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. A second season was released on May 22, 2020.
Cast and characters
Main
- John Paul Tremblay as Julian
- Robb Wells as Ricky LaFleur
- Mike Smith as Bubbles "Bubs"
Recurring cast
- 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
- 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
Casting
John Dunsworth posthumously appears in the series as Jim Lahey, with his daughter Sarah Dunsworth-Nickerson stating on Twitter that excerpts of her father's actual voice were used in the series.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2019)
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."
References
External links
- Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series on Netflix
- Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series at IMDb
- Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series at Rotten Tomatoes
