Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series
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Theme music composer | Blain Morris |
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Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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Camera setup | Multiple-camera |
Running time | 23–26 min. |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | March 31, 2019 May 22, 2020 | –
Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series is a Canadian adult animated sitcom created by John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, and Mike Smith. The series is a spin-off and sequel to the 2001 television mockumentary comedy series, Trailer Park Boys, itself a sequel to Mike Clattenburg's 1999 film of the same name.
Picking up after the events of the original series' twelfth season, The Animated Series continues to follow the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
The series premiered on Netflix on March 31, 2019.[1] A second season was released on May 22, 2020.[2]
Cast and characters
[edit]Main
[edit]Recurring cast
[edit]- John Dunsworth (archive recording) as Jim Lahey
- Patrick Roach as Randy
- Cory Bowles as Himself / Steve French / Naked Man
- Jeanna Harrison as Trinity LaFleur-Collins
- Jacob Rolfe as Jacob Collins
- Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson as Sarah
- Tyrone Parsons as Himself
- Marguerite McNeil as Marguerite Murphy
- Shelley Thompson as Barb Lahey (season 1)
Notable special guests
[edit]- Nathan MacKinnon as himself (season 1)
- Alex Lifeson as Big Chunk (season 1)
- Josh Homme as himself (season 1)
- Kevin O’Leary as himself (season 1)
- Mark Cuban as himself (season 1)
- Arlene Dickinson as herself (season 1)
- Michael Wekerle as himself (season 1)
- Jay Baruchel as Jason Rucknel (season 1 & 2)
- Edge as Sledge (season 2)
Production
[edit]Casting
[edit]John Dunsworth posthumously appears in the series as Jim Lahey,[3] with his daughter Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson stating on Twitter that excerpts of her father's actual voice were used in the series.[4]
Episodes
[edit]Series overview
[edit]Season 1 (2019)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | |
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1 | 1 | "Long Story Short... A Bear Ripped My Cock Off and Ate It" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
Back in jail, tripping on mushrooms and transformed into cartoons, the boys test the limits of their new reality with both fear and excitement. | |||||
2 | 2 | "The Pepperoni Cobra" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
A tapeworm is taking the grub right out of Ricky's mouth, but when the parasite swipes his weed, that's the last straw. Bubbles connects at the club. | |||||
3 | 3 | "The Stanley Bong" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
Bubbles convinces Julian and Ricky to join him as he stalks Wayne Gretzky. Now they must beat the Moncton Mudslides to win back the Stanley Bong. | |||||
4 | 4 | "The Penis Milker" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
The boys go on a mission to save Steve French; a mountain lion friend, but they don't count on the mosquitoes, bear traps or sperm-harvesting backwoods locals. | |||||
5 | 5 | "Big Ho's Carwash" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
Business and chaos boom as Julian revs up a sexy car wash, Ricky opens a trailer pool, and Bubbles builds his dream shed on a TV show. | |||||
6 | 6 | "The Three Mustardteers" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
Old-school hash brings back memories of grade school, when young Julian, Ricky and Bubbles met, smoked and retaliated against a bully with a pellet gun. | |||||
7 | 7 | "Satan's Bastards" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
Trinity and Jacob want to move, so the boys deliver hash to raise cash. But Ricky gets greedy and incurs the wrath of a rampaging biker gang. | |||||
8 | 8 | "Space Weed" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
When Ricky's grow operations are exposed, an entrepreneur approaches him to cultivate dope in space. Beyond pumped, Bubbles demands to join the team. | |||||
9 | 9 | "Hurricane Ricky" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
To get off the grid, Ricky liberates hundreds of car batteries. Julian concocts a scheme to ride out a big storm, but Mother Nature has other plans. | |||||
10 | 10 | "Trailerstock" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 | |
The boys throw a benefit concert featuring Helix to save Sunnyvale. But how can their event compete with the nearby Queens of the Stone Age show? |
Season 2 (2020)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date | |
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11 | 1 | "Duber" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
Ride-sharing hits a new high when Ricky attempts to go legit with a dope-smoking twist on Uber: Duber. But can the gang handle success — and Randy? | |||||
12 | 2 | "Viral Video" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
The viral video cash-in is on. Ricky kidnaps a rank clown for Mo’s birthday party. But when the bozo bails, Cory and Randy step up as party starters. | |||||
13 | 3 | "The Tax Man F**ked Me" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
Sunnyvale’s sketchiest get scammed by grifters posing as tax agents. A trap is set, then lethal farts lead the boys to a familiar face. | |||||
14 | 4 | "Scamazon" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
Bubbles pours his life savings into Kitty Shakes while Julian and Ricky drive off to steal packages. Later, a reality competition comes calling. | |||||
15 | 5 | "Clint Eatswood" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
The gang must rustle up dough to cure Bubbles’s kitten of hookworms, even if that means becoming movie stars. But are the boys ready to play dirty? | |||||
16 | 6 | "The First Time We Smoked Weed" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
The fellas take a shady trip down memory lane back to 1979: the first time they smoked Panama Red — and launched a life of petty crime. | |||||
17 | 7 | "Bubbles for Mayor" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
The city rounds up Bubbles’s free-range kitties, and when the mayor kicks him to the curb, he decides to run for office. One paradigm shift coming up. | |||||
18 | 8 | "The Bagshank Redemption" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
After going to jail for peeing on the cops, Ricky claims he’s turning over a new leaf. That means ditching his two best pals to go on a Costco treasure hunt with Cory and Jacob. | |||||
19 | 9 | "The F**ket List" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
Bubbles drags Julian to the fair to cheer him up. After a fortuneteller delivers the bad news, the guys end up in a cult. Time to start drinking. | |||||
20 | 10 | "Well Boys, I Guess I Gotta Get Dead" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 | |
The good times are killing them: A bank error in their favor sends the boys on a spending spree. When the cops arrive, Ricky must fake his own death. |
Reception
[edit]Rudi Abdullah of Cultured Vultures reviewed the first season, writing that "Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series utilizes its cartoon format in a handful of successful ways but it doesn't manage to hold a candle to its live action predecessor."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Spring Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series: 2019 Edition". Deadline. March 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
- ^ "Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series (TV Series 2019–2020) - Episode list - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "The 'Trailer Park Boys' Animated Series Gives Fans The Perfect Sendoff For Mr. Lahey". Bustle. 31 March 2019.
- ^ "'Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series pays tribute to John Dunsworth, killing his character Lahey in absurd fashion". Newsweek. September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series: Season 1 REVIEW". April 12, 2019.
External links
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