Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series Explained

Genre:
Voices:
Theme Music Composer:Blain Morris
Country:Canada
Language:English
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:20
List Episodes:List of Trailer Park Boys episodes
Camera:Multiple-camera
Runtime:23–26 min.
Company:
  • Sunnyvale Productions
  • Swearnet Pictures
  • Entertainment One Television
Network:Netflix

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.

Cast and characters

See also: List of Trailer Park Boys characters.

Main

Recurring cast

Notable special guests

Production

Casting

John Dunsworth (Jim Lahey) posthumously appears in the series.[2] John Dunsworth's daughter Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson (who plays a character with the same first name), tweeted that her father's real voice was used in the animated series.[3]

Episodes

Season 2 (2020)

Reception

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."[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Spring Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series: 2019 Edition. Deadline. March 19, 2019. July 19, 2019.
  2. Web site: The 'Trailer Park Boys' Animated Series Gives Fans The Perfect Sendoff For Mr. Lahey. Bustle. 31 March 2019 .
  3. Web site: 'Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series pays tribute to John Dunsworth, killing his character Lahey in absurd fashion. September 2, 2019. Newsweek.
  4. Web site: Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series: Season 1 REVIEW. April 12, 2019.