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{{dablink|This article is about the history, geography, and people of the island known as Taiwan. For information about the politics, government, and economy of the state that administers Taiwan, see '''[[Republic of China]]'''.}}

| show_name = Class of 3000

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| image = [[Image:Classof3000logo.jpg]]

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| caption = Class of 3000 logo

[[Image:LocationTaiwan.png|thumb|Location of Taiwan]]

| format = [[Animated series]]

[[Image:Taiwan NASA Terra MODIS 23791.jpg|thumb|The terrain of Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east but gradually changes to gently sloping plains in the west. Penghu Islands (the Pescadores) are to the west of Taiwan (Satellite photo by [[NASA]]).]]

| runtime = 22 minutes approximately

| creator = [[Andre 3000]]<br>[[Thomas W. Lynch|Tommy Lynch]]

| starring = [[Andre 3000]] <br> [[Tom Kenny]] <br> [[Jennifer Hale]] <br> [[Crystal Scales]] <br> [[Phil LaMarr]] <br> [[Janice Kawaye]] <br> [[Small Fire]]

| country = {{USA}}

| network = [[Cartoon Network]]

| studios = [[Cartoon Network Studios]] <br> [[Moxie]] <br> [[Tom Lynch Co.]]

| first_aired = [[November 3]], [[2006]]

| last_aired = present

| num_episodes = 13

| imdb_id = 0767914

| tv_com_id = 64128

|}}

'''''Class of 3000''''' is a [[United States|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]], and [[Crystal Scales]]. 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 [http://animationinsider.net/article.php?articleID=1079]. 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.

'''Taiwan''' ({{zh-tspw|t=臺灣 or 台灣|s=台湾|p=Táiwān|w=T'ai-wan}}; [[Taiwanese (linguistics)|Taiwanese]]: Tâi-oân) is an island in [[East Asia]]. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the territories administered by the '''[[Republic of China]]''' ('''ROC'''), a [[state]] whose effective area of administration consists of the island of Taiwan, [[Orchid Island|Lanyu]] (Orchid Island) and [[Green Island, Taiwan|Green Island]] in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] off the Taiwan coast, the [[Pescadores]] in the [[Taiwan Strait]], and [[Kinmen]] and [[Matsu Island|Matsu]] off the southeast coast of the territories administered by the [[People's Republic of China]] (PRC).

==Main Characters==

The main island of Taiwan, sometimes also referred to as '''Formosa''' (from [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], meaning "graceful"), is located off the coast of the territories administered by the [[People's Republic of China]], south of [[Japan]] and north of the [[Philippines]]. It is bounded to the east by the [[Pacific Ocean]], to the south by the [[South China Sea]] and the [[Luzon Strait]], to the west by the [[Taiwan Strait]] and to the north by the [[East China Sea]]. The island is 394 kilometers (245 miles) long and 144 kilometers (89 miles) wide and consists of steep mountains covered by tropical and subtropical vegetation.

[[Image:Kidsofclassof3000.jpg|315px|left|thumb|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.]]

===Sunny History 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, because of the stress, 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]]. Sunny's character is loosely based off of Jazz Saxophonist [[Sonny Rollins]], both in his appearance and reclusive personality.

{{main|History of Taiwan|Timeline of Taiwanese history}}

===Li'l D===

===Prehistory and early settlement===

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 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.

Evidence of human settlement in Taiwan dates back thirty thousand years, although the first inhabitants of Taiwan may have been genetically distinct from any groups currently on the island. About four thousand years ago, ancestors of current [[Taiwanese aborigine]]s settled in Taiwan. These aborigines are genetically related to [[Malay people|Malay]] and [[Polynesians]], and linguists classify their language as [[Austronesian]].<ref>{{cite journal |first=Jean |last=Trejaut |coauthors=Toomas Kivisild, Jun Hun Loo, Chien Liang Lee, Chun Lin He, Chia Jung Hsu, Zheng Yuan Li, Marie Lin |year=2005 |month=August |title=Traces of Archaic Mitochondrial Lineages Persist in Austronesian-Speaking Formosan Populations |journal=PLoS Biology |volume=3 |issue=8 |url=http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030247}}</ref> [[Han Chinese]] began settling in the [[Pescadores]] in the 1200s, but Taiwan's hostile tribes and its lack of the trade resources valued in that era rendered it unattractive to all but "occasional adventurers or fishermen engaging in barter" until the sixteenth century.<ref name ="shep">{{Harvard reference |Surname=Shepherd |Given=John R. |Title=Statecraft and Political Economy on the Taiwan Frontier, 1600-1800 |Publisher=Stanford University Press. |Place=Stanford, California

|Year=1993}}. Pg. 7. Reprinted 1995, SMC Publishing, Taipei; ISBN 957-638-311-0.</ref>

===Tamika Jones===

Records from ancient China indicate that [[Han Chinese]] might have known of the existence of the main island of Taiwan since the [[Three Kingdoms]] period ([[third century]]), having assigned offshore islands in the vicinity names like Greater [[Liuqiu]] and Lesser Liuqiu ([[etymology|etymologically]], but perhaps not [[semantics|semantically]], identical to [[Ryūkyū]] in Japanese), though none of these names have been definitively matched to the main island of Taiwan. It has been claimed but not verified that the [[Ming Dynasty]] [[admiral]] [[Cheng Ho]] ([[Zheng He]]) visited Taiwan between 1403 and 1424.

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." 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]].

===Kam===

In 1544, a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] ship sighted the main island of Taiwan and dubbed it "Ilha Formosa", which means "Beautiful Island." The Portuguese made no attempt to colonize Taiwan. They were content with their trading posts in [[Kyūshū]], Japan.

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]].

===Dutch and Spanish ruleKim===

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 [[Turntablism|turntable]], [[tamborine]], [[xylophone]], [[marimba]], [[cymbals]], [[triangle]], [[vibraphone]], [[maracas]], [[piano]], and most other non-drum [[percussion]] instruments.

{{main|Taiwan under Dutch rule}}

[[Image:03171.jpg|right|thumb|Chihkan Tower, former Fort Provintia]]

In [[1624]], the [[Dutch East Indies Company]], headquartered in [[Jakarta|Batavia]], [[Java]], established the first European-style government ever on the soil of Taiwan, and inaugurated the modern political history of Taiwan. They did not just collect taxes, but also tried to [[convert]] the native Formosans, who enjoyed a friendly relationship with the [[Dutch people|Dutch]], and learned the [[Dutch language]]. Some aborigines still retain their Dutch [[Bible]]s even today. The records of the Dutch rule are well-preserved in a museum in [[Amsterdam]], [[the Netherlands]]. Documents there show that they even set up [[orphanage]]s on Taiwan at that time (a rare occurrence in [[East Asia]] then). Today, their legacy in Taiwan is visible in [[Anping, Tainan|Anping District of Tainan City]] where the remains of their Castle Zeelandia are preserved, in Tainan City itself where their Fort Provintia is still the main structure of what is now called Chihkan Tower, and finally in [[Tamsui]] where Fort Anthonio (now called Hung-Mao Cheng (紅毛城, literally, the Fortress of the Red-haired ones) still stands as the best preserved Redoubt (minor fort)of the Dutch East India Company anywhere in the world. The building was later used by the British [[consulate]] until the [[United Kingdom]] severed ties with the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party or [[Kuomintang]]) regime and its formal relationship with Taiwan.

===Philly Phil===

It was the Dutch who started importing on a large scale Chinese workers from China's [[Fujian]] province as laborers, many of whom became naturalized. The Dutch had their colonial capital at Tayoan City (source of modern name "Taiwan", and present day Anping). The Dutch military presence concentrated at a fort called [[Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)|Castle Zeelandia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding the Heritage - Reasons for the project |work=National Anping Harbor Historical Park |url=http://anping.tncg.gov.tw/archaeology/e_aha_01.jsp |accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> The Dutch colonialists also used the aborigines to hunt the native [[Sika deer|Formosan Sika deer]] (''Cervus nippon taioanus'') that inhabited Taiwan, contributing to the eventual disappearance of a small subspecies in the wild.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Minna J. |last=Hsu |coauthors=Govindasamy Agoramoorthy |month=August |year=1997 |title=Wildlife conservation in Taiwan |journal=Conservation Biology |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=834-836 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0888-8892%28199708%2911%3A4%3C834%3AWCIT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z}}</ref> (A small population of the subspecies is being kept in captivity and currently being reintroduced into the Kenting National Park in southern Taiwan.) The pelt of the deer was shipped to [[Japan]], from which the commodity continued its trip to Europe, the U.S., etc.

Brilliant and imaginative, Philly Phil, the oldest of the group at 13, 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. Philly Phil has an appetite for any type of food, especially candy. He plays [[bass guitar]] and the upright or [[double bass]].

===Edward "Eddie" Phillip James Lawrence III===

The Spaniards occupied the northern part of Taiwan for seventeen years before finally being driven away by the Dutch. There are no visible remains of their presence left. Their forts in [[Tamsui]] and [[Keelung]] were destroyed. A trace of Spanish influence remains in the name of Sandiao Cape (三貂角, the easternmost part of Taiwan), which derives from "Santiago".

Eddie, who speaks with a slight Southern drawl, is 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, and he needs to learn that not 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 had 10, which he said that was because he was rich), 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 crush on Tamika although this was only suggested in two episodes (Home and Westley Side Story) and officaly announced by Eddie 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 ancestory.

===Madison Spaghettini Papadopoulos===

The French occupied [[Keelung]] and the group of islands in the [[Formosa Strait]] called the [[Pescadores]] from October 1884 to July 1885. Admiral [[Amédée Courbet]] was instated as [[military governor]] and died and was buried there having secured peace with [[China]]. His bones were unearthed and brought back to France in the 1960s after France severed ties with the KMT regime, and along with it any formal relationship with Taiwan. {{fact}}

She is cheerful, upbeat and extremely spacey as is evident from her perpetual vacant smile; however, her [[flower-child]] appearance belies the perceptive mind behind it. Madison plays bowed string instruments such as the [[violin]] and [[cello]].

==Minor characters==

===Koxinga and Imperial Chinese rule===

'''Principal Luna''' - The principal at Westley School for Performing Arts. He seems to be of Hispanic decent, and is always trying to make money for the school. He has a crush on the lunch lady Ms. Squatenchowder. His favorite word is fantastic.

Naval and troop forces of Southern [[Fujian]] defeated the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] in [[1662]], subsequently expelling the Dutch government and military from the island. They were led by Lord [[Koxinga]] ({{zh-tsp|t=鄭成功|s=郑成功|p=Zhèng Chénggōng}}), son of a Southern [[Fujian]] pirate-merchant and a Japanese samurai's daughter. Following the fall of the [[Ming dynasty]], Koxinga retreated to Taiwan as a self-styled Ming loyalist and established the [[Kingdom of Tungning]] (1662–1683). Koxinga established his capital at Tainan and he and his heirs, [[Zheng Jing]] ({{zh-tsp|t=鄭經|s=郑经|p=Zhèng Jīng}}) who ruled from 1662-82 and his son [[Zheng Keshuang]] ({{zh-tsp|t=鄭克塽|s=郑克塽|p=Zhèng Kèshuàng}}), who served less than a year, continued to launch raids on the south-east coast of mainland China well into the Qing dynasty in an attempt to recover the mainland. Koxinga's attempt to solicit support from the Japanese Shogun was unsuccessful.<ref>Archive of Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyūshū</ref>

'''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.

In 1683, following the defeat of Koxinga's grandson by an armada led by Admiral [[Shi Lang]] of Southern [[Fujian]], the [[Qing Dynasty]] formally annexed Taiwan, placing it under the jurisdiction of [[Fujian]] province. Cheng's followers were expatriated to the farthest reaches of the Qing Empire. The [[Qing Dynasty]] government wrestled with its Taiwan policy to reduce piracy and vagrancy in the area, which led to a series of edicts to manage migration and respect for aboriginal land rights. Migrants mostly of Southern [[Fujian]] continued to enter Taiwan as renters of the large plots of aboriginal lands under contracts that usually involved marriage, while the border between taxpaying lands and "savage" lands shifted eastward, with some aborigines 'Sinicizing' while others retreated into the mountains. The bulk of Taiwan's population today claim descent from these migrants. During this time, there were a number of conflicts involving [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] from different regions of Southern [[Fujian]], and between Southern [[Fujian]] Chinese and aborigines.

'''Chedderman''' -Charles, also known as Chedderman, 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"

In 1887, the Qing government upgraded Taiwan's status from that of being a prefecture of Fujian to one of province itself, the twentieth in the country, with its capital at Taipei. The move was accompanied by a modernization drive that included the building of the first railroad and the beginning of a postal service in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web |year=2006 |title=Build History of Main Routes of Taiwan Railway |work=Taiwan Railway Administration |url=http://www.railway.gov.tw/n/n1_01.htm |accessdate=2006-03-06}}</ref>

'''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.

===Japanese rule===

[[Image:Taiwan presidential bdg.JPG|thumb|The building currently known as the ROC [[Presidential Building (Taiwan)|Presidential Office]] was originally built as the Office of the [[Governor-General of Taiwan|Governor-General]] by the Japanese colonial government.]]

{{main|Taiwan under Japanese rule}}

Japan also sought to claim sovereignty over Taiwan (known as Takasago Koku, or "country of High Sand," a complimentary term in Japanese) since 1592, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi undertook a policy of expansion and extending Japanese influence overseas.<!--[2]--> Korea, to the west, was invaded, but attempts to invade Taiwan turned out to be unsuccessful due mainly to endemic and epidemic diseases that had no cure at that time such as cholera and malaria, and fierce resistance by aborigines on the island. In 1609, the Tokugawa Shogunate sent Haruno Arima on an exploratory mission of the island. In 1616, Murayama Toan led an unsuccessful invasion of the island.

'''Kid Sunny''' - Seen only in Flashbacks that when Sunny tells about his days as a first year. These flashbacks have only been seen in

In 1871, an [[Okinawa]]n vessel shipwrecked on the southern tip of Taiwan and the crew of fifty-four were beheaded by the [[Paiwan people|Paiwan]] aborigines. When Japan sought compensation from [[Qing Dynasty|Qing China]], the court rejected the demand on the ground that the raw ("wild"/"unsubjugated") aboriginals of Taiwan（{{zh-tsp|t=台灣生番|s=台湾生番|p=Táiwān shēngfān}}) were outside its jurisdiction. This open renunciation of sovereignty led to Japan's invasion of Taiwan. In 1874, an expeditionary force of three thousand troops was sent to the island. There were about thirty Taiwanese and 543 Japanese casualties (twelve in battle and 531 by endemic diseases).

"Home", which is when his kid self buy at a music store,

"Peanuts! Get yer Peanuts!", where kid Sunny is in Modern Dance, 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 "Is that a real ax?" and was answered "Shut up first year! Trees don't talk!".Sunny's younger self has been seen in many other episodes, such as "Love is in the Hair...Net"

'''Teen Sunny''' - Teen Sunny is another person only seen in flashbacks.

Following its defeat in the [[First Sino-Japanese War]] (1894-1895), by signing the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]], Qing China ceded Taiwan and the [[Pescadores]] to [[Meiji period|Japan]] in perpetuity, on terms dictated by the latter. Inhabitants wishing to remain Chinese subjects were given a two-year grace period to sell their property and return to China. Very few Taiwanese took the offer.<ref>Ryotaro, Shiba. ''Taiwan Kikou''</ref>

So far Teen Sunny has only been seen in "The Hunt for the Red Blobtrober" He was the lead of a funk band called "Sunny Bridges' Funkaneers".

'''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." 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 skeet shoots 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".)

On [[May 25]] [[1895]], a group of pro-Qing high officials proclaimed the [[Republic of Formosa]] to resist impending Japanese rule. Japanese forces entered the capital at [[Tainan City|Tainan]] and quelled this resistance on [[October 21]] [[1895]]. This period of Japanese occupation was marked by suppression of local resistance movements by the Japanese, and the subjugation of the local populace into manual labor in various factories and plantations set up by the occupying force to produce exports to the Japanese mainland. Japan spent the first 10 years to eradicate the endemic diseases from Taiwan, setting up a public hospital for each ''chō'', an Japanese administrative unit between the [[Towns of Japan|town]] and [[Villages of Japan|village]]. It also poured money and first-class expert labor into the island. Among those who worked to improve the condition of Taiwan was [[Nitobe Inazo]]. He and his, American wife, a [[Quaker]], lived in Taiwan for two years, to improve the sugarcane quality of Taiwan. The first plantation scale sugar industry was thus established on Taiwan. Japanese also introduced the "Horaimai" into Taiwan, which was Japanese rice seeds planted in Taiwan's soil. The success came after years of research and experimentation. Some products were so good that they were submitted by the Taiwan governor to the emperor in Tokyo for the imperial family's consumption. Taiwan quickly became the jewel of the Yamato crown, yielding profits for the Japanese. Taiwan supplied the empire with rice, sugar, banana, pineapple, and high-class timber, hinoki, which was used by all the major Buddhist temples ([[Buddhist temples in Japan|''otera'']]) and Shinto shrines ([[Jinja (Shinto)|''jinja'']]) in Japan. It was the first time that poor Japanese and Koreans had the chance to eat sugar. Before annexation of Taiwan, sugar in the form of snacks ([[List of Japanese snacks|okashi]]) was for the nobles only.

'''Upperclassmen''' - The upperclassmen are students who have been at Westley School longer than the rest of the kids, and 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.

Despite the otherwise relatively friendly relationship between Japanese and Taiwanese in Taiwan, Japan had some lingering suspicion of Taiwanese as Chinese, and did not draft Taiwanese as soldiers before the war. On the other hand, Koreans were not only drafted, but even allowed to enter Shikan Gakko, the government-run officers' school. Some women from Taiwan, like their counterparts from the Japanese mainland and Korea, were forced to serve as "[[comfort women]]" (sex slaves) for the Japanese Imperial Army during the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>''Comfort Women'', Hirofumi Hayashi, Kanto Gakuin University.</ref> Taiwanese people were classified as second and third-class citizens and Chinese treated as pariahs. Resistance had to be put down and by 1920s, armed uprisings have largely been suppressed. However, resistance with non-violent means continued and flourished in intellectual circles such as the [[Taiwanese Cultural Association]]. Many famous Taiwanese writers emerged from these literary groups.

'''Leela Lopez''' - Another teacher at Westley's. She has a crush on Sunny Bridges. She appears in Peanuts! Get Yer Peanuts! and Love is in the Hair...Net. She eats raw cookie dough.

Japan was forced to draft Taiwanese only after Pearl Harbor. However, Taiwanese proved themselves to be good soldiers, especially the aborigines. The dedication of these aboriginal soldiers ("Takasago Hei") towards the Japanese imperial armed forces is still celebrated by the Japanese veterans even today. After the Second World War, some soldiers stayed in Indonesia to fight the Independence War and were decorated by the Indonesian government as heroes. One of [[Admiral Yamamoto]]'s personal pilots was a Taiwanese and some Taiwanese pilots even volunteered to become [[kamikaze]]. Around 1935, the Japanese began an island-wide assimilation project to integrate the island into the [[Japanese Empire]]. The person who guided the Japanese soldiers into the Taipei city in 1895, Ko Ken Ei, was appointed by the emperor as the first Taiwanese member of the Japanese House of Nobles, thus becoming a Japanese noble. Three other Taiwanese were subsequently appointed. By 1945, just before the end of [[World War II]], desperate plans were put in place to allow entry of Taiwanese into the Japanese Diet to make Taiwan an integral part of Japan proper.{{fact}}

'''Petunia Squatenchowder''' - The sustitute lunch lady at Westlys. She has a crush on Sunny Bridges also. Then she fall in love with Principal Luna. She dumped Principal Luna if he played his "Luna Love" song again.

===Kuomintang rule (Chinese Nationalist Party or KMT)===

{{see|Legal status of Taiwan}}

With Japan's defeat in the war, Japan signed the [[Instrument of Surrender of Japan|Instrument of Surrender]] on [[August 15]] [[1945]]. On [[October 25]] [[1945]], ROC troops representing the Allied Command accepted the formal surrender of Japanese military forces in [[Taihoku]]. A dispute exists as to whether the surrender of Japan formally transferred sovereignty to the ROC, with supporters of [[Taiwan independence]] claiming that only the postwar peace treaties such as the [[San Francisco Peace Treaty]] affect sovereignty, and that the legal sovereignty of Taiwan is ambiguous because the treaty did not specify the recipient of Taiwan's sovereignty. They argue that the ruling KMT government of the ROC have merely exercised stewardship over the island, since no international legal documents have transferred the sovereignty of Taiwan to China. <ref>{{cite web |last=Ng |first=Yuzin Chiautong |title=Historical and Legal Aspects of the International Status of Taiwan (Formosa) |publisher=World United Formosans for Independence |url=http://www.wufi.org.tw/eng/intlstat.htm |format=HTML |accessdate=2006-07-08}}</ref> The People's Republic of China, on its part, says that Taiwan's sovereignty was transferred to China under the terms of the [[Potsdam Declaration]], which Japan necessarily accepted by surrendering to the Allies. <ref>{{cite web |title=“台湾地位未定论”是根本不能成立的 |publisher=Consulate of the People's Republic of China in New York City |url=http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/chn/xw/t30002.htm |format=HTML |accessdate=2006-10-18}}</ref> Some but by no means all Pan-Blue supporters in Taiwan are of a similar opinion. <ref>{{cite web |title=外交特考豈容政治掛帥！ |publisher=國家政策研究基金會 |url=http://www.npf.org.tw/PUBLICATION/NS/091/NS-C-091-447.htm |format=HTML |accessdate=2006-10-18}}</ref>

== Episodes ==

[[Image:CKS Memorial Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall]] in Taipei.]]

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The ROC administration, led by [[Chiang Kai-shek]], announced October 25, 1945, as "Taiwan Restoration Day" ({{zh-tsp|t=臺灣光復節|s=台湾光复节|p=Táiwān Guāngfùjié}}). At first, they were greeted as liberators by the people of Taiwan. However, the ROC military administration on Taiwan under [[Chen Yi (KMT)|Chen Yi]] was generally unstable and corrupt; it seized property and set up government monopolies of many industries. These problems, compounded with [[hyperinflation]], unrest due to the [[Chinese Civil War]], and distrust due to political, cultural and linguistic differences between the Taiwanese and the Mainland Chinese, quickly led to the loss of popular support for the new administration.<ref>{{cite news |title="This Is the Shame" |date=[[1946-06-10]] |publisher=Time Magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,792979,00.html}} (subscription required)</ref> This culminated in a series of severe clashes between the ROC administration and Taiwanese, in turn leading to the bloody [[228 incident]] and the reign of [[White Terror]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Snow Red & Moon Angel |date=[[1947-04-07]] |publisher=Time Magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,804090,00.html}} (subscription required) Full version at [http://228.lomaji.com/news/040747b.html]</ref>

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In 1949, on losing the Chinese Civil War to the CPC ([[Communist Party of China]]), the KMT, led by [[Chiang Kai-shek]], retreated from [[Mainland China]] and moved the ROC government to [[Taipei]], Taiwan's largest city, while continuing to claim sovereignty over all of [[China]] and [[Greater Mongolia]]. On the mainland, the Communists established the PRC, claiming to be the sole representative of China including Taiwan and portraying the ROC government on Taiwan as an illegitimate entity.<ref>{{cite web |year=2005 |title=The One-China Principle and the Taiwan Issue |work=PRC Taiwan Affairs Office and the Information Office of the State Council |url=http://www.gwytb.gov.cn:8088/detail.asp?table=WhitePaper&title=White%20Papers%20On%20Taiwan%20Issue&m_id=4 |accessdate=2006-03-06}} Section 1: "Since the KMT ruling clique retreated to Taiwan, although its regime has continued to use the designations "Republic of China" and "government of the Republic of China," it has long since completely forfeited its right to exercise state sovereignty on behalf of China and, in reality, has always remained only a local authority in Chinese territory."</ref> Some 1.3 million refugees from Mainland China, consisting mainly of soldiers, KMT party members, and most importantly the intellectual and business elites from the mainland, arrived in Taiwan around that time. In addition, as part of its retreat to Taiwan, the KMT brought with them literally the entire gold reserve and foreign currency reserve of mainland China. This unprecedented influx of human and monetary capital laid the foundation for Taiwan's later dramatic economic development. From this period on, Taiwan was governed by a [[single party state|party-state]] dictatorship, with the KMT as the [[ruling party]]. Military rule continued and little to no distinction was made between the government and the party, with public property, government property, and party property being interchangeable. Government workers and party members were indistinguishable, with government workers, such as teachers, required to become KMT members, and party workers paid salaries and promised retirement benefits along the lines of government employees. In addition all other parties were outlawed, and political opponents were persecuted, incarcerated, and executed.

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== Songs ==

Taiwan remained under martial law and [[One-party state|one-party rule]], under the name of the "[[Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion]]" ({{zh-tsp|t=動員戡亂時期臨時條款|s=动员戡乱时期临时条款|p=dòngyuán kānluàn shíqī línshí tiáokuǎn}}), from 1948 to 1987, when Presidents [[Chiang Ching-kuo]] and [[Lee Teng-hui]] gradually [[Liberalism|liberalized]] and democratized the system. With the advent of democratization, the issue of the [[political status of Taiwan]] has resurfaced as an controversial issue (previously, discussion of anything other than unification under the ROC was [[taboo]]).

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

A November 3rd [http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-ettvtwo4956360nov03,0,7835774.story?coll=ny-television-headlines Newsday] article notes that:<blockquote>....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.</blockquote>

During the 1960s and 1970s, the ROC began to develop into a prosperous, [[industrialized]] [[developed country]] with a strong and dynamic economy, becoming one of the [[East Asian Tigers]] while maintaining the authoritarian, single-party government. Because of the [[Cold War]], most Western nations and the [[United Nations]] regarded the ROC as the sole legitimate government of China (while being merely the de-facto government of Taiwan) until the 1970s, when most nations began switching recognition to the PRC.<ref>See [[UN General Assembly Resolution 2758]].</ref>

[http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/dlink/index.html?episodeID=8a25c3920ea9372f010eaac43cdb4a57]

===Recent events===

Chiang Kai-shek's eventual successor, his son [[Chiang Ching-kuo]], began to liberalize Taiwan's political system. In 1986, the Democratic Progressive Party was formed illegally and inaugurated as the first opposition party in Taiwan to counter the KMT. A year later Chiang Ching-kuo lifted martial law. Chiang selected [[Lee Teng-hui]], a native Taiwanese technocrat.

With the exception of "Home," each episode has included one song. Each episode 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:

After the 1988 death of Chiang Ching-Kuo, his successor as President Lee Teng-hui continued to hand more government authority over to the native Taiwanese and democratize the government. Under Lee, Taiwan underwent a process of [[Taiwanese localization movement|localization]] in which local culture and history was promoted over a pan-China viewpoint. Lee's reforms included printing banknotes from the Central Bank rather than the Provincial Bank of Taiwan, and disbanding the [[Taiwan Province|Taiwan Provincial Government]]. Under Lee, the original members of the [[Legislative Yuan]] and [[National Assembly of the Republic of China|National Assembly]], elected in 1947 to represent mainland constituencies, were forced to resign in 1991. Restrictions on the use of Taiwanese languages in the broadcast media and in schools were lifted as well.

*'''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")

==Main Cast==

The Republic of China transitioned into a democracy over the 1990's. In 2000, [[Chen Shui-bian]], a Hakka Taiwanese, was elected as [[President]] and is now serving his second and last term. A divide in Taiwanese politics has emerged between the [[Pan-Blue Coalition]] of parties led by the [[Kuomintang]], favoring eventual Chinese unification, and the [[Pan-Green Coalition]] of parties led by the [[Democratic Progressive Party]], favoring eventual Taiwanese independence.

* [[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

* [[Jeff Bennett]] - Principal Luna

==Cultural Geography references==

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

{{main|Geography of Taiwan}}

[[Image:TAIWAN_Karte_Gross.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Map of Taiwan]]

The island of Taiwan lies some 120 kilometers off the southeastern coast of [[China]], across the [[Taiwan Strait]], and has an area of 35,801 square kilometers (13,823 square miles). The [[East China Sea]] lies to the north, the [[Philippine Sea]] to the east, the [[Luzon Strait]] directly to the south and the [[South China Sea]] to the southwest. The island is characterized by the contrast between the eastern two-thirds, consisting mostly of rugged mountains running in five ranges from the northern to the southern tip of the island, and the flat to gently rolling plains in the west that are also home to most of Taiwan's population. Taiwan's highest point is the [[Yu Shan]] at 3,952 meters, and there are five other peaks over 3,500 meters. This makes it the world's [[List of islands by highest point|seventh-highest island]].

*A poster of the show appeared in [[Re-Animated]].

The shape of the main island of Taiwan is similar to a [[sweet potato]] seen in a south-to-north direction, and therefore, Taiwanese people, especially the [[Min-nan]] division, often call themselves "children of the Sweet Potato"{{cn}}. There are also other interpretations of the island shape, one of which is a [[whale]] in the ocean (the Pacific Ocean) if viewed in a west-to-east direction, which is a common orientation in ancient maps, plotted either by [[Western]] explorers or the [[Ching Dynasty]].

* [[Quick Draw McGraw]] made a cameo appearance in the first episode in an invention by Philly Phil.

Taiwan's [[climate]] is marine [[tropical climate|tropical]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Field Listing - Climate |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |url=https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/fields/2059.html |accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> The Northern part of the island has a rainy season that lasts from January to late March during the southwest [[monsoon]], and also experiences ''[[meiyu]]'' in May.<ref>{{cite web |title= Monthly Mean Days of Precipitation |work=Climate Data |publisher=ROC Central Weather Bureau |url=http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V4e/climate/Data/table2_e.html |accessdate=2006-03-08}}</ref> The entire island succumbs to hot humid weather from June until September, while October to December are arguably the most pleasant times of year. The middle and southern parts of the island do not have an extended monsoon season during the winter months, but can experience several weeks of rain, especially during and after Lunar New Year. Natural hazards such as [[typhoon]]s and [[earthquake]]s<ref>{{cite news |title=Rescuers hunt quake survivors |date=[[1999-09-21]] |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/453087.stm}}</ref> are common in the region.

*In the first episode, [[Oprah Winfrey]] is parodied, saying she'll give everyone in the audience a car(Audience cheers)ton of milk(audience boos). This is a reference to her always giving her audience a gift at the end of the [[Oprah Winfrey Show]].

Taiwan is a center of bird [[endemic (ecology)|endemism]]; see [[Endemic birds of Taiwan]] for further information.

* 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!"

===Environment and pollution===

With its high population density and many factories, some areas in Taiwan suffer from heavy pollution. Most notable are the southern suburbs of Taipei and the eastern stretch from Tainan to Lin Yuan, south of Kaohsiung. In the past, Taipei suffered from extensive vehicle and factory air pollution, but with mandatory use of unleaded gasoline and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, the air quality of Taiwan has improved dramatically.<ref>{{cite web |title= Taiwan: Environmental Issues |work=Country Analysis Brief - Taiwan |publisher=Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy |url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/taiwanenv.html |accessdate=2006-03-08}} "The government credits the APC system with helping to reduce the number of days when the country's pollution standard index score exceeded 100 from 7% of days in 1994 to 3% of days in 2001."</ref> The motor scooters which are ubiquitous in Taiwan, especially older or cheaper two-stroke versions, also contribute disproportionately to air pollution in Taiwan.

* When Sunny was a student, his dance teacher dumped water on him and his classmates (a reference to the film [[Flashdance]]). He has feared showers ever since.

Land and soil pollution has decreased as Taiwanese industry moves out of heavy industry; however, several toxic sites continue to pose challenges. Solid waste disposal has become less of a problem as a nation-wide recycling movement has taken hold, especially with support from Buddhist charity organizations.

* 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."

Water pollution remains a problematic issue. Nearly 90% of sewage waste in Taiwan is dumped into waterways untreated. Several rivers are so heavily polluted that it would take billions of dollars to clean them.

*The episode title ''The Hunt For Red Blobtober'' is a reference to the movie [[The Hunt For Red October]] starring [[Sean Connery]].

===Natural resources===

Because of the intensive exploitation throughout Taiwan's pre-modern and modern history, the island's mineral resources (eg. coal, gold, marble), as well as wild animal reserves (eg. deer), have been virtually exhausted. Moreover, much of its forestry resources was harvested during Japanese rule for the construction of shrines (using particularly firs) and has only recovered slightly since then. The remaining forests nowadays do not contribute to significant timber production mainly because of concerns about production costs and regulations of environmental protection.

*When the gang was venturing through a [[Pac-Man]]-like background in ''The Hunt for Red Blobtober'', Philly Phil was seen holding one of the powerups, the grapes. Eddie also made the classic "waka waka" sound during and after this scene, claiming it to be the sound he makes when he is scared.

[[Camphor]] oil extraction and cane [[sugar]] production played an important role in Taiwan's exportation from the late nineteenth century through the first half of the twentieth century. The importance of the above industies subsequently declined not because of the exhaustion of related natural resources but mainly of the decline of international market demands.

*In ''The Hunt for Red Blobtober'', Cheddar Man parodied the movies [[Harry Potter]] (Harry Cheddar), [[The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe]] (The Lion, The Witch, and the Cheddarman), [[King Kong vs. Godzilla|Godzilla vs. King Kong]] (Godzilla vs. the Chedderman), [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]] (Charlie and the Cheddar Factory, Cheddar and the Chocolate Factory) and [[The Wizard of Oz]] (in production during the show).

Nowadays, few natural resources with significant economic value are retained in Taiwan, which are essentially agriculture-associated. Domestic agriculture ([[rice]] being the dominant kind of crop) and [[fishery]] retain importance to a certain degree, but they have been greatly challenged by foreign imports since Taiwan's accession to the [[World Trade Organization]] in 2001. Consequently, upon the decline of subsistent importance, Taiwan's agriculture now relies heavily on the marketing and exportation of certain kinds of specialty, such as [[banana]], [[guava]], [[lychee]], [[wax apple]], and high-mountain [[tea]].

* In ''The Devil and Lil'D'', there is a reference to the song ''[[The Devil Went Down to Georgia]]'' when Li'l D tries to win his soul back in a fiddling contest.

===Energy resources===

Taiwan has significant coal deposits and some insignificant oil and gas deposits. Electrical power generation is nearly 50% oil-based, less than 10% natural gas, less than 10% nuclear power, and about 35% hydroelectric power, with the remainder from renewable energy sources. Nearly all oil and gas for transportation and power needs must be imported, making Taiwan particularly sensitive to fluctations in energy prices. Because of this, Taiwan's Executive Yuan is pushing for 10% of energy generation to come from renewable energy by 2010, double from the current figure of approximately 5%. In fact, several wind-farms built by American and German companies have come online or will in the near future. Taiwan is rich in wind-energy resources, both on-shore and off-shore, though limited land area favors offshore wind resources. Solar energy is also a potential resource to some extent. By promoting renewable energy, Taiwan's government hopes to also aid the nascent renewable energy manufacturing industry, and develop it into an export market.

*In the episode ''Eddie's Money'', there is a reference to the [[Death Star]].

== Society ==

===Ethnic groups===

[[Image:Taiwan bunun dancer.jpg|thumb|[[Bunun people|Bunun]] dancer in traditional aboriginal dress.]]

{{main|Demographics of Taiwan|Taiwanese aborigines|Taiwanese people}}

The ROC's population was estimated in 2005 at 22.9 million, most of whom are on Taiwan. About 98% of the population is of [[Han Chinese]] [[ethnicity]]. Of these, 86% are descendants of early Han immigrants known as "''native Taiwanese''" ({{zh-cpl|c=本省人|p=Běnshěng rén|l=home-province person}}). This group contains two subgroups: the Southern [[Fujianese]] or "Hokkien" or "Min-nan" (70% of the total population), who migrated from the coastal [[Fujian|Southern Fujian (Min-nan)]] region in the southeast of [[Mainland China]]; and the [[Hakka]] (15% of the total population), who originally migrated south to [[Guangdong]], its surrounding areas and Taiwan, intermarrying extensively with [[Taiwanese aborigine]]s. The remaining 12% of Han Chinese are known as [[Mainlander]]s ({{zh-cpl|c=外省人|p=Wàishěng rén|l=external-province person}}) and are composed of and descend from immigrants who arrived after the [[Second World War]]. This group also includes those who fled [[mainland China]] in 1949 following the [[Kuomintang|Nationalist]] defeat in the [[Chinese Civil War]]. Due to [[political status of Taiwan|political reasons]], more and more young people started to call the mainlanders ''hsin yi min'' (新移民), or "new immigrants."

*In ''The Devil and Lil'D'', Sunny Bridges imitates [[Emeril Lagasse]] by shouting 'Bam!'

''Dalu ren'' ({{zh-tsp|s=大陆人|t=大陸人|p=dàlù rén}}) refers to residents of [[mainland China]]. This group excludes almost all [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]], including the [[Mainlander]]s, except recent immigrants from mainland China, such as those made ROC citizens through marriage. It also excludes foreign brides from Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines or foreign grooms of which a greater number come from Western countries. One in seven marriages now involves a partner from another country. As Taiwan's birthrate is among the lowest in the world,<ref>{{cite news |title=Low birthrate a concern for nation's economic future |date=[[2005-11-21]] |publisher=The Taipei Times |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/11/21/2003281073}}</ref> this contingent is playing an increasingly important role in changing Taiwan's demographic makeup. Transnational marriages now account for one out of six births.

*In ''Westley Side Story'', Sunny Bridges imitates both [[Gollum]] and [[Gandalf]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[Lord of the Rings]], by repeating that the blue ribbon is "his precious" and shouting "This shall not pass!" (He even had the staff.)

The other 2% of Taiwan's population, numbering about 458,000, are listed as the [[Taiwanese aborigines]] ({{zh-cpl|c=原住民|p=yuánzhùmín|l=original inhabitants}}), divided into 12 major groups: [[Ami]], [[Atayal people|Atayal]], [[Paiwan people|Paiwan]], [[Bunun people|Bunun]], [[Puyuma people|Puyuma]], [[Rukai people|Rukai]], [[Tsou people|Tsou]], [[Saisiyat people|Saisiyat]], [[Tao people|Tao]] (Yami), [[Thao people|Thao]], [[Kavalan people|Kavalan]] and [[Taroko]].<ref name=cia>{{cite web |title=The World Factbook |publisher=CIA |date=[[2006-05-03]] |url=https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tw.html}}</ref>

===Languages=Trivia==

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{{main|Languages of Taiwan}}

About 80% of the people in Taiwan belong to the Holo ({{zh-cp|c=河洛|p=Héluò}}) or [[Hoklo people|Hoklo]] ({{zh-cp|c=福佬|p=fúlǎo}}) ethnic group and speak both [[Standard Mandarin]] (officially recognized by the ROC as the National Dialect) and [[Taiwanese (linguistics)|Taiwanese]] (a variant of the [[Min Nan]] dialect spoken in [[Fujian]] province). Mandarin is the primary language of instruction in schools; however, most spoken media is split between Mandarin and Taiwanese. The [[Hakka]] ({{zh-cp|c=客家|p=Kèjiā}}), about 10% of the population, have a distinct Hakka dialect. Aboriginal minority groups still speak their native languages, although most also speak Mandarin. [[English language|English]] is a common second language, with many large private schools such as [[Hess Educational Organization|Hess]] providing English instruction. English also features on several of Taiwan's education exams.

*There is a running gag that whenever a character throws something off-screen,someone that sounds like Kam exclaims, "Oww, my eye!!" If a second object is flung off-screen that person even says, "Oww, my other eye!!" But in "Brotha From the Third Rock", when Tamika threw a moon rock, someone with a voice like Madison also said, "Oww, my eye!!"

Although Mandarin is still the language of instruction in schools and dominates television and radio, non-Mandarin dialects have undergone a revival in public life in Taiwan. A large fraction of the populace speak the Taiwanese dialect, a variant of [[Min nan]] spoken in [[Fujian]], China, and a majority understand it. Many also speak [[Hakka (linguistics)|Hakka]]. People educated during the Japanese period of 1900 to 1945 used [[Japanese language|Japanese]] as the medium of instruction. Some in the older generations only speak the Japanese they learned at school and the Taiwanese they spoke at home and are unable to communicate with many in the modern generations who only speak Mandarin.

*In several episodes, Eddie and Kam have no lines on their hair, as they usually do.

Most aboriginal groups in Taiwan have their own languages which, unlike Taiwanese or Hakka, do not belong to the Chinese language family, but rather to the [[Austronesian languages|Austronesian language family]]. Their lingua franca is Japanese, incidentally.

* Lil'D wore a 1970's Atlanta Braves baseball cap in the first episode (though during the Throwdown and Life Without Music music videos, he wore the sailor hat).

The national phonetic system of the ROC is [[Zhuyin Fuhao]] ({{zh-tspw|s=注音符号|t=註音符號|p=Zhùyīn Fúhào|w=Chu-yin fu-hao}}), or "Symbols for Annotating Sounds", often abbreviated as '''Zhuyin''', or known as '''[[Bopomofo]]''' (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) after the first four letters of this phonemic alphabet. It is used for teaching the [[Chinese language]]s, especially Standard Mandarin, to people learning to read, write, and speak Mandarin.

*The episode ''Home'' had a music scene called "Life Without Music". The character artwork was directed by [[John Kricfalusi]] and [[Katie Rice]].

The romanization of Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan is inconsistent. Although the national government officially adopted [[Tongyong Pinyin]] in 2002, it allowed local governments to make their own choices. [[Taipei]], Taiwan's largest city, has adopted [[Hanyu Pinyin]], replacing earlier signage, most of which had been in a bastardized version of [[Wade-Giles]]. [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan's second-largest city, has adopted Tongyong. Elsewhere in Taiwan, signs tend to be in a mixture of systems, with the most common overall being [[MPS2]], which was official before the adoption of Tongyong Pinyin. Because romanization is not taught in Taiwan schools and there has been little political will to ensure that it is implemented correctly, romanization errors are common throughout Taiwan; at present the area with the fewest errors on official signage is Taipei. As the Pan-Blue bloc has largely aligned itself behind Hanyu Pinyin and the Pan-Green bloc has largely backed Tongyong Pinyin, Pan-Blue victories in the 2005 county elections are likely to result in an expansion of the use of Hanyu Pinyin, especially in northern and central Taiwan.

*In the episode ''Funky Monkey'', Kim and Kam claim that they weight 60 pounds, 27 kilograms or 14 [[stone (weight)|stone]]. 14 stone is equal to 196 pounds or 89 kilograms.

Most people in Taiwan have their names romanized using a modified version of Wade-Giles. This, however, is generally not out of personal preference but rather a tendency to use the system that most reference materials in Taiwan have employed to date.

*In the song "Banana Zoo," the singer who voiced the dog in [[Outkast]]'s video "Morris Brown" was the voice of Momo.

===Religion===

{{main|Religion in Taiwan}}

Over 93% of Taiwanese are adherents of a combination of [[Buddhism]], [[Confucianism]], and [[Taoism]]; 4.5% are adherents of [[Christianity]], which includes [[Protestants]], [[Catholics]], [[Mormons]], and other non-denominational Christian groups; and 2.5% are adherents of other religions, such as [[Islam]] and [[Judaism]].

*The [[Atlanta]] Skyline is shown several times in the show. The Skyline is actually very accurate, which features buildings like the Georgia State Capital, [[191 Peachtree Tower]], [[SunTrust Plaza]], [[Georgia-Pacific Tower]], [[Westin Peachtree Plaza]] and several real-life mid to lowrises in Atlanta. So far, only the Downtown Atlanta Skyline has been shown.

[[Confucianism]] is a philosophy that deals with [[secular]] [[moral]] [[ethics]], and serves as the foundation of both [[Culture of China|Chinese]] and [[Culture of Taiwan|Taiwanese culture]]. The majority of [[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]] and [[Chinese people|Chinese]] usually combine the secular moral teachings of [[Confucianism]] with whatever religions they are affiliated with.

One especially important goddess for Taiwanese people is [[Matsu (goddess)|Matsu]], who symbolizes the seafaring spirit of Taiwan's ancestors from [[Fujian]] and [[Guangdong]].

===Culture===

{{main|Culture of Taiwan}}

Taiwan's mainstream culture is primarily derived from [[culture of China|traditional Chinese culture]], with significant influences also from [[Culture of Japan|Japanese]] and [[Culture of the United States|American]] cultures, especially in the areas of politics and architecture. Fine arts, folk traditions, and popular culture embody traditional and modern Asian and Western motifs.

After the retreat to Taiwan, the [[Kuomintang|Nationalists]] took steps to preserve traditional Chinese culture and suppress the local Taiwanese culture. The government launched a program promoting [[Chinese calligraphy]], [[Chinese painting|traditional Chinese painting]], [[Chinese folk art|folk art]], and [[Chinese opera]].

Since the [[Taiwan localization movement]] of the 1990s, Taiwan's cultural identity has been allowed greater expression. [[Identity politics]], along with the over one hundred years of political separation from [[mainland China]], with half of the time under Japanese colonial rule, has led to distinct traditions in many areas, including [[Taiwanese cuisine|cuisine]], [[Taiwanese opera|opera]], and [[Music of Taiwan|music]].

The status of Taiwanese culture is a subject of debate. Along with the political status of Taiwan, it is disputed whether Taiwanese culture is a segment of Chinese culture (due to the [[Han Chinese]] ethnicity and a shared language and traditional customs with mainland Chinese) or a distinct culture separate from Chinese culture (due to the long period of recent political separation and the past colonization of Taiwan). Speaking Taiwanese under the localization movement has become an emblem of Taiwanese identity.

[[Image:National_Palace_Museum_view.jpg|thumb|[[National Palace Museum]], in [[Taipei City]]]]

One of Taiwan's greatest attractions is the [[National Palace Museum]], which houses more than 650,000 pieces of Chinese bronze, jade, calligraphy, painting and porcelain. The KMT moved this collection from the [[Forbidden City]] in [[Beijing]] in 1949 when it fled to Taiwan. The collection, estimated to be one-tenth of China's cultural treasures, is so extensive that only 1% is on display at any time.

Popular sports in Taiwan include basketball and baseball. Cheerleading performances and billiards are quite fashionable. Badminton is also common.

[[Karaoke]], drawn from contemporary Japanese culture, is extremely popular in Taiwan, where it is known as [[KTV]]. Small soundproof rooms containing sofas and a huge TV screen can be hired out, and friends take it in turns to sing songs.

Taiwan has a high density of 24-hour [[convenience stores]], which in addition to the usual services, provide services on behalf of financial institutions or government agencies such as collection of parking fees, utility bills, traffic violation fines, and credit card payments.<ref>{{cite journal |author= , American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei |authorlink=http://www.amcham.com.tw |title=Convenience Stores Aim at Differentiation |journal=Taiwan Business TOPICS |volume=34 |issue=11 |url=http://www.amcham.com.tw/publication_topics_view.php?volume=34&vol_num=11&topics_id=558}}</ref>

Taiwanese culture also has influenced the West: [[bubble tea]] and [[milk tea]] are popular drinks readily available around city centers in Europe and North America. [[Ang Lee]] is the famous Taiwanese movie director of [[Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon]], [[Eat Drink Man Woman]], [[Sense and Sensibility (film)|Sense and Sensibility]] and [[Brokeback Mountain]].

{{seealso|Cinema of Taiwan|Literature of Taiwan|Taiwanese photography}}

== See also ==

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* [[Kaohsiung]]

* [[Taichung]]

* [[Tainan]]

* [[Taipei]]

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*[http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/promotion_landing_page/classof3000/index.html Official site]

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* [http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-ettvtwo4956360nov03,0,7835774.story?coll=ny-television-headlines "An OutKast 'toons up for the kids"], ''Newsday'', Nov. 3, 2006, Diane Werts.

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* [http://www.chinaontv.com/Taiwan.aspx Enjoy Taiwan on Videos]

* [http://www.cwb.gov.tw/index.htm Central Weather Bureau] - local weather and earthquake reports

* [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=23785345&x=120465088&z=8&l=0&m=a Satellite view of Taiwan at WikiMapia]

* [http://rstephant92.free.fr/Taiwan/index_EN.html Snapshots from Taiwan (personnal website)]

* [http://site.voila.fr/taiwan/index.html Taiwan from inside (more than 150 pics)]

* [https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tw.html Statistics of Taiwan]

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