The Croods: Family Tree
| The Croods: Family Tree | |
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| Genre | Comedy Adventure |
| Based on | Characters created by |
| Voices of |
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| Theme music composer | Brett Creswell Michael Tan |
| Composer | Hannah Parrott |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Banker Todd Grimes |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | |
| Release | September 23, 2021 – present |
| Related | |
| Dawn of the Croods (2015-17) | |
The Croods: Family Tree is an American computer-animated streaming television series that is produced from DreamWorks Animation under DreamWorks Animation Television. The series is based on the 2013 animated film The Croods, taking place after the events of the 2020 film, The Croods: A New Age. The series was released on September 23, 2021, with a second season premiered April 5, 2022, and a third season premiered on June 2, 2022.[1] A fourth season premiered on August 31, 2022.[2] A fifth season premired on November 25, 2022.[3]
Plot
After the events of the sequel, the Croods and Bettermans must learn to get along in the Betterman treehouse.
Cast
- Kiff VandenHeuvel as Grug Crood and Lighting Bolt (season 4)[4]
- Ally Dixon as Eep Crood[4]
- Darin Brooks as Guy[4]
- A. J. Locascio as Thunk Crood[4]
- Amy Landecker as Ugga Crood[4]
- Artemis Pebdani as Gran Crood[4]
- Dee Bradley Baker as Sandy, Belt, and Sash[4]
- Matthew Waterson as Phil Betterman[4]
- Amy Rosoff as Hope Betterman[4]
- Kelly Marie Tran (season 1-5) and Abby Trott (season 5) as Dawn Betterman[4]
- TBA as Hwam (season 5)
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | September 23, 2021 | ||
| 2 | 7 | April 5, 2022 | ||
| 3 | 6 | June 2, 2022 | ||
| 4 | 7 | August 31, 2022 | ||
| 5 | 6 | November 25, 2022 | ||
Season 1 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Sticky Business" | Stephanie Arnett | Mark Banker | Jiedi Chen, Ryan Hansen and Max Lawson | September 23, 2021 | |
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Struggling to find their purpose on the Betterman farm, the Croods see an opportunity to prove their worth by harvesting Phil's perilously sticky bounceberries. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Guy Time" | Stephanie Arnett | Stephanie Streisand | Jiedi Chen and Zheng Kang | September 23, 2021 | |
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When Eep wants alone time with her new friend, Dawn, Guy seeks a friend of his own and finds an unlikely companion in Thunk. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Game Nightmare" | Steve Trenbirth | Rich Dahm | Tang Lee, Ben McLaughlin and Katie Yates | September 23, 2021 | |
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When the Bettermans invite the Croods to join their family game night, two things become clear: Phil needs to win and Grug hates to lose. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "What Goes Eep Must Come Dawn" | Kevin Peaty | Lucas Mills | Marc Camelbeke and Gener Ocampo | September 23, 2021 | |
| 5 | 5 | "Parental Stridence" | Scooter Tidwell | Matt Smith | Jiedi Chen, Max Lawson and Andrew Mashel | September 23, 2021 | |
| 6 | 6 | "The Flopping of the Bullruses" | Steve Trenbirth | Amanda Brooke Perrin | Tang Lee, Ben McLaughlin and Katie Yates | September 23, 2021 | |
Season 2 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [5] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | "Remote Control" | Kevin Peaty | Mark Banker | Marc Camelbeke, Tim Cant, Gener Ocampo and Marc Wasik | April 5, 2022 | |
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Phil invents a new system for Thunk to watch his Window time. | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | "Daddy Daughter Day" | Scooter Tidwell | Rich Dahm | Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma | April 5, 2022 | |
| 9 | 3 | "There's No Phil in Team" | Steve Trenbirth | Lucas Mills | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates | April 5, 2022 | |
| 10 | 4 | "Thunder Games" | Kevin Peaty | Amanda Brooke Perrin | Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | April 5, 2022 | |
| 11 | 5 | "Shock and Awww" | Scooter Tidwell | Rich Dahm | Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma | April 5, 2022 | |
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Epp tries to surprise Guy on their Mooniversity. | |||||||
| 12 13 | 6 7 | "Straycation" | Steve Trenbirth Kevin Peaty | Matt Smith Lucas Mills | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee, Marc Wasik and Katie Yates Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | April 5, 2022 | |
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The parents left to go on a vacation while the kids start to enjoy life in the family treehouse. Punch Monkeys invade the treehouse and it's up to the kids to stop them before their parents get back. | |||||||
Season 3 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "The Thunder Misters" | Scooter Tidwell | Amanda Brooke Perrin | Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma | June 2, 2022 | |
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Grug, Phil, and Guy form a new tribe against the Thunder Sisters by their teamwork. | |||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Eep Walking" | Steve Trenbirth | Mark Banker | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee, Ian Harrowell and Katie Yates | June 2, 2022 | |
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When Eep discovers that she has been sleepwalking, she goes to find out how to stop it for once and for all. | |||||||
| 16 | 3 | "The Gorgwatch Project" | Kevin Peaty | Rich Dahm | Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | June 2, 2022 | |
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Guy and Thunk tell a scary story of Gorgwatch who doesn’t really exist, but the story keeps both Eep and Dawn up all night. | |||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Skate or Dawn" | Scooter Tidwell | Lucas Mills | Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma | June 2, 2022 | |
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When Guy invents a skateboard, Eep and Dawn start to have fun by doing some tricks until the Punch-Monkeys try to mess with them. | |||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Phil's Fun Farm" | Steve Trenbirth | Mark Banker | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates | June 2, 2022 | |
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Phil turns his farm into a theme park to learn what fun is. | |||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Joy Story" | Kevin Peaty | Matt Smith | Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | June 2, 2022 | |
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Eep and Dawn find an egg and take it in as their new pet, but when they find out that the egg is a dangerous creature, they travel together to bring the egg back to its family. | |||||||
Season 4 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [5] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | "The Big Shine" | Scooter Tidwell | Rich Dahm | Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma | August 31, 2022 | |
| 21 | 2 | "Ball in Cup" | Steve Trenbirth | Lucas Mills | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates | August 31, 2022 | |
| 22 | 3 | "Growing Paints" | Kevin Peaty | Amanda Brooke Perrin | Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | August 31, 2022 | |
| 23 | 4 | "Cave New World" | Scooter Tidwell | Rich Dahm | Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma | August 31, 2022 | |
| 24 | 5 | "Thunk Tank" | Steve Trenbirth | Lucas Mills | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee, Katie Yates and Regine Clarke | August 31, 2022 | |
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Thunk becomes smart after being struck by lightning. | |||||||
| 25 | 6 | "Home Punch Home" | Kevin Peaty | Matt Smith | Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | August 31, 2022 | |
| 26 | 7 | "Goodbye Crood World" | Scooter Tidwell | Mark Banker | Andy Casadonte, Jiedi Chen and Heidi Neunhoffer | August 31, 2022 | |
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A fast-approaching asteroid headed toward the farm. | |||||||
Season 5 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Hwam I Am" | Steve Trenbirth | Amanda Brooke Perrin | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates | November 25, 2022 |
| 28 | 2 | "Eep Cover" | Kevin Peaty | Lucas Mills | Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | November 25, 2022 |
| 29 | 3 | "I.O. Crood" | Scooter Tidwell | Rich Dahm | Andy Casadonte, Jiedi Chen and Heidi Neunhoffer | November 25, 2022 |
| 30 | 4 | "Appetite for Deception" | Steve Trenbirth | Matt Smith | Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates | November 25, 2022 |
| 31 | 5 | "Shellraiser" | Kevin Peaty | Amanda Brooke Perrin | Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary | November 25, 2022 |
| 32 | 6 | "Camp Thunder" | Scooter Tidwell | Mark Banker | Andy Casadonte, Jiedi Chen and Heidi Neunhoffer | November 25, 2022 |
Production
On August 31, 2021, DreamWorks announced a CGI animated series titled The Croods: Family Tree, based on The Croods: A New Age, and would stream September 23 on Hulu and Peacock.[4][6][7] Tran reprises her role as Dawn, while A. J. Locascio reprises his role as Thunk from Dawn of the Croods. The new voice cast features Amy Landecker as Ugga, Kiff VandenHeuvel as Grug, Ally Dixon as Eep, Artemis Pebdani as Gran, Darin Brooks as Guy, Matthew Waterson as Phil, and Amy Rosoff as Hope.[8] Mark Banker (from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Adventure Time, Go, Dog, Go!) and Todd Grimes (from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants) serve as executive producers and showrunners for the series.[9][10] Like all DreamWorks Animation Television programs, the series will be animated by Mikros Animation under Technicolor Animation Productions.
References
- ^ "Hulu Originals Summer Slate". 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Animation Coming to Streaming Platforms in August 2022". 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Hulu: Fall 2022 Originals Programming".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "DreamWorks Drops Trailer and Images for 'The Croods: Family Tree' Series". Animation World Network. August 31, 2021.
- ^ a b "The Croods: Family Tree". Hulu Press (Press release). Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ "'The Croods' New TV Series Coming to Hulu and Peacock". 31 August 2021.
- ^ "'The Croods: Family Tree' Series to Air on Hulu & Peacock; Trailer, Premiere Date Unveiled". 31 August 2021.
- ^ Long, Lacy (August 31, 2021). "'The Croods: Family Tree' Trailer Reveals a New Spinoff Series Coming to Hulu and Peacock". Collider. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (August 31, 2021). "Trailer: 'The Croods: Family Tree' Branches Out on Hulu & Peacock This Month".
- ^ "DreamWorks Animation's 'The Croods' Series Set at Hulu, Peacock (Video)". 31 August 2021.
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