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'''''Class of 3000''''' was an American [[Emmy Award]]-winning comedy animated television series on [[Cartoon Network]] that was created and executive produced by, and starring, André 3000 of the hip-hop group [[OutKast]]. He played superstar and music teacher Sunny Bridges, who taught at Atlanta, Georgia's Westley School of Performing Arts. Mr. Bridges is a jazz and blues artist who occasionally lectures in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood.
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, came to Cartoon Network UK on May 28, 2007 and premiered on Cartoon Network Australia/New Zealand on February 4th 2008
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* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: The Japanese ending theme is called "Funky Teacher" by SEAMO.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: When characters are shown as just masses.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: In a rare aversion of its type, this show rarely shows them.
* [[Art Shift]]: Every episode has a musical sequence where the art style changes in varying ways from psychedelic to live action to puppetry.
** Another one came during the episode "The Hunt for Red Blobtober", when the kids are being chased, it somehow turns into [[
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: These seem to be on almost every non-main character.
** Amongst the central eight, Philly Phil, Eddie and Sunny have thicker eyebrows than the others, but nowhere near the extent of most of the side characters.
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** Also Bianca Moon, the hippie who owns the new age store.
* [[The Danza]]: Phil LaMarr as Philly Phil
* [[A Day in
* [[Deal
** The episode in question is called "The Devil and Lil'D", and it was implied he was the Devil throughout the entire episode (using blue demons that can replace their heads when they're chopped off as henchmen, belching fire, using zombies as a 'research and marketing' division, etc...)
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: In the pilot episode, Madison points out that Lil' D never met his father.
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* [[Fan Service]]: Sunny and Leela Lopez in swimsuits.
** Maybe the kids in their swimsuits as well. [[Old-Timey Bathing Suit|Except for Kam.]]
* [[Fell Off the Back of
* [[Fiction
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]]: Lil'D
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* [[Gonk]]: Ms. Squattenchowder, and likely more.
* [[Hands Go Down]]:
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'''(hands go up)'''
'''Sunny''': And don't say 'musical ability'.
'''(all hands go down except Tamika and Madison)'''
'''Sunny''': Or wedgies.
'''(Tamika's hand goes down)'''
'''Sunny''': Or dolphins.
'''(Madison's hand goes down)''' }}
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Multiple older female characters have this.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Not only is there Andre 3000, there's [[Codename: Kids Next Door
* [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog]]
* [[Indy Escape]]: The Raiders of the Lost Ark was parodied in "Eddie's Money", with Sunny Bridges as Indy. The boulder is just one of the hazards involved in accessing what turns out to be the world's most inconveniently located gift store. (Turns out they do most of their business on-line.)
* [[Indy Hat Roll]]: Sunny Bridges does it in the episode "Eddie's Money"; grabbing his hat with his feet for a few extra style points.
* [[Inexplicably Awesome]]: Sunny Bridges
* [[Instrument of Murder]]: In "Funky Monkey", Tamika uses her harp as a bow to fire a drumstick at Lil' D.
* [[Jerkass]]: Lil' D acts like this most of the time.
* [[Jerk
* [[Literal
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Eddie. He even gets a song about it: "A Richer Shade of Blue".
* [[Louis Cypher]]: Big D in "The Devil and Lil' D".
* [[Love Triangle]]: "Love is in the Hair...Net"
* [[Magical Negro]]: Sunny
* [[The Men in Black]]: The S.U.A.M.A. (Shut Up and Move Along) agents from "Brotha from the Third Rock".
* [[Noodle People]]: Sunny and Phil, compared to most of the other characters.
* [[Polar Opposite Twins]]: Kim and Kam
* [[The Psycho Rangers]]: The band met Sunny's old school rival who has a class that's exactly an evil version of them.
** [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The band's evil version dresses in [[Putting
* [[Running Gag]]: An item thrown out of view at any given time tends to cause the offscreen response of "Ow, my eye!" right after a crash. A related item meeting the same fate will cause the same person to call out "Ow, my other eye!" right after a crash.
* [[Safety Worst]]: "Safety Last" shows Eddie's parents locking him in a tower in order to protect him.
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** Sometimes [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]!
* [[Shout-Out]]: Leela Lopez dressed like Marge Simpson in "Love is in the Hair...Net".
** Philly Phil's yellow jumpsuit is reminiscent of April O'Neil from the 80s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
** And in one episode both [[Godzilla|Godzilla and Mothra]] make an appearance.
* [[Team Dad]]: Sunny
* [[Tongue
* [[Totem Pole Trench]]: Done to pose as an alien in "Brotha from the Third Rock".
* [[Trope 2000]]
* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: Both Sunny and Eddie.
* [[Unrequited Love]]: Eddie to Tamika.
* [[Use Your Head]]: Philly Phil is used as a human battering ram in the episode "Too Cool for School"
* [[Villain Song]]: Despite being a musical show, this is actually surprisingly rare. However, [[The Devil|Big D]] gets a rather epic one called "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGdvdziPluA All We Want Is Your Soul]".
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