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- 2019
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- Adult Swim
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Adult Swim
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.
Created By: Lisa Hanawalt
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Adult Swim
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Adult Swim
Tuca & Bertie
Season 1 Premiere: May 3, 2019
6.6
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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.
Created By: Lisa Hanawalt
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
82
93% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
82
93% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
In a series already bursting with beautiful sentiments, the stunning world-building immeasurably enhances the experience, helping to make “Tuca and Bertie” stand out in the animation realm, the TV world, and beyond.
"Tuca & Bertie" smartly perks up the [Adult Swim] lineup, reminding us of the many ways that animation tells multi-dimensional stories that speak to everybody, not just the guys.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 116 User Ratings
6.6
66% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
10% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
23% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 116 User Ratings
6.6
66% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
10% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
23% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
This show is super cool. The illustrator of BoJack Horseman made this this show. Most tv shows we see are from the male perspective but this one is from a woman's perspective which makes it so interesting, real and new. I love Tuca & Bertie.
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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.
These episodes will make you laugh, they’ll make you cry, and they’ll make you crave bug bundts (sounds gross, but trust me, they look good). Tuca & Bertie’s third season proves that entertaining, hilarious, and downright weird television doesn’t have to sacrifice heart.
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.
If some of the subplots at times can feel rather silly or slight—and sometimes both (see the snake infestation in the season’s third episode)—that is less a critique than an apt description. With its quirky character designs and its even zanier sense of humor, Tuca & Bertie lives in its own rarified animated space where a tree can be an alcoholic and a series of bug-themed baked goods make for great workplace-comedy fodder.
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.
For all the bubbly, drug-trip animations that seem to assist in keeping along the show's establishment, there isn't not the deep stuff hidden underneath for us to pick at--people, especially whom this comedy is targeted towards (adults), are expecting all the goodness: enriched, developed themes with which the audience can only hope will do over-necessary justice for Tuca & Bertie's predecessor Bojack Horseman.
However, this all-empowering and outrageously creative cartoon work seems to do things differently. Sure, it's more fun than serious, it's more out-there than restrictive, but it's intention definitely isn't lacking, or in respect to that, any less meaningful than what could have been.
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This is about a couple bird friends, who live in a world of anthromporphic plants and animals. (To clarify: this isn't in the world of Bojack Horseman. The creator Lisa Hanawalt had been a production designer on that show). Only got through an episode and a half. I wasn't feeling it, but I can see how others would like this.
To it's credit, the world of the show was pretty creative. It's a surreal place, one example being snake subways. Animation is entertainingly quirky.
There are some jokes that were pretty funny, but I felt they were too far apart. A lot of jokes felt a little off-kilter and didn't land with me.
Wasn't the biggest fan of Tuca (Tiffany Haddish). She's supposed to be that rude, self-involved person that you're supposed to end up rooting for because she's a good friend. Yeeeeaaaaahhhh... I'm so tired of that sort of character. It kind of rationalizes bad behavior.
Again, I'm saying this wasn't my thing. I don't think it's necessarily a bad show in general. I'm a guy and this was from a female creator, with female leads, and with a female voice, and I don't think I was the target audience. Hanawalt has a specific voice and I wish her show the best of luck.
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Animation was dull, the characters aren't deep, most of the comedy doesn't land because most of the time it's cheap.
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I don't know. I wanted to like it. The surrealism is great, but there's something about the broader view of the show that strikes me oddly regressive, which is the last thing you'd expect it to be. I suppose I'm not the intended audience, and it's not like I'd hold it against anyone for enjoying the show, but I feel there's a lot of wasted potential here. Good stuff bogged down with content that feels exploitative in a way I can't exactly pin down. Stopped watching after the "plumage" episode.
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Production Company:
- ShadowMachine
- Tornante Company
Initial Release Date: May 3, 2019
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Annie Awards
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Nominations
