voice Message from Andre 3000

[edit] Main Cast

• André 3000 - Sunny Bridges
• Small Fire - Li'l D
• Crystal Scales - Tamika Jones
• Janice Kawaye - Kam, Kim
• Phil LaMarr - Philly Phil
• Tom Kenny - Edward “Eddie” Phillip James Lawrence III
• Jennifer Hale - Madison Spaghettini Papadopoulos
• Chantal Strand - Rebbeca Langron
• Jeff Bennett - Principal Luna

[edit] Trivia

• In the music room, there are various paintings of famous musicians such as The Beatles, Run DMC, Billie Holiday, and Big Boi. They are usually different in each episode.

• A poster advertising the show appeared in Re-Animated.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• "An OutKast 'toons up for the kids", Newsday, November 3, 2006, Diane Werts.
• Everything-Outkast