Miitopia: The Show

Miitopia: The Show is a 2024 animated series based off the Nintendo 3DS game Miitopia. The show stars Dave Franco, Jessica Darrow, Daveed Diggs, Wolfgang Puck, Rhys Darby, Evan Peters, James Marsden, LeBron James, Andy Walken, Shay Mitchell, Gary Oldman and Bill Cobbs in the lead roles.
The show premiered on Netflix on May 24th 2024 to positive reviews. A second season is in development.
== Plot ==
=== Season 1 ===
After the elusive Dark Lord embarks on a rampage stealing the inhabitants of Miitopia's faces, it's up to cowardly warrior Percy and his ragtag group of friends to face off against the Dark Lord and save Miitopia!
=== Season 2 ===
As the Fellowship of the Faces settle into a swanky villa in the Travellers' Hub and start a new life together, Percy begins questioning his abilities and position as leader. Meanwhile, they're visited by an elf named Aerwyna, a young elf, who warns them of Vlad, an Imp set on destroying all of Miitopia.
== Cast ==
=== Protagonists ===
* Dave Franco as Percy, a cowardly warrior who is inadvertedly thrown into adventure.
* Jessica Darrow as Sam, a laid-back thief who is Percy's love interest.
* Daveed Diggs as Colt, a suave pop singer with notoriously catchy songs who inevitably becomes Percy's best friend.
** Diggs also voices Jean, a French food critic that commonly crosses paths with the group.
* Wolfgang Puck as Patrick, a stubborn but wise chef who is known for making terrible-looking food taste great.
* Rhys Darby as Lance (season 1), a clumsy cleric with the ability of reviving.
* Evan Peters as Henry, an energetic mage who often accidentally puts the team in trouble's way.
* James Marsden as Ralph, an eccentric scientist and Jimmy's father.
* Andy Walken as Jimmy, a young kid who often pretends to be a cat.
* LeBron James as Duke, a hot-headed man who was engineered to be half-tank.
* Shay Mitchell as Calliope, an excitable princess who never leaves home without her horse Ravioli.
* Gary Oldman as The Dark Lord (season 1), a malicious demon hellbent on stealing faces.
* Bill Cobbs as Great Sage Wallace, a wise old sage who guides the heroes on their quest.
*Ali Wong as Aerwyna (season 2), a cautious elf who joins the Fellowship when Miitopia is threatened.
*Michael J. Woodard as Toby (season 2), Colt's excitable brother who dreams of becoming a musician.
*Idris Elba as Vlad (season 2), a villainous Imp on a mission to destroy Miitopia.
=== Secondary Cast ===
* Kristen Schaal, Kristin Chenowith and Ellie Kemper as Dawn, Delilah and Primrose, the acclaimed Fab Fairies of Elven Retreat.
* Will Sasso as Mayor Tyrone (season 1), the bumbling mayor of Greenhorne.
*Chris Diamantopoulos as Dominic, a young dragon.
* Jett Klyne as Mikey, Percy's younger brother.
*Maverick Carter as Earl, Duke's roommate.
*Ely Henry as Beauregard (season 1), a pompous prince that Calliope is arranged to be married to.
*Lucas Neff as Liam, an awkward peasant who is Calliope's true love.
*Danny DeVito as Marcus, Percy's father.
* Keegan-Michael Key as Gene (season 1), the genie of the lamp.
* Billy Eichner as King Stefan (season 1), the king of Greenhorne and Calliope's father.
* Maya Rudolph as Queen Priscilla, the queen of Greenhorne and Calliope's mother.
*Liam Hemsworth as Bryan, the well-informed, if a bit dim bodybuilder of the Traveler's Hub.
*Jason Mantzoukas as Deke, a worrisome, blind explorer.
*Nick Kroll as Robbie, a quizmaster in the Traveler's Hub who soon becomes Henry's new roommate.
*Tom Selleck as Charlie, Sam’s long lost father.
*Phylicia Rashad as Myrtle (season 2), Colt and Toby's mother.
*Russell Howard as Kevin (season 2), Percy's friend and neighbor in the Traveler's Hub.
*Léa Seydoux as Hilda (season 2), Patrick's wife and a scientist.
== Reception ==
Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season a rating of 86%, with a consensus reading "Just like the game it was based on, Miitopia: The Show comes packed with goofiness, laughs and surprising emotion."
== Trivia ==
* The show was originally planned as a theatrically-released movie, but due to the plot being too long, it was turned into a 15-episode series.
* Jason Sudeikis was considered for the role of Henry.
* Evangeline Lilly was originally cast as Sam, but she dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and replaced with Jessica Darrow.
* Randall Park and Jeremy Renner were considered for the role of Ralph.
* Robert Downey Jr. was considered for the role of Marcus.
*During Season 2, Owen Wilson was originally cast as Vlad.
Category:Netflix Original Series
Category:Nintendo
Category:Animated series
Category:Based on Video-Games