Tuca & Bertie: Season 1

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Tuca & Bertie: Tuca VS The Bros

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Adult Swim | Netflix | Season Premiere Date: May 3, 2019

Summary: 30-year-old toucan bird women Tuca (voiced by Tiffany Haddish) and her songbird friend Bertie (voiced by Ali Wong) live in the same apartment building in this animated comedy created by BoJack Horseman's Lisa Hanawalt.

Creator: Lisa Hanawalt

Genre(s): Comedy, Animation

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IndieWire Ben Travers

May 2, 2019

This isn’t a bait-and-switch situation; the comedy isn’t just a means to get to the drama. The two gel seamlessly as the characters develop and grow together. “Tuca & Bertie” connects on a deeper level than many cartoons, without devaluing the importance of joy, laughter, and good old fashioned fun. Read full review

Dave Nemetz

May 3, 2019

I ended up liking it so much, I felt compelled to spread the gospel. All you Broad City and BoJack fans out there? Fly, don’t walk. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

May 2, 2019

Especially in its early episodes, Tuca & Bertie feels like the manic lovechild of BoJack and Broad City. ... An ambitious mainstreaming of feminist art. Haddish embodies an archetype we’ve seen her as several times now (as well as a character whose tragic history is not dissimilar to the actress’s early years), but Tuca & Bertie allows her to fill in those outlines in fascinating new ways. Wong’s comedic persona is of a wild child too (if a reformed one), which makes the dramatic shadings of her performance a revelation. Read full review

Hank Stuever

May 2, 2019

The first episode comes on a little strong, as the viewer tries to follow the jokes and appreciate the frenetically wild visuals whizzing past (a high-rise building with naked, jiggling breasts?). Further episodes settle down and focus on some themes. ... Nothing gets too heavy, however, as “Tuca & Bertie” remains solidly and successfully committed to its larky nature. Read full review

The Guardian Kate Abbott

Dec 4, 2019

In comedy terms it’s more rolling chuckle than laugh-out-loud, and there are sometimes slightly jarring shifts in animation to lo-fi claymation or even sock-puppet styles. Those aside, this is a chirpily realised world that stays true to its experimentalism – and its pleasures are consistent, if deliciously twisted, and very surreal indeed. Read full review

Pilot Viruet

May 3, 2019

More than anything, Tuca & Bertie is just funny. It finds humor in just about everything: in the serious subjects, in the gross things about women that are rarely talked about, in growing into your 30s, in the monotony of long-term relationships, in fun new crushes, and, most importantly, in female friendship. Read full review

Judy Berman

May 2, 2019

The mismatched moods don’t entirely ruin the show’s fun. But for a project that looks so much like BoJack and borrows so much from Broad City—two comedies with very different but equally seamless approaches to tackling topical issues—that clunkiness is a bummer. Read full review

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Marcelo_Lima

May 4, 2019

This Series is Funny and have a lot detailed visual gags - I had to pause countless times to absorb everything and I wasn't high hahahaha Recommended!

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manningn15

Jul 26, 2021

Just finished the first season of Tuca & Bertie and I love this show. The writing is outstanding, it's funny and the way they address adult and difficult subjects like anxiety and sexual assault is just exceptional doing with a beautifully sensitive touch. The acting is superb especiallyJust finished the first season of Tuca & Bertie and I love this show. The writing is outstanding, it's funny and the way they address adult and difficult subjects like anxiety and sexual assault is just exceptional doing with a beautifully sensitive touch. The acting is superb especially from Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, Nicole Byer, Jane Lynch, Amber Ruffin, Adam Conover, Jenifer Lewis, Reggie Watts, John Early, Laverne Cox, Shamir, Richard E. Grant, and Awkwafina. The animation is phenomenal, I love the style. The music is great. An A+ season first season.… Expand

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kirkender

Jun 26, 2019

Tuca and Bertie is a breath of fresh air in the world of animation. Not only is the art direction and animation some of the most inventive and exploratory in decades, but the amazing weirdness is balanced with intimate human stories. MORE PLEASE.

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ArcanaThe4th

May 25, 2019

Unlike its sister series, Bojack Horseman, Tuca and Bertie goes mach 5 with the bizarreness in a world where anthropomorphic animals, humans and plants live together, but it doesn't foregos deep characters or the exploration that comes with it.

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Mattyice

May 4, 2019

If you go into this show completely separating it from Bojack, you're bound to find a good time. It's art style is great (noticeably improved from Lisa's work on Bojack) and surreal, making it stand out from other adult cartoons. It's humor is not as consistent, but overall works pretty wellIf you go into this show completely separating it from Bojack, you're bound to find a good time. It's art style is great (noticeably improved from Lisa's work on Bojack) and surreal, making it stand out from other adult cartoons. It's humor is not as consistent, but overall works pretty well and is pretty raunchy. Overall, a pretty good followup from the team behind Bojack and definitely see some decent long term potential in this series.… Expand

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All_ButTrU4

Dec 18, 2021

Lot's of funny gags. Very honest and absurd. A great exploration of young adult hood and trauma through the lense of female friendship.

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thenffc

May 6, 2019

not funny- pretentious millennial crap.....................................

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