nice game! i think the characters are cute and i love the ms paint style that you went with and the 2 frame animations. I managed to get through until i died on Jeremy. The gym thing is a little strange since you really just spam until you think you're at a decent level without knowing what any of the numbers mean in relation to the enemies you're fighting. I spammed it until I got a 5 in speed and an 8 in strength and that didn't seem to be quite enough. I think working the leveling up into the actual game rather than a mini game would have been nice.
Also as a side note...I'm not a huge fan of games that talk down to the player, especially when they're the ones giving your game a shot. I get it's probably fun to show your buds, but I couldn't help but not want to play the game at all when I saw the opening start message. Anywho, that's just my opinion. Nice work overall!