The Awesomes
The Awesomes is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker for Hulu. Meyers and Shoemaker serve as executive producers alongside Lorne Michaels. It debuted on August 1, 2013 and ended on November 3, 2015.
Premise
The show follows a group of superheroes who step in and replace the members of a legendary but disbanding superhero team. Under new leadership, The Awesomes attempt to put themselves back together in the face of intense media and government skepticism.Characters
The Awesomes
Professor Dr. Jeremy "Prock" Awesome is the son of Mr. Awesome and the young new leader of the Awesomes. Power: Stops time for short bursts. This helps him get the upper hand in battle.Harry "Muscleman" Strong is Prock's best friend from childhood since their fathers were teammates in the original Awesomes. Power: name implies. Connie "Concierge" is the secretary of the new Awesomes. Power: the Awesomes administrator. Zip "Frantic" Danger has the power of superhuman speed.Arlene "Gadget Gal" is the only active original member of The Awesomes.Austin "Impresario" Sullivan is mama's boy whose power is conjuring things with his mind.Tim "Sumo" is an eleven year old Asian-American boy.Katherine "Hotwire" Malocchio has the power of manipulating electricity. She is Prock's girlfriend.Perfect Man Awesome is an arrogant, publicity-seeking but lovable former member of the original Awesomes, who has gone solo.Supervillains
Dr. Giuseppe Malocchio is the founder of Malocchio Laboratories.Whiskey 'Richard' Dick first appeared in the episode "Euro-Awesomes" to steal high tech parts from 3 different labs but was killed shortly after revealing that he had been hired to do so.Dr. Turfenpeltz was formerly the chief scientist for the Awesomes and was Prock's mentor and helped Prock to believe in himself and his intellect.Tomboy is a female arch-enemy of Gadget Gal, having battled her for decades while also using gadgets.Seaman is an ocean themed superhero turned supervillain who resides in the ocean.Villain-Tine is a supervillain who usually invades every Valentine's Day to steal the world's roses in order to sell them for high prices.The Gay Mafia is the world's first openly gay supervillain mafia team.The Astoundings
Professor Astounding is Prock's evil counterpart and leader of the Astoundings.The Beast is Muscle Man's evil counterpart, but is a giant evil bulldog.Infobitch is Concierge's evil counterpart.Kid Meth is Frantic's evil counterpart, who has super-speed as well, but also has green pyrokinetic powers.Mercenary Moll is Gadget Gal's evil counterpart.The Conjurer is Impresario's evil counterpart.Bad Dragon is Sumo's evil counterpart.- Other Hotwire is Hotwire's supposedly evil counterpart.
The P.R.I.C.K.S. (Primates Really Into Crime and Killing Sprees)
Giuseppe Malocchio Jr. is the son of renowned supervillain Dr. Malocchio, Jr.Elliot "Jeff Apelstein" Levy-Apelstein is a talking ape-man from Apesylvania and an acquaintance of Malocchio Jr.Pablo is a bully from Tim/Sumo's school who became a member of the P.R.I.C.K.S.- Lola "The Agravator" Gold is a supervillain with the power to turn people against each other.
- Impresario Clone is an exact construct copy of Impresario except for a small lump of Impresario's mom.
The Replacement Awesomes
Frank "Mr. Awesome" Awesome is the founder of the original Awesomes and its leader for the past 60 years, and Prock and Perfect Man's father.Pharaoh is an Egyptian themed hero that wears a mask similar to King Tut. Perfect Man incorrectly calls him the Mummy. He wields a staff that can create snakes out of energy.Hotwings is a rooster themed hero with buck teeth and a Southern Accent.Silent But Deadly is a mute ninja hero in all black with teleportation powers.Rocket Boobs is an African-American woman who looks very similar to RoboCop and Anton Zeck.Centaur is a centaur who makes horse puns.Codebraker is the team's computer expert and hacker.Dames of Danger
Joyce "Fireplug" Mandrake is from the G.O.O.S.A. and she handles the funding for the Awesomes.Glinda "Lady Malocchio" Malocchio is the supportive, carefree, slightly absent minded wife of Dr. Malocchio and mother of Malocchio Jr. and Hotwire.- Jaclyn Stone was originally Prock's girlfriend whom he started dating in "The People vs Perfect Man".
- Abby "Musclegirl" Strong-Apelstein is Muscleman's sister who was first introduced in the season 2 episode "Destination Deading", where she married an ape.
Others with superpowers
Dine and Dash are Sumo's parents, two former mercenaries who formed their own criminal duo after meeting in combat and falling in love.Kid Crab is one of the heroes who auditioned for the Awesomes.The Advocate is one of the heroes who auditioned for the Awesomes.Toolbox is one of the heroes who auditioned for the Awesomes.The Snotzi is one of the heroes who auditioned for the Awesomes.Teleportation Larry is one of the heroes when joins The Awesomes in his place after Muscleman quits the team.Black Irish is a former member of The Awesomes in the glory days of the team and he is masked crime fighter and the world's greatest detective.California Man is a former superhero who was responsible for the deaths of 600 people when he flew to San Francisco instead of Sacramento.Cait Walker is Tim's classmate at Spiro Agnew Middle School.Made Man is a former superhero from the 70s who can perform gang-like punishments.Euro-Awesomes
- Knight Light represents England.
- Flying Dutchman represents the Netherlands.
- Crotch Puncher represents Spain.
- Hooligan represents Ireland.
- Mademoiselle Hunchback represents France.
- Invisi-Pope represents both Italy and the Catholic church.
- Czechmate represents the Czech Republic.
Non-Powered Humans
Annabelle Sullivan is Impresario's mother.Dr. Jill Stein-Awesome-Kaplan is Prock's mother, the former wife of Mr. Awesome and the current wife of Jeffry Kaplan.Dr. Jeffry Kaplan is Jill's current husband and Prock's stepfather who is an accredited therapist.- Steven is Frantic's ex-boyfriend.
Episodes
Season 3 (2015)
On August 19, 2014, Hulu renewed The Awesomes for a third season, which premiered on September 8, 2015 on Hulu.International release
In Canada, The Awesomes aired on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming blocks. It also aired in Quebec on Télétoon's Télétoon la nuit block.Production
In July 2007, Syfy gave a script commitment to the series. Syfy later passed on making the show, but MTV gave it a script commitment in June 2009. After MTV passed, Hulu gave it a 10 episode, straight to series order in April 2013.Season 1 was sponsored by Jack Link's Beef Jerky. The product appeared in mid-credits scenes.
The show marks Hulu's second foray into original scripted programming. The first season premiered online on August 1, 2013. On September 19, 2013, it was reported that Hulu had announced The Awesomes had been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on August 4, 2014. On August 19, 2014, Hulu renewed The Awesomes for a third season. On December 17, 2015, Hulu canceled The Awesomes after three seasons and did not renew it for a fourth season due to low ratings.
The Awesomes was the first time Michael Tavera composed music for an adult animated series. Tavera has been well known for composing music for Cartoon Network's Time Squad, Disney's Lilo & Stitch: The Series, and Kids' WB's ¡Mucha Lucha!. Judd Winick, creator of The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, was the show's producer.