Teenage Euthanasia is an adult animated sitcom created by Alyson Levy and Alissa Nutting for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series stars Maria Bamford, Jo Firestone, Tim Robinson and Bebe Neuwirth. The series premiered on September 6, 2021.[1][2][a]

Teenage Euthanasia
Genre
Created by
Voices of
Opening theme"I'm Coming Home Again" performed by Maria Bamford
ComposerHeather Christian
Country of originUnited States
Canada (season 2)
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes17
Production
Executive producers

For Williams Street:
Keith Crofford (Season 1)
Walter Newman (Season 1)
Ollie Green (Season 2)
Cameron Tang (Season 2)

Producers
Editors
  • Daniel Bellury
  • Ryan Spears
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesPFFR
Williams Street
Augenblick Studios (season 1)
Atomic Cartoons (season 2)
Original release
NetworkAdult Swim
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2021 (2021-09-06) –
September 28, 2023 (2023-09-28)

On March 31, 2022, it was announced the series has been renewed for a second season.[3] A preview of season two was shown during April Fools' Day 2023.[4] The second season premiered on July 27, 2023.[5]

Premise

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In the near future, Trophy Fantasy is a teenage mother who left her baby daughter Euthanasia "Annie" Fantasy in the custody of her undertaker mother Baba and her half-brother Pete at their funeral home Tender Endings in Fort Gator, Florida. Following a devastating divorce from her husband and death from an overdose 15 years later, Trophy's corpse is delivered to Euthanasia at Tender Endings as her written demand to those who found her dead. After a freak combination of circumstances that involved Baba's embalming fluid, Annie's tear, and lightning from a thunderstorm that was occurring during the embalming process, Trophy revives as a sentient zombie with paranormal abilities and the use of crotch beetles. Some episodes end with a post-credits stinger.

Voice cast

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Additional voices

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  • Scott Adsit as Dirk (in "Nobody Beats the Baba"), Mortician (in "Nobody Beats the Baba"), Florida Man (in "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Waiter (in "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Petetini (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting"), Whiskey Host (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting"), Coach Crumb (in "Dada M.I.A."), Greek Man (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Ozioma Akagha as Security Guard (in "Suddenly Susan"), Louise (in "Suddenly Susan")
  • Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Jogger (in "Dada M.I.A."), Gardener (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Sander Argabrite
  • Barron B. Bass
  • Sandra Bauleo as Crying Party Girl (in "The Bad Bang Theory")
  • H. Jon Benjamin as Gregory Commercial Announcer (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Kevin Breznahan
  • Kallee Brookes as Babygirl (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Aidy Bryant
  • Tiana Camacho as Prison Guard (in "The Bad Bang Theory"), Worker Beetle (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Jordan Carlos as Lester Cuddlefish (in "Nobody Beats the Baba" and "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Die Fieri (in "Nobody Beats the Baba"), Robocop (in "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Deacon (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Nipsey Hussle (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Luke Perry (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Mail Carrier (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting" and "Dada M.I.A."), Denzel (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting"), California Raisin (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Tony Cavalero as Lonny (in "Nobody Beats the Baba" and "Dada M.I.A."), Gator Trainer (in "Dada M.I.A")
  • Vernon Chatman as Succatach (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Charlie Pants (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Christi Chiello as Shelly #2 (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Shirts Don't Do It Computer (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Mrs. Reynolds (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Lori Tan Chinn
  • Steve Cirbus
  • Wyatt Cirbus
  • Stephen Colbert as Announcer (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Carrie Coon
  • Miles Coreas
  • David Cross
  • Victor Cruz
  • Kieran Culkin as Ref Mazos (in "A Waist-Down Ghost Town Shut Down")
  • Jamie Demetriou
  • Natasia Demetriou as Svetlana (in "Suddenly Susan")
  • Loretta Devine as God (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Kristin Dodson
  • Ann Dowd
  • Cole Escola as Dillan Jeremy (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), BJ Educator (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting"), Waiter (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Noel Fielding
  • Leo Fitzpatrick as Normal Guy (in "Nobody Beats the Baba")
  • Caleb Foote
  • John Gemberling as Joey Bennett (in "Nobody Beats the Baba"), Cheer Dad (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Paul Giamatti
  • Jon Glaser
  • Illana Glazer
  • Kimiko Glenn as Monotonee (in "Teen Eggs and Scram")
  • Harvey Guillén
  • Ashleigh Crystal Hairston as Shayla (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Shelly #1 (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Bonita Hamilton as Mer (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Jerome Harmann-Hardeman as Weeping Willy (in "The Bad Bang Theory")
  • Patti Harrison as Eternitee (in "Teen Eggs and Scram")
  • Tim Heidecker
  • Jackie Hoffman
  • Sarunas Jackson
  • Janelle James
  • Tommie Earl Jenkins as Darius (in "A League of His Own")
  • Matt Jones
  • Orlando Jones as Little Flo-Rida (in "The Bad Bang Theory")
  • Loris Anne Jones-Randolph
  • Kody Kavitha as Carmen (in "Suddenly Susan")
  • David Kaye
  • Christopher Knowings as Dushane (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Violet Krumbein as Jacuzzi (in "The Bad Bang Theory"), Party Girl (in "The Bad Bang Theory")
  • Heather Lawless as Mrs. Clomid (in "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Computer (in "Teen Eggs and Scram")
  • John Lee
  • Mela Lee as Elizabeth (in "The Bad Bang Theory"), Inmate #1 (in "The Bad Bang Theory")
  • Phaedra Lee as Child (in "Nobody Beats the Baba"), Commercial Child #1 (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Sookie Lee as Pete Jr. (in "Suddenly Susan"), Commercial Child #2 (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Alyson Levy as Pregnant Sarah (in "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Janitor (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Hologram Mary (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Courtney Lin
  • Priscilla Lopez
  • Neil Magnuson as Sophie Fan (in "Nobody Beats the Baba")
  • Max Malas as Commercial Child #3 (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Taryn Manning as Infinitee (in "Teen Eggs and Scram")
  • Anthony Lee Medina as Ralph Jr. (in "Suddenly Susan")
  • Cristin Milioti as Juggsaw (in "Viva La Flappanista")
  • Eugene Mirman
  • Misty Monroe as Orange (in "The Bad Bang Theory")
  • Jinkx Monsoon as Gyro Saleswoman (in "A Very Fantasy Vacation")
  • Lily D. Moore as Safety Pin (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Reed Northup as Javi (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Alissa Nutting as Candle Saleswoman (in "Nobody Beats the Baba")
  • Sparrow Nutting
  • Conner O'Malley as Lonely Man (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Patton Oswalt
  • Joe Pera
  • Edi Patterson as Sophie (in "Nobody Beats the Baba" and "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Ben Platt
  • Lorelei Ramirez as A.I. Operator (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Shelly #3 (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Chris Redd
  • Vaughan Reilly as Bully (in "Radio Frankenstein"), Nadiya (in "A League of His Own")
  • John Reynolds
  • Judith Roberts
  • Bumper Robinson as Server (in "Nobody Beats the Baba"), Hologram Judge (in "Teen Eggs and Scram" and "The Bad Bang Theory"), Scientist (in "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Ralph Sr. (in "Suddenly Susan"), Hologram Doug (in "Dada M.I.A."), Police Officer (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • William Salyers as Security Guard (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Stephen Hawking (in "First Date with the Second Coming"), Extreme Voice (in "First Date with the Second Coming")
  • Yamaneika Saunders
  • Kristen Schaal as Norma the Crotch Beetle (in "Adventures in Beetle Sitting")
  • Ayla Schwartz
  • Rachel Sennott as Dr. Brittany St. Clair (in "CARS 4")
  • Joseph Sikora
  • Ben Sinclair as Kirk (in "Dada M.I.A."), Dirk (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • J. Smith-Cameron
  • Jack Stanton
  • Estella Stuart
  • Veronica Taylor
  • Cheryl Texiera
  • Andrew Tull
  • Corin Wells as Mimi Cuddlefish (in "Nobody Beats the Baba" and "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Old Mourning Woman (in "Teen Eggs and Scram"), Pregnant Maya (in "Teen Eggs and Scram")
  • Cesili Williams as Daiquari (in "The Bad Bang Theory"), DJ DOJ (in "The Bad Bang Theory")
  • CJ Wilson as Pete Sr. (in "Dada M.I.A."), Hologram Pete (in "Dada M.I.A.")
  • Susan Wokoma
  • Marc Wootton
  • Anne Yatco
  • Ziwe as AI Sex Store Girl (in "Sexually Educated"), Casino Eyebrow Technician (in "A Very Fantasy Vacation"), Swimsuit Model #3 (in "A Very Fantasy Vacation")

Episodes

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
17September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)October 18, 2021 (2021-10-18)
210July 27, 2023 (2023-07-27)September 28, 2023 (2023-09-28)

Season 1 (2021)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [6]US viewers
(millions)
11"Nobody Beats the Baba"Alyson LevyCaitie Delaney & Alyson LevySeptember 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)[a]0.489[7]
The family goes to an embalming fluid convention so Baba can enter her recipe for a chance to win an award. Annie develops a crush on the son of a rival contestant, who is also an old rival to Trophy. Uncle Pete gets trapped in a coffin at one of the booths as part of a sales pitch.
22"Teen Eggs and Scram"Alyson Levy & Scott AdsitAlisa Nutting & Alyson LevySeptember 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)0.304[8]
Annie scores a date with a cute new boy in her class, only to find out that he's a staunch Christian. Uncle Pete attempts to purchase a new shirt without Baba breathing down his neck.
33"First Date with the Second Coming"Alyson LevyAlyson Levy & Craig RowinSeptember 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)0.267[8]
Trophy and Annie are tasked with helping a group of teenage criminals rehabilitate themselves in order to clear Trophy's criminal record. Uncle Pete enters a polygamous relationship with an old couple who has recently lost their partner.
44"The Bad Bang Theory"Scott AdsitJordan Temple & Alissa NuttingSeptember 27, 2021 (2021-09-27)0.242[9]
Trophy and Baba are arrested for an altercation resulting from a bad haircut, landing them a spot on a game show titled Top Felon. Uncle Pete tries to make Annie cry for the first time in years, hoping she can release her pent-up emotions.
55"Suddenly Susan"Scott AdsitAlissa Nutting & Jamie LoftusOctober 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)0.208[10]
Trophy swaps souls with a corpse both to help Uncle Pete escape an arranged marriage and to get out of a birdwatching trip with Annie, but things get complicated when a random squirrel gets caught in the mix.
66"Adventures in Beetle Sitting"Alyson LevyAlissa NuttingOctober 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)0.214[11]
Trophy goes on a date without her crotch beetles, failing to realize how much she truly needs them. Meanwhile, Annie is left in charge of babysitting the beetles, whose guidance ends up improving her social life.
77"Dada M.I.A."Scott AdsitJo FirestoneOctober 18, 2021 (2021-10-18)0.234[12]
Trophy and Annie play a magical board game to figure out who Annie's father could be. Uncle Pete drags Baba along to try and find his own father.

Season 2 (2023)

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No. in
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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [13]US viewers
(millions)
81"Remember Fun?"Alyson LevyNicole Drespel & Alyson LevyJuly 27, 2023 (2023-07-27)N/A
After CPS raises concerns about Annie's lack of interest in partying, Trophy brings her back in time to the parties she went to, in order to keep custody of her daughter. Uncle Pete gets jealous when Baba takes in a goat as her new sidekick and tags along to find out what activities they do in secret without him.
92"Mother's Day"Alyson LevyDan LicataAugust 3, 2023 (2023-08-03)N/A
Trophy intends to spend her first Mother's Day with Annie, but the latter's school assignment, in the form of a sentient baby doll, messes up their plans. If the negligence meter on Annie's doll fills up by the end of the deadline, her eggs will be frozen permanently causing Trophy to go into the doll. Uncle Pete attempts to spend Mother's Day with Baba, who would rather go alone on a hunting trip as it brought back memories of when she gave birth to a child in the Shame Cave in the old country and the baby was stolen from her by a bear. He ends up abducted by a woman who has abducted three other males to raise as her own. Both stories collide when Baba rescues Pete and the woman is arrested. One of the captives helps set the doll back to its default setting as Trophy exits from the doll. Baba is pleased that both her kids are safe unlike the one she lost. Back in the old country, the Shame Cave is watched by the bear in question and a naked wild woman. In their discussion that is translated in subtitles, the bear does offer to the wild woman that she can return to the human community at any time. The wild woman states in the bear's language "After seeing human mothers in action, Baba did me a favor".
103"Radio Frankenstein"Scott AdsitMonique MosesAugust 10, 2023 (2023-08-10)N/A
Trophy resurrects a delivery man as a zombie who died in a filled sinkhole accident in order to nab the rear-enhancing leggings she ordered. She and Uncle Pete then attempt to turn her into a brand ambassador by recording videos of her in the leggings. Meanwhile, Annie forms a friendship with the undead driver and Baba becomes the new cohost of her favorite radio show.
114"Sexually Educated"Alyson LevyNicole Drespel & Alyson LevyAugust 17, 2023 (2023-08-17)N/A
After the operators of the holo-teachers at Annie's school go on strike, the adults in the family are forced to fill in. Trophy becomes her daughter's Sex Ed teacher and unnerves the class with her overtly sex-positive attitude, Baba teaches Driver's Ed and forms a connection with one of her students, and Uncle Pete has to manage a delinquent rock band in 4-H.
125"CARS 4"Scott AdsitDan LicataAugust 24, 2023 (2023-08-24)N/A
Following a car crash, Annie loses her memory and is roped into becoming a doctor with more self-confidence to boot. Trophy flirts with a terminal dementia patient in hopes of swiping his money. Uncle Pete forms a bond with his new rental car, an AI-powered limousine with ties to the mob.
136"Viva La Flappanista"Alissa NuttingJamie LoftusAugust 31, 2023 (2023-08-31)N/A
Trophy and Annie visit a mother-and-daughter-exclusive clothing store, only to get trapped in a deadly game that tests their relationship. Trophy can't use her death powers at Annie's suggestion because today happens to be the crotch beetles' day off. Uncle Pete has an existential crisis after learning that Baba had him circumcised as an infant.
147"A League of His Own"Scott AdsitMonique MosesSeptember 7, 2023 (2023-09-07)N/A
To try and bond more, Annie joins a youth baseball team while Uncle Pete signs on as their coach, but Pete starts to take his new job too seriously. Trophy falls in love with a wealthy widow who has a fetish for terminal women.
158"It Happening!!! (Jellybean's Birthday)"Alyson LevyJamie LoftusSeptember 14, 2023 (2023-09-14)N/A
Annie suddenly comes down with a family curse in the form of a sentient growth on her stomach, preventing her from attending the class hamster's birthday party. She is soon tempted to break the rules that keep the growth under control, given the benefits that come with it taking over her body.
169"A Waist-Down Ghost Town Shut Down"Alyson LevyAlison Leiby & Alissa NuttingSeptember 21, 2023 (2023-09-21)N/A
A billionaire arrives in Fort Gator with a new funeral initiative that threatens the family business; he manipulates Trophy into becoming mayor and banning all public grief. Uncle Pete forms a speakeasy bar in the basement so people can privately drown their sorrows in alcohol instead. Meanwhile, Annie and Joey investigate the death of the old mayor, furthering their relationship in the process.
1710"A Very Fantasy Vacation"Scott AdsitAlissa NuttingSeptember 28, 2023 (2023-09-28)N/A
With their home undergoing extermination treatments, the family takes a road trip north of the Florida border to visit their cousins with Trophy only tagging along to avoid being turned in due to debt from multiple eyebrow consultants as they get chased by bounty hunter robots. Amidst the chaos, Baba relapses into her old gambling addiction, Trophy makes further attempts to get her eyebrows done right, and Uncle Pete becomes separated from the others after Trophy used her death powers to separate Florida from the United States to defeat the robot. Trophy is apprehended by the actual bounty hunters with Baba also getting apprehended because she put her payment in her pet goat's name. Both of them end up in debtor prison for awhile, Pete meets up with his cousins in Canada who are cyborg counterparts of himself and Baba as they work on getting him a visa that will enable him to return to Florida, and Annie handles the funeral home until everybody returns.

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Adult Swim lists the series as having an sneak peek premiere on September 5, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. (24:00) EDT/PDT, which is effectively September 6.

References

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  1. ^ "Adult Swim Greenlights Half-Hour Comedy "Teenage Euthanasia"". Thefutoncritic.com. December 2, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "'Teenage Euthanasia' Trailer: Maria Bamford and Tim Robinson Voice Adult Swim's Animated Dark Comedy". Indiewire.com. August 23, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Adult Swim Digs up 'Teenage Euthanasia' for Season 2". March 31, 2022.
  4. ^ "Adult Swim April Fools' Day: AI Smiling Friends, New Eric Andre & More". April 2023.
  5. ^ "Teenage Euthanasia on Instagram". June 22, 2023.
  6. ^ "Teenage Euthanasia – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (September 8, 2021). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.5.2021". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch (September 21, 2021). "ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 9.19.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  9. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (September 28, 2021). "ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 9.26.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  10. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (October 5, 2021). "ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.3.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  11. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (October 12, 2021). "ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.10.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Metcalf, Mitch (October 19, 2021). "ShowBuzzDaily's Sunday 10.17.2021 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  13. ^ "Teenage Euthanasia". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
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