diff --git a/pandas/_libs/algos_take_helper.pxi.in b/pandas/_libs/algos_take_helper.pxi.in
index 9dbae8170cbd0b..420e08a3d68d46 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/algos_take_helper.pxi.in
+++ b/pandas/_libs/algos_take_helper.pxi.in
@@ -10,69 +10,119 @@ WARNING: DO NOT edit .pxi FILE directly, .pxi is generated from .pxi.in
 
 {{py:
 
-# c_type_in, c_type_out, preval, postval
+# c_type_in, c_type_out
 dtypes = [
-    ('uint8_t', 'uint8_t', '', ''),
-    ('uint8_t', 'object', 'True if ', ' > 0 else False'),
-    ('int8_t', 'int8_t', '', ''),
-    ('int8_t', 'int32_t', '', ''),
-    ('int8_t', 'int64_t', '', ''),
-    ('int8_t', 'float64_t', '', ''),
-    ('int16_t', 'int16_t', '', ''),
-    ('int16_t', 'int32_t', '', ''),
-    ('int16_t', 'int64_t', '', ''),
-    ('int16_t', 'float64_t', '', ''),
-    ('int32_t', 'int32_t', '', ''),
-    ('int32_t', 'int64_t', '', ''),
-    ('int32_t', 'float64_t', '', ''),
-    ('int64_t', 'int64_t', '', ''),
-    ('int64_t', 'float64_t', '', ''),
-    ('float32_t', 'float32_t', '', ''),
-    ('float32_t', 'float64_t', '', ''),
-    ('float64_t', 'float64_t', '', ''),
-    ('object', 'object', '', ''),
+    ('uint8_t', 'uint8_t'),
+    ('uint8_t', 'object'),
+    ('int8_t', 'int8_t'),
+    ('int8_t', 'int32_t'),
+    ('int8_t', 'int64_t'),
+    ('int8_t', 'float64_t'),
+    ('int16_t', 'int16_t'),
+    ('int16_t', 'int32_t'),
+    ('int16_t', 'int64_t'),
+    ('int16_t', 'float64_t'),
+    ('int32_t', 'int32_t'),
+    ('int32_t', 'int64_t'),
+    ('int32_t', 'float64_t'),
+    ('int64_t', 'int64_t'),
+    ('int64_t', 'float64_t'),
+    ('float32_t', 'float32_t'),
+    ('float32_t', 'float64_t'),
+    ('float64_t', 'float64_t'),
+    ('object', 'object'),
 ]
 
 
 def get_dispatch(dtypes):
 
-    inner_take_1d_template = """
+    for (c_type_in, c_type_out) in dtypes:
+
+        def get_name(dtype_name):
+            if dtype_name == "object":
+                return "object"
+            if dtype_name == "uint8_t":
+                return "bool"
+            return dtype_name[:-2]
+
+        name = get_name(c_type_in)
+        dest = get_name(c_type_out)
+
+        args = dict(name=name, dest=dest, c_type_in=c_type_in,
+                    c_type_out=c_type_out)
+
+        yield (name, dest, c_type_in, c_type_out)
+
+}}
+
+
+{{for name, dest, c_type_in, c_type_out in get_dispatch(dtypes)}}
+
+
+@cython.wraparound(False)
+@cython.boundscheck(False)
+{{if c_type_in != "object"}}
+def take_1d_{{name}}_{{dest}}(const {{c_type_in}}[:] values,
+{{else}}
+def take_1d_{{name}}_{{dest}}(ndarray[{{c_type_in}}, ndim=1] values,
+{{endif}}
+                              const int64_t[:] indexer,
+                              {{c_type_out}}[:] out,
+                              fill_value=np.nan):
+
     cdef:
         Py_ssize_t i, n, idx
-        %(c_type_out)s fv
+        {{c_type_out}} fv
 
     n = indexer.shape[0]
 
     fv = fill_value
 
-    %(nogil_str)s
-    %(tab)sfor i in range(n):
-    %(tab)s    idx = indexer[i]
-    %(tab)s    if idx == -1:
-    %(tab)s        out[i] = fv
-    %(tab)s    else:
-    %(tab)s        out[i] = %(preval)svalues[idx]%(postval)s
-"""
+    {{if c_type_out != "object"}}
+    with nogil:
+    {{else}}
+    if True:
+    {{endif}}
+        for i in range(n):
+            idx = indexer[i]
+            if idx == -1:
+                out[i] = fv
+            else:
+                {{if c_type_in == "uint8_t" and c_type_out == "object"}}
+                out[i] = True if values[idx] > 0 else False
+                {{else}}
+                out[i] = values[idx]
+                {{endif}}
+
 
-    inner_take_2d_axis0_template = """\
+@cython.wraparound(False)
+@cython.boundscheck(False)
+{{if c_type_in != "object"}}
+def take_2d_axis0_{{name}}_{{dest}}(const {{c_type_in}}[:, :] values,
+{{else}}
+def take_2d_axis0_{{name}}_{{dest}}(ndarray[{{c_type_in}}, ndim=2] values,
+{{endif}}
+                                    ndarray[int64_t] indexer,
+                                    {{c_type_out}}[:, :] out,
+                                    fill_value=np.nan):
     cdef:
         Py_ssize_t i, j, k, n, idx
-        %(c_type_out)s fv
+        {{c_type_out}} fv
 
     n = len(indexer)
     k = values.shape[1]
 
     fv = fill_value
 
-    IF %(can_copy)s:
+    IF {{True if c_type_in == c_type_out != "object" else False}}:
         cdef:
-            %(c_type_out)s *v
-            %(c_type_out)s *o
+            {{c_type_out}} *v
+            {{c_type_out}} *o
 
-        #GH3130
+        # GH#3130
         if (values.strides[1] == out.strides[1] and
-            values.strides[1] == sizeof(%(c_type_out)s) and
-            sizeof(%(c_type_out)s) * n >= 256):
+            values.strides[1] == sizeof({{c_type_out}}) and
+            sizeof({{c_type_out}}) * n >= 256):
 
             for i in range(n):
                 idx = indexer[i]
@@ -82,7 +132,7 @@ def get_dispatch(dtypes):
                 else:
                     v = &values[idx, 0]
                     o = &out[i, 0]
-                    memmove(o, v, <size_t>(sizeof(%(c_type_out)s) * k))
+                    memmove(o, v, <size_t>(sizeof({{c_type_out}}) * k))
             return
 
     for i in range(n):
@@ -92,13 +142,27 @@ def get_dispatch(dtypes):
                 out[i, j] = fv
         else:
             for j in range(k):
-                out[i, j] = %(preval)svalues[idx, j]%(postval)s
-"""
+                {{if c_type_in == "uint8_t" and c_type_out == "object"}}
+                out[i, j] = True if values[idx, j] > 0 else False
+                {{else}}
+                out[i, j] = values[idx, j]
+                {{endif}}
+
+
+@cython.wraparound(False)
+@cython.boundscheck(False)
+{{if c_type_in != "object"}}
+def take_2d_axis1_{{name}}_{{dest}}(const {{c_type_in}}[:, :] values,
+{{else}}
+def take_2d_axis1_{{name}}_{{dest}}(ndarray[{{c_type_in}}, ndim=2] values,
+{{endif}}
+                                    ndarray[int64_t] indexer,
+                                    {{c_type_out}}[:, :] out,
+                                    fill_value=np.nan):
 
-    inner_take_2d_axis1_template = """\
     cdef:
         Py_ssize_t i, j, k, n, idx
-        %(c_type_out)s fv
+        {{c_type_out}} fv
 
     n = len(values)
     k = len(indexer)
@@ -114,132 +178,11 @@ def get_dispatch(dtypes):
             if idx == -1:
                 out[i, j] = fv
             else:
-                out[i, j] = %(preval)svalues[i, idx]%(postval)s
-"""
-
-    for (c_type_in, c_type_out, preval, postval) in dtypes:
-
-        can_copy = c_type_in == c_type_out != "object"
-        nogil = c_type_out != "object"
-        if nogil:
-            nogil_str = "with nogil:"
-            tab = '    '
-        else:
-            nogil_str = ''
-            tab = ''
-
-        def get_name(dtype_name):
-            if dtype_name == "object":
-                return "object"
-            if dtype_name == "uint8_t":
-                return "bool"
-            return dtype_name[:-2]
-
-        name = get_name(c_type_in)
-        dest = get_name(c_type_out)
-
-        args = dict(name=name, dest=dest, c_type_in=c_type_in,
-                    c_type_out=c_type_out, preval=preval, postval=postval,
-                    can_copy=can_copy, nogil_str=nogil_str, tab=tab)
-
-        inner_take_1d = inner_take_1d_template % args
-        inner_take_2d_axis0 = inner_take_2d_axis0_template % args
-        inner_take_2d_axis1 = inner_take_2d_axis1_template % args
-
-        yield (name, dest, c_type_in, c_type_out, preval, postval,
-               inner_take_1d, inner_take_2d_axis0, inner_take_2d_axis1)
-
-}}
-
-
-{{for name, dest, c_type_in, c_type_out, preval, postval,
-      inner_take_1d, inner_take_2d_axis0, inner_take_2d_axis1
-      in get_dispatch(dtypes)}}
-
-
-@cython.wraparound(False)
-@cython.boundscheck(False)
-cdef inline take_1d_{{name}}_{{dest}}_memview({{c_type_in}}[:] values,
-                                              const int64_t[:] indexer,
-                                              {{c_type_out}}[:] out,
-                                              fill_value=np.nan):
-
-
-{{inner_take_1d}}
-
-
-@cython.wraparound(False)
-@cython.boundscheck(False)
-def take_1d_{{name}}_{{dest}}(ndarray[{{c_type_in}}, ndim=1] values,
-                              const int64_t[:] indexer,
-                              {{c_type_out}}[:] out,
-                              fill_value=np.nan):
-
-    if values.flags.writeable:
-        # We can call the memoryview version of the code
-        take_1d_{{name}}_{{dest}}_memview(values, indexer, out,
-                                          fill_value=fill_value)
-        return
-
-    # We cannot use the memoryview version on readonly-buffers due to
-    # a limitation of Cython's typed memoryviews. Instead we can use
-    # the slightly slower Cython ndarray type directly.
-{{inner_take_1d}}
-
-
-@cython.wraparound(False)
-@cython.boundscheck(False)
-cdef inline take_2d_axis0_{{name}}_{{dest}}_memview({{c_type_in}}[:, :] values,
-                                                    const int64_t[:] indexer,
-                                                    {{c_type_out}}[:, :] out,
-                                                    fill_value=np.nan):
-{{inner_take_2d_axis0}}
-
-
-@cython.wraparound(False)
-@cython.boundscheck(False)
-def take_2d_axis0_{{name}}_{{dest}}(ndarray[{{c_type_in}}, ndim=2] values,
-                                    ndarray[int64_t] indexer,
-                                    {{c_type_out}}[:, :] out,
-                                    fill_value=np.nan):
-    if values.flags.writeable:
-        # We can call the memoryview version of the code
-        take_2d_axis0_{{name}}_{{dest}}_memview(values, indexer, out,
-                                                fill_value=fill_value)
-        return
-
-    # We cannot use the memoryview version on readonly-buffers due to
-    # a limitation of Cython's typed memoryviews. Instead we can use
-    # the slightly slower Cython ndarray type directly.
-{{inner_take_2d_axis0}}
-
-
-@cython.wraparound(False)
-@cython.boundscheck(False)
-cdef inline take_2d_axis1_{{name}}_{{dest}}_memview({{c_type_in}}[:, :] values,
-                                                    const int64_t[:] indexer,
-                                                    {{c_type_out}}[:, :] out,
-                                                    fill_value=np.nan):
-{{inner_take_2d_axis1}}
-
-
-@cython.wraparound(False)
-@cython.boundscheck(False)
-def take_2d_axis1_{{name}}_{{dest}}(ndarray[{{c_type_in}}, ndim=2] values,
-                                    ndarray[int64_t] indexer,
-                                    {{c_type_out}}[:, :] out,
-                                    fill_value=np.nan):
-
-    if values.flags.writeable:
-        # We can call the memoryview version of the code
-        take_2d_axis1_{{name}}_{{dest}}_memview(values, indexer, out,
-                                                fill_value=fill_value)
-        return
-
-    # We cannot use the memoryview version on readonly-buffers due to
-    # a limitation of Cython's typed memoryviews. Instead we can use
-    # the slightly slower Cython ndarray type directly.
-{{inner_take_2d_axis1}}
+                {{if c_type_in == "uint8_t" and c_type_out == "object"}}
+                out[i, j] = True if values[i, idx] > 0 else False
+                {{else}}
+                out[i, j] = values[i, idx]
+                {{endif}}
 
 
 @cython.wraparound(False)
@@ -268,7 +211,11 @@ def take_2d_multi_{{name}}_{{dest}}(ndarray[{{c_type_in}}, ndim=2] values,
                 if idx1[j] == -1:
                     out[i, j] = fv
                 else:
-                    out[i, j] = {{preval}}values[idx, idx1[j]]{{postval}}
+                    {{if c_type_in == "uint8_t" and c_type_out == "object"}}
+                    out[i, j] = True if values[idx, idx1[j]] > 0 else False
+                    {{else}}
+                    out[i, j] = values[idx, idx1[j]]
+                    {{endif}}
 
 {{endfor}}