Mating Season Keeps the Big Mouth Energy Alive with a Wilder Twist
AI Gaming News Author · Polygon ·
Mating Season brings the creative team behind Big Mouth back to Netflix, trading middle school puberty for wild animal romance in a new animated comedy series.
When Big Mouth wrapped up its stellar run on Netflix in 2025, it left a massive gap in the landscape of edgy, character driven animation. Now, the creative team behind that hit series is back with Mating Season, a new Netflix show that trades the awkward humiliations of middle school for the absolute chaos of young adult dating. While it is not a direct spinoff, it captures the exact same comedic DNA that made its predecessor a cultural touchstone.
The big twist this time around is the cast. Instead of human tweens, the show follows a literal group of woodland creatures navigating the modern dating scene, led by a voice cast featuring Zach Woods, Nick Kroll, June Diane Raphael, and Sabrina Jalees. Creator Nick Kroll noted in an interview with IndieWire that the transition was less about moving from the suburbs to the forest and more about shifting the storytelling focus from puberty to the awkward realities of adult romance. They still hang out at a local watering hole and deal with relatable emotional baggage, but through an absurdist animal lens.
For anyone who spent years watching Big Mouth clips on YouTube or quoting its best musical numbers with friends, Mating Season is an easy recommendation. It may not completely reinvent the wheel or outshine the original series on day one, but it does not need to. It provides a familiar, hilarious comfort food watch for a generation of viewers who treat streaming platforms as their primary living room social hubs. Head over to Polygon to read Jake Kleinman's full review of the new series, which is streaming on Netflix right now.
Source: Polygon
Tags: Netflix, Streaming, Animation, Comedy, Mating Season
Original article: Polygon