Krapopolis
Genre
Created byDan Harmon
Starring
ComposerJoe Wong[1]
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseSeptember 24, 2023 (2023-09-24) –
present (present)

Krapopolis is an American adult animated sitcom created by Dan Harmon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. In October 2022, ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.[2] In March 2023, it was renewed for a third season ahead of the first season premiere.[3] The series premiered on September 24, 2023, on the Animation Domination programming block.[4]

Premise

The show is set in mythical ancient Greece and centers on a flawed family of humans, gods, monsters, and minorities trying to run one of the world's first cities without killing each other.[5]

Voice cast

The main characters of Krapopolis (From left to right) Shlub, Deliria, Hippocampus, Tyrannis, And Stupendous

Main

  • Richard Ayoade as Tyrannis, the main protagonist who is the demigod king of Krapopolis.
  • Matt Berry as Shlub, the father of Hippocampus and Tyrannis who is a Mantitaur (a centaur/manticore creature) and an unemployed artist.
  • Pam Murphy as Stupendous, a daughter of Deliria and Tyrannis' maternal half-sister who is a half-cyclops that wears an eyepatch that covers up where her right eye is supposed to go.
  • Duncan Trussell as Hippocampus, a fish-like sea monster who is Tyrannis' paternal half-brother and Stupendous's stepbrother. He is an inventor that wears a fishbowl helmet and a bronze baby walker that helps him get around.
  • Hannah Waddingham as Deliria, the mother of Tyrannis and Stupendous, and Shlub's wife who is the Goddess of Self-Destruction and Questionable Choice.

Recurring

  • Keith David as Asskill, the ruler of the barbaric and cannibalistic Killassian tribe who is the "Son of Kill, Slayer of Ass".
  • Pia Shah as Ermari
  • Tara Strong
  • Alanna Ubach
  • Michael Urie as Hermes, the Messenger of the Gods and one of Deliria's few remaining friends on Mount Olympus where he tells her some juicy gossip about anything.

Guest voices

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [6]Prod.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating
(18-49)
1"All Hail the Goddess of Likability!"Jake HollanderDan HarmonSeptember 24, 2023 (2023-09-24)1BBDH013.82[7]1.2[7]
Tyrannis oversees his city and is confronted by the barbaric and cannibalistic Killassians living nearby. His mother Deliria and father Shlub visit and Deliria is obsessed with people building a temple to her. Hippocampus develops a bomb and he and Stupendous attempt to give it to the Killassians in a Trojan horse. After Deliria is told by Hermes that Athena wants to talk to her and plans to get her back on Mount Olympus, Athena arrives to fight Deliria due to the Killassians worshiping Athena, but is defeated by the Trojan horse bomb.
Cast : Dee Bradley Baker, Keith David as Asskill, Matt Gourley, David Pressman as Steve and Citizen #1, Michael Urie as Hermes, Kari Wahlgren, Amber Stevens West as Athena
2"The Stuperbowl"Otis BrayboyBecky Mann & Audra SielaffSeptember 24, 2023 (2023-09-24)1BBDH031.90[7]0.6[7]
Cast : Eric Bauza, Keith David as Asskill, Dave Franco as Broseidon, Brandon Johnson, Tessa Bonham Jones as Narrator, Maurice LaMarche, Joel McHale as Sportscaster, David Pressman as Blacksmith and Runner, Rob Riggle as Sportscaster, Michael Urie as Hermes
3"Wife Swamp"Dominic PolcinoDan Harmon & Jordan YoungOctober 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)1BBDH021.70[8]0.5[8]
Cast : Eric Bauza, Yvette Nicole Brown as Herophile, Daveed Diggs as Carrots the Centaur, Matt Gourley as Bard and Kraken, David Koechner as Poseidon, David Pressman as Fisherman and Sculptor, Fred Tatasciore
4"Prometheus"Patrick KochakjiTom ScharplingOctober 8, 2023 (2023-10-08)1BBDH040.84[9]0.3[9]
Tyrannis and Hippocampus free Prometheus from his punishment that Zeus put him in as he is revealed to have a history with Deliria. Though Prometheus has plans to get payback on Zeus. Meanwhile, Shlub takes Stupendous to Cyclopia to find the Cyclops that Deliria previously mated with to give birth to Stupendous. She finds her father Donny as Shlub learns the hard way to stay out of certain things.
Cast : Steve Agee, Eric Bauza, John DiMaggio as Donny and Traveler, Tim Robinson as Heracles, Ben Stiller as Prometheus
5"12 Angry Goat Herders"Jake Hollander
Blake Lemons		Emma FletcherOctober 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)1BBDH050.70[10]0.2[10]
When Shlub is accused of eating the goats of the goat farmers, Tyrannis invents the court system, with Shlub representing by Tyrannis and Brenda the Sphinx representing the goat farmers. Meanwhile, Hippocampus is snubbed by Deliria who won't let him call her mom and makes a sprinkler system for the Killassians where he takes up the alias of a god. Deliria hears about it from Hermes and competes with him.
Cast : Carlos Alazraqui, Keith David as Asskill, Phil LaMarr, Jane Lynch as Brenda the Sphinx, David Pressman as Davros and Servant, Cree Summer, Michael Urie as Hermes
6"Woods-stock"Otis BrayboySiobhan ThompsonOctober 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)1BBDH070.82[11]0.2[11]
While at a party in the forest, Tyrannis meets a wood nymph named Daphne, who is conspiring to protect the forests by ridding the world of kings. Tyrannis's hard partying after getting kissed by Daphne attracts the attention of Dionysus, who intensifies the party and makes things worse Daphne, who is forced to team up with Stupendous and Hippocampus to get Tyrannis to end the party. Meanwhile, Deliria and Shlub meet Hegemone: Goddess of Plants Blooming and Bearing Fruit and her Mantitaur Paizo.
Cast : Stephanie Beatriz as Daphne, Kimberly Brooks, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Spencer Grammer, Tom Kenny, David Pressman as Beans Centaur and Unicorn, Jim Rash as Dionysus, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Kari Wahlgren, Amber Stevens West, Constance Zimmer
7"Please Demeter"Dominic PolcinoAbbey CaldwellNovember 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)1BBDH061.98[12]0.6[12]
While dealing with a grain blight, Tyrannis is told by Deliria that Demeter handles agriculture, but Deliria won't ask her for help as she once stole Demeter's earrings. He ends up praying to Demeter himself, and winds up getting a date with her. Meanwhile, Stupendous learns that her friend Prack the Unstoppable has died from a bee sting, so she enlists Hippocampus to get her into the Greek underworld so she can give Prack one last battle.
Cast : Kimberly Brooks, Holmes, Laura Jackman, Brandon Johnson, Maurice LaMarche as Centaur, Susan Sarandon as Demeter, Michael Urie, Kari Wahlgren
8"Big Man on Hippocampus"Dominic PolcinoRob SchrabNovember 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)1BBDH093.20[13]0.9[13]
Tyrannis takes Hippocampus to a tech convention called VolCon to meet other inventors which also includes a panel that Hephaestus is hosting. Hephaestus soon befriends Hippocampus when he mentions that he picked the lock that was previously used on Prometheus. After Tyrannis meets King Minos who trash-talks Daedalus, he decides to find a replacement for Hippocampus. Meanwhile, Deliria and Shlub have the temple to themselves until Stupendous returns with her petrified friend Felix after a disastrous fight with a Gorgon. To prevent her daughter from asking Athena for help, Deliria tries to unpetrify Felix with disastrous results.
Cast : Malcolm Barrett, Garrick Bernard, Steve Buscemi as Hephaestus, John DiMaggio, Chris Hardwick as himself, David Pressman as Inventor Fish, Jonathan Slavin, Kari Wahlgren
9"Dungeons and Deliria"Patrick KochakjiDiana TayNovember 19, 2023 (2023-11-19)1BBDH080.76[14]0.2[14]
A civilian has invented pants which the other civilians mock. Shlub enlists Tyrannis to help resolve the situation with the bar and the civilians. Meanwhile, Hippocampus hunts a rampaging Monstadon where he encounters Daphne and they get stuck underground. Now they must work to get out of the cavern and slay the Monstadon. At the same time, Stupendous joins her friends in a quest to the peaks of Oligyrtos to retrieve the Helmet of Iapetus as she ends up followed by Deliria. She wins over Stupendous' party and soon runs afoul of Iapetus.
Cast : Eric Bauza, Stephanie Beatriz as Daphne, David Cross as Mage, Will Forte as Campos, Bobby Moynihan, Kevin Michael Richardson as Iapetus and Bartender, Fred Tatasciore, Michael Urie as Hermes
10"Ty's Tail Tale"[15]TBATBADecember 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)TBATBDTBA
11"Tyrdra"[16]TBATBADecember 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)TBATBDTBA

Production

In June 2020, it was announced that Dan Harmon signed a deal with Fox to create a new adult animated comedy for 2022, with a straight-to-series order.[17] This will be Fox Entertainment Studios' first fully owned animated comedy series.

In May 2021, it was announced that the series would be titled Krapopolis.[18] At the same time, Fox stated that it would be "the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the blockchain", and the network would sell NFTs and other digital tie-ins to the series.[18][19] According to Fox, NFT owners "will be able to vote on specific show content and dictate exclusive on-air elements."[20]

In June 2021, it was announced that Jordan Young would be the showrunner for the series.[21]

In October 2022, Fox gave the series an early renewal for a second season ahead of its premiere.[2]

In March 2023, the series was renewed for a third season.[3] In April 2023, it was announced that Alex Rubens is replacing Young as showrunner for the second and third seasons.[22]

Release

In July 2022, Fox announced the series was scheduled to premiere with a special preview episode on November 27, 2022, before its official premiere in 2023.[23] It was delayed to September 24, 2023.[24]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 56% with an average rating of 6.1/10, based on 14 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Carried by its superb voice cast like Atlas shouldering the Earth, Krapopolis falls short of divine comedy but offers consistent enough chuckles for fans of animated raunch."[25] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Credits: Joe Wong". Joewong.org. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  2. 1 2 White, Peter (October 7, 2022). "Dan Harmon's 'Krapopolis' Handed Early Season 2 Renewal At Fox". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  3. 1 2 White, Peter (March 1, 2023). "Dan Harmon's 'Krapopolis' Renewed For Season 3 At Fox Ahead Of Premiere As Animated Series Moves To 2023/24 Season". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ White, Peter (July 10, 2023). "'Krapopolis': Fox Sets Long-Awaited Premiere Date For Dan Harmon Animated Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Krapopolis | Watch Full Episodes Online on FOX". Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Shows A-Z - krapopolis on fox". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Pucci, Douglas (September 26, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: Fox Debuted Animated Series Krapopolis". Program Insider. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Pucci, Douglas (October 5, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: NBC Shook Off its Competition to Win Prime Time with 'Sunday Night Football'". Programming Insider. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  9. 1 2 Douglas Pucci (October 12, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: NBC Shook Off its Competition to Win Prime Time with 'Sunday Night Football'". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  10. 1 2 Douglas Pucci (October 23, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: FS1 Likely Runner-Up Among Key Demos with Game Six of MLB's American League Championship Series". Programming Insider. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  11. 1 2 Douglas Pucci (November 5, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: NBC Dominates Prime Time with 'Sunday Night Football', Cowboys-Eagles NFL Overrun Catapults Fox to Solid Runner-Up". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  12. 1 2 Douglas Pucci (November 6, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: NBC Dominates Prime Time with 'Sunday Night Football', Cowboys-Eagles NFL Overrun Catapults Fox to Solid Runner-Up". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  13. 1 2 Douglas Pucci (November 13, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: CBS Showcases Paramount+ Drama 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  14. 1 2 Douglas Pucci (November 20, 2023). "Sunday Ratings: NFL on NBC Continues its Prime Time Leadership". Programming Insider. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Krapopolis Episode 112: "Ty's Tail Tale"". FOXFLASH. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Krapopolis Episode 110: "Tyrdra"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  17. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (June 17, 2020). "Dan Harmon Inks Direct Deal At Fox Entertainment With Series Commitment For New Animated Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  18. 1 2 Andreeva, Nellie (May 17, 2021). "Dan Harmon's Animated Series 'Krapopolis' To Be Created On Blockchain & Sell NFTs In A First For Fox". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  19. ↑ Dessem, Matthew (May 18, 2021). "Dan Harmon Is Making "the First Ever Animated Series Curated Entirely on the Blockchain"". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2023. Fox ... spelled out in a little more detail what they meant by 'curated entirely on the blockchain'. Essentially, it's a way of selling merch
  20. ↑ "How is KRAPOPOLIS curated on the blockchain?". Fox Help Center. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  21. ↑ White, Peter (June 23, 2021). "'Krapopolis': Jordan Young Set As Showrunner For Dan Harmon's Fox Animated Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  22. ↑ White, Peter (April 24, 2023). "'Krapopolis': Alex Rubens To Replace Jordan Young As Showrunner For Season 2 & 3". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  23. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (July 23, 2022). "Dan Harmon's 'Krapopolis' Shows Off First Look, Sets Special Fox Preview For November – Comic-Con". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 27, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  24. ↑ White, Peter (July 10, 2023). "'Krapopolis': Fox Sets Long-Awaited Premiere Date For Dan Harmon Animated Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 10, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Krapopolis: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  26. ↑ "Krapopolis: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
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