I Am Weasel

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I Am Weasel
I. M. Weasel and I. R. Baboon
I. M. Weasel and I. R. Baboon
Genre Animated
Running time 18 minutes per episode (6 minutes per short)
Creator(s) David Feiss
Starring Michael Dorn
Charlie Adler
Country of origin United States
Original channel Cartoon Network
Original run July 17, 1997–September 16, 1999
No. of episodes 13 (80 shorts)
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I Am Weasel was an American animated television series, created by David Feiss and broadcast on the Cartoon Network. Its basic premise is a somewhat twisted take on the classic nursery rhyme Pop Goes the Weasel; in fact, the theme song of the series, sung by April March, is based on the well-known musical version of the rhyme.

I Am Weasel was originally a part of the Cow and Chicken show, often airing as the middle of three segments, in between two Cow and Chicken segments. (One two-part Cow and Chicken story even made reference to the I Am Weasel cartoon supposedly interrupting the story.) Eventually, I Am Weasel was spun off into its own series, airing between 1997 and 1999, with both new episodes and the episodes that had aired on Cow and Chicken included in that series (much like how Pinky and the Brain was spun off from Animaniacs).

The series usually consists of two anthropomorphic animal characters: I. M. Weasel and I. R. Baboon. Both characters' species are as suggested by their names.

I.M. Weasel is highly intelligent, and is skilled in most if not all known professions, anything from electronics and engineering to medicine and philosophy; he is also incredibly charming and well-versed in the social graces, and will often have a pretty girl named "Lulabel" at his side (a recurring character, usually dressed as a nurse). Weasel's only real flaw is a secret desire to suck the yolk from eggs (though such behavior is actually a characteristic of the mongoose family, which is of a different order of mammals than weasels). He is usually the only successful character in a given episode. The standard image of Weasel wears no clothing, though he will often don outfits appropriate to his activities (such as a lab coat when working as a doctor or scientist). He is prone to declaring "I am Weasel!" before leaping into a situation.

In contrast, I. R. Baboon is considered dim-witted and slovenly, uses incorrect grammar when he speaks (for example, I. R. stands for "I are"), and is very jealous of Weasel's success. He is often shown doing the opposite of what would be considered sensible, and sometimes displays obsessive-compulsive behavior (as when he was determined to plug every hole in the world). I. R. Baboon has few skills (either social or practical), but was discovered unexpectedly to be a virtuoso on the theremin. Baboon wears only a T-shirt with a handwritten, inverted "I. R." (as suggested in the opening video); his protruding red butt is often highlighted (as in the episode I Are Terraformer when he wore a spacesuit and there were two separate bubbles on the rear for his buttocks), and serves as a focus of others' ridicule. He attempts to outdo Weasel at everything, and when he believes he has succeeded, he performs a routine victory dance, placing his hands on his hips and jumping around in a circle while repeatedly chanting a declaration of his success. In some of the episodes, Weasel and Baboon are actually friends and work together.

Episodes usually star only Weasel and Baboon, but later episodes, beginning in 1998, usually have The Red Guy included, too. As in Cow and Chicken, The Red Guy plays a devil-like character, but I Am Weasel also grants The Red Guy a new catchphrase: "Hello!! It's me!", usually followed by his identity in that particular episode.

Characters from Cow and Chicken (especially Earl) occasionally appear in the series, too.

Charlie Adler voiced two of the main characters in the series (I.R. Baboon and The Red Guy), while I.M. Weasel is voiced by Michael Dorn (better known as Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).

Cow appeared in an episode with I.M. Weasel and I.R. Baboon called I.R. in Wrong Cartoon while Chicken cameoed in I Am Clichéd. Also there was an episode dedicated towards the other show in Who Rubbed Out Cow and Chicken?

Episode Leave it to Weasel is mainly a spoof of the movie Matilda (1996)

[edit] I am Weasel in other languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese: Eu Sou o Máximo
  • Chinese: 黃鼠狼威索; wháng shǔ láng wēi sǔo; literally: A Weasel (黃鼠狼) Named Wea-sel (威索)"
  • Croatian: Ja sam Lasica
  • Danish: Jeg er Væsel
  • Estonian: Mina olen Nirk
  • French: Monsieur Belette
  • German: Ich bin Wiesel
  • Dutch: Ik ben Wezel
  • Hebrew: אנוכי הסמור; literally: Me, the Weasel, pronounced: Anokhee HaSamur. also הסמור הערמומי; literally: The cunning Weasel, pronounced: HaSamur Ha'Armoomi.
  • Hungarian: Én vagyok Menyus
  • Italiano: Donato Fidato
  • Latvian: Es esmu Zebiekste
  • Lithuanian: Aš - Žebengžtis
  • Norwegian: E.G. Vesel
  • Polish: Jam Łasica
  • Portuguese: Eu Sou o Weasel
  • Romanian: [Eu] sunt Nevăstuică (although it has been rendered as [Eu] sunt Weasel - i.e.: without translating the name itself)
  • Spanish: Soy Comadreja in Spain, Soy la Comadreja in Latin America (a pun on the female name Zoila, but the character is still portrayed as a male)

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Cartoon Cartoons
Codename: Kids Next Door • Courage the Cowardly Dog • Cow and Chicken • Dexter's Laboratory • Ed, Edd n Eddy • Evil Con Carne • The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy • Grim and Evil • I Am Weasel • Johnny Bravo • Mike, Lu & Og • The Powerpuff Girls • Sheep in the Big City • Time Squad • What a Cartoon! • Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?
Other Cartoon Network original series
Camp Lazlo • Class of 3000 • Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi • The Life and Times of Juniper Lee • My Gym Partner's a Monkey • Squirrel Boy • Chowder • Zoot Rumpus • Phibian Mike
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