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BoJack Horseman ''BoJack Horseman'' is an American adult animation, adult animated tragicomedy television series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul. Set primarily in ...
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created by
Raphael Bob-Waksberg Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg (born August 17, 1984) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the Netflix animated comedy series ''BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), for wh ...
. The series stars
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as the title character,
BoJack Horseman ''BoJack Horseman'' is an American adult animation, adult animated tragicomedy television series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul. Set primarily in ...
. The supporting cast includes
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,
Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She earned recognition for playing Trudy Campbell in the drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), and had her Breakthrough role, breakthrough starring ...
,
Paul F. Tompkins Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He worked in television on such programs as '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'', ''Real Time with Bill Maher'', and '' Best Week Ever'', later renamed ''Bes ...
, and
Aaron Paul Aaron Paul (born Aaron Paul Sturtevant; August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), for which he won several awards, including three Primetime Emmy ...
. The series' first season premiered on August 22, 2014, on
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, with a Christmas special premiering on December 19. The show is designed by the cartoonist
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, who had previously worked with Bob-Waksberg on the
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Main characters


BoJack Horseman

BoJack F. Horseman (voiced by
Will Arnett William Emerson Arnett (; born May 4, 1970) is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom '' Arrested Development'' (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and the titular ch ...
; born January 2, 1964, in
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) is a self-loathing, alcoholic, anthropomorphic
horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 mi ...
currently in his 50s. His acting career peaked when he starred in a successful family sitcom called ''Horsin' Around'' in the 1990s. He went on to star in ''The BoJack Horseman Show'', an edgier, less successful sitcom which was cancelled in 2007 after just one season. Though he began as a young bright-eyed actor, he has since grown bitter, deeply depressed, and jaded about and who he has become post-fame. BoJack has been shown to be caring and insightful, but his insecurities, loneliness, and desperate need for approval often result in self-destructive actions that devastate those around him. Many of his issues stem from his alcoholism, drug abuse, poor career decisions, and trauma from his neglectful and unsupportive parents.


Princess Carolyn

Princess Carolyn (voiced by
Amy Sedaris Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series '' Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000) and the prequel film '' Strangers with Candy'' (2005), wh ...
; born June 6, 1974, in
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) is a pink
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who is BoJack's agent in the first three seasons and former on-and-off girlfriend. Earnest and unflagging, Princess Carolyn was a top agent at Vigor agency through her dogged pursuit of new talent and large network of odd personal connections. Though she struggles to find a balance between work, her troubled personal life, and taking care of BoJack and her friends, she enjoys her fast-paced hectic lifestyle. She left Vigor to start a new agency with her then-boyfriend and coworker Rutabaga Rabitowitz. After recognizing his lack of trustworthiness and confronting her fear of being alone, she ultimately decides to leave him and run the new company named VIM by herself. After several setbacks, Princess Carolyn closes VIM in season 3, only to reopen it as a management agency. She struggles throughout the series with starting a family, but frequently suffers miscarriages. In season 5, after several failed attempts, she successfully adopts a baby porcupine from Sadie, a young woman from her hometown in North Carolina, who she subsequently names Ruthie in season 6. It is revealed in season 5 that she went to
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because she was accepted into
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. In season 6, she rehires her old assistant Judah to help her run VIM and is subsequently offered to run her own female-centered production company from Lenny Turteltaub called Girteltaub. As she prepares to make the transition, Judah confesses his love for her and a year later they are married. She ends the series in a good place and tells BoJack she wishes him well but also that they will not have any future professional relationship.


Diane Nguyen

Diane Nguyen (voiced by
Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She earned recognition for playing Trudy Campbell in the drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), and had her Breakthrough role, breakthrough starring ...
; born March 19, 1980, in
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) is a human
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; a nice, well-reasoned, misunderstood intellectual; and a
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third-wave feminist Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began in the early 1990s, prominent in the decades prior to the fourth wave. Grounded in the civil-rights advances of the second wave, Gen X third-wave feminists born in the 1960s and 1970s embra ...
from Boston who used to live with her rich and famous ex-boyfriend (and later ex-husband), former sitcom star Mr. Peanutbutter. She is hired by BoJack's publisher to ghostwrite his memoir, having written a biography of BoJack's childhood hero,
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. While writing BoJack's memoir, he and Diane initially develop a strong friendship that becomes increasingly awkward and strained after BoJack develops romantic feelings for her. She has struggled throughout her career to get recognition for her writing, and travels to the war-torn Republic of Cordovia to make a difference, but returns after discovering Sebastian St. Clair, the supposed humanitarian who invited her there to write about his work, is an egomaniac who does not actually care about helping people as much as he cares about his legacy. Ashamed of returning to Mr. Peanutbutter, she enters into a severe depression, during which she drinks heavily, smokes pot, and sleeps disheveled on BoJack's patio furniture. She is able to reconcile her feelings with Mr. Peanutbutter and gets a job at VIM ghostwriting tweets for celebrities. She is subsequently fired from VIM, and is hired to write for a feminist blog. During and after Mr. Peanutbutter's run for
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their marriage begins to deteriorate and, at the beginning of season 5, they divorce. Diane moves into a run-down
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upon separating from Mr. Peanutbutter. In season 6 Diane starts a relationship with her coworker, a Bison named Guy, and decides after returning to her studio apartment to move in with him in
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. She begins writing a new memoir that leads her back into her recurring depression. She combats this with antidepressants (which itself leads to a noticeable weight gain) but these stall her progress on her memoir, which she eventually abandons in favor of a teen fiction series called ''Ivy Tran: Food Court Detective''. She eventually moves to
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with Guy and is revealed in the series finale to have married him. She ends the series having what will seemingly be her last conversation with BoJack, telling him that she is grateful that she knew BoJack and for her life in LA, but that she is ready to move on.


Mr. Peanutbutter

Mr. Peanutbutter (voiced by
Paul F. Tompkins Paul Francis Tompkins (born September 12, 1968) is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He worked in television on such programs as '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'', ''Real Time with Bill Maher'', and '' Best Week Ever'', later renamed ''Bes ...
; born August 20, 1969) is an energetic and cheerful yellow
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who is BoJack's former sitcom rival and Diane's ex-boyfriend (and later ex-husband). Mr. Peanutbutter was the star of ''Mr. Peanutbutter's House'', which, according to BoJack, "borrowed the premise" from ''Horsin' Around''. He portrays many characteristics of an actual Labrador yet portrayed as a human-like character being sweet, loyal, kind, playful, and considerate. He had a stint at filming a celebrity reality show called ''Peanutbutter and Jelly''. Despite their rivalry, Mr. Peanutbutter cares a great deal about BoJack's opinion and admires him for his work on ''Horsin' Around''. He has an especially good relationship with Todd, and his positive attitude and financial resources combined with Todd's outlandish schemes and plans often result in the two starting questionable business ventures, such as a Halloween store that is exclusively open in January. In the episode "Let's Find Out", Mr. Peanutbutter starts hosting his own televised game show named '' Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out!'' after his film company enters bankruptcy due to his and Todd's extensive expenditures on useless products. In "
Hank After Dark "Hank After Dark" is the seventh episode of the second season of American animated television series ''BoJack Horseman'', and the 19th episode overall. It was written by Kelly Galuska and directed by Amy Winfrey, and was released in the United ...
", it is revealed that Mr. Peanutbutter was formerly married to a woman named Katrina who was emotionally abusive. His second wife was famous actress
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, who is portrayed as being obsessed with her celebrity status and people recognizing her. He grew up in the
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, which is depicted as being populated entirely by
Labrador Retriever The Labrador Retriever or simply Labrador or Lab is a British list of dog breeds, breed of water dog retriever gun dog. It was developed in the United Kingdom from St. John's water dogs imported from the Newfoundland Colony, colony of Newfoun ...
s. "Mr." is his actual first name. He often shouts to an offscreen, but implicatively outlandish, presence only known as "Erica". He is a graduate of
Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...
. After his divorce with Diane, he started dating a pug named Pickles who is much younger than him but shares a lot of the same characteristics. At the end of the season 5 finale, he proposes to her, though only out of guilt after cheating on her with Diane. He does eventually tell Pickles of his infidelity which leads to the joint decision that for them to be even she must sleep with other men and him be fine with the situation. He later becomes the face of depression on a tour around the US talking about the mental illness with pop star Joey Pogo. During this time, he encourages Pickles to sleep with Joey Pogo due to their similarities, however this eventually backfires when Pickles leaves Mr. Peanutbutter for Pogo. He ends the series as a star of a widely successful TV show ''Birthday Dad'', and pays to restore the "D" in the Hollywood Sign (however he accidentally orders a "B", renaming it "Hollywoob" as referenced by Princess Carolyn). Mr. Peanutbutter also reveals to BoJack that he is happily single and in therapy working through his addiction to relationships and
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.


Todd Chavez

Todd Chavez (voiced by
Aaron Paul Aaron Paul (born Aaron Paul Sturtevant; August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), for which he won several awards, including three Primetime Emmy ...
; born April 15, 1991) is a friendly and lovable human
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who ended up at BoJack's house for a party five years before the beginning of the series and never left. Although BoJack constantly voices disdain for him, he secretly cares about Todd, continuing to financially support him and sabotage his attempts to gain independence. Todd has been shown to possess a plethora of skills including an understanding of
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; entrepreneurial know-how, having allied with Mr. Peanutbutter for various business ideas; and writing and composing his own
rock opera A rock opera is a collection of rock music songs with lyrics that relate to a common story. Rock operas are typically released as concept albums and are not scripted for acting, which distinguishes them from operas, although several have been ad ...
, ''Newtopia Rising, Book I: The Search for a New Utopia''. His rock opera was eventually sabotaged by BoJack, who took advantage of his former addiction to video games. Todd puts the pieces together of what BoJack did string map style and begins to question his friendship with BoJack. Todd also has an uncanny knack for getting himself in absurd and extremely dangerous situations when his friends are not around, such as getting into gun fights on several occasions, ending up in prison, and in one case switching places ''
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''-style with a dictator from Cordovia, a fictional eastern European country in the midst of a brutal civil war. Todd's friendship with Mr. Peanutbutter landed him various jobs creating seemingly useless products. He sees the best in BoJack, despite his multitude of problems, up until "It's You" in season three, where he finally snaps at him for his constant misdoings; it is not until the season four episode "Hooray! Todd Episode!" where they finally speak again, with the now-humbled BoJack having a sincere talk with him. He is usually happy, even when being insulted by BoJack. His catch phrases include shouting "hooray!". He is also almost never seen without wearing his signature yellow beanie. In the 2000s, he was an aimless skateboarder, and the object of affection of his schoolmate, Emily. It is revealed in the season 3 finale "That Went Well" that he is
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who is sex-repulsed. In season 5, he gets a management position at a clock website company called "What Time Is It Right Now", but then he gets laid off at the end of season 5. In season 6 episode "The Kidney Stays in the Picture", he gives one of his kidneys to his mom who is in desperate need of one. He later begins a relationship with Maude, an asexual rabbit cashier at an airport Cinnabunny, and they quickly move in together, sharing an affinity for quirky, outlandish ideas. He also reconnects with his mother after several failed attempts catching her attention after staging a fake kidnapping by Character Actress
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. At the end of the series, Todd reconnects with BoJack at Princess Carolyn's wedding, revealing that he has made up with his mother and enjoys a comfortable life with Maude and his daycare service which he runs in the VIM Management building. He encourages BoJack to keep up his sobriety and shares an insight about art that leads BoJack to say with affection, "Is that smart or stupid?" and Todd to gleefully say, "I never know!"


Recurring characters


Pinky Penguin

Pinky Penguin (voiced by
Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–2023) as adult ...
) is an
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and book editor who works at
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. He was depending on BoJack's book to save his job and the entire company. In "Yesterdayland", Pinky started working at MBN. At the end of "Later", it is revealed he was able to see his kids again. After Wanda moves to Detroit, he becomes the head of MBN. His wife has stated that everything he touches falls apart, and much of his character's humor is derived from his failures or near-failures.


Sarah Lynn

Sarah Lynn (born Sarah Himmelfarb, voiced by
Kristen Schaal Kristen Joy Schaal ( ,; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Known for her distinctive high-pitched, childlike voice, she voices Louise Belcher on ''Bob's Burgers'' and voiced Mabel Pines on '' Gravity Falls''. ...
; 1984–2016) was a human actress who played the Horse's precocious adoptive youngest daughter Sabrina on ''Horsin' Around'' starting when she was only three years old, and who looked up to BoJack off-screen as a father figure. After the show went off the air, she became a successful pop singer in the early 2000s before drug addiction and alcoholism ended her career. Flashbacks indicate that Sarah Lynn's self-destructive behavior is in part the result of being forced into an acting career by her mother, and BoJack (whom she idolized) having neglected her as a child. Around the end of "Later", she was seen visiting
Andrew Garfield Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. After his breakout role in '' Boy A'' (2007), he came to international attention with the supporting role of Eduardo Saverin in the drama ''The Social Network'' ...
(with whom she was mentioned as having an on-again, off-again relationship) at the hospital. It is heavily implied that she was sexually abused as a child by her mother's boyfriend and later stepfather. Although BoJack attempts to get her sober earlier in season 1, he later goes on a bender with her and Todd in an attempt to rewrite his memoir after firing Diane. In season 3, she becomes sober, but only because she hears that taking drugs after being sober for a long time is the best experience. When BoJack hits rock bottom, he invites Sarah Lynn to go on an epic bender. Through a series of blackouts, they have a series of misadventures attempting to make amends to BoJack's ex-friends, and even stalking Penny at
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. Along the way, Sarah Lynn wins the
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in absentia. She then admits to BoJack that she does not like anything about herself and, at the
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planetarium, dies after a drug overdose. While the initial footage makes it appear that Sarah Lynn died while resting her head on BoJack's shoulder and he found out she had died when he woke up after passing out from his own narcotic bender, it's later revealed that she was in fact unconscious and a panicked BoJack ran away from her and waited 17 minutes until he could get away from the area and call 911—she may have lived if he'd called for help immediately, but he was terrified of being identified as the person who joined a beloved young entertainer in a massive addictive spree that killed her. In "That Went Well", it is revealed that BoJack was at one point her only friend who hadn't tried to get something from her, and her downward spiral began after he visited her and tried to get her to be a guest star on his TV show, leaving Sarah Lynn quietly devastated that even he valued her for her fame and power. It is later revealed in "A Little Uneven, Is All" that the first time Sarah Lynn drank alcohol was from a bottle of vodka that BoJack left on set when she was ten years old. During season 6, BoJack has recurring flashbacks about her and is one of the reasons why he wants to get sober. She makes a final appearance as a part of BoJack's hallucination in the episode "The View from Halfway Down", as one of the several deceased people from BoJack's past whom he sees after he almost drowns.


Herb Kazzaz

Herb Kazzaz (1961–2015; voiced by
Stanley Tucci Stanley Tucci Jr. ( ; born November 11, 1960) is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles ranging from menacing to sophisticated, earning numerous accolades, including six Emmy Awards and two Golden ...
) was BoJack's human former comedy partner, who created and wrote ''Horsin' Around'' where he also provided the voice of Mr. Libertore who runs the law firm where the Horse works as an attorney. Herb appeared to be friendly and upbeat during the show's production, usually nice, understanding, and insightful to all his cast, even Bradley. When BoJack and Herb first meet as comedians, BoJack angrily tells him to "get cancer" which is what eventually happens. Halfway through production of ''Horsin' Around'', Herb is caught engaging in a public sexual act with another man which causes a public outcry for his removal from the show. BoJack and Herb had a falling out at the apex of the show's success when Herb was blackballed by the network for being gay and BoJack did not stand up for Herb for fear of losing his own job. At the beginning of the series, they have not spoken for nearly 20 years. BoJack attempts to reconnect with him after learning Herb has been diagnosed with terminal
rectal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...
and is being watched over by Tina. Though Herb reveals he lived a full life in spite of losing ''Horsin' Around'', he has not forgiven BoJack for not having been a supportive friend and refuses to do so when BoJack finally apologizes to him. Despite his cancer going into remission, he instantly passes away due to an allergic reaction to the peanuts on a peanut truck in a car crash when his brakes gave out during a ride home from the hospital. It was also revealed that Herb's office was under the room where tap dancer
Savion Glover Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973) is an American tap dancer, actor and choreographer. Early life The youngest of three sons, Glover was born to a white father, who left the family before he was born, and a black mother. Glover's great-grand ...
kept a studio. Following his death,
Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, producer, director, and author. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the sitcom ''Happy Days'' (1974–1984), Winkler has distinguished himself as a character acto ...
(who Herb met volunteering at
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) and Tina stole the manuscript of his poorly written novel to keep it from being published and tainting his legacy. In "
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", Herb's ashes are donated to the Jerb Kazzaz Memorial Orphanage (misspelled due to BoJack's email and the hedgehog owner's stubborn refusal to pay for its replacement). He makes a final appearance as a part of BoJack's hallucination in the episode "The View from Halfway Down", as one of the several deceased people from BoJack's past whom he sees after he almost committed suicide.


Hollyhock

Hollyhock Manheim-Mannheim-Guerrero-Robinson-Zilberschlag-Hsung-Fonzarelli-McQuack (voiced by
Aparna Nancherla Aparna Nancherla (born ) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She has had recurring roles on television series including ''BoJack Horseman'' and ''Corporate'' and has written for ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' and '' Totally Biased w ...
; born September 24, 2000) is a 17-year-old
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first seen at the end of "That Went Well". She was adopted by eight fathers in a committed gay
polyamorous Polyamory () is the practice of, or the desire for, romantic relationships with more than one partner at the same time, with the informed consent of all partners involved. Some people who identify as polyamorous believe in consensual non-mono ...
relationship. She is at first believed to be BoJack's illegitimate daughter. During season four, she moves in with BoJack to find out more about him and later visits Beatrice, BoJack's mother, who also moves in with them. It is later revealed that she is actually the illegitimate daughter of Butterscotch Horseman, BoJack's father, and Beatrice's maid, Henrietta, making her BoJack's half-sister. Beatrice, who snipes at Hollyhock for being overweight, spikes her coffee with weight-loss supplements (containing
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). She overdoses and is rushed to the hospital and survives, although she suffers from PTSD-like symptoms when she returns to BoJack's house. In season 5, she is a freshman at
Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...
. In the season 6 mid-season cliff hanger, "A Quick One While He is Away", she goes to a party in NYC and meets Pete-Repeat, who tells her of the time BoJack gave Pete's then-girlfriend alcohol poisoning after a high school prom and covered it up. When BoJack takes a teaching position at Wesleyan, Hollyhock is distant from him due to learning about that past misdeed and makes it clear she does not appreciate him imposing himself on her college experience, stating that he should not say she is his sister "like it means something" and only reluctantly giving him any reason to think they will have an improved relationship going forward. When the full weight of BoJack's misdeeds becomes public, Hollyhock ignores BoJack's desperate phone messages, disconnects her phone, and sends him a letter which is unseen; however, his heartbroken reaction to it implies she no longer wishes to have any contact or relationship with him.


Butterscotch Horseman

Butterscotch Horseman (voiced by
Will Arnett William Emerson Arnett (; born May 4, 1970) is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom '' Arrested Development'' (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and the titular ch ...
) was a horse who was BoJack's physically and verbally abusive father. He appears in flashbacks to BoJack's childhood. Butterscotch, who hailed from a working-class background, was an alcoholic and failed novelist. He resented his wife's financial independence and took out his insecurities on BoJack. In flashbacks, Butterscotch is often seen yelling nonsensical
conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...
hyperbole such as claiming that the
Panama Canal The Panama Canal () is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a Channel (geography), conduit for maritime trade between th ...
is for " Democrats", claiming that imaginary friends are "freeloaders invented by
Communists Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, d ...
", and calling screws "fancy
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nails." He died from blunt force trauma after hitting a rock in the midst of a duel in 2009. In " Time's Arrow", it is revealed that Butterscotch is Hollyhock's father, due to his affair with the family maid named Henrietta. In "Free Churro", BoJack revealed that Butterscotch died after challenging a man who hated his book to a duel and then tripping and hitting his head on a rock as he turned around to ask the man if he actually read the book. However, it's left ambiguous if whether or not the one who he challenged actually read his book. A version of Butterscotch appears in the penultimate episode "The View From Halfway Down" as one of many deceased people from BoJack's past whom he sees in a prolonged hallucination while he is unconscious following a suicide attempt. While most of the other figures in the hallucination appear as they did in life, Butterscotch is portrayed as a hybrid with Secretariat, with Secretariat's appearance and Butterscotch's voice, and his personality/experiences being presented as a combination of the two. During the hallucination, the half of the horse that is based on Butterscotch tells BoJack that he always cared about and loved him, but was terrified of letting that show. In the cabaret, he performs a reading of the eponymous poem "The View From Halfway Down," drawing from Butterscotch's penchant for literature and poetry while being largely based on Secretariat's suicide.


Beatrice Horseman

Beatrice Elizabeth Horseman (née Sugarman) (voiced by
Wendie Malick Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies. She starred as Judith Tupper Stone in the HBO sitcom '' Dream On'' and as Nina Van Horn in the NBC sitco ...
); was a horse who was BoJack's neglectful, verbally abusive mother. Heiress to the Sugarman
sugar cube Sugar cubes are white sugar granules pressed into small cubes measuring approximately 1 teaspoon each. They are usually used for sweetening drinks such as tea and coffee. They were invented in the early 19th century in response to the difficulti ...
fortune, she primarily appears in flashbacks of BoJack's childhood and young adult life. In " Brand New Couch", Beatrice calls up BoJack to tell him she read the book about him and concedes that he was born "broken". In "The Old Sugarman Place", it is revealed that Beatrice's family had a summer home in
Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
when she was a child, and that she had an older brother named Crackerjack, who died in World War II. Her childhood was marked by cruel treatment from family and peers alike, hardening and embittering her personality. While seen as a liberal,
Barnard Barnard is a surname of Old English origin, derived from the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon given name "Beornheard". It is composed of two elements: "Beorn," meaning "young warrior" or "bear," and "heard," meaning "hardy," "brave," or "strong." In some ...
-educated college graduate concerned with the civil rights movement, she soon becomes bitter and jaded after making the poor choice to romantically involve herself with Butterscotch Horseman. After becoming impregnated by Butterscotch, Beatrice decides to marry him and move to
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, where she becomes resentful of BoJack, blaming him for her dissatisfaction in her life. She begins to suffer from
dementia Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform activities of daily living, everyday activities. This typically invo ...
and after an incident at her nursing home, she moves in with BoJack and Hollyhock. However, after BoJack realizes Beatrice has been drugging Hollyhock (to make her lose weight), BoJack kicks her out of his house to put her into an even worse nursing home and makes clear he no longer wants her in his life. In the episode "
Free Churro "Free Churro" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series ''BoJack Horseman'', and the 54th episode overall. It was written by series creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and directed by Amy Winfrey, and was ma ...
", it is revealed that Beatrice has died at the age of 80 years old, as BoJack is delivering a eulogy to her throughout the episode. She makes a final appearance as a part of BoJack's hallucination in the episode "The View from Halfway Down", as one of the several deceased people from BoJack's past whom he sees after he almost died by suicide.


Crackerjack Sugarman

Crackerjack Sugarman (voiced by
Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda (; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist. He created the Broadway musicals '' In the Heights'' and ''Hamilton'', and the soundtracks for the animated films '' Moana' ...
) – Beatrice Horseman's older brother, BoJack's uncle, and the eldest son of Joseph and Honey Sugarman, who died in World War II when Beatrice was very young. He died in December 1944. He later appears at the end of the series as one of the many deceased people BoJack sees in his hallucination with whom he ecstatically meets while in his hallucination following his near-death experience. During the theatrical show scene in BoJack's hallucination, he plays the trumpet for Beatrice while she does an acrobatic routine.


Joseph Sugarman

Joseph Sugarman (voiced by
Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor. He starred in ''WarGames'' (1983) as a teen government hacker, and ''Ladyhawke (film), Ladyhawke'' (1985), a medieval fantasy alongside Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. He play ...
) was Beatrice's father and BoJack's maternal grandfather, the owner of the Sugarman Sugar corporation. Emotionally distant, he frequently spouted his backward views about women, making Beatrice feel insecure and inadequate (for which she compensates with cruelty as an adult).


Honey Sugarman

Honey Sugarman (voiced by
Jane Krakowski Jane Krakowski (; ; born October 11, 1968) is an American actress and singer. She starred as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series ''30 Rock'' (2006–2013, 2020), for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Out ...
) was Beatrice's mother and BoJack's maternal grandmother. She was a housewife and exceptional singer, but suffered from
post-traumatic stress disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a Psychological trauma, traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, warfare and its associated traumas, natural disaster ...
after her son, Crackerjack Sugarman, was killed in World War II. After she got drunk and made a scene while out with young Beatrice and forced her to drive home, and the resultant car accident, her husband had her
lobotomized A lobotomy () or leucotomy is a discredited form of Neurosurgery, neurosurgical treatment for mental disorder, psychiatric disorder or neurological disorder (e.g. epilepsy, Depression in childhood and adolescence, depression) that involves sev ...
.


Charlotte Carson

Charlotte Carson (née Moore) (voiced by
Olivia Wilde Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn, , March 10, 1984) is an American actress and director. She played Thirteen (House), Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television series ''House (TV series), House'' (2007–2012), and appeared ...
; born c. 1967) is a
deer A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) ...
who was Herb Kazzaz's old girlfriend with whom BoJack was once in love. During a drug and alcohol induced stupor in "Downer Ending", BoJack imagines an alternate life where instead of becoming a television star he moves to Maine with Charlotte. In this fantasy, the couple get married, have a daughter named Harper, and lead a quiet rustic lifestyle. In "Still Broken", Charlotte attended Herb Kazzaz's funeral. In a discussion with BoJack, she mentioned that she visited Herb and read the part in BoJack's book on how he and Herb fought over a telescope. She tells him she only lived in Maine for a month and later moved to
Tesuque, New Mexico Tesuque (; ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,094 at the 2020 census. The area is separate from but ...
. In "Escape from LA", BoJack drives to Charlotte's house to find she is married to a dorky, dad-joke making man named Kyle (
Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, musician and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's '' The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sit ...
) and has two teenage children named Trip (a human voiced by
Adam Pally Adam Saul Pally (born March 18, 1982) is an American comedian and actor. He first earned recognition for starring as Max Blum in '' Happy Endings'', as Dr. Peter Prentice in ''The Mindy Project'', as Wade Whipple in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (202 ...
) and Penny (a doe). She also owns a store called "Your Deer Friend". During his time in New Mexico, BoJack bonds with the 17-year-old Penny by becoming her "date" for prom. While talking with Charlotte later over by her fire pit, the two share a brief kiss. BoJack initially urges her to leave with him anew amidst her protests, eventually relenting. However, Charlotte asks him to leave by the next day, confessing his presence depresses her. Later that night, Charlotte catches BoJack and Penny in a compromising position in his yacht. BoJack tries to explain but orders him to never see her again. Charlotte returns briefly in the final season, when she and Penny are approached by Paige Sinclair who seeks details of their encounter with BoJack for an article she is writing about his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death. She tells BoJack she does not want to be involved and that he has to handle the situation, causing BoJack to hyperventilate and later pass out.


Penny Carson

Penny Carson (voiced by
Ilana Glazer Ilana Glazer (born April 12, 1987) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and activist. They have received various accolades including a Daytime Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Primetime ...
; born c. 1997) is a teenage deer who is Charlotte and Kyle's daughter, and Trip's sister. She bonds with BoJack while he stays at their home during "Escape from L.A." where he acts as her surrogate date from prom. After returning from the home, she propositions him to have sex which BoJack rejects despite her saying she is of consent age in her state. Charlotte later finds her and BoJack in a compromising position on his yacht and she is sent to her room before either one can explain what happened. In season three, BoJack attempts to reconcile with Penny believing she may have been emotionally damaged because of the incident and finds her at her school
Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational lib ...
. Penny freaks out when he suddenly appears and runs off stating that he should not be here. She appears again in season 6 when Paige and Maximilian ask for details about her encounter with BoJack. She considers if it is time to finally come forward, with Charlotte telling her that if she does, she must do it on her own terms.


Lenny Turteltaub

Lenny Turteltaub (voiced by J.K. Simmons) is a turtle and big-shot film producer in . He worked with Ed Begley, Sr.,
Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' A Free Soul'' (1931) ...
,
Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently ...
and
Edwin S. Porter Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Of over ...
during their youth, suggesting that he is extremely old (a reference to the lifespan of actual turtles). He is shown to dislike BoJack, but continuously casts him in projects for financial gain. His name is a play off Hollywood producer and director
Jon Turteltaub Jonathan Charles Turteltaub (born August 8, 1963) is an American film director, writer and producer. Early life, family and education Turteltaub was born on August 8, 1963, in New York City, one of two children born to comedy writer Saul Turtel ...
.


Paparazzi Birds

The Paparazzi Birds (voiced by
Adam Conover Adam Conover (born ) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He created and Television presenter, hosted the half-hour truTV show ''Adam Ruins Everything'', based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of the Amer ...
and Dave Segal) are an unnamed
blue jay The blue jay (''Cyanocitta cristata'') is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to eastern North America. It lives in most of the eastern and central United States; some eastern populations may be migratory. Resident populations ar ...
and
European robin The European robin (''Erithacus rubecula''), known simply as the robin or robin redbreast in the British Isles, is a small insectivorous passerine bird that belongs to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is found across Europe, ea ...
duo who try to get incriminating pictures of BoJack, Diane, and other celebrities. They attempt to blackmail BoJack after taking photos of him having intercourse with Sarah Lynn, but are stopped by Vanessa Gekko under threat of a lawsuit for trespassing, paparazzing without a permit, and blackmail before threatening to frame them for
Tupac Tupac Amaru Shakur (; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all tim ...
's murder.


Tina

Tina (vocal effects provided by
Raphael Bob-Waksberg Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg (born August 17, 1984) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the Netflix animated comedy series ''BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), for wh ...
) is a
brown bear The brown bear (''Ursus arctos'') is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America. Of the land carnivorans, it is rivaled in size only by its closest relative, the polar bear, which is much less variable in size and slightly bigger on av ...
who is the nurse of Herb Kazzaz. In "Still Broken", Tina was in collaboration with Henry Winkler to keep Herb's terrible manuscript for a novel from being posthumously published and harming his legacy. Unlike the other anthropomorphic characters on the show, Tina only speaks in growls. Later in season 4, Tina returns as the nurse of BoJack's mother Beatrice.


Sextina Aquafina

Sextina Aquafina (voiced by
Aisha Tyler Aisha Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of ''Ghost Whisperer'', Dr. Tara Lewis in ''Criminal Minds'' since 2015, Mother Nature in the final two ...
in seasons 1–2,
Daniele Gaither Daniele Gaither is an American actress and comedian. She is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series ''MADtv'' and for her role of Super President Kickbutt in ''The Thundermans''. Early life Dani ...
in season 3, born c. 2000) is a
bottlenose dolphin The bottlenose dolphin is a toothed whale in the genus ''Tursiops''. They are common, cosmopolitan members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Molecular studies show the genus contains three species: the common bot ...
pop-music sensation. In "Out to Sea", Diane meets with Sextina to discuss becoming her social-media ghostwriter. In the season three episode "Brrap Brrap Pew Pew", Diane accidentally tweeted out that Sextina was having an abortion while she was being distracted, which caused a media storm. While Sextina was initially angered with the tweet and tried to fire Diane, she later embraced the image because of support from other celebrities. She later released a music video militantly supporting abortion, had her "abortion" on live TV, and soon after became pregnant. It is implied that she is sent to a farm where celebrities go to disappear. According to creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg, she is based on a girl who was in his and Lisa Hanawalt's English class as a senior in high school.


Kelsey Jannings

Kelsey Jannings (voiced by
Maria Bamford Maria Bamford (born September 3, 1970) is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Her work often uses self-deprecating and dark topics, including her dysfunctional family, depression, anxiety, suicide and mental illness. Her first comedy alb ...
) is a human woman that was hired to direct the ''Secretariat'' movie. A divorced, lesbian,
independent filmmaker An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in ...
, she sees the ''Secretariat'' project as her last chance to break into the big time and make enough money to get her daughter Irving into an Ivy League school (as opposed to Vassar). Cynical and initially dismissive of BoJack's attitude, she and BoJack grow closer over the course of filming. She has a special fondness for Todd because she likes his face. She is later fired by Lenny Turteltaub in "The Shot" for filming a scene that involved Secretariat's encounter with
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
which had since been cut from the film. In season three, BoJack finds Kelsey at POFF (Pacific Ocean Film Festival) and attempts to reconcile with her through various apology notes, but she cannot understand it because the ink washes away. Later in the season, the two discuss doing a serious independent film together called ''Jelly Belle'' to legitimize BoJack as an actor. Unfortunately, this is part of a plan by Vanessa Gekko to sabotage Princess Carolyn's agency, and the film option expires before a deal can be reached. The resulting fallout seemingly ends BoJack's unique professional and artistic connection with Kelsey. In season six, Kelsey is struggling to find directing jobs, due in part to her getting fired from the Secretariat film. After giving an impassioned speech about the hurdles she has had to face due to sexism in the film industry, she gets the job directing the female superhero film ''Fireflame''.


A Ryan Seacrest Type

A
Ryan Seacrest Ryan John Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American television presenter and producer. Seacrest is the host of '' Wheel of Fortune'', having hosted since replacing long-time host Pat Sajak in September 2024. Seacrest co-hosted and ser ...
Type (voiced by
Adam Conover Adam Conover (born ) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He created and Television presenter, hosted the half-hour truTV show ''Adam Ruins Everything'', based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of the Amer ...
) is the name of a human character who hosts "Excess Hollywood" (later renamed "Excess " after BoJack steals the D in the Hollywood Sign and the D is accidentally destroyed in a helicopter crash) and interviews celebrities. He also hosts "Morning Time, " with a female human called Some Lady, and briefly with another co-host named An Actress or Something who is filling in for Some Lady after her apparent kidnapping. In the third season, he is run over by BoJack driving a limo. He is later revealed to have somehow survived and hosts a late night talk show as well as co-hosting Excess with "A
Billy Bush William Hall Bush (born October 17, 1971) is an American radio and television host. He is a member of the Bush family, a nephew of former president George H. W. Bush and cousin of former president George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb B ...
Type" (voiced by Kevin Bigley). He briefly co-anchors the ski race between Mr. Peanutbutter and Woodchuck Coodchuck-Berkowitz with Tom Jumbo-Grumbo, but quits after being sensitive to the cold weather. In season 5, it is revealed that he also hosts a radio show called The Deep Dive.


Tom Jumbo-Grumbo

Tom Jumbo-Grumbo (voiced by
Keith Olbermann Keith Theodore Olbermann (born January 27, 1959) is an American sports and political commentator and writer. Olbermann spent the first 20 years of his career in sports journalism. He was a sports correspondent for CNN and for local TV and ra ...
) is a
blue whale The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of and weighing up to , it is the largest animal known ever to have existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can ...
who is a
newsman A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...
and pundit on MSNBSea (a parody of
MSNBC MSNBC is an American cable news channel owned by the NBCUniversal News Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Launched on July 15, 1996, and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, the channel primarily broadcasts r ...
). Tom often reports on BoJack's misdeeds and other happenings in , often through alliteration. Whenever something goes wrong on the air, he blames it all on an off-screen presence only known as "Randy", and makes various jokes at the expense of his squid ex-wife Shannon, though he usually immediately apologizes afterwards.


Wayne

Wayne (voiced by
Wyatt Cenac Wyatt John Foster Cenac Jr. ( ; born April 19, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He was a correspondent and writer for ''The Daily Show'' from 2008 to 2012. He starred in the TBS series '' People of Earth'' and in Bar ...
) is Diane's human ex-boyfriend who is a hipster and a
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writer. He conspires with Diane to leak a small portion of BoJack's book to create hype and convince BoJack to allow its publication. They once worked together at
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before Diane became a published author.


Vanessa Gekko

Vanessa Gekko (voiced by
Kristin Chenoweth Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968)Kristin Cheno ...
) – A human talent agent and the rival of Princess Carolyn. She is a seemingly better agent than Princess Carolyn because she has a husband and kids, thereby "having it all." She temporarily shares an office with Princess Carolyn when their agencies merge. Sometime between seasons 2 and 3, she and Rutabaga started their own agency, Gekko-Rabitowitz, which ultimately sabotages VIM, leading to the latter agency's collapse.


Charley Witherspoon

Charley Witherspoon (voiced by
Raphael Bob-Waksberg Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg (born August 17, 1984) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator and showrunner of the Netflix animated comedy series ''BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020), for wh ...
) is a
tree frog A tree frog (or treefrog) is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees, known as an arboreal state. Several lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia suborder have given rise to treefrogs, although they are not clos ...
who is the son of Mr. Witherspoon. He works at the Vigor agency where his hand keeps sticking to things. Charley was briefly Princess Carolyn's assistant, but was later made an agent. After his father's death, he is sworn in as the new President of Vigor. He is shown to be a poor leader, choosing to hire the
Utah Jazz The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Since the 1991–92 season, the ...
as agents rather than basketball players. He offered to buy VIM from Princess Carolyn, however her assistant Judah kept this information from her in order to protect her ego.


Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface

Officer Meow Meow Fuzzyface (voiced by
Cedric Yarbrough Cedric Yarbrough (; born March 20, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He has starred in the series ''Reno 911!'' as Deputy S. Jones and as Kenneth on the ABC sitcom '' Speechless'', as well as voicing Gerald Fitzgerald on the Netflix comedy ...
) is a Snowshoe cat who works as a
police officer A police officer (also called policeman or policewoman, cop, officer or constable) is a Warrant (law), warranted law employee of a police, police force. In most countries, ''police officer'' is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. ...
at the
Los Angeles Police Department The City of Los Angeles Police Department, commonly referred to as Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. With 8,832 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the th ...
's 12th Precinct. He takes his duties very seriously, although there is intense disagreement within the police force over whether he is a "reckless renegade", a "loose cannon", or just a "cop on the edge with nothing to lose."


Vincent Adultman

Vincent Adultman (voiced by
Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She earned recognition for playing Trudy Campbell in the drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), and had her Breakthrough role, breakthrough starring ...
) is Princess Carolyn's boyfriend for a brief period of time. Everyone except BoJack appears oblivious to (or just does not care about) the fact that Vincent appears to be three children standing atop each other underneath a
trench coat A trench coat is a variety of coat made of Waterproof fabric, waterproof heavy-duty fabric, originally developed for British Army officers before the First World War, and becoming popular while used in the Trench warfare, trenches, hence the nam ...
. Though he speaks in a child's voice and has awkward syntax, he also occasionally exhibits strangely keen insight, prompting others to ignore BoJack's observations. In season 2, Princess Carolyn meets Kevin, who appears to be the top child of Vincent's trio. He tells Princess Carolyn that Kevin is Vincent's son, which she believes, but leads to them breaking up.


Bradley Hitler-Smith

Bradley Hitler-Smith (voiced by
Adam Conover Adam Conover (born ) is an American actor, writer and comedian. He created and Television presenter, hosted the half-hour truTV show ''Adam Ruins Everything'', based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of the Amer ...
) – A human actor who played the Horse's adopted son Ethan on ''Horsin' Around''. A running joke in ''Horsin' Around'' was that he had a
catchphrase A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass ...
("Yowsa-Yowsa Bo-Bowsa") to which the studio audience responded with an awkward silence. In "Still Broken", it is revealed that Bradley is living in
Olympia, Washington Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington. It had a population of 55,605 at the 2020 census, making it the state of Washington's 23rd-most populous city. Olympia is the county seat of Thurston County, and the central city ...
, and that his parents divorced after BoJack had an affair with Bradley's mother. In season three, Bradley comes to BoJack with a sequel series idea ''Ethan Around'' which he initially turns down though later comes back when he decides to make amends with Bradley. However, BoJack experiences anxiety when his child co-star mentions wanting to be "like him", and he leaves Bradley on the set before the episode can be finished.


Dr. Allen Hu

Dr. Allen Hu (voiced by
Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong ( ; ; born July 13, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor and physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom ''Community'' ...
) is a human pediatric physician/surgeon who frequently sells drugs to Sarah Lynn. Dr. Hu is also seen abusing personally-prescribed narcotics. An
unseen character An unseen character in theatre, comics, film or television, or a silent character in radio or literature, is a character who is mentioned but not directly known to the audience, but who advances the action of the plot in a significant way, and w ...
throughout most of the first season, he is the subject of a recurring joke based on the phonetic similarity of his name to "who" with BoJack and others believing that Sarah's drug connection is a man who simply calls himself "
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" rather than an actual physician. He made his first onscreen appearance in the season one episode "Downer Ending." Hu is brought back in the season five episode "Ancient History" where he has since attended drug rehab to clean himself up following the overdose death of Sarah Lynn and will no longer prescribe pills indiscriminately.


Sebastian St Clair

Sebastian St Clair (voiced by
Keegan-Michael Key Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series '' Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ...
) – A
snow leopard The snow leopard (''Panthera uncia'') is a species of large cat in the genus ''Panthera'' of the family Felidae. The species is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because ...
billionaire bachelor philanthropist who wants Diane to accompany him to a third world country, Cordovia, to ghostwrite a novel about his work rebuilding the community and caring for the citizens. Though Diane initially looks up to him because he wants to change the world in a positive way, she quickly becomes disillusioned when it becomes clear he is more concerned with making a legacy for himself than with actually helping people.


Jogging Baboon

The Jogging Baboon (voiced by
Jason Beghe Jason Deneen Beghe (; born March 12, 1960) is an American actor. Since 2014, he has starred in the NBC TV series '' Chicago P.D.'' as Sergeant Hank Voight. He is also known for starring in the 1988 George A. Romero film '' Monkey Shines'', pla ...
) is an unnamed
Hamadryas baboon The hamadryas baboon (''Papio hamadryas'' ; gawina;Aerts 2019 , Ar Robbaḥ) is a species of baboon within the Old World monkey family. It is the northernmost of all the baboons, being native to the Horn of Africa and the southwestern region o ...
that is often seen jogging by BoJack Horseman's house. In "Out to Sea", the Jogging Baboon comes across BoJack jogging. He tells BoJack that jogging may be hard at first, but it will get easier if he does it every day.


Corduroy Jackson-Jackson

Corduroy Jackson-Jackson (voiced by Brandon T. Jackson) is BoJack's human co-star in the ''Secretariat'' movie. He dies from
auto-erotic asphyxiation Erotic asphyxiation (variously called asphyxiophilia, hypoxyphilia or breath control play) is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal. With a partner (or alone), the act often involves strangulatio ...
. The movie is later dedicated in memory of him. Jackson-Jackson later appears in the series' penultimate episode as a part of BoJack's hallucination during his near-death experience.


Wanda Pierce

Wanda Pierce (voiced by
Lisa Kudrow Lisa Valerie Kudrow ( ; born July 30, 1963) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom ''Friends'', which aired from 1994 to 2004. The series earned her Primetime Emmy A ...
) is a
burrowing owl The burrowing owl (''Athene cunicularia''), also called the shoco, is a small, long-legged, primarily terrestrial—though not flightless—species of owl native to the open landscapes of North and South America. They are typically found in gra ...
who is BoJack's girlfriend in season 2. She meets BoJack after reviving from a thirty-year coma. BoJack dates her because she has no idea who he is amidst his post-novel fame. She is a television executive for the MBN network and produces the gameshow '' Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out!''. Wanda and BoJack break up due BoJack's bitterness and negativity. She was promoted immediately after coming out of the coma as "no one else had worked there that long." She eventually changes networks and is replaced by Pinky Penguin as executive. It is revealed through a sight-gag in the series finale that she eventually went through a second coma.


Emily

Emily (voiced by Abbi Jacobson) is a human love interest of Todd whom she has known since high school. She is shown to have romantic feelings for Todd, and chooses to sleep with BoJack following Todd's initial "rejection" before she learns he is
asexual Asexual or Asexuals may refer to: *Asexual reproduction **Asexual reproduction in starfish *Asexuality, the lack of sexual attraction to anyone or lack of interest in or desire for sexual activity. **Gray asexuality, the spectrum between asexualit ...
. Emily is one of the co-founders of "Cabracadabra" with Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter, and becomes a millionaire following its sale. In later episodes, she founds a dating app for firefighters to meet her, and another dating app for asexuals called All About that Ace. Near the end of season 5, Todd builds the sex robot Henry Fondle for her so that they can become a couple, but she declines.


Rutabaga Rabitowitz

Rutabaga Rabitowitz (voiced by
Ben Schwartz Benjamin Joseph Schwartz (born September 15, 1981) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his recurring role as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on the NBC sitcom '' Parks and Recreation'', his starring role as Clyde Oberholt on the Sh ...
) is a
rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...
agent at the Vigor agency who works one floor below Princess Carolyn. He later informed her of J.D. Salinger still being alive. Rutabaga cheats on his wife Katie with Princess Carolyn, claiming he plans to obtain a divorce. He later persuades Princess Carolyn to join him in founding their own agency upon seceding from Vigor. After revealing his reluctance to divorce yet wishing to continue the affair, Princess Carolyn abandons him. He later makes his own agency with Vanessa Gekko called Gekko-Rabitowitz. Later on, Rutabaga has rekindled his marriage to Katie who gives birth to septuplets on
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.


Hank Hippopopalous

Hank Hippopopalous (voiced by
Philip Baker Hall Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931 – June 12, 2022) was an American character actor. He is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including '' Hard Eight'' (1996), ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), and ''Magnolia'' (1999). He also ...
) – A
hippopotamus The hippopotamus (''Hippopotamus amphibius;'' ; : hippopotamuses), often shortened to hippo (: hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Sahar ...
who is a beloved former host of a late-night talk show called ''Hank After Dark''. At the 1994 Animals' Choice Awards, he won the award for Male Animal in a Comedy, Drama or Variety Show, for which BoJack Horseman and Mr. Peanutbutter were also nominated and was given the award by Scott Wolf and Matthew Fox. Mr. Peanutbutter idolizes him and treasures having met him at the awards after-party. He is the host of a TV dance competition ''Hey, I Think You Can Dance''. Hippopopalous is known in the TV industry as Uncle Hankie. In the episode "
Hank After Dark "Hank After Dark" is the seventh episode of the second season of American animated television series ''BoJack Horseman'', and the 19th episode overall. It was written by Kelly Galuska and directed by Amy Winfrey, and was released in the United ...
", Diane inadvertently causes a controversy by including the beloved entertainer in a mention of celebrities who have done worse things than BoJack. The controversy involved unspecified allegations made against him by all eight of his female former assistants.


Roxy

Roxy (voiced by Fielding Edlow) is Diane's human friend. She was initially introduced as her and Mr. Peanutbutter's wedding officiant in "Horse Majure". She worked alongside Diane and Wayne as both a barista and a cater waiter. She is baffled by Diane's relationship and possible obsession with BoJack since she came to him after abandoning Cordovia, and not to her or any of her other friends.


Judah

Judah Mannowdog (voiced by
Diedrich Bader Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic and voice acting roles. He has appeared as a series regular in television sitcoms ''The Drew Carey Show'', '' American Housewife'', ...
) is a human part-owner for Princess Carolyn's agency VIM. He is depicted as comically deadpan and does not seem to really understand humor or sarcasm. Though he remains unflinchingly loyal to Princess Carolyn even after VIM collapses, he is fired by Princess Carolyn after she finds out about him going behind her back and talking with Charley Witherspoon about a potential merger with Vigor, which he turned down and never brought up to her. However, in season 6, when all the assistants in go on strike, he is brought in to handle negotiations for them and subsequently rehired at VIM. Near the end of the series he professes his love for Princess Carolyn and in the series finale, the two of them are married. He is known for his heavy facial hair and long hair, which is frequently made fun of by guests at VIM. His name is a play on You're The Man Now Dog, the name of an online community centered on the creation of hosted memetic web pages, with the name taken from a
Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to Portrayal of James Bond in film, portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond (literary character), James Bond in motion pic ...
line in the film ''
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''.


Ralph Stilton

Ralph Stilton (voiced by
Raúl Esparza Raúl Eduardo Esparza is an American actor. Considered one of Broadway's most prominent leading men since the 2000s, he is best known for his Tony Award-nominated performance as Bobby in the 2006 Broadway revival of ''Company'' and for his te ...
) is a mouse who is Princess Carolyn's new love interest at the end of season 3. He and Princess Carolyn were set up on a blind date unaware of the other's species. He runs a greeting card company and is an heir to the Stilton hotel's fortune. In season 4, he attempts to start a family with Princess Carolyn and attempts to find ways to impregnate her. Princess Carolyn dumps him in " Ruthie" after she gives him an ultimatum to stand behind her continuous tries for a baby in spite of multiple miscarriages, and he despondently leaves her apartment. They reconnect in season 5, where he attempts to persuade Princess Carolyn to adopt a child with him. His name is a reference to
Ralph S. Mouse ''Ralph S. Mouse'' is the third in a children's novel trilogy that was written by Beverly Cleary. It features Ralph, a mouse with the ability to speak, but only with certain people who tend to be loners. It was first published in 1982, illustra ...
and
Geronimo Stilton ''Geronimo Stilton'' is an Italian children's book series created by Elisabetta Dami and written under the pen name of the title character. Scholastic Corporation began publishing the English version of the series in the US in February 2004. In ...
.


Stefani Stilton

Stefani Stilton (voiced by Kimiko Glenn) is Ralph Stilton's sister, also a mouse. She hires Diane at the end of season 3 to write for her new feminist viral blog "Girl Croosh". During season 6, she sells Girl Croosh to Whitewhale Enterprises.


Katrina

Katrina (voiced by
Lake Bell Lake Siegel Bell (born March 24, 1979) is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She has appeared in various television series, including '' Boston Legal'' (2004–2006), ''Surface'' (2005–2006), '' How to Make It in America'' (2010 ...
) is Mr. Peanutbutter's emotionally abusive human ex-wife, an abrasive, hard-driving
political operative Political campaign staff are the group of people who formulate and implement the strategy of a political campaign. Campaign staffs are generally composed both of unpaid volunteers and paid employees of either the campaign itself or a related po ...
. (Diane appropriately nicknames her "Cruella.") She first appears in a flashback at the beginning of "Hank After Dark.' It is implied that she introduced Mr. Peanutbutter to the off-screen presence known as "Erica". At the end of season three, she contacts Mr. Peanutbutter about running for Governor of California. She becomes campaign manager for Mr. Peanutbutter, but after Mr. Peanutbutter drops out, she gets back at him by acting as Jessica Biel's campaign manager. Starting with season four, she takes Sarah Lynn's place during the party sequence in the opening credits.


Woodchuck Coodchuck-Berkowitz

Woodcharles "Woodchuck" Coodchuck-Berkowitz (voiced by
Andre Braugher Andre Keith Braugher ( ; July 1, 1962 – December 11, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Frank Pembleton in the NBC police drama series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999) and Captain Raymond Holt in the ...
) is the
groundhog The groundhog (''Marmota monax''), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. A lowland creature of North America, it is found through much of the Easte ...
incumbent and level-headed governor of California. He is a graduate of
Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...
. He is bewildered by Mr. Peanutbutter's campaign. In some season four episodes, he replaces Tom Jumbo-Grumbo's image on the television during the party sequence in the theme song. Following the collapse of Mr. Peanutbutter's house, he digs down to save everyone inside which results in the loss of his hands. He briefly has his hands replaced with gorilla feet and then lobster claws, but later receives hand transplants from a pedophile/murderer named Ernest Contralto. He is forced to re-run for governor following Todd's victory in the skiing race in which he is the only experienced politician. He eventually beats Jessica Biel following the revelation that she hates avocados.


Courtney Portnoy

Courtney Portnoy (voiced by
Sharon Horgan Sharon Lorencia Horgan (born ) is an Irish actress, writer, director, producer, and comedian. She is best known for creating and starring in the comedy series '' Pulling'' (2006–2009), '' Catastrophe'' (2015–2019), and '' Bad Sisters'' (2022 ...
) is a human tongue-twisting celebrity actress and one of Princess Carolyn's managerial clients, though she is also represented by Rutabaga Rabitowitz. She gets set up in a fake romantic relationship with Todd in order to improve her public appearance. She is shown to be highly superficial and materialistic. She starred in the movie ''Ms. Taken'', an inter-universe spin-off of the Liam Neeson ''Taken'' movie series, but the film was abandoned by the studio following a series of highly publicized mass shooting incidents. After a series of mishaps with her career including Todd calling off the fake engagement and ''Ms. Taken'' getting pulled, she fires Princess Carolyn. It is revealed in a sight gag in the series finale that she is cast in Kelsey Jannings' superhero film ''Fireflame'' alongside Gina Cazador.


Ana Spanakopita

Ana Spanakopita (voiced by
Angela Bassett Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. Known for her work in film and television since the 1980s, she has received List of awards and nominations received by Angela Bassett, various accolades, including a Primetime ...
) is a human publicist who specializes in getting celebrities
Oscars The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence i ...
, hence her title "The Oscar Whisperer". She spends much of season three trying to help BoJack's image, which leads to a relationship with him. Ana breaks up with him after he fails to get the Oscar nomination. She returns in season 5 as the publicist for embattled celebrity Vance Waggoner. She eventually drops him after being disillusioned by him, and sends Diane a recording she has of BoJack admitting to his actions in New Mexico, which causes Diane and BoJack's relationship to deteriorate.


Flip McVicker

Flip McVicker (voiced by
Rami Malek Rami Said Malek (; , ; born May 12, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for portraying computer hacker Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series '' Mr. Robot'' (2015–2019), for which he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Ou ...
) is the human showrunner of BoJack's new TV show, ''Philbert''. Though he believes himself to be a genius, he is actually deeply insecure, lacks creative writing skills, and is manipulative clashing with BoJack and other cast members throughout the filming of ''Philbert''.


Gina Cazador

Gina Cazador (voiced by
Stephanie Beatriz Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress. She is known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the Fox/ NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021), Quiet in the Peacock action-comedy series '' ...
) is BoJack's human co-star on ''Philbert''. They begin a sexual relationship off-set that later evolves into dating, until she breaks up with BoJack when his drug addiction spirals out of control. BoJack then chokes Gina on set while they were filming an episode of ''Philbert'' while he was high on painkillers and then does an interview (before the interview, Gina tells BoJack while she'll continue to work with him, she never wants to speak to him again.) to hide the fact that BoJack was really choking her by stating it was all just an act and that they've broken up because of what BoJack did (even having to kiss BoJack to make her statements sound sincere, much to her dismay). Gina has spent most of her career doing small parts and sees ''Philbert'' as her chance to finally break out. By season 6, her acting career has taken off, however her experience with BoJack has changed her and caused her to be incredibly anxious on set, especially when doing stunts. This garners her a reputation throughout Hollywoo for being difficult to work with, which seems to cost her a high-profile role in Kelsey Jannings' superhero film ''Fireflame'' (it is revealed in the series finale, however, that she does in fact get the role and stars alongside Courtney Portnoy, who is also considered for the role).


Pickles Aplenty

Pickles Aplenty (voiced by
Hong Chau Hong Chau (born June 25, 1979) is an American actress. She has received several award nominations for her film roles as Ngoc Lan Tran in '' Downsizing'' (2017) and as Liz, a nurse, in '' The Whale'' (2022), including a nomination for the Academ ...
in season 5,
Julia Chan Julia Chan (also known as Julia Taylor Ross) is an English actress and presenter. She is best known for her roles as Dr. Maggie Lin in the CTV series ''Saving Hope'' (2012–2017), as a co-host of the first two seasons of '' The Great Canadia ...
in season 6) (born 1993) is a female
pug The Pug is a breed of dog with the physically distinctive features of a wrinkly, short-muzzled face, and curled tail. An ancient breed, with roots dating back to 400 B.C., they have a fine, glossy coat that comes in a variety of colors, most ...
waitress, and aspiring social media influencer, who works at BoJack's restaurant, and becomes Mr. Peanutbutter's girlfriend in season 5. She is much younger than Mr. Peanutbutter and is anxious about his past marriages. While they were dating in season 5, he proposes to her, wanting to make her his fourth wife, albeit, the proposal was out of guilt from him cheating on her with Diane. In season 6, Mr. Peanutbutter confesses to cheating on Pickles and suggests that she sleep with another man to get even with him, eventually suggesting his friend and international pop star Joey Pogo. This backfires for Mr. Peanutbutter when Pickles and Pogo develop feelings for one another after having sex, and Pickles decides to follow Pogo on tour to be his social media manager, initially maintaining a long-distance relationship with Mr. Peanutbutter. Eventually, however, she leaves him for Joey Pogo.


Yolanda Buenaventura

Yolanda Buenaventura (voiced by Natalie Morales) is an
axolotl The axolotl (; from ) (''Ambystoma mexicanum'') is a neoteny, paedomorphic salamander, one that Sexual maturity, matures without undergoing metamorphosis into the terrestrial adult form; adults remain Aquatic animal, fully aquatic with obvio ...
and employee of the Better Business Bureau sent to investigate Todd's clown dentist business. At the end of season 4 she becomes a potential love interest for Todd, revealing that she is also asexual and asking him on a date. After dating each other, the two end up breaking up but promise to get back together if they have not found love by the age of 100.


Vance Waggoner

Vance Waggoner (voiced by
Bobby Cannavale Bobby Cannavale (; born May 3, 1970) is an American actor. His breakthrough came with the leading role as FDNY Paramedic Roberto "Bobby" Caffey in the NBC series ''Third Watch'', which he played from 1999 to 2001. Cannavale received the Pri ...
) is a human Hollywoo actor with a history of assault and making sexist, racist, and anti-semitic comments, who nevertheless is always able to revive his career by publicly apologizing for his actions. He is initially cast on ''Philbert'' as Philbert's partner Fritz, due to Waggoner's "bad boy" reputation, but the controversy that ensues as a result of Waggoner's past and with ''Philbert'''s indelicate subject matter (as well as the countless job offers that he receives after returning to the spotlight) causes him to leave the show and be recast with Mr. Peanutbutter. He appears later in season 6 to be BoJack's AA sponsor after no one is willing to work or talk with BoJack anymore, and the two bond over having been "canceled." Waggoner encourages BoJack to hold onto his anger and continue making content for the small part of the population that still supports him, and directs BoJack in ''The Horny Unicorn'', a bawdy, low-brow comedy.


Henry Fondle

Henry Fondle (voiced by
Aaron Paul Aaron Paul (born Aaron Paul Sturtevant; August 27, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Jesse Pinkman in the AMC series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013), for which he won several awards, including three Primetime Emmy ...
) is a sex robot designed by Todd in an attempt to get Emily to date him again without having sex with her. His incredibly lewd voice prompts are misunderstood by everyone as normal conversation, which leads to his becoming CEO of WhatTimeIsItRightNow.com. After a nonsexual "low battery" prompt is misconstrued as sexual harassment, Henry is fired from his position. After seeing Henry receive a job offer to be CEO of a different company immediately after the scandal, Todd puts down Henry with a taser.


Tracy

Tracy (voiced by
Jean Villepique Jean Villepique ( }) is an American actress known for her roles in ''BoJack Horseman'', ''A.P. Bio'', and ''Up All Night''. Villepique was previously a member of The Second City. Born in New Jersey, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre ...
) is a human case worker assigned to handle Princess Carolyn's adoption. She is very likely the long-lost twin sister of Princess Carolyn's assistant, Stewart.


Dr. Champ

Dr. Champ (voiced by Sam Richardson) is a therapy horse working at Pastiches Malibu Rehabilitation Center, and himself a former alcoholic. Similar to Mr. Peanutbutter, "Dr." is his first name, implying he is not actually a licensed doctor. He frequently tries to get BoJack to open up about his inner demons, but BoJack constantly deflects his questions with jokes. After six months, Dr. Champ urges BoJack to leave rehab, only for BoJack to stay and take care of him when he relapses into alcoholism. BoJack checks Dr. Champ into a different rehab center, and Dr. Champ angrily blames BoJack for causing him to relapse (albeit accidentally) and ending his therapy career. He is later seen drunkenly talking to Paige Sinclair and Biscuits Braxby, spilling details of BoJack's time in therapy, taking advantage of the fact that, being a therapy horse and not an actual psychotherapist, he is not bound by
confidentiality Confidentiality involves a set of rules or a promise sometimes executed through confidentiality agreements that limits the access to or places restrictions on the distribution of certain types of information. Legal confidentiality By law, la ...
.


Guy

Guy (voiced by
LaKeith Stanfield LaKeith Lee Stanfield (born August 12, 1991) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in '' Short Term 12'' (2013), for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He received further recognition for his roles in the fil ...
) is an
American bison The American bison (''Bison bison''; : ''bison''), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with Bubalina, true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic species, endemic (or native) to North America. ...
that works as a cameraman for Girl Croosh. He travels with Diane throughout the country filming exposés, and the two soon begin dating. He asks Diane to stay with him at his home in Chicago; and though Diane initially declines, she later changes her mind and moves in with him. He remains supportive of Diane and her attempt to write her own book of essays. He also has a teenage son, Sonny, from a previous marriage to a woman named Lady. When Lady moves to Houston and takes Sonny with her, Guy moves to Houston to stay near his son, with Diane promising to go with him. In the series finale, Diane tells BoJack that she initially stayed in Chicago to pursue a long-distance relationship out of fear following BoJack's suicide attempt, but that she nevertheless came to her senses, moved to Houston, and married Guy.


Joey Pogo

Joey Pogo (voiced by
Hilary Swank Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974) is an American actress and film producer. She first became known in 1992 for her role on the television series '' Camp Wilder'' and made her film debut with a minor role in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (19 ...
) is a human pop star who is initially introduced when he is set to replace BoJack in the "fancy room" at Pastiches Rehab, but he checks out almost immediately. He later joins Mr. Peanutbutter touring across the country giving talks about mental illness and depression. He and Mr. Peanutbutter become very close friends due to their similar characteristics and the two of them and Pickles invest in the Elefino restaurant together. Mr. Peanutbutter volunteers Joey to sleep with Pickles so that she can get back at him for cheating on her with Diane, but it backfires on Mr. Peanutbutter when Pickles and Joey catch feelings for one another. Pickles then joins Joey on tour as his social media manager and eventually leaves Mr. Peanutbutter for Joey.


Sharona

Sharona (voiced by
Amy Sedaris Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series '' Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000) and the prequel film '' Strangers with Candy'' (2005), wh ...
) was the hair and make-up girl for ''Horsin' Around''. She takes the fall for Sarah Lynn's accidental drinking of alcohol. She reunites with BoJack in season 6 at an AA meeting, and they reconcile over the incident after BoJack apologizes. She then cuts his hair and convinces him to stop dyeing it, revealing his natural grey locks.


Paige Sinclair

Paige Sinclair (voiced by
Paget Brewster Paget Valerie Brewster ( ; born March 10, 1969) is an American actress. She first received recognition for her recurring role as Kathy on the fourth season of ''Friends''. She gained wider recognition as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Emily Pre ...
) is a
warthog ''Phacochoerus'' is a genus in the family Suidae, commonly known as warthogs (pronounced ''wart-hog''). They are pigs who live in open and semi-open habitats, even in quite arid regions, in sub-Saharan Africa. The two species were formerly cons ...
reporter at the '' Reporter'' who investigates Sarah Lynn's death alongside Maximilian Banks. She and Maximillian act as if they are in a 1930s
screwball comedy Screwball comedy is a film subgenre of the romantic comedy genre that became popular during the Great Depression, beginning in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1950s, that satirizes the traditional love story. It has secondary charact ...
. She publishes an article exposing BoJack's role in Sarah Lynn's death and later gathers more detail to orchestrate a hard-hitting interview with BoJack by Biscuits Braxby, both of which directly lead to BoJack's downfall.


Maude

Maude (voiced by Echo Gillette) is a counter girl rabbit working for Cinnabunny at Air Bud International Airport. When she breaks up with her boyfriend, alluding to it being a lack of sexual interest, BoJack recommends Todd's asexual dating app. Afterward, she and Todd become boyfriend and girlfriend. They move in together after Todd moves out of Princess Carolyn's house and Maude stops living with her parents. As of the series finale, Todd and Maude are still in a good relationship.


Minor characters

* Pig Doctor (voiced by
Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–2023) as adult ...
) – An unnamed pig physician. * Waitress (voiced by
Alison Brie Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She earned recognition for playing Trudy Campbell in the drama series ''Mad Men'' (2007–2015), and had her Breakthrough role, breakthrough starring ...
) – An unnamed cow waitress with a bad attitude. Eventually, Todd accidentally tips her eight million dollars. She remains a waitress following this tip. * Neal McBeal (voiced by
Patton Oswalt Patton Peter Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His acting roles include Spence Olchin in the sitcom ''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) and narrating the sitcom '' The Goldbergs'' (2013–2023) as adult ...
) – A
harbor seal The harbor (or harbour) seal (''Phoca vitulina''), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared sea ...
who is a
Navy Seal The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the United States Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main funct ...
and a veteran of
War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan, Afghan war, or Afghan civil war may refer to: *Conquest of Afghanistan by Alexander the Great (330 BC – 327 BC), the conquest of Afghanistan by the Macedonian Empire * Muslim conquests of Afghanistan, a series of campaigns in ...
. He gets into a public feud with BoJack over a box of muffins. * Marty (voiced by Larry Clarke), Artie (voiced by
Mike O'Malley Michael Edward O'Malley (born October 31, 1966) is an American actor, writer and television producer. Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire, O'Malley hosted the early 1990s children's game shows '' Get the Picture'' and '' Nickelodeon Guts ...
), and Tommy Nguyen (voiced by
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) – Diane's three biological brothers who still live with their parents in Boston. As with all of her family, they are selfish, rude, and obsessed with sports. Diane and BoJack go out to see them when Diane's father dies, and while they regularly insult Diane, they quickly bond with BoJack. However, upon realizing how poorly they treat Diane, BoJack quickly becomes disillusioned with them. * Gary (voiced by
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) – Diane's adopted sheep brother, a literal
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of the family. * Mrs. Nguyen (voiced by
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) – Diane's alcoholic mother. She frequently insults Diane the same way her sons do. * Oxnard (voiced by
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) – Mr. Peanutbutter's long-suffering
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accountant. He is frequently driven to madness by Mr. Peanutbutter's harebrained business schemes. We occasionally see his son at his side, whose relationship is strained by the main characters' antics. * Laura (voiced by
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) – Princess Carolyn's secretary in season one. She is replaced by a male assistant named Stuart in season two, but makes a brief non-speaking cameo appearance in "Higher Love." She later returns as director David Pincher's personal assistant in season three. She sabotages BoJack's chance to appear in a Pegasus movie after Vanessa Gecko reveals to her that Princess Carolyn intentionally prevented Laura's promotion. * Zoë and Zelda (both voiced by Kelen Coleman) – The twins who were raised by Mr. Peanutbutter on ''Mr. Peanutbutter's House''. A recurring gag in season one was identifying who was a "Zoë" and who was a "Zelda". Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg based them on the main characters of '' Sister, Sister'' and the phenomenon of people identifying as either a "Tia" or a "Tamara". * Quentin Tarantulino (voiced by
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) – A
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who is a
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. He is a parody of
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. He is known for revitalizing the careers of dead actors, and works on the Mr. Peanutbutter film before turning it into a snack box. * Mr. Witherspoon (voiced by
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) – A
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who heads the Vigor agency in seasons 1 and 2. He is Princess Carolyn's boss and the father of Charley Witherspoon. His entrance is usually accompanied by trombone music. In "
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", it was mentioned that Mr. Witherspoon suffered a stroke. He dies sometime between "Out to Sea" and "Old Acquaintances" as a result of his medical condition. * Angela Diaz (voiced by
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) – A human executive for the studio that produces ''Horsin' Around''. She gives BoJack a harsh speech about how the entertainment business works, persuading him to fire Herb, although in reality she and Disney CEO
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have fired him for his
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. She later contacts BoJack in the sixth season after details of his wrongdoings are made public, telling him how the studio is going to release new versions of his old show called "Around" because no one will watch any episodes if BoJack appears in them, and offering him a large settlement which he accepts. She then horrifies BoJack by telling him she was bluffing about Herb and wouldn't have fired him back then if BoJack had stood up to her, but dismisses his anger by saying he made his choices and has to live with them. While she only encounters BoJack twice in the series, these two encounters have a direct impact on BoJack's downfall. * Joelle Clarke (voiced by
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) – A human actress who played the Horse's eldest adopted daughter Olivia on ''Horsin' Around''. In "Still Broken", it is revealed Joelle is living in
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. It is mentioned in season three that Joelle missed five episodes of ''Horsin' Around'' due to an
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problem (a possible reference to ''
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'' actress
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's real-life problem while on that show). * Unnamed News Reporter (voiced by
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) – A bald news reporter sporting a goatee who regularly covers celebrity-centric news. * Judge (voiced by
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) – A
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judge who presides over BoJack's jury duty case in season 1, Todd's Disneyland copyright infringement case in season 2, and briefly swears Todd in as California governor in season 4. * Tracy (voiced by
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) – A character in ''Horsin' Around'' who works as Mr. Libertore's secretary. * Richie Osborne (voiced by
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) – A human actor who played Goober on ''Horsin' Around'' who always shows up to the Horse's house unannounced, leading everyone to say "Go home, Goober!" BoJack mentioned that Richie once got in trouble with the law for molesting the
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. When he grows up, Richie is the owner of a strip club with killer whale dancers. * Irving Jannings (voiced by
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) – Kelsey's daughter. * Commanding Officer (voiced by
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) – an LAPD Commanding Officer who is Meow Meow Fuzzyface's superior. * Mia McKibbin (voiced by
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) – A mouse who works at the game show. She tries to earn the respect of J.D. Salinger and finds Todd extremely immature. A
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grad, she has a cameo in a season 3 waiting in line at
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behind Mr. Peanutbutter. * Amanda Hannity (voiced by
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) – A
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who is
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of ''Manatee Fair'' magazine. * Abe D'Catfish (voiced by
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) – A
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director who replaces Kelsey Jannings after Lennie Turteltaub fires her. He and BoJack have butted heads causing BoJack to sneak out of LA to visit Charlotte Moore. This causes Abe and Lennie to use CGI to fill in for BoJack. * Kyle (voiced by
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) – Charlotte's human husband and the father of Trip and Penny. * Trip (voiced by
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) – Charlotte's human son who is the teenage brother of Penny. * Maddy Ginsberg (voiced by
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) – Penny's human best friend who attends prom with her and BoJack, along with her boyfriend Pete. She passes out after getting drunk on alcohol obtained by BoJack, who abandons her and Pete at the hospital. She is later revealed to have survived after having her stomach pumped. * Peter Pocket (voiced by Jermaine Fowler) – A human friend of Penny's who attends prom with her and BoJack, along with his girlfriend Maddy. BoJack leaves him and Maddy at the hospital after Maddy gets drunk and passes out. In season 6, Peter encounters Hollyhock at a party in New York City. * Copernicus (voiced by
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) – A Persian cat who founded the improv theater troupe/cult, Shenanigags (which closely resembles
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). He takes a liking to Todd and knows dozens of jokes related to the butt. It is later revealed in "Out to Sea" that Copernicus is a fraud who exploits the improv workers on the cruise ships and steals his butt jokes from a joke book. Copernicus is thematically a parody of the founder of Scientology
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and visually a parody of
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. * Hedgehog at Orphanage (voiced by
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) – A British-accented
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who runs the Jerb Kazzaz Memorial Orphanage, intended as Herb Kazzaz but misspelled due to BoJack's email. * Heather (voiced by
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) – A manatee reporter for Manatee Fair who winds up sleeping with BoJack while writing an article on him. He accidentally confesses to her that Secretariat was finished using a CGI double of him after he walked out on filming. * Cuddlywhiskers (voiced by
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) – A
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and producer who created ''Krill & Grace'' and ''The BoJack Horseman Show''. He attended
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, where he was president of the Lampoon. * Jill Pill (voiced by
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) – A
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playwright who was Cuddlywhiskers' assistant and former lover. Her real name is Jill Filipowitz. * Dr. Janet (voiced by
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) – A human marriage counselor providing couples therapy to Mr. Peanutbutter and Diane, as well Rutabaga and his wife Katie. Although modeled on Bracco's portrayal of
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from ''
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'', she is more sardonic and direct in her manner and uses a police siren to signal that time has run out in the therapy session. * Skinny Gina (voiced by
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) – A
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exotic dancer who works for Goober's killer whale gentleman's club, "Whale World." She later goes to work for Todd at Cabracadabra. * The Closer (voiced by
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) – An unseen sales executive of indeterminate species who patiently counsels BoJack through his personal problems over the phone as part of an elaborate last-ditch sales pitch to get him to re-subscribe to the L.A. Gazette. *Captain Peanutbutter (voiced by
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) – Mr. Peanutbutter's older brother who lives on the
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. He makes microbrews and has a wife who runs
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. During season 3, he reveals to Mr. Peanutbutter that he has a potentially fatal twisted spleen. * Sandro (voiced by
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) – The human head chef at BoJack's restaurant Elefante. He displays several stereotypical Italian mannerisms and speaks in heavily accented
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s. * Waiter (voiced by
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) – An unnamed human waiter who works at BoJack's restaurant Elefante, he is forced to become head chef after Sandro abruptly quits. * Alexi Brosefino (voiced by
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). – He texts Diane about a party at his house thinking she was another woman with the same moniker. He gives Diane "Gush", a drug that gives her an epiphany of how much she loves Mr. Peanutbutter. * Jurj Clooners (voiced by
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) – A lawyer-friendly version of
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. He is an actor who stars in ''The Nazi Who Played Yahtzee'', and is a huge fan of pranks. * Marv Sbarbori (voiced by
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) – Princess Carolyn's boss at Vigor Agency back in 2007. * Eddie (voiced by
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) – A widower
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contractor who lives across from the old Sugarman house in Michigan. He befriends BoJack while repairing the house. * Lion Musician (voiced by
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) – A
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clarinetist who performs in the same symphony as Todd. * Marcy (voiced by
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) – The human former president of BoJack's fan club who BoJack believes might be Hollyhock's mother. * Tilda Madison (voiced by
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) – A
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actress who BoJack had sex with in the '90s and who Hollyhock believes might be her mother. * Queen Antonia (voiced by
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) – The queen of an
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living underneath Mr. Peanutbutter's house. She appears in the season 4 episode "Underground", where she is locked in a labor dispute with her female soldiers over sexual access to her male drones. She is shown to dislike surface dwellers and gentrification * Henrietta Platchkey (voiced by
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) – Hollyhock's human mother, and former maid of the Horseman family, only remembered by Beatrice with scribbles in place of her face. * Clemelia Bloodsworth (voiced by Natasha Rothwell) – A swan classmate of young Beatrice who was seen in a dementia flashback. * Ruthie (voiced by
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) – Princess Carolyn's imaginary descendant, who presents a report to her robot teacher, Miss Teach-Bot (also voiced by Kristin Chenoweth). * Mikaela (voiced by
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) – A stork adoption agency worker. * American Tourist (voiced by
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) – A human tourist who runs into Diane in Hanoi and seems unable to understand that Diane is also American and can also speak English. * The Grip (voiced by
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) – An
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grip working on location in Hanoi who mistakenly believes Diane can't speak English and begins a brief romance with her. He is angered when he discovers she could understand him the entire time. * Mr. Buenaventura (voiced by
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) – Yolanda's father, an erotic novelist who is unaware of his daughter's asexuality. * Angelica Buenaventura (voiced by
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) – Yolanda's mother,an adult film star. * Mindy Buenaventura (voiced by Natalie Morales) – Yolanda's identical twin sister, a sex advice columnist. * Cutie Cutie Cupcake (voiced by
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) – Princess Carolyn's mother, also a pink Persian cat. She is the alcoholic live-in housekeeper to the wealthy Wallace family of Eden, North Carolina. She is depicted in flashbacks when princess Carolyn returns to Eden to meet a prospective birth parent for an adoption. * Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace, Jr. (voiced by
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) – A
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who is the son of the family Princess Carolyn's mother works for. He winds up impregnating Princess Carolyn, but the pregnancy does not keep. * Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace, Sr. (voiced by
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) – Father of Cooper Thomas Rogers Wallace, Jr., also a fox, he is the heir to an answering machine tape fortune. * Sadie (voiced by
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) – A human young woman that lives in
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, from whom Princess Carolyn is hoping to adopt. She is pregnant by her ex-boyfriend Strib. * Strib (voiced by Brian Tyree Henry) – A
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who is Sadie ex-boyfriend. * Dr. Indira (voiced by
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) – Diane's psychotherapist, she has a tendency to openly discuss her patients' issues with other people by only marginally changing their names and identifying characteristics. * Mary-Beth (voiced by
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) – Dr. Indira's spouse, she is a corporate mediator brought on to resolve a workplace dispute between Princess Carolyn and Todd over a stolen piece of string cheese. * WhatTimeIsItRightNow.com CEO (voiced by Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) – A
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who resigns his position as CEO of WhatTimesIsItRightNow.com after being persuaded to by Henry Fondle. * Mother Superior (voiced by
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) – A
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nun in whose oceanside convent Margo Martindale has been cared for in a catatonic state. * Abel Ziegler (voiced by
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) – A human popsicle stick joke-writer, he threatens to sue Princess Carolyn for Flip's alleged plagiarism of one of his jokes. * Ziggy Abler (voiced by Richard Lewis) – Abel's estranged spiral-horned antelope joke-writing partner. * Biscuits Braxby (voiced by
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) – A
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TV personality who softball interviews BoJack and Gina after an on-set incident. She later conducts a series of interviews with BoJack about his role in Sarah Lynn's death and, later, all of his many other wrongdoings. These interviews directly lead to BoJack being " canceled" by the general public. * Pastiches Receptionist (voiced by Will Choi) – The cheerful groundhog receptionist of BoJack's rehab facility, Pastiches, who insist on taking
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s with each new patient. * Jeremiah Whitewhale (voiced by
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) – The whale head of business conglomerate Whitewhale Enterprises. * Jorge Chavez (voiced by
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) – Todd's serious, disciplinarian human stepfather, from whom Todd is estranged. He considers Todd a failure due to his frequent shenanigans, despite Todd claiming to be happy with his life. As a Latino, he has often struggled in his life and only achieved success through strict discipline. He tried to enforce the same on Todd, but then remembers that Todd is
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. * Maximillian Banks (voiced by
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) – A human reporter at the ' who investigates Sarah Lynn's death along with Paige Sinclair. He is less intelligent than her and harbors clear romantic feelings for her. * Jagger Waggoner (voiced by
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) – Vance Waggoner’s daughter. Shown to have had a verbally abusive father growing up, who still harasses her in the present day despite divorcing her mother and her growing up and moving out to go to college. * Greg (voice actor unknown) – A man that Mr. Peanutbutter met at the gas station once. Sheds a tear when Mr. Peanutbutter says he does not like him in ''Surprise''! (season 6 episode 4)


Celebrities

Celebrities appear on the show either as humans or anthropomorphic animal versions. In all of the cases below, the celebrities have voiced themselves: * "Character Actress" Margo Martindale – An exaggerated, criminally insane version of actress Margo Martindale who willingly goes along with BoJack's schemes no matter how convoluted or dangerous. She is always referred to by other characters as "Character Actress Margo Martindale", rather than simply by her name. In season 1, she is arrested helping BoJack fake a bank robbery in order to steal Diane's engagement ring, and is incarcerated in Hills Super-Max Prison. In "Later", Margo was seen in the prison's cafeteria talking to her fellow inmates that resemble the characters from ''
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''. In season 2's "The Shot", the audience sees Margo get released early from prison due to good behavior. Later in the same episode, Margo gets involved in a shootout with the
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police in order to distract them from BoJack's unauthorized use of the
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for his movie ''Secretariat''. When the police recognize her face but do not recall her name, she opens fire on them in the name of often-unrecognized fellow character actors like
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and
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. In season 3, it is revealed in flashbacks that she was BoJack's co-star on ''The BoJack Horseman Show''. In " Stop the Presses", it is revealed that she has been hiding out on BoJack's boat since the previous season's shootout in Yorba Linda, during which time she starred in a regional production of a
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play while also doing a character arc as Ruth Eastman on ''The Good Wife''. She eventually steals BoJack's boat and a papier-mâché version of Todd's head and flees into international waters. During the season 3 finale, "That Went Well", she is shown to have become delusional after weeks alone in the open sea, believing that the papier-mâché Todd-head is called "Skippy" and that it speaks to her. In her delusions, she causes an accident with the ''Cargot Cartinadale'', a cargo ship carrying tons of pasta, resulting in an environmental disaster which Mr. Peanutbutter ends up resolving. In an MSNBSea newscrawl in season 4, it is revealed that she is still lost at sea and presumed dead. In season 5, it is revealed she was found alive by a remote convent with amnesia, with them unaware of her identity. However, when she sees a giant floating balloon of BoJack, she begins screaming his name. In season 6, Margo regains her memory and becomes a nun, but leaves the convent in a priest's Alfa Romeo. She later returns for one last scheme, pretending to kidnap Todd and Maude so that Todd can reconnect with his estranged mother. She does this to make amends for having helped ruin Todd's rock opera, and later claims that all of her escapades throughout the whole series were one long ruse to help Todd and his mother reunite. * Naomi Watts – An exaggerated version of the actress, she plays Diane in Mr. Peanutbutter's film. While in character as Diane, she engages in a fast-paced sexual relationship with BoJack only to lose interest in him when her character is ultimately written out of the movie and replaced with a ball on a stick. Naomi advises she is tired of playing well-rounded female characters, and only initially takes the Mr. Peanutbutter film due to its one-dimensional portrayal of Diane. * Wallace Shawn – An exaggerated version of the real life actor; plays BoJack in Mr. Peanutbutter's film. *
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– Best known for his guest spot on ''Law & Order: SVU'', he gives the eulogy at Herb Kazzaz's funeral. During a discussion with Princess Carolyn, he says he knew Kazzaz when they worked for
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. Henry, and Herb's caretaker Tina, kept Kazzaz's terrible novel manuscript from being posthumously published and tainting Kazzaz's legacy. * Paul McCartney – He appears out of a cake Mr. Peanutbutter made for Diane's surprise party, but only at the end of the episode once everyone else has left. * Scott Wolf – Despite his surname, Scott is depicted as a
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. He is a presenter at the 1994 Animals' Choice Awards, where he and Matthew Fox present the award for Male Animal in a Comedy, Drama or Variety Show to Hank Hippopopalous. * Daniel Radcliffe – An exaggerated version of the actor, appearing as the surprise celebrity guest for the premiere of Mr. Peanutbutter's game show. He does not like BoJack and has fun mangling his name on purpose, at various points referring to him as B. J. Novak and Chadwick Boseman among others. * Lance Bass – Depicted as a bass (fish), bass fish, he is a celebrity guest on Mr. Peanutbutter's game show. *
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– Mr. Peanutbutter's second wife in 2007, who frequently speaks in the third person and later divorces him to be with Justin Timberlake. She attends the fundraiser for Peanutbutter's gubernatorial campaign during the season 4 episode "Underground" and becomes trapped in the wreckage of Peanutbutter's house after a fracking accident causes it to collapse into a cave. Whilst underground, she forms a cult dedicated to worshipping fire and burns Zach Braff alive in ritual sacrifice. She intends to burn Peanutbutter afterwards, but is accidentally stopped by BoJack and Diane. She later teams up with Peanutbutter's other ex-wife, Katrina, and runs for governor so she can get back at Mr. Peanutbutter. Despite Katrina's best efforts, Biel ends up losing the election to the incumbent Woodchuck Coodchuck-Berkowitz after Biel's hatred for avocado is leaked to the public, an "offense the people of California cannot stand". * Jorge Garcia – BoJack is briefly seen talking to him in 2007 about ''Lost (2004 TV series), Lost''. * Leonard Maltin – Hosts the eponymous Leonard Maltin Awards. * Greg Kinnear – Plays a marionette version of himself in Jill Pill's immersive theatre production of "The Tragedie of Greg Kinglear." * Wiz Khalifa – Presents the Oscar for Best Song to an absent Sarah Lynn. * Carla Hall – Introduced as a "Spaghetti Scientist", she provides a live tutorial on MSNBSea on how to save Pacific Ocean City from being smothered by twelve tons of cooked spaghetti. * Neil deGrasse Tyson – Narrated the light show at the planetarium in S3 E11 "That's Too Much, Man!" * David Chase – The creator of ''Untitled Horsin' Around Knockoff'', later renamed ''Mr. Peanutbutter's House''. * Vincent D'Onofrio – The original star of ''Untitled Horsin' Around Knockoff'', later recast with Mr. Peanutbutter. * Paul Giamatti – Portrays BoJack in the TV miniseries ''The Sarah Lynn Story'', something BoJack is shown to have issue with. * Sharc Jacobs – A shark version of Marc Jacobs. * Tim Gunn – Attends Sharc Jacobs' fashion show. * Zach Braff – Appears at Mr. Peanutbutter's gubernatorial fundraiser, and constantly tries to get his parking validated after Mr. Peanutbutter's house goes underground. He is killed when Jessica Biel sets him on fire and his corpse is eaten by the starving partygoers. He later appears at the end of the series as one of many deceased people from BoJack's past with whom he reconnects during his hallucination following his near-death experience. * Felicity Huffman – Lives in the house under BoJack's house and is annoyed with all the things that are thrown into her yard. Hosts a reality show called ''FHBA: Los Angeles'', which is short for ''Felicity Huffman Booty Academy: Los Angeles''. * Sir Mix-a-Lot – A judge on Felicity Huffman's buttocks-related reality show. * Laura Linney – Sits next to Diane on her flight back from Vietnam, where she is on location filming a movie. * Mark Feuerstein – Publicly vouches for Vance Waggoner after he is accused of anti-semitism, and agrees to a supporting role in Waggoner's next movie. * Cindy Crawfish – A crawfish version of Cindy Crawford. * Flea Daniels - A flea version of Lee Daniels who later directs ''The Diary of Anne Frankenstein''. * Jeanne Tripplehorn - Pretends to be her identical twin "Joan Tripplehorn" while in rehab. * Jay Hernandez - Pretends to be in rehab as Mario to research a role for an upcoming Zack Snyder film. * Chloë Grace Moretz - Plays the lead in Flea Daniels' ''The Diary of Anne Frankenstein''. *
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- A bumblebee version of Bee, host of ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'' on T-Bee-S. Some other real-life celebrities appear, but are voiced by other actors: * Charlie Rose (voiced by
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) – He interviews BoJack Horseman in "BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One". * Derek Jeter (voiced by Chris Cox (voice actor), Chris Cox) – A shortstop for the New York Yankees baseball team. He briefly appears walking an old lady across the street, only to rob her when she is hit by the chum bucket holding Diane's father's remains. * Beyoncé (voiced by Yvette Nicole Brown) – Beyoncé appears in "Our A-Story Is a 'D' Story" where she trips and falls on dollar bills that BoJack threw off a roof. * Cameron Crowe (voiced by
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) – Depicted as a Raven, Princess Carolyn meets with him to discuss the Eva Braun movie that she wants Cate Blanchett to star in. *
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(voiced by John Krasinski) – A racehorse and BoJack's hero. In the show, he was banned for life from racing when there were allegations that he had been betting on his own races. After being disgraced, Secretariat committed suicide by jumping off the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge into the Ohio River. His brother Jeffretariat was killed in the Vietnam War. A version of Secretariat, with Secretariat's appearance, Butterscotch Horseman's voice, and his personality and experiences being a combination of the two, appears among other deceased people from BoJack's past during a hallucination in "The View From Halfway Down." *
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(voiced by
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) – Sarah Lynn's celebrity boyfriend with whom she has an on-again off-again relationship. He is depicted as sharing traits with the comic character Garfield (character), Garfield, including a dislike of Mondays and a craving for lasagna. * Matthew Fox (voiced by Chris Diamantopoulos) – Despite his surname, Matthew is depicted as a Wolf, gray wolf. He is depicted as being nearly feral and unable to articulate speech. Matthew is a presenter at the 1994 Animals' Choice Awards alongside Scott Wolf. * J. D. Salinger (voiced by Alan Arkin) – In the universe of this show, ''The Catcher in the Rye'' author J.D. Salinger faked his death and opened a tandem bicycle shop. He was a client of the late Ronnie Bonito. After learning that he is still alive, Princess Carolyn convinces him to work in television where he creates a game show that Mr. Peanutbutter hosts called '' Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out!''. In "Start Spreading the News", he pulls the plug on Mr. Peanutbutter's game show, feeling that his work is done on the project. In the same episode, he also leaves Princess Carolyn's new agency for Gekko-Rabitowitz. Also as a running gag through the series, Diane's ringtone is voiced by several personalities from public radio or podcasts: * In season one, Diane's ringtone is voiced by Ira Glass. * In season two, Diane's ringtone is voiced by Sarah Koenig. * In season three, Diane's ringtone is voiced by Terry Gross and Jonathan Lethem. * In season four, Diane's ringtone is voiced by Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel. * In season five, Diane's ringtone is voiced by Peter Sagal. * In season six, Diane's ringtone is voiced by Michael Barbaro.


References

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