Krapopolis

Created byDan HarmonStarringComposerJoe Wong^[1]Country of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons1No. of episodes17ProductionExecutive producersRunning time22 minutesProduction companiesOriginal releaseNetworkFoxReleaseSeptember 24, 2023 (2023-09-24) –
present (present)

Krapopolis is an American animated sitcom created by Dan Harmon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. In October 2022, ahead of its premiere, the series was renewed for a second season.^[2] In March 2023, it was renewed for a third season ahead of the first-season premiere.^[3] The series premiered on September 24, 2023, on the Animation Domination programming block.^[4] The first season is scheduled to conclude on May 19, 2024.^[5]

Premise

Set in mythical Ancient Greece, the series centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the world's first cities without killing each other.^[6]

Voice cast

Main

• Richard Ayoade as Tyrannis, son of Shlub and Deliria, paternal half-brother to Hippocampus, maternal half-brother to Stupendous and the main protagonist who is the demigod king of Krapopolis.
• Matt Berry as Shlub, the father of Hippocampus and Tyrannis who is a Mantitaur (a centaur/manticore creature), Deliria's husband, and an unemployed artist.
• Pam Murphy as Stupendous, a daughter of Deliria, Tyrannis' maternal half-sister, and Hippocampus' stepsister who is a half-cyclops demigoddess that wears an eyepatch that covers up where her right eye is supposed to go.
• Duncan Trussell as Hippocampus, a fish-like sea monster who is Tyrannis' paternal half-brother and Stupendous's stepbrother. He is an inventor that wears a fishbowl helmet filled with water to survive and a bronze baby walker that helps him get around.
• Hannah Waddingham as Deliria, the mother of Tyrannis and Stupendous and Shlub's wife who is the Goddess of Self-Destruction and Questionable Choice. She was mentioned to have been kicked out of Mount Olympus for an as-yet-unidentified offense.

Recurring

• James Adomian
• Eric Bauza
• Keith David as Asskill, the ruler of the barbaric and cannibalistic Killassian tribe who is the "Son of Kill, Slayer of Ass".
• Grey DeLisle
• Tessa Bonham Jones as the Narrator, her voice can be heard at the end of some episodes explaining how certain moments in Ancient Greece would lead to the creation of something in modern times.
• David Pressman as:
  • Davros
  • Various civilians
• Kevin Michael Richardson as:
  • The unnamed bartender of the bar that Shlub frequents.
  • Iapetus, a Titan.
  • Mr. Straw's Master
• Pia Shah as Ermari
• Tara Strong
• Alanna Ubach
• Michael Urie as Hermes, the Messenger of the Gods and one of Deliria's few remaining friends on Mount Olympus where he tells her some juicy gossip about anything.
• Kari Wahlgren

Guest voices

• Steve Agee as Heracles/Hercules, a famous Greek hero with super-strength.
• Malcolm Barrett
• Stephanie Beatriz as Daphne, a wood nymph who along with other wood nymphs want to rid the world of humans to protect the forest.
• Yvette Nicole Brown as Herophile, a sea nymph and daughter of Poseidon.
• Steve Buscemi as Hephaestus, the Gods' Blacksmith.
• Dove Cameron
• D'Arcy Carden as Camille, a Hydra that Stupendous befriends.
• David Cross as Mage
• Daveed Diggs as Carrots, a centaur and Herophile's ex-boyfriend.
• Ryan Eggold as Apollo, the God of the Sun who was in a band with Shlub once.
• Will Forte as Campos
• Dave Franco as Broseidon, the nephew of Poseidon who is "famous for being famous".
• John Gemberling
• Vince Gilligan
• Kimiko Glenn
• Spencer Grammer
• Chris Hardwick as a fictionalized version of himself, an Ancient Greek who is cursed to moderate all panels until the end of time.
• Holmes
• Jameela Jamil as Hestia, the Goddess of the Hearth.
• Echo Kellum as Robert the Storyteller
• Tom Kenny
• David Koechner as Poseidon, the God of the Sea.
• Maurice LaMarche
• Jane Lynch as Brenda, a Sphinx.
• Rachael MacFarlane
• Zosia Mamet
• Chris McCausland as Homer, a blind poet.
• Joel McHale as Sportscaster #1
• Tim Meadows as Gregorios, a man from Athens who shows Tyrannis how the Athenians created money.
• Bobby Moynihan
• Annie Murphy
• Kumail Nanjiani as Spartan Army Leader
• Erik Charles Nielsen
• Chris Parnell as Ares, the God of War.
• Chelsea Peretti
• Jim Rash as Dionysus, the God of Wine and Parties.
• Rob Riggle as Sportscaster #2
• Tim Robinson
• Susan Sarandon as Demeter, the Goddess of Agriculture and one of Deliria's rivals whose earrings were once stolen by Deliria.
• Jonathan Slavin
• Ben Stiller as Prometheus, a Titan who gave fire to mortals and was chained to a rock on Zeus' orders where he had an eagle peck out Prometheus' liver for all eternity.
• Amber Stevens West as Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and one of Deliria's rivals.
• Zach Woods
• Cedric Yarbrough
• Constance Zimmer

Episodes

No.	Title [5]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [5]	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating (18-49)
1	"All Hail the Goddess of Likability!"	Jake Hollander	Dan Harmon	September 24, 2023 (2023-09-24)	1BBDH01	3.82[7]	1.2[7]
Tyrannis oversees his city and is confronted by the barbaric and cannibalistic Killassians living nearby. His mother Deliria and father Shlub visit and Deliria is obsessed with people building a temple to her. Hippocampus develops a bomb and he and Stupendous attempt to give it to the Killassians in a Trojan horse. After Deliria is told by Hermes that Athena wants to talk to her and plans to get her back on Mount Olympus, Athena arrives to fight Deliria due to the Killassians worshiping Athena, but is defeated by the Trojan horse bomb. Cast : Dee Bradley Baker, Keith David as Asskill, Matt Gourley, David Pressman as Steve and Citizen #1, Michael Urie as Hermes, Kari Wahlgren, Amber Stevens West as Athena
2	"The Stuperbowl"	Otis Brayboy	Becky Mann & Audra Sielaff	September 24, 2023 (2023-09-24)	1BBDH03	1.90[7]	0.6[7]
Tyannis starts the first series of games which is attended by Asskill and other kings. Stupendous is among those competing the games and ends up turning the games into a competition. Meanwhile, Shlub takes Hippocampus onto the streets as an alternative to his experiments and they find that someone has been murdered as Hippocampus plans to do an autopsy to find the murderer. At the same time, Deliria works to serve some wine as Hermes informs her that Aphrodite disguised as a falcon and Poseidon's nephew Broseidon are in attendance. Cast : Eric Bauza, Keith David as Asskill, Dave Franco as Broseidon, Brandon Johnson, Tessa Bonham Jones as Narrator, Maurice LaMarche as Papatonis, Joel McHale as Sportscaster #1, David Pressman as Blacksmith and Runner, Rob Riggle as Sportscaster #2, Michael Urie as Hermes
3	"Wife Swamp"	Dominic Polcino	Dan Harmon & Jordan Young	October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)	1BBDH02	1.70[8]	0.5[8]
Tyrannis returns from his quest on rescuing with a sea nymph named Herophile who has become his girlfriend after he saved her from a Kraken. His family learns that Herophile is the daughter of Poseidon. It is soon revealed that Deliria bribed the Kraken to take a dive. Because the Kraken didn't received the payment he was owed, he will not leave the coasts of Krapopolis. Because of what happened, Tyrannis and Herophile head to a location called "The Swamp" that the gods won't go until Tyrannis encounters Herophile's centaur ex-boyfriend Carrots who is hiding from Poseidon. When Poseidon finds them, he makes Tyrannis and Carrots fight for Herophile's hand in marriage. Meanwhile, Shlub, Stupendous, and Hippocampus deal with a pack of wolves who are one of man's enemies. Hippocampus disguises Stupendous as a wolf with wolf urine to complete the scent in order to get close to the wolves. When that attempt fails, Stupendous finds a new way to befriend wolves. Cast : Eric Bauza, Yvette Nicole Brown as Herophile, Daveed Diggs as Carrots, Matt Gourley as Bard and Kraken, David Koechner as Poseidon, David Pressman as Fisherman and Sculptor, Fred Tatasciore
4	"Prometheus"	Patrick Kochakji	Tom Scharpling	October 8, 2023 (2023-10-08)	1BBDH04	0.84[9]	0.3[9]
Tyrannis and Hippocampus free Prometheus from his punishment that Zeus put him in as he is revealed to have a history with Deliria. Though it is revealed that Prometheus has plans to get payback on Zeus for his eternal punishment. Meanwhile, Shlub takes Stupendous to Cyclopia to find the Cyclops that Deliria previously mated with to give birth to Stupendous. She finds her father Donny as Shlub learns the hard way to stay out of certain things. Cast : Steve Agee as Heracles, Eric Bauza, John DiMaggio as Donny and Traveler, Tim Robinson, Ben Stiller as Prometheus
5	"12 Angry Goat Herders"	Jake Hollander Blake Lemons	Emma Fletcher	October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)	1BBDH05	0.70[10]	0.2[10]
When Shlub is accused of eating the goats of the goat farmers, Tyrannis invents the court system, with Shlub represented by Tyrannis and the goat farmers represented by Brenda the Sphinx. Meanwhile, Hippocampus is snubbed by Deliria who won't let him call her mom and makes a sprinkler system for the Killassians where he takes up the alias of a god. Deliria hears about it from Hermes and competes with him. Cast : Carlos Alazraqui, Keith David as Asskill, Phil LaMarr, Jane Lynch as Brenda the Sphinx, David Pressman as Davros and Servant, Cree Summer, Michael Urie as Hermes
6	"Woods-stock"	Otis Brayboy	Siobhan Thompson	October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)	1BBDH07	0.82[11]	0.2[11]
While at a party in the forest, Tyrannis meets a wood nymph named Daphne who is conspiring to protect the forests by ridding the world of humans. Tyrannis' hard partying after getting kissed by Daphne attracts the attention of Dionysus: the God of Wine and Parties who intensifies the party and makes things worse for Daphne, who is forced to team up with Stupendous and Hippocampus to get Tyrannis to end the party. Meanwhile, Deliria and Shlub meet Hegemone: Goddess of Plants Blooming and Bearing Fruit and her Mantitaur Paizo. Cast : Stephanie Beatriz as Daphne, Kimberly Brooks, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Spencer Grammer, Tom Kenny as Tom the Centaur, David Pressman as Beans Centaur and Unicorn, Jim Rash as Dionysus, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Kari Wahlgren, Amber Stevens West, Constance Zimmer
7	"Please Demeter"	Dominic Polcino	Abbey Caldwell	November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)	1BBDH06	1.98[12]	0.6[12]
While dealing with a grain blight, Tyrannis is told by Deliria that Demeter handles agriculture, but Deliria won't ask her for help as she once stole Demeter's earrings. He ends up praying to Demeter himself and winds up getting a date with her. Meanwhile, Stupendous learns that her friend Prack the Unstoppable has died from a bee sting. She enlists Hippocampus to get her into the Greek underworld so she can give Prack one last battle. Cast : Kimberly Brooks, Holmes, Laura Jackman, Brandon Johnson, Maurice LaMarche as Centaur, Susan Sarandon as Demeter, Michael Urie, Kari Wahlgren
8	"Big Man on Hippocampus"	Dominic Polcino	Rob Schrab	November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)	1BBDH09	3.20[13]	0.9[13]
Tyrannis takes Hippocampus to a tech convention called VolCon to meet other inventors which also includes a panel that Hephaestus is hosting. Hephaestus soon befriends Hippocampus when he mentions that he picked the lock that was previously used on Prometheus. After Tyrannis meets King Minos who trash-talks Daedalus, he decides to find a replacement for Hippocampus. Meanwhile, Deliria and Shlub have the temple to themselves until Stupendous returns with her petrified friend Felix after a disastrous fight with a Gorgon. To prevent her daughter from asking Athena for help, Deliria tries to unpetrify Felix with disastrous results. Cast : Malcolm Barrett, Garrick Bernard, Steve Buscemi as Hephaestus, John DiMaggio, Chris Hardwick as himself, David Pressman as Inventor Fish, Jonathan Slavin, Kari Wahlgren
9	"Dungeons and Deliria"	Patrick Kochakji	Diana Tay	November 19, 2023 (2023-11-19)	1BBDH08	0.76[14]	0.2[14]
A civilian has invented pants which the other civilians mock. Shlub enlists Tyrannis to help resolve the situation with the bar and the civilians. Meanwhile, Hippocampus hunts a rampaging Monstadon where he encounters Daphne and they get stuck underground. Now they must work to get out of the cavern and slay the Monstadon. At the same time, Stupendous joins her friends in a quest to the peaks of Oligyrtos to retrieve the Helmet of Iapetus and she ends up followed by Deliria, disguised as a woman named Susan who claims to be Stupendous' friend. She wins over Stupendous' party and soon runs afoul of Iapetus when the party members unknowingly free him from his imprisonment. Cast : Eric Bauza, Stephanie Beatriz as Daphne, David Cross as Mage, Will Forte as Campos, Bobby Moynihan, Kevin Michael Richardson as Iapetus and Bartender, Fred Tatasciore, Michael Urie as Hermes
10	"Ty's Tail Tale"	Otis Brayboy	Jordan Young	December 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)	1BBDH12	4.07[15]	1.2[15]
Displeased that the Killassians are stealing the town's cattle, Tyrannis takes a break and accompanies Shlub to the funeral of Shlub's father, where they meet the witch Belinda. In addition to being Shlub's ex, Belinda also cursed Tyrannis as an unborn child. When Belinda undoes the curse, Tyrannis starts growing a scorpion tail which, which he uses to intimidate Asskill and his own citizenry. Meanwhile, Stupendous and Hippocampus tend to the Pegasus in Deliria's possession, against her instructions, and they discover a disturbing connection between Pegasi and Unicorns. Cast : James Adomian, Eric Bauza, Garrick Bernard, Keith David as Asskill, Lydia Fox, Kevin Michael Richardson, Alanna Ubach
11	"Tyrdra"	Blake Lemons	Jax Ball	December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)	1BBDH10	3.05[16]	0.8[16]
Stupendous comes across a cave and orders whatever monster to vacate it as it is in range of Krapopolis. She finds that a Hydra named Camille is inside it and it leaves in another direction since there is more cities beneath. Stupendous then stops her from committing suicide when Camille doesn't want to fight any more warriors. The rest of Stupendous' family find that Stupendous had brought Camille home as Tyrannis allows Stupendous to keep it while stating that it's not cleaning up after her. After Camille is seen by the town crier, Tyrannis and Stupendous help to spread messages around as they chop off more heads to produce more heads. Soon, Shlub uses Camille to send anonymous messages which soon plunges Krapopolis into chaos. Cast : James Adomian, Eric Bauza, Stephanie Beatriz as Daphne, D'Arcy Carden as Camille, Grey DeLisle, Matt Gourley, Tessa Bonham Jones as Narrator, David Pressman as Davros, Yong Yea
12	"Buy Low, Sell Ty"	Patrick Kochakji	Tom Scharpling	January 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)	1BBDH11	1.30[17]	0.3[17]
As Tyrannis works to improve Krapopolis, he encounters a man from Athens named Gregorios who has invented vacation and money. Hippocampus invents Krapopolis' first coin so that the people of Krapopolis won't use chicken and goats to get what they want. This impresses the civilians enough that they go along with the idea of using coins. When chickens start to cost more, Tyrannis and Hippocampus head to Athens to see if they can ask for advice from Gregorios, only to be surprised on what happened to Athens where the money caused it's inhabitants to act like savages. Now Tyrannis, Hippocampus, and Gregorios must find a way to fix both cities before things get worse. Meanwhile, Shlub is told by the bartender about the tab as he is given a job to tell his stories in exchange for free drinks. At the same time, Stupendous helps Deliria with cleaning out the dead animal sacrifices and will accept coins and other treasures as tributes until she learns what Shlub is doing with her worshipers at the bar. Cast : James Adomian, Eric Bauza, Garrick Bernard, Tessa Bonham Jones as Narrator, Tim Meadows as Gregorios, Kevin Michael Richardson as Bartender, Michael Urie as Hermes, Amber Stevens West as Athena, Cedric Yarbrough
13	"Contagion"	Dominic Polcino	Hilary Winston	February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18)	2BBDH01	0.53[18]	0.1[18]
Stupendous tells Tyrannis about the spies from New Scepsia that are outside Krapopolis. When talking to them, Tyrannis is told by Hippocampus that the spies have come down with a case of empathy which Deliria claims was created by the tears of the Titan Empathis which almost wiped out the Olympian gods. Then he is told about Spartans by Shlub while flying in the sky. With empathy spreading to Stupendous and the Krapopolis civilians when a Spartan army is approaching, Tyrannis and Deliria head to New Scepsia in order to find the special mushrooms needed to cure so that Stupendous can be cured which leads to their encounter with Empathis' dragon form. Meanwhile, Hippocampus works to make his own cure for empathy and ends up coming up with a way infect the Spartan army which goes comically awry. Cast : Eric Bauza, Grey DeLisle, Vince Gilligan, Brandon Johnson as Campfire Narrator, Kumail Nanjiani as Spartan Army Leader
14	"A Krapwork Orange"	Dominic Polcino	Zara Burdett	February 25, 2024 (2024-02-25)	2BBDH09	0.53[19]	0.1[19]
Hippocampus has been attacked by the orphans for the fourth time as he is instructed by Tyrannis to take care of the situation. With Stupendous' help, Hippocampus rounds up the orphans as they work to control them by inventing a school. Once that was done, Hippocampus and Stupendous find them acting like an apex predator starting with them killing a Roc and get addicted to school. Meanwhile, Tyrannis goes undercover to a rally as Anarrkis the Truth Teller speaks about Tyrannis being a bad king. As Deliria and Shlub create a parade to draw away some people from the assembly, Tyrannis tries to get Anarkkis to like him which doesn't go well she ties him up and causes a coup d'état. Cast : James Adomian, Grey DeLisle, Echo Kellum as Robert the Storyteller, Bobby Moynihan, Kathy Nagler, Chelsea Peretti, Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Straw's Master, Kari Wahlgren
15	"Death Takes a Holiday"	Blake Lemons	Raza Syed	March 3, 2024 (2024-03-03)	2BBDH04	0.61[20]	0.1[20]
Deliria receives a message orb from Hestia who invites her to her all-inclusive party on her private island Vitalus somewhere in the Three Realms and she wants her to bring Tyrannis with her. Upon arrival, they find that Broseidon is among the guests. Everyone meets with Hestia and her mortal boyfriend Humanus/Tony where the Brotos flower negates godly powers so that everyone would be equal. When it comes to the final event, Humanus turns against Hestia by not having the antidote distributed so that the Age of Man can rise much to the dismay of Tyrannis and Deliria. Now Tyrannis and Deliria work to survive the uprising. Meanwhile, Shlub, Stupendous, and Hippocampus gain a visit from Jason and the Argonauts who have stopped to resupply. When Stupendous accidentally kills all of the Argonauts, she, Shlub, and Hippocampus find a blind Homer as their travel companion as they work to cover up their deaths in order for Homer to not make a bad story about Krapopolis until he figures it out during a mock giant bladed serpent fight. Cast : Steve Agee as Heracles, Dee Bradley Baker, Dave Franco as Broseidon, Phil Augusta Jackson, Jameela Jamil as Hestia, Chris McCausland as Homer, Michael Urie as Hermes, Amber Stevens West as Athena
16	"Eclipse"	Blake Lemons	Heather Anne Campbell	March 17, 2024 (2024-03-17)	1BBDH13	0.58[21]	0.1[21]
A solar eclipse is happening. Deliria claims to Tyndarius that a solar eclipse is the result of Zeus ordering Apollo to park the Moon in front the Sun. Hermes states that the Olympians have become angry at Deliria and is needed on Mount Olympus. Apollo, Ares, Athena, and Hephaestus arrive stating that Zeus has gone missing as Apollo claims that his sister is in charge of the Moon and gets frozen trying to move the Sun becauses there is no air near it. As nobody knows how the sky works, Hippocampus and Hephaestus work to study the sky and make a program about it. Ares hits on Stupendous, Deliria assumes that Athena is taking advantage of Tyrannis in order to prove herself to Zeus, and Shlub and Apollo reminisce about when they are still part of a musical group. Cast : Steve Buscemi as Hephaestus, Ryan Eggold as Apollo, Chris Parnell as Ares, Michael Urie as Hermes, Amber Stevens West as Athena
17	"The Majors"	Otis Brayboy	Andy Bobrow	March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)	2BBDH02	0.51[22]	0.1[22]
Poseidon busts Ares for wanting a spanking from the soldiers who worship him after their victory in a war. At Ares' trial presided over Apollo, Hermes, Poseidon, Athena, Aphrodite, Dionysus, and Pan on Mount Olympus, Apollo sentences Ares to be stripped of his title and be downgrading to a minor god. Deliria meets Salt who is a minor god who makes the ocean "pukey". At the auditions held by Apollo which is not an excuse to mock the minor gods. The auditioning minor gods include but are not limited to Meticulus: God of Groupings and Order, Nocturnus: God of Nocturnal Missions, Jinx: God of Jinxing, the Goddess of Cups and containers, the Goddess or Orange Rinds, and God of Near-Sneezing and the Orgasms that happen During that Time. Deliria gets involved in helping Salt when competing against Athena and her protege Mackenzus: God of Accessories. Meanwhile, the people of Krapopolis have left to the forests because of an increase of poop. Hippocampus works to find a way to deal with the poop which leads to the invention of the toilet which Tyrannis is unable to do in front of everyone. Cast : James Adomian, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Ryan Eggold as Apollo, Dave Franco as Broseidon, John Gemberling, Kimiko Glenn, Matt Gourley, David Koechner as Poseidon, Rachael MacFarlane, Kathy Nagler, Erik Charles Nielsen, Chris Parnell as Ares and Civilian, Jim Rash as Dionysus, Pia Shah, Michael Urie as Hermes, Amber Stevens West as Athena
18	"War with the Roses"	TBA	TBA	April 7, 2024 (2024-04-07)	TBA	TBD	TBA

Production

In June 2020, it was announced that Dan Harmon signed a deal with Fox to create a new adult animated comedy for 2022, with a straight-to-series order.^[23] This will be Fox Entertainment Studios' first fully owned animated comedy series.

In May 2021, it was announced that the series would be titled Krapopolis.^[24] At the same time, Fox stated that it would be "the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the blockchain", and the network would sell NFTs and other digital tie-ins to the series.^[24][25] According to Fox, NFT owners "will be able to vote on specific show content and dictate exclusive on-air elements."^[26]

In June 2021, it was announced that Jordan Young would be the showrunner for the series.^[27]

In October 2022, Fox gave the series an early renewal for a second season ahead of its premiere.^[2]

In March 2023, the series was renewed for a third season.^[3] In April 2023, it was announced that Alex Rubens is replacing Young as showrunner for the second and third seasons.^[28]

Release

In July 2022, Fox announced the series was scheduled to premiere with a special preview episode on November 27, 2022, before its official premiere in 2023.^[29] It was delayed to September 24, 2023.^[4]

Reception

The show has received generally mixed reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 56% with an average rating of 5.8/10, based on 16 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Carried by its superb voice cast like Atlas shouldering the Earth, Krapopolis falls short of divine comedy but offers consistent enough chuckles for fans of animated raunch."^[30] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[31]

References

External links

• Official website
• Krapopolis at IMDb
• www.krapopolis.com