''The Jellies!'' is an American

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created by

Tyler, the Creator Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. Okonma self-released his debut mixtape ' ...

and Lionel Boyce for

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's late-night programming block

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. The show was revamped from a series of the same name which was previously featured exclusively on Tyler's ''Golf Media'' app. It premiered on Adult Swim on October 22, 2017. The animation is produced by

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, and was renewed for a second season in October 2018. The second season premiered on May 19, 2019. On August 17, 2021, voice actor Earl Skakel announced that Adult Swim cancelled the show after two seasons.

Plot

The show follows a family of anthropomorphic

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and their 16-year-old human son Cornell. When the boy learns he was adopted at birth, he is shocked, and subsequently spirals out of control in an attempt to "find himself." As a result, he and his family and friends wind up in what the network bills as "uncanny situations."

Cast

Phil LaMarr Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and screenwriter. LaMarr was one of the original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series '' Mad TV''. His voice acting roles in animated series include J ...

as Cornell Jelly *Earl Skakel as Barry Jelly * AJ Johnson as Debbie Jelly *

Blake Anderson Blake Raymond Anderson (born March 2, 1984) is an American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and fashion designer. Beginning in 2006, Anderson helped create and join the sketch-comedy troupe Mail Order Comedy, which produced online videos ...

as RG *

Kevin Michael Richardson Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor. Known for his distinctively deep voice, he has mostly voiced villainous characters in animation and video games. In film, Richardson voiced Goro in ''Mortal Kombat'' (1995) ...

as Reggie *

Kilo Kish Lakisha Kimberly Robinson (born May 10, 1990), known professionally as Kilo Kish, is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Early life Kilo Kish was born in Orlando, Florida, on May 10, 1990. She attended Glen Rock Elementary School in ...

as KY Jelly *Tyler, The Creator as various (also producer) *

Jasper Dolphin Davon Lamar Wilson (born September 28, 1990), better known as Jasper Dolphin (or simply Jasper), is an American actor, stunt performer and former rapper. He is best known for being a founding member of American hip hop collective Odd Future, b ...

as various *Lionel Boyce (also known as LasBoy) as various *Taco Bennett as various

Episodes

Series overview

Web series (2015)

The series premiered as a web series on the Golf Media app and released new episodes every Sunday in October 2015. There are a few differences between the web series and the Adult Swim series such as Cornell's race (Caucasian in the Golf Media version; African-American in the Adult Swim version).

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2019)

References

External links

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