A show on G4TV Network that follows the lives of 1980's game programmers Dave and his best friendJerry. They work for a company called Gameavision, a name play on the classic game company Activision, and are constantly causing problems (and in the 3rd episode leaving, only to return after their failed company, Stonervision, goes baknrupt) at the company. The show is animated in an 8-bit art style, and much of the show's humor is based off of video games.
Code Monkeys Episode 2, E.T
Dave: One more question, why is my penis green?
Jerry: Well I can explain that too, because around 2 a.m., high out of your mind Dave, you painted it so it would look like, and I quote, "A sexual serpant capable of spitting its venom everywhere."
Dave: Damn it, I knew I was a genius.
An affectionate term for a specific kind of underpaid, overworked (often by volition), increasingly underappreciated indentured servant, otherwise known as a Software Programmer.
Derrived from the Latin-Greek "Codex" and the Obsolete-Japanese "Donkey KongSan"
"Socrates says we're all just expendable code monkeys, sitting here in the late Tokugawa period. . ."
One who copies all code from other sources and prays that their code compiles. Normally used in a negative manner when used by more experienced programmers.
Programmer A: Bob is such a codemonkey!
Programmer B: Oh my god did he use the same code more than 4 times in one method?