Big City Greens

Big City Greens is a 2018 Disney animated television series on the Disney Channel. The series is created by Chris and Shane Houghton, who originally worked on 's . The series received an early preview on June 8, 2018 on DisneyNOW and YouTube, and officially premiered on the Disney Channel on June 18 of the same year. As of September 2023, it is currently the second longest running animated Disney Channel Original Series (right behind Phineas and Ferb).
==Overview==
The series focuses on Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city (simply called Big City) with his family. Cricket's curiosity and enthusiasm leads his wildly out of place family onto epic journeys and into the hearts of his new neighbors.
In mid-Season 3, the Greens leave Big City and return to their old hometown, Smalton, after Bill Green re-purchases their old house, and try to get adjusted to their former life.
Emmy Award-winning director Rob Renzetti (creator of Nickelodeon's My Life as a Teenage Robot and supervising producer for Gravity Falls) serves as executive producer and the Houghton brothers serve as co-executive producers.
The intro was first shown at San Diego Comic Con on July 21, 2017.
==Cast==
===Main===
*Chris Houghton as Cricket Green
*Marieve Herington as Tilly Green
*Bob Joles as Bill Green
*Artemis Pebdani as Alice Green
*Zeno Robinson as Remy Remington
*Anna Akana as Gloria Sato
*Wendi McLendon-Covey as Nancy Green
===Recurring===
*Luke Lowe as Benny
*Andy Daly as Officer Keys
*Billy West as Nick Mulligan
*Nicole Byer as Andromeda
*Lamar Woods as Weezie
*Monica Ray as Kiki Kitashima (Season 1-3)
*Stephanie Sheh as Kiki Kitashima (Season 3-present)
*Danny Trejo as Vasquez
*Paul Scheer as Chip Whistler
*Colton Dunn as Brett Eze and Russell Remington
*Lorraine Toussaint as Rashida Remington
*Shane Houghton as Various
*Cheri Oteri as Gwendolyn Zapp
*Jenna Ortega as Gabriella Espinosa (Season 1-3)
*Nikki Castillo as Gabriella Espinosa (Season 3-present)
*Tim Robinson as Gregly
*John Early as Alexander and Terry
*Maurice LaMarche as Alucard Grigorian
*Betsy Sodaro as Community Sue
*Raven-Symoné as Maria Media
*Brooke Dillman as Patti
*Harvey Guillén as Hector
*Ali Stroker as Sunday
*Rylee Alazraqui as Lupita
===Guests===
*Jim Rash as Waiter
*Busta Rhymes as Fish
*Griffin McElroy as Pepper Merchant
*Jon Hamm as Louis
*Wallace Shawn as Jyle
*Fozzie Bear (Eric Jacobson) as Dr. Enamel
*Alex Hirsch as Wyatt
*Thomas Middleditch as Donny Tinselton
*Jonathan Van Ness as Hair Stylist
*Christopher Lloyd as Santa Claus
*Ed Begley Jr. as Mr. Whistler
*Tim Blake Nelson as Ernest Green
*Jameela Jamil as Phoenix
*Alfred Molina as Cogburn
*Jim O'Heir as Other Bill Green
*Melissa Fumero as Canteloupe Sinclair
*Adam McArthur as Ashton
*Tom Hanks as Himself
*Lucy Lawless as Mimi O'Malley
*Sandy Martin as Gertie
*Linda Hamilton as Librarian
*Mary Holland as Chairwoman
*Andy Richter as Mayor Hansock
*David Wain as Ronald Featherman
*Booboo Stewart as Kevin
*Macy Gray as Kara Karaoke
*Joe Manganiello as Viper Fang
*David Harbour as Rick
*Rob Riggle as Community Dan
*Riki Lindhome as Gina
*Lennon Parham as Janice
*Ken Marino as Dirk
*Patton Oswalt as Mr. Fluffenfold
*Tom Gammill as Mr. Perkins
*Rosie Perez as Ms. Torres
*Wiz Khalifa as Frilled Lizard
*Tony Cavalero as Wayne
*Sydney Park as Tina
*Alfonso Ribeiro as Mr. Extras
*Danny DeVito as Merv Stampington
*Amy Sedaris as Bonnie Spark
*Michael Bolton as Rick Razzle
*Jenny Yokobori as Serenity Spruce
*Justin McElroy as Truckee's Mascot
*Trevor Wallace as Emcee
*Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams as Jessica Burns
*Peter Blomquist as Joshua
*Brad Marchand as Mikey LeBeouf
*Tim Meadows as Chet Handsomeman
*Dean Norris as Zamboni Tony
*Tom Green as Matt
*June Diane Raphael as Babe
*Dan Povenmire as Elder
*Margo Martindale as Dr. Maya Bloom
*Will Akana as Galaxu Trainer
*Chris Sabat as Starmadillo
*Adelynn Spoon as Emma
*Carson Minniear as Chase
==Episodes==
==Accolades==
Year	Award 	Category 	Nominee(s) 	Result 	Ref.
2020	Annie Awards 	Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	Marieve Herington 	Nominated	
2020	Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation 	Steve Lowtwait 	Won 	
2021	Annie Awards 	Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Media Production 	Kiana Khansmith 	Nominated	
2023	Children's and Family Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's or Young Teen Animated Series 	Big City Greens 	Nominated	Coates, Tyler (November 2, 2023). "Children's & Family Emmy Awards: Disney Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
2023	Children's and Family Emmy Awards	Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program 	Tatiana Bull, Aaron Drown	Nominated	Coates, Tyler (November 2, 2023). "Children's & Family Emmy Awards: Disney Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
2024	Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 	Favorite Cartoon 	Big City Greens 	Nominated	Petski, Denise (June 4, 2024). "Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Beyoncé, Timothée Chalamet, Ayo Edebiri Among 2024 Kids' Choice Awards Nominees – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
==Gallery==
==Videos==
Country Club (Big City Greens Pilot) Sub. Español
Country Club (Big City Greens Test Pilot)-2
Big City Greens Main Title Comic-Con 2017 Disney XD|Big City Greens Main Title
Disney Channel Summer 2018 - Disney Channel GO Fan Fest
Meet the Greens Big City Greens Disney Channel
Big City Greens This Season On Comic-Con 2018 Exclusive Disney Channel
Sneak Peek of Cricket's Future! Big City Greens Disney Channel
==Trivia==
*Big City Greens materialized following the failure of the Houghton Brothers attempt to pitch an animated series based on their comic book Reed Gunther to Amazon. They attempted to pitch it at Disney where it too was not picked up. Disney offered that they pitch another show which was Welcome to Simpleton. When that failed, they came up with Country Club which would transition into becoming Big City Greens.
*Among the creative influences for the show, Chris Houghton has mentioned Calvin and Hobbes, Life With Louie, The Simpsons, Family Matters, Tom Sawyer, Malcom in the Middle, and numerous others.
*Cricket is the only character who has appeared in every episode of the series.
**Cricket and Tilly, however, do not appear in all the shorts.
**Tilly was completely absent from "Date Night" and "Starter Pack", whereas she technically does not appear in "Time Crisis" as her imaginary future counterpart appears instead.
*The episode title cards appear on items seen throughout the show.
*All of the episode titles are approximately one to two words long.
*According to the creators, the series is mostly set on weekends, weeknights and vacations such as summer break, which explains why Cricket, Tilly and their friends their age have not been seen attending school yet. 
*The show is animated traditionally through pencil, ink and paper, as opposed to other contemporary shows that animate via digital ink.
*A punk rock group going by the name Big City Sue-zers, created a mini album titled Earworm that features music based on the show. Chris Houghton provided artwork for the album and vocal samples as Cricket along with Marieve Herington as Tilly.
*This was the third animated Disney Channel Original Series to have been Co-Created (following Kim Possible and Phineas and Ferb).
*This is the latest animated Disney series to feature a male protagonist, as most series after featured female protagonists.
*While the show is meant to be episodic, it slowly evolves into a continuity-driven show with newer seasons, and has a handful of story arcs. Season 3B briefly shifts the show to a serialized format showing the Greens moving back to the country.
*So far, the show has had two double-length episodes every season except the third, which had four (one for the premiere, one marking the midseason, one as a Christmas special, and one for the finale).
*One episode of each season except the first had an episode focusing exclusively on the animals.
*Season 3 is the only season that is shorter than 30 episodes and has no major villain.
*Season 2 shifts the series to a slightly darker tone that focused on the Greens trying to protect their farm from Chip Whistler.
*This is the first Disney Channel animated series in history to reach a fifth season during its original run.Disney Unveils 'Moon Girl' Musical Shorts Series, 'Big City Greens' Season 5 Order and First-Look Clip for 'Disney Junior's Ariel' (EXCLUSIVE)
**Technically, it is also the second Disney Channel animated series to gain a fifth season overall, with the first being Phineas and Ferb for its revival.
*In 2024, Big City Greens was nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for "Favorite Cartoon"; marking the first time in eight years that an animated Disney series was nominated for a Kids Choice Award, the last one being in 2016 with the nominees being Phineas and Ferb and Gravity Falls. It eventually lost to Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants, just like it had won every other Kids Choice Award since 2003
*As of 2024, Big City Greens is currently the third biggest series by Disney Television Animation to have the most amount of episodes produced for it, following behind DuckTales (#2) and Phineas and Ferb (#1).
==References==
==External links==
*Big City Greens on the Big City Greens Wiki
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*Big City Greens on DisneyNOW
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