Here’s the synopsis: The cast of characters include recently undead Trophy Fantasy (voiced by Maria Bamford); her teenage daughter, Euthanasia “Annie” Fantasy (voiced by Jo Firestone); Annie’s Oedipus-complex-stricken Uncle Pete (voiced by Tim Robinson); and Annie’s “old country” immigrant grandmother Baba (voiced by Bebe Neuwirth). Now, 15 years later, Trophy returns to Tender Endings…as a corpse, for burial. When a bolt of lightning strikes Baba’s homemade embalming fluid and one of Annie’s tears, Trophy comes back from the dead. As a resurrected woman, Trophy has a variety of quasi-useful death powers. But more importantly, she has a second chance at unplanned parenthood.
“With ‘Teenage Euthanasia,’ Alissa and Alyson have created both a world and a family that everyone can relate to, laugh at, and ultimately feel relieved that they aren’t a part of,” said Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim, back when the show was first announced in December of last year. (Recently, the cast and crew participated in a virtual panel for San Diego Comic-Con moderated by Adult Swim mainstay Tim Heidecker.)
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The half-hour animated series is co-created by Alissa Nutting, the New York Times Editor’s Choice writer (“Made for Love” on HBO Max) and Emmy-nominated producer, Alyson Levy (“The Shivering Truth” on Adult Swim). “Teenage Euthanasia” is produced by PFFR and animated by Augenblick Studios. Executive producers include Lisa M. Thomas, Vernon Chatman, and John Lee, with Scott Adsit as co-executive producer.
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