''Krapopolis'' is an American

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created by

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for the

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. Before its series premiere, the series was renewed for a second season in October 2022 and for a third season in March 2023. The series premiered on September 24, 2023, on the

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programming block. The first season concluded on May 19, 2024. In July 2024, Fox renewed the series for a fourth season ahead of the season 2 premiere. In May 2025, the series was renewed for a fifth season, ahead of the season 2 finale and the season 3 premiere.

Premise

Set in an alternate take of

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, the series centers on a dysfunctional family of humans, gods, and monsters that tries to run one of the world's first cities without killing each other.

Voice cast

Main

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as Tyrannis, son of Shlub and Deliria, paternal half-brother to Hippocampus, maternal half-brother to Stupendous and the main

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who is the

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king of Krapopolis. *

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as: ** Shlub, the thousand-year-old father of Hippocampus and Tyrannis who is a Mantitaur (a

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creature), Deliria's husband, and an unemployed

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. ** Paizo, a third generation Mantitaur who is Hegemone's husband. * Pam Murphy as Stupendous, the daughter of Deliria, Tyrannis' maternal half-sister, and Hippocampus' stepsister who is a half-

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demigoddess that wears an eyepatch that covers up where her right eye is supposed to go. She is the leader of Krapopolis' military. *

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as Hippocampus, a fish-like Atlantean who is Tyrannis' paternal half-brother and Stupendous's stepbrother. He is an

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who wears a fishbowl helmet filled with water to survive and a bronze baby walker that helps him get around on land. *

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as Deliria, the mother of Tyrannis and Stupendous and Shlub's wife who is the Goddess of Self-Destruction and Questionable Choice. She was mentioned to have been kicked out of

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for an as-yet-unidentified offense.

Recurring

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as: ** Pan, the

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-like God of the Wild. **

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, the God of Time *

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as Asskill, the ruler of the barbaric and cannibalistic Killassian tribe at Killassas who is the "Son of Kill, Slayer of Ass". *

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as Various citizens *

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as: ** Brutus, a civilian of Krapopolis. **

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, the King of the Norse Gods. *

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as: ** Joshua, a citizen of Krapopolis. ** Jinx, the God of Jinxing. * Matt Gourley as: **

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** Nocturnus, the God of Nocturnal Missions ** Various citizens * Tessa Bonham Jones as Pippa, the narrator whose voice can be heard at the end of some episodes explaining how certain moments in Ancient Greece would lead to the creation of something in modern times. * Kathy Nagler as ** Miriam, a civilian of Krapopolis ** Various characters * David Pressman as: ** Davros ** Various citizens *

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as: ** The unnamed bartender of the bar that Shlub frequents. **

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, a

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. ** Mr. Straw's Master * Ryan Ridley as Various characters * Nick Rutherford as Various characters *

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, the Messenger of the Gods and one of Deliria's few remaining friends on

where he tells her some juicy gossip about anything. *

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as Various citizens *

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as: ** Kolax, a servant of Tyrannis. ** A patron of the bar that Shlub frequents.

Guest voices

Episodes

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. It is Fox Entertainment Studios' first fully owned animated comedy series.

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is the animation studio. In May 2021, it was announced that the series would be titled ''Krapopolis''. At the same time, Fox stated that it would be "the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the

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", and the network would sell

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s and other digital tie-ins to the series. According to Fox, NFT owners "will be able to vote on specific show content and dictate exclusive on-air elements." In June 2021, it was announced that Jordan Young would be the showrunner for the series. In October 2022, Fox gave the series an early renewal for a second season ahead of its premiere. In March 2023, Fox gave the series another early renewal ahead of its premiere, with the show lasting for a total of three seasons. In April 2023, it was announced that

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was replacing Young as showrunner for the second and third seasons. In July 2024, the series was renewed for a fourth season ahead of the second-season premiere. In May 2025, the series was renewed for a fifth season.

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. It was delayed to September 24, 2023. The second season premiered on September 29, 2024. In Canada,

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and

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share the broadcast rights due to scheduling issues and is available to stream on Citytv+.

Reception

The show has received generally mixed reviews. The

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website

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reported an approval rating of 56% with an average rating of 6/10, based on 16 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."

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, which uses a

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, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Ratings

Accolades

References

External links

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