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Season 1 – Tuca & Bertie

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This animated comedy series explores the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building. The buddy comedy features cocky, carefree toucan Tuca and anxious, daydreaming songbird Bertie as they live their lives in the metropolis of Bird Town. The former roommates separate when Bertie moves in with chipper architect Speckle and Tuca moves upstairs from them. Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong voice the titular characters on this animated show that is decidedly not for kids.
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Tuca & Bertie skips right past Bojack Horseman's shadow with its chipper sensibility and madcap sight gags, bringing plenty of laughs as it addresses adulting anxiety and exalts the joys of friendship.

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Mary Retta Bitch Media 03/15/2021
While the show is light and comical, featuring meat drawers, edible grandmas, and runaway boobs, it's ultimately an ode to female friendship, healing, and survival. Go to Full Review
Karen Muller Boston Globe 08/10/2020
As shows about cartoon birds go, it's impressively human. Go to Full Review
Hank Stuever Washington Post 11/27/2019
It's a bit like "Broad City" turned into a cartoon, with the same giddy undercurrent of female empowerment. Go to Full Review
Carla Monfort Espinof 05/01/2023
4/5
Funny, delirious, and capable of digging into real themes... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Linnete Manrique PopMatters 07/20/2021
8/10
Tuca & Bertie is decidedly female-centric and bold. Go to Full Review
Prahlad Srihari Firstpost 07/23/2020
Tuca & Bertie is a mood. Or like Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter would call it -- "a smoodie", a mood you binge on like a smoothie. Go to Full Review
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Corey W 02/10/2023 Funny, colorful, and full of heart, Tuca & Bertie is a zany but surprisingly intimate look at a couple of 30-something best friends that live together. It's no Bojack Horseman, but it never really needs to be. Instead of a heavy introspection on fame and character we're given Tuca's constant search for love and the problems such a search entail coupled with Bertie's often crippling anxiety and fear of the future. These problems are considerably less weighty than Bojack, but they're also considerably more relatable. The lost weight is really what sets Tuca & Bertie apart from their Tornante counterpart, and this is where the show allows itself to have more fun. The jokes aren't as well crafted as their noteworthy contemporary, but it's clear that this show is going for a higher rate of laughs per minute, so it's really unnecessary to begin with. When the comparisons with Bojack Horseman end we're left with a show about friendship that wears a "coming of age" costume for 30-somethings in America. It's a love note to the millennial generation that identifies with the struggle, but then laughs at it so as not to give it too much power. But it's also, and perhaps most importantly, an all too rare look at women's lives in modern America through the cartoon medium. It's largely fueled by its above-the-bar writing and it's wonderful roster of voice actors. Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong play the leads respectively with a cartoon richness without ever feeling inauthentic. Together they do an excellent job at shining a light on the softer, everyday sexism that pervades our culture both in and out of the work place. The show pulls it off too, and it does so using a very safe, but still critical space of cartoons to make it more palatable for the people watching who ought to know. Haddish and Wong aren't alone in this effort, instead they're joined by Steven Yeun, Nicole Byer, and John Early who all fit the bill quite nicely. Guest spots include Reggie Watts, Maria Bamford, and the great Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of Bojack Horseman, himself. When you boil it down to basics, Tuca & Bertie is fun and relatable show that can be heavy like it's Netflix sibling show, but in a way that feels closer to home. The stakes are smaller, the laughs more numerous, and the tone is more free. It may not be as triumphant a work, but it's damn fun nonetheless. See more 07/14/2022 Good first season, this is also the first animation from adult swim with female leads I've seen. And I think Speckle's photo can be used as a great meme. See more 07/27/2021 so i watched all of it... It wasnt bad, it was just too much chaos. If everything is weird nothing is weird. See more 07/26/2021 Just finished the first season of Tuca & Bertie and I love this show. The writing is outstanding, it's funny and the way they address adult and difficult subjects like anxiety and sexual assault is just exceptional doing with a beautifully sensitive touch. The acting is superb especially from Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, Nicole Byer, Jane Lynch, Amber Ruffin, Adam Conover, Jenifer Lewis, Reggie Watts, John Early, Laverne Cox, Shamir, Richard E. Grant, and Awkwafina. The animation is phenomenal, I love the style. The music is great. An A+ season first season. See more Matthew D 07/21/2021 At first you're thinking that the show is amazing truthful for being so absurd, then you remember that nothing is more absurd than real life. See more 06/08/2021 I was so upset when Netflix didn't renew this. This show is truly hilarious and magical on how it deals with women's issues. I always recommend this show even though it has only one season. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired May 3, 2019 The Sugar Bowl It's the end of an era as Bertie's boyfriend moves in and best friend Tuca moves out -- and into the apartment above her. Details Episode 2 Aired May 3, 2019 The Promotion Bertie wants to climb the ladder at Conde Nest but encounters sexual harassment; Tuca has a plan to help her BFF get what she wants. Details Episode 3 Aired May 3, 2019 The Deli Guy While Tuca is out on a hot date with her crush, Bertie tries to spice things up at home -- with a little bird porn. Details Episode 4 Aired May 3, 2019 The Sex Bugs Anxious Bertie skips work to avoid a presentation, then accompanies Tuca on a mission to buy over-the-counter creams. Details Episode 5 Aired May 3, 2019 Plumage Bertie is starting her apprenticeship at the bakery, but first it's Self-Care Saturday; Tuca and Speckle visit Tuca's aunt in the Beakshires. Details Episode 6 Aired May 3, 2019 The Open House Bertie and Speckle consider buying a house, which is a big commitment that throws Bertie into a tailspin; Tuca brings home a forever friend. Details Episode 7 Aired May 3, 2019 Yeast Week Tuca needs medical attention, but she is terrified to see a doctor; an elite baking expo gives Bertie the chance to bring "crunts" to the world. Details Episode 8 Aired May 3, 2019 The New Bird Bertie branches out and bonds with an eager young apprentice at Pastry Pete's; without her bestie, Tuca feels a bit lost. Details Episode 9 Aired May 3, 2019 The Jelly Lakes An impromptu road trip leads Tuca and Bertie to Bertie's old summer camp -- a farway place that dredges up painful memories. Details Episode 10 Aired May 3, 2019 SweetBeak `Tis the season for fighting the "pastryarchy" when Tuca urges Bertie to open her own bakery; the clock is ticking for them to deliver the goods in time for Molting Day. Details
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Season Info

Creator
Lisa Hanawalt
Executive Producer
Lisa Hanawalt, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong
Network
Cartoon Network
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Comedy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 3, 2019
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