Netflix’s ‘Mating Season’ Animated Comedy Debuts from ‘Big Mouth’ Creators
The Story
Netflix has released a new animated comedy series titled “Mating Season” from the co-creator of “Big Mouth.” The 10-episode show follows a bear named Josh, voiced by Zach Woods, as he navigates mating season after his girlfriend leaves him for another bear.
Key Facts
- The series is described as the spiritual successor to “Big Mouth.”
- Co-creator Nick Kroll voices an extremely confident raccoon character that shouts during copulation.
- The show features biologically accurate animal behaviors, including a hippopotamus ritual of spraying a mate with feces and an entire episode about the canine copulatory tie.
- The show exploits the Disneyfication of animal characters, referencing classic Disney tropes such as a character floating toward an animal’s anus while muttering “Nummy nummy nummy,” a variation of a scene from the 1941 Disney short “The Little Whirlwind.”
- Josh, the bear, has realized it is literally mating season and is dismayed his girlfriend ran off with an alpha bear.
Conflicting Reports
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Still Unclear
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Misconceptions
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Key Figures
- Nick Kroll – co-creator of “Mating Season” and voice actor for the raccoon character.
- Zach Woods – voice actor for Josh the bear.
Sources: The Guardian
