I Am Weasel (Seasons 1–5)

I Am Weasel (1997) is an American animated series from Cartoon Network that you can watch online on iFILM. Created by David Feiss, the show pits the endlessly capable I.M. Weasel — voiced by Michael Dorn — against his self-appointed rival I.R. Baboon, voiced by Charlie Adler. Weasel is good at everything. Baboon is good at nothing and absolutely refuses to accept this.

Each episode drops them into a fresh absurd scenario: polar expeditions, talent shows, interplanetary travel. The series began as a recurring segment inside Cow and Chicken before earning its own run. What gives it a sharper edge than most kids' comedy of the era is that Baboon isn't portrayed with gentle pity — his gap between enormous ego and complete incompetence is played straight, which makes it genuinely funny rather than just silly. Jess Harnell and a rotating cast of guest voices fill out the world around them.

Late-nineties Cartoon Network at its most confidently weird. Stream I Am Weasel (1997) online on iFILM.