Big Mouth | |
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Opening theme | "Changes" by Charles Bradley |
Composers | Mark Rivers Patrick Doyle ("Vagina Shame") |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 71 (list of episodes) |
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Editor | Felipe Salazar |
Running time | 25–46 minutes |
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Network | Netflix |
Release | September 29, 2017 – present |
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Human Resources |
Big Mouth is an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett for Netflix. The series centers on students based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictionalized younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while embracing an openness about the human body and sex. [1]
The first season, consisting of ten episodes, premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017, and the second season was released on October 5, 2018. The third season was preceded by a Valentine's Day special episode on February 8, 2019, and the rest of the third season was released on October 4, 2019. In July 2019, Netflix renewed the series through to a sixth season. The fourth season was released on December 4, 2020, and the fifth season was released on November 5, 2021. The sixth season premiered on October 28, 2022. A seventh season premiered on October 20, 2023. In April 2023, the series was renewed for an eighth and final season, making it one of Netflix's longest-running original scripted series ever produced. This season is scheduled to be released in 2025.
Since its release, the series has received critical acclaim. A spin-off series titled Human Resources debuted on March 18, 2022 and ran for two seasons, concluding on June 9, 2023.
The series follows a group of middle school teenagers, including best friends Nick Birch and Andrew Glouberman, as they navigate their way through puberty with struggles such as masturbation and sexual arousal all in the Westchester County suburbs of New York. Acting as over-sexualized shoulder angels are the hormone monsters: Maurice (who pesters Andrew and Matthew and occasionally Nick), Connie (who pesters Jessi and Nick and occasionally Missy) and Mona (who mainly pesters Missy). Throughout the series, the kids interact with people and objects who are often personified and offer helpful, yet confusing, advice in their puberty-filled lives including the ghost of Duke Ellington, a French-accented Statue of Liberty, a pillow capable of getting pregnant, a capsule of Adderall, and even Jessi's own vulva, alongside other supernatural creatures that represent a human emotion like The Shame Wizard, the Depression Kitty, Tito the Anxiety Mosquito, and the Lovebugs Walter, Sonya and Rochelle. They seek out their destiny as puberty challenges them mentally and physically.
TV writer Andrew Goldberg and screenwriter-directors Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin approached Nick Kroll, Goldberg's best friend since childhood, with the idea to develop a show about going through puberty. [14] Kroll and Goldberg used their divergent pubertal experiences as a centerpiece of the show, because Kroll was a late bloomer while Goldberg went through the physical changes of puberty very early. [15] Big Mouth was also partially inspired to help aid teenagers in states with abstinence based sex education. [15] Many of their lived experiences are featured in the show, such as Kroll's first kiss, and Goldberg's parents waxing his mustache. [14] The show also includes an experience of their childhood friend, Lizzie, who the character of Jessi is based on, getting her first period on a school trip to the Statue of Liberty. According to Kroll in an interview on NPR, Big Mouth "takes an equal look at what it's like for girls and women, the process of going through puberty, which I think has not been quite as explored in most popular culture." [14] Netflix announced they had picked up Big Mouth in June 2016. [16]
On June 24, 2020, Jenny Slate stepped down from voicing Missy Foreman-Greenwald so that a Black actress could have the role in the wake of the George Floyd protests. [17] Slate's final time voicing Missy is in the fourth season as she recorded her lines in advance. [18] Ayo Edebiri was cast to replace Slate as Missy. Her first appearance as Missy is in "Horrority House", the penultimate episode of the fourth season. [3] On April 24, 2023, Netflix renewed the series for an eighth and final season. [19] In April 2024, Netflix confirmed that the eighth and final season is set to air in 2025. [20]
The first soundtrack album of songs from the TV series was released alongside season three on October 4, 2019.
Super Songs of Big Mouth Vol. 1 (Music from the Netflix Original Series) | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | October 4, 2019 |
Recorded | 2016–2019 |
Genre | TV soundtrack |
Length | 33:58 |
Label | Netflix Studios |
All songs written by Mark Rivers except where indicated.
No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Totally Gay" | Mark Rivers | 1:42 |
2. | "I Love My Body" | Maya Rudolph | 1:54 |
3. | "Valentine's Day" | Fred Armisen, Jak Knight, Jason Mantzoukas, Jessi Klein, Nick Kroll, Richard Kind | 2:09 |
4. | "Never Lost in New York City" | Jordan Peele | 1:07 |
5. | "I Am The Hormone Monstress (dialogue)" | Rudolph, Klein | 0:21 |
6. | "Sexy Red Bra" | Rudolph, Rivers | 1:37 |
7. | "Slut Walk" | Ileen Goldsmith, Crissy Guerrero, Knight, Mantzoukas, Klein, Kroll | 1:21 |
8. | "Guy Town" | Rivers, Jerry Minor, Mantzoukas, Marvin Robinson | 1:32 |
9. | "Why Does Nobody (Get How Great I Am?)" | Klein, Rudolph, Kroll | 1:26 |
10. | "You Look Beautiful, Steve (dialogue)" | Kroll | 0:22 |
11. | "Sex On A Lady" | Kroll, Rivers | 1:31 |
12. | "Life Is a Fucked Up Mess" | Klein, Jessica Chaffin, John Mulaney, Kroll, Kind, Seth Morris | 1:22 |
13. | "Disclosure (The Musical)" | Andrew Rannells, Klein, Mulaney, June Diane Raphael, Rivers, Kroll | 2:25 |
14. | "Anything Goes in Florida" | Kroll, Rivers | 1:28 |
15. | "Perfectly Gross Little Dirtbag (dialogue)" | Kroll, Mulaney | 0:20 |
16. | "Shame" | David Thewlis, Rivers | 2:07 |
17. | "The Spectrum of Sexuality" | Martin Short, Brendan McCreary, Peele, Rivers, Rudolph | 1:58 |
18. | "You've Got the Power Now" | Kroll, Jenny Slate, Thandie Newton, Rudolph | 0:52 |
19. | "Slice O' Your Pie" | Peele | 1:10 |
20. | "I Feel Like Shit (This Must Be Love)" | Slate, Mulaney | 1:15 |
21. | "Sex on a Lady (credits version)" | Craig Robinson | 2:20 |
22. | "Who Needs a Boy?" | Rannells, Goldsmith, Rudolph, Kroll | 1:55 |
23. | "Everybody's Going Through Changes (written by Anthony Frank Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Terence Michael Butler, and W.T. Ward)" | Rudolph, Peele | 1:44 |
Total length: | 33:58 |
The second soundtrack album of songs from the TV series was released alongside season six on October 28, 2022.
All songs written by Mark Rivers except where indicated.
Super Songs of Big Mouth Vol. 2 (Music from the Netflix Series) | |
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
Released | October 28, 2022 |
Recorded | 2020–2022 |
Genre | TV soundtrack |
Length | 37:45 |
Label | Netflix Studios |
No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Previously on Big Mouth Song" | feat. Mark Rivers | 2:01 |
2. | "Best Friends Make The Best Lovers (Cast Version)" | Maya Rudolph feat. Rivers, Crissy Guerrero | 1:55 |
3. | "Hot Pocket Party" | Nick Kroll feat. Andrew Rannells, Rivers and Joe Wengert | 1:18 |
4. | "Poop Madness" | Rivers | 2:11 |
5. | "Girl, We Got With Your Mom" | Ed Helms and Matt Rogers with Adam Levine | 1:49 |
6. | "How Great You Are" | Kroll | 0:42 |
7. | "Sucks Bein' Me" | Kroll | 1:29 |
8. | "Tonight!" | Kroll, John Mulaney, Jason Mantzoukas and Paula Pell | 1:33 |
9. | "Do You Feel the Love?" | Brandon Kyle Goodman and Kroll feat. Rivers and Guerrero | 1:53 |
10. | "I Used to Be Her Favorite" | Rannells | 1:40 |
11. | "I'm Fucking Lola!" | Kroll feat. Rannells, Jon Daly, Wengert and Rivers | 2:03 |
12. | "Cafeteria Girls" | Rivers | 1:02 |
13. | "I'm So Horny" | Rivers | 1:46 |
14. | "Feels So Good to Hate" | Ayo Edebiri and Kroll feat. Goodman and Keke Palmer | 1:50 |
15. | "The Rice Purity Test" | Annaleigh Ashford | 0:59 |
16. | "The You That's in Your Heart" | Cole Escola and Rudolph | 1:50 |
17. | "Lola and Jay" | Kroll and Kristen Rivers | 1:41 |
18. | "You'll Always Have Shame" | David Thewlis feat. Rivers and Guerrero | 1:57 |
19. | "Rodney's Lament" | Daly | 0:51 |
20. | "Dads Out the Ass" | Kroll, Helms and Rogers with Levine | 1:29 |
21. | "Code Switching" | Jak Knight | 1:38 |
22. | "Helpless" | Big Mouth cast | 1:44 |
23. | "What're You Gonna Do?" | Kroll feat. Rudolph, Jean Smart and Rivers | 1:47 |
24. | "Changes (Orchestral Version)" | Patrick Doyle and Mary Carewe | 0:37 |
Total length: | 37:45 |
The first season, consisting of ten episodes, premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017. [21] [22] On October 24, 2017, it was confirmed that a second season had been ordered, [23] which was released on October 5, 2018. [24] On November 17, 2018, Netflix announced that Big Mouth had been renewed for a third season. [25] The third season was preceded by a Valentine's Day special episode on February 8, 2019. [26] On July 26, 2019, Netflix renewed the series through to a sixth season. [27] On August 21, 2019, it was reported that the third season was set to be released on October 4, 2019. [28] The fourth season was released on December 4, 2020. [29] The fifth season was released on November 5, 2021. [30] In April 2022, Netflix renewed the show for a seventh season, ahead of the sixth-season premiere. [31] The sixth season was released on October 28, 2022. [32] The seventh season was released on October 20, 2023. [33]
Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
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1 | 100% (24 reviews) [34] | 80 (6 reviews) [35] |
2 | 100% (33 reviews) [36] | 90 (9 reviews) [37] |
3 | 97% (33 reviews) [38] | 84 (5 reviews) [39] |
4 | 100% (24 reviews) [40] | 88 (4 reviews) [41] |
5 | 100% (5 reviews) [42] | N/A (1 reviews) [43] |
6 | 100% (4 reviews) [44] | 84 (3 reviews) [45] |
7 | 71% (7 reviews) [46] | 68 (4 reviews) [47] |
Big Mouth has received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 100% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Big Mouth's simplistic animation and scatological humor belie its finely sketched characters and smart, empathetic approach to the messiness of adolescence." [34] On Metacritic, it holds a rating of 80 out of 100, based on six critics. [35]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has an approval rating of 100% based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 8.80 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads "Poignantly repulsive, Big Mouth continues to confront the awkwardness of adolescence with foul-mouthed glee and an added layer of maturity." [36] On Metacritic, it has a score of 90 out of 100 for the second season, based on nine critics. [37]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season has an approval rating of 97% based on 33 reviews with an average rating of 8.00 out 10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Like the characters at its center, Big Mouth's third season continues to grow, taking on complicated new issues with the same gross-but-utterly-empathetic eye that made it so lovable in the first place." [38] On Metacritic, it has a score of 84 out of 100 for the third season, based on five critics. [39]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the fourth season has an approval rating of 100% based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 8.30 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Big Mouth's fourth season is another tour de force of empathetic cringe comedy that manages to get even better by finally giving Missy the storyline she deserves." [40] On Metacritic, it has a score of 88 out of 100 for the fourth season, based on four critics. [41]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the fifth season has an approval rating of 100% based on five reviews. [42]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the sixth season has an approval rating of 100% based on four reviews. [40] On Metacritic, it has a score of 84 out of 100 for the sixth season, based on three critics.. [45]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season has an approval rating of 71% based on seven reviews. [46] On Metacritic, the seventh season has a score of 68 out of 100, based on four critics. [47]
Vox described the first season as sharp and jarring depicting the awkwardness of pubescence, post-pubescence, and pre-pubescence. [48] Erik Adams from The A.V. Club awarded the second season an "A−". Adams praised the cast, especially Thewlis, and the experimentation of this season, commenting that "it's shown that it deserves to be included in any conversation about TV's animated greats." [49]
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Annie Awards | Best General Audience Television/Broadcast Production | Big Mouth(for "Am I Gay?") | Nominated | [50] |
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Mark Rivers (for "Totally Gay") | Nominated | [51] | |
2019 | Annie Awards | Best General Audience Television/Broadcast Production | Big Mouth(for "The Planned Parenthood Show") | Nominated | [52] |
Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Emily Altman | Nominated | |||
MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Show | Big Mouth | Nominated | [53] | |
Best Comedic Performance | John Mulaney | Nominated | |||
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program | Big Mouth(for "The Planned Parenthood Show") | Nominated | [54] | |
2020 | Casting Society of America | Television – Animation | Julie Ashton-Barson | Won | [55] |
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program | Big Mouth(for "Disclosure the Movie: The Musical") | Nominated | [56] | |
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress (for "How To Have An Orgasm") | Won | |||
Outstanding Derivative Interactive Program | Big Mouth Guide to Life | Won | |||
2021 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Animated Series | Big Mouth | Nominated | [57] |
Best Voice Actor in an Animated Series | Nick Kroll | Nominated | |||
John Mulaney | Nominated | ||||
Best Voice Actress in an Animated Series | Maya Rudolph | Nominated | |||
GLAAD Media Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | Big Mouth | Nominated | [58] | |
Annie Awards | Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | Andrew Goldberg and Patti Harrison | Won | [59] [60] | |
American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Animation (Non-Theatrical) | Felipe Salazar (for "Nick Starr") | Nominated | [61] | |
Casting Society of America Awards | Television Animation | Julie Ashton | Won | [62] | |
NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Animated Series | Big Mouth | Nominated | [63] | |
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Animated Series or Animated Television Movie | Big Mouth | Nominated | [64] | |
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program | Big Mouth(for "The New Me") | Nominated | [65] [66] | |
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress (for "A Very Special 9/11 Episode") | Won | |||
2022 | Casting Society of America Awards | Television Animation | Julie Ashton | Won | [67] |
NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Animated Series | Big Mouth | Nominated | [68] | |
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Streaming Animated Series or Television Movie | Big Mouth | Nominated | [69] | |
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress (for "A Very Big Mouth Christmas") | Nominated | [70] [71] | |
2023 | Casting Society of America Awards | Television Animation | Julie Ashton | Won | [72] |
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress (for "Asexual Healing") | Won | [73] | |
2024 | Casting Society of America Awards | Television Animation | Julie Ashton | Won | [74] |
Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Maya Rudolph as Connie the Hormone Monstress (for "The Ambition Gremlin") | Won | [75] |
On October 3, 2019, Netflix announced a straight-to-series order for a spin-off series titled Human Resources, set within the show's universe. Kroll, Goldberg, Levin, Flackett and Kelly Galuska will produce. [76] On June 14, 2021, more details of the series were announced, including casting. Kroll, Rudolph, Thewlis, Bryant, Cannavale, Newton, Bamford, Goodman, Palmer, Clement and Adlon reprised their roles for the spin-off, with additional cast members Randall Park, Rosie Perez, and Henry Winkler joining the series. [77] [78] [79] It was released on March 18, 2022. [80] Human Resources then released its second and final season on June 9, 2023. [81] [82]
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The second season of Big Mouth, an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett, was released on Netflix on October 5, 2018. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while "embrac[ing] a frankness about the human body and sex."
The third season of Big Mouth, an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett, was released on Netflix on October 4, 2019; with a Valentine's Day special released several months earlier on February 8, 2019. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while "embrac[ing] a frankness about the human body and sex."
The fourth season of Big Mouth, an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett, was released on Netflix on December 4, 2020. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while "embrac[ing] a frankness about the human body and sex."
The fifth season of Big Mouth, an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett, was released on Netflix on November 5, 2021. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while "embrac[ing] a frankness about the human body and sex."
The sixth season of Big Mouth, an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett, was released on Netflix on October 28, 2022. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while "embrac[ing] a frankness about the human body and sex."