# Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series

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

Series overview :
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| 1 | 10 | 10 | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |

### Season 1 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Long Story Short... A Bear Ripped My Cock Off and Ate It" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| Back in jail, tripping on mushrooms and transformed into cartoons, the boys test the limits of their new reality with both fear and excitement. |||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Pepperoni Cobra" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| A tapeworm is taking the grub right out of Ricky's mouth, but when the parasite swipes his weed, that's the last straw. Bubbles connects at the club. |||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Stanley Bong" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| Bubbles convinces Julian and Ricky to join him as he stalks Wayne Gretzky. Now they must beat the Moncton Mudslides to win back the Stanley Bong. |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Penis Milker" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| The boys go on a mission to save Steve French; a mountain lion friend, but they don't count on the mosquitoes, bear traps or sperm-harvesting backwoods locals. |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Big Ho's Carwash" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| Business and chaos boom as Julian revs up a sexy car wash, Ricky opens a trailer pool, and Bubbles builds his dream shed on a TV show. |||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Three Mustardteers" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| Old-school hash brings back memories of grade school, when young Julian, Ricky and Bubbles met, smoked and retaliated against a bully with a pellet gun. |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Satan's Bastards" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| Trinity and Jacob want to move, so the boys deliver hash to raise cash. But Ricky gets greedy and incurs the wrath of a rampaging biker gang. |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Space Weed" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| When Ricky's grow operations are exposed, an entrepreneur approaches him to cultivate dope in space. Beyond pumped, Bubbles demands to join the team. |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Hurricane Ricky" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| To get off the grid, Ricky liberates hundreds of car batteries. Julian concocts a scheme to ride out a big storm, but Mother Nature has other plans. |||||
| 10 | 10 | "Trailerstock" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | March 31, 2019 (2019-03-31) |
| The boys throw a benefit concert featuring Helix to save Sunnyvale. But how can their event compete with the nearby Queens of the Stone Age show? |||||

### Season 2 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original release date |
| 11 | 1 | "Duber" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| Ride-sharing hits a new high when Ricky attempts to go legit with a dope-smoking twist on Uber: Duber. But can the gang handle success — and Randy? |||||
| 12 | 2 | "Viral Video" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| The viral video cash-in is on. Ricky kidnaps a rank clown for Mo’s birthday party. But when the bozo bails, Cory and Randy step up as party starters. |||||
| 13 | 3 | "The Tax Man F**ked Me" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| Sunnyvale’s sketchiest get scammed by grifters posing as tax agents. A trap is set, then lethal farts lead the boys to a familiar face. |||||
| 14 | 4 | "Scamazon" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| Bubbles pours his life savings into Kitty Shakes while Julian and Ricky drive off to steal packages. Later, a reality competition comes calling. |||||
| 15 | 5 | "Clint Eatswood" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| The gang must rustle up dough to cure Bubbles’s kitten of hookworms, even if that means becoming movie stars. But are the boys ready to play dirty? |||||
| 16 | 6 | "The First Time We Smoked Weed" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| The fellas take a shady trip down memory lane back to 1979: the first time they smoked Panama Red — and launched a life of petty crime. |||||
| 17 | 7 | "Bubbles for Mayor" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| The city rounds up Bubbles’s free-range kitties, and when the mayor kicks him to the curb, he decides to run for office. One paradigm shift coming up. |||||
| 18 | 8 | "The Bagshank Redemption" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| After going to jail for peeing on the cops, Ricky claims he’s turning over a new leaf. That means ditching his two best pals to go on a Costco treasure hunt with Cory and Jacob. |||||
| 19 | 9 | "The F**ket List" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| Bubbles drags Julian to the fair to cheer him up. After a fortuneteller delivers the bad news, the guys end up in a cult. Time to start drinking. |||||
| 20 | 10 | "Well Boys, I Guess I Gotta Get Dead" | John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Norm Hiscock & Michael Rowe | May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) |
| The good times are killing them: A bank error in their favor sends the boys on a spending spree. When the cops arrive, Ricky must fake his own death. |||||

## 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."