''SuperMansion'' is an American

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stop-motion

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created by

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and

Zeb Wells Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, a television writer/director known for his work on the animated TV series ''Robot Chicken'', and the co-creator/showrunner of '' SuperMansion''. Career Wells is an ...

. The series stars

Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor and director who is best known for portraying Walter White in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and Hal in the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle'' (2000–20 ...

Heidi Gardner Heidi Lynn Gardner (born July 27, 1983) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She has been a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' since 2017, beginning in season 43. Early life Gardner was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. Sh ...

, Tucker Gilmore,

Keegan-Michael Key Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-created and co-starred alongside Jordan Peele in Comedy Central's sketch series ''Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) and co-starred in USA Netw ...

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, Zeb Wells, and

Jillian Bell Jillian Leigh Bell (born April 25, 1984) is an American actress, comedian and screenwriter. She stars in the 2019 film ''Brittany Runs a Marathon'' and 2022's ''I'm Totally Fine''. She starred as Jillian Belk on ''Workaholics'', voiced the role o ...

. The series premiered on

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on October 8, 2015. The series was renewed for a third season which was released on May 7, 2018. The series was removed from

after it was fully sold to

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in 2020. The series is currently available on

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as of December 14, 2022.

Plot

The League of Freedom is a superhero group that is led by the aging superhero Titanium Rex. From their base called SuperMansion in the fictional city of Storm City, Titanium Rex and his fellow superheroes Black Saturn, American Ranger, Jewbot/Robobot, Cooch, and Brad struggle to keep the team relevant when occasionally visited by the government accountant Sgt. Agony even if it involves fighting an assortment of supervillains like Dr. Devizo as well as Titanium Rex's daughter Lex Lightning. In season two, Dr. Devizo and Lex Lightning form the Injustice Club in order to combat the League of Freedom. In addition, the League of Freedom deals with a Subtopian invasion led by Titanium Rex's older brother Titanium Dax. In season three, the League of Freedom has to share the SuperMansion with the Injustice Club in light of Dr. Devizo helping to stop the Subtopian invasion.

Cast

as Titanium Rex *

as American Ranger, Sgt. Agony *

as Cooch * Tucker Gilmore as Black Saturn *

as Jewbot/Robobot *

as Titanium Lex/Lex Lightning *

as Brad *

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as Dr. Devizo, Robo-Dino *

Breckin Meyer Breckin Erin Meyer (born May 7, 1974) is an American actor, musician, writer and producer, known for his roles in films such as ''Clueless'' (1995), ''Road Trip'' (2000), ''Rat Race'' (2001), and '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004), he's also known f ...

as Courtney/Ringler *

as Zenith/Portia Jones

Episodes

Production

SuperMansion began life as a 12-minute pilot for

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, under the original name ''Übermansion'' where, along with several other pilots (including ''

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'' and ''

Mr. Pickles ''Mr. Pickles'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Will Carsola and Dave Stewart for Adult Swim. The series revolves around the Goodman family, especially their 6-year-old son named Tommy and the family's border collie dog, the sat ...

'', both of which were eventually greenlit), it competed for which pilot would be turned into Adult Swim's next series. The pilot won and aired (along with the pilots to ''King Star King'' and ''Mr. Pickles'') on August 25, 2013. For unknown reasons, the series moved to Crackle instead with the name change from ''Übermansion'' to ''SuperMansion''. On April 14, 2015,

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announced that the stop-motion animated series was being developed by

, which

would voice and executive produce with his Moon Shot Entertainment. Thirteen episodes were being produced, and also starring Seth Green,

, and

and

wrote and would executive produce the series, while other executive producers would be Green,

John Harvatine IV John Harvatine IV is an American producer and director best known for his work on the television show '' Robot Chicken''. In 2010, Harvatine, Eric Towner, Matt Senreich, and Seth Green launched Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, as part of Stoopid Monke ...

, Eric Towner, and James Degus, while

Stoopid Buddy Stoodios Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (formerly known as Stoopid Monkey and stylized as Stoop!d Monkey) is an American production company and animation studio, formed by Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, John Harvatine IV, and Eric Towner. It was established in 201 ...

would produce. The first trailer was released on July 9, 2015, and the other cast included Senreich, Wells, Heidi Gardner,

, Tucker Gilmore and some other guest stars. For the show's second season,

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signed a product placement deal with the series as part of a broader deal with Crackle. In addition, Arby's was shown to be next door to the abandoned pizza restaurant which the Injustice Club uses as their hideout.

Broadcast

The series had its television premiere on January 1, 2017 on

Home media

Season 1 was released on DVD on October 11, 2016. Season 2 was only released on DVD on September 12, 2018 in Australia.

References

External links

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