Big Mouth season 1

The first season of Big Mouth, an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett, premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg's upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self. Big Mouth explores puberty while "embrac a frankness about the human body and sex."

Cast and characters

Main

Nick Kroll as Nick Birch, Maurice the Hormone Monster, Steve Coach, Rick the Hormone Monster, Lola, the Statue of Liberty, a profane ladybug, Joe Walsh, the ghosts of Picasso and Richard Burton, Sylvester Stallone and a webcam girl
John Mulaney as Andrew Glouberman, Mint, Babe the Blue Ox, and Detective Florez
Jessi Klein as Jessi Glaser
Jason Mantzoukas as Jay Bilzerian, Guy Bilzerian and Socrates.
Jenny Slate as Missy Foreman-Greenwald, Ms. Razz and Fake Missy.
Fred Armisen as Elliot Birch, the ghost of Antonin Scalia and a bus driver
Maya Rudolph as Diane Birch, Connie the Hormone Monstress, a Bath Mat, the Ghosts of Elizabeth Taylor, Whitney Houston and Pornscape Residents
Jordan Peele as the Ghost of Duke Ellington, Featuring Ludacris, the ghosts of Freddie Mercury and Prince, Atlanta Claus, a DJ, and Missy's father Cyrus

Episodes

Reception

Critical response

Big Mouth has received critical acclaim since its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 100% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 8.10 out of 10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Big Mouths simplistic animation and scatological humor belie its finely sketched characters and smart, empathetic approach to the messiness of adolescence." On Metacritic, it holds a rating of 80 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".