''SuperMansion'' is an American

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created by Matthew Senreich and

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for Crackle. The series stars

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, Heidi Gardner, Tucker Gilmore,

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, Zeb Wells, and Jillian Bell. The series premiered on Crackle on October 8, 2015. The series was renewed for a third season which was released on May 7, 2018. The series was removed from Crackle after it was fully sold to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment in 2020.

Plot

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group that is led by the aging superhero Titanium Rex. From their base called SuperMansion in the fictional city of Storm City, Titanium Rex and his fellow superheroes Black Saturn, American Ranger, Jewbot/Robobot, Cooch, and Brad struggle to keep the team relevant when occasionally visited by the government accountant Sgt. Agony even if it involves fighting an assortment of supervillains like Dr. Devizo as well as Titanium Rex's daughter Lex Lightning. In season two, Dr. Devizo and Lex Lightning form the Injustice Club in order to combat the League of Freedom. In addition, the League of Freedom deals with a Subtopian invasion led by Titanium Rex's older brother Titanium Dax. In season three, the League of Freedom has to share the SuperMansion with the Injustice Club in light of Dr. Devizo helping to stop the Subtopian invasion.

Cast

as Titanium Rex *

as American Ranger, Sgt. Agony * Heidi Gardner as Cooch * Tucker Gilmore as Black Saturn *

as Jewbot/Robobot, The Groaner * Jillian Bell as Titanium Lex/Lex Lightning *

as Brad * Chris Pine as Dr. Devizo, Robo-Dino * Breckin Meyer as Courtney/Ringler *

as Zenith/Portia Jones

Episodes

Production

SuperMansion began life as a 12-minute pilot for

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, under the original name ''Übermansion'' where, along with several other pilots (including '' King Star King'' and '' Mr. Pickles'', both of which were eventually greenlit), it competed for which pilot would be turned into Adult Swim's next series. The pilot won and aired (along with the pilots to ''King Star King'' and ''Mr. Pickles'') on August 25, 2013. For unknown reasons, the series moved to Crackle instead with the name change from ''Übermansion'' to ''SuperMansion''. On April 14, 2015,

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announced that the stop-motion animated series was being developed by Crackle, which

would voice and executive produce with his Moon Shot Entertainment. Thirteen episodes were being produced, and also starring

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, and Jillian Bell. Matthew Senreich and

wrote and would executive produce the series, while other executive producers would be Green, John Harvatine IV, Eric Towner, and James Degus, while

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would produce. The first trailer was released on July 9, 2015, and the other cast included Senreich, Wells, Heidi Gardner,

, Tucker Gilmore and some other guest stars. For the show's second season,

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signed a

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deal with the series as part of a broader deal with Crackle. In addition, Arby's was shown to be next door to the abandoned pizza restaurant which the Injustice Club uses as their hideout.

Broadcast

The series had its television premiere on January 1, 2017 on

. In France, the series premiered on MCM on April 17, 2019, airing both French dub and English audio subtitled.

Reception

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, the series' first season has a 40% Tomatometer with an average rating of 5.8/10, based on 5 reviews. On

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, which uses a

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, assigned the first season a score of 59 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Home media

Season 1 was released on DVD on October 11, 2016. Season 2 was only released on DVD on September 12, 2018, in Australia.

References

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