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Class of 3000
File:Classof3000logo.jpgClass of 3000 logo
Created by	Andre 3000
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
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	November 3, 2006 – present

Class of 3000 is a new American 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 (SpongeBob SquarePants), Janice Kawaye (My Life as a Teenage Robot and Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi), Phil LaMarr (Samurai Jack, The Weekenders, and Static Shock), Jeff Bennett (Johnny Bravo), Jennifer Hale (The Powerpuff Girls), and Crystal Scales (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius). 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 . 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, and Kids Inc.) & Patric M. Verrone. The official site is up, and contains the theme song, pictures and profiles of the main characters, and the show's premiere. A section on Cartoon Network.com has been created as well. The title does not refer to the students' graduating year, but to the class being taught by André 3000's character, Sunny Bridges.

Characters

• 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, intending to go into permanent retirement; instead, Li'l D convinced 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 is 26 years old.

• Li'l D Li'l D 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 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. Interestingly, he is the only person to chose the "prove it" option in Tamika's "prove it or move it" threat. He plays the drums, as well as several other instruments. He is 9 years old.

• Tamika Jones - Brash 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", and she is definitely the more "ghetto" of the students. The slightest misstep is grounds for a threatening fist. "Prove it or Move it" is her trademark phrase, and apparently, 'Lil D was the first to pick "prove it", instead of the usual "move 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. Unlike her usual personality, she is very passionate about playing her instruments. She is 10 years old.

• 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. It was apparently pressure from Kam and Kim's father that forged Kam's uptight attitude. He calls paperwork his "friend." He primarily enjoys classical music, but is versatile enough to play virtually any type of keyboard. He is 9 years old.

• 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 tamborine, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, maracas, and most other non-drum percussion instruments. Kim is 9 years old.

• Philly Phil - Brilliant and imaginative, Philly Phil tends to stand out for his unusual fashion sense. He can invent useful devices at the drop of a hat. 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. In the second episode, he notices that the others have eight fingers while Eddie has ten, and comments "Wow, you are rich". He plays bass guitar. He is 11 years old.

• Edward "Eddie" Phillip James Lawrence III - Eddie, who speaks with a slight Southern drawl, is the heir to the Lawrence fortune. A cultured aristocrat, he has something of a high-and-mighty attitude concerning the other students, and he needs to learn that not all problems can be solved with money. Apparently, the only impersonation he can do is a deep man's voice as shown in the pilot when he was trying to impersonate Tamika's mother. Also, he is the only character to have ten fingers, 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. Eddie primarily plays wind instruments like the trumpet, clarinet, and flute. He is 9 years old.

• Madison Spaghettini Papadopoulos - Madison is the daughter of Mrs. Papadopoulos, who owns the local health food store, and shares her mother's love of life (and beads). It was originally Madison's idea that Sunny Bridges become the class's new music teacher. She is cheerful, upbeat and extremely spacey (in the second episode, when the kids are choosing departments, she shouts "Ooh! I'll take Colonel Mustard, with the lead pipe, in the observatory!"), as is evident from her perpetual vacant smile; but her flower-child appearance belies the perceptive mind behind it. She thinks that the local market smells like burning pumpkins; as a result, she doesn't go into her mother's store because she hates burning pumpkins. Madison plays bowed string instruments such as the violin and cello. As revealed in the first episode, she's also a Pisces. Madison is 10 years old.

Episodes

Songs

Throughout the show, the students will play songs, sometimes based on how they feel.

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.

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There has been at least one song in every episode aired. Here are some of the songs that have premeired:

• Life Without Music ("Home")
• Throwdown ("Home")
• Oh, Peanut ("Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts")
• Banana Zoo ("Funkey Monkey")
• Fight the Blob ("The Hunt for Red Blobtober")

Cast

• André 3000 - Sunny Bridges
• Small Fire - Lil' D
• Crystal Scales - Tamika Jones
• Janice Kawaye - Kam Chin, Kim Chin
• Phil LaMarr - Philly Phil
• Tom Kenny - Edward “Eddie” Phillip James Lawrence III
• Jennifer Hale - Madison Spaghettini Papadopoulos

Trivia

• In the episode Funky Monkey, Lil' D is forced to chase after an escaped gorilla. At one point, in reference to the hit 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong, he scales a building while dodging barrels and swinging a giant mallet. Also, in the song for the episode ("Banana Zoo"), the gorilla is depicted taking an impromptu bath, a reference to Bathing Ape, Sunny even says "Look at that ape over there bathing".
• Philly Phil is named after his voice actor, Phil LaMarr.
• In the episode Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts, Madison makes a reference to the game Clue when she says, "Oooh! I pick Colonel Mustard, with the lead pipe, in the observatory!"
• When Sunny was in school, his dance teacher dumped water on him and his classmates (a reference to the film Flashdance). He has feared showers ever since.
• Lil'D wore a different hat in the first episode.
• In the music room, there are various paintings of famous musicians such as Run DMC, Billie Holiday, Big Boi, usually different in each episode.
• Quick Draw McGraw make a cameo apperance in the first episode in an invention by Philly Phil.
• Eddie is the only one to really notice breakings of the fourth wall.

External links

• Official site
• "An OutKast 'toons up for the kids", Newsday, Nov. 3, 2006, Diane Werts.

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• 2006 television program debuts
• 2000s TV shows in the United States
• Animated television series