Big Mouth Trivia | 50 facts about the series

«Big Mouth» is an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom provided by Netflix.

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1. Big Mouth is an American adult animated coming-of-age sitcom.
2. It was created by Andrew Goldberg, Nick Kroll, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett provided by Netflix.
3. The series centers on teens based on Kroll and Goldberg’s upbringing in suburban New York, with Kroll voicing his fictional younger self.
4. Big Mouth explores puberty while embracing a frankness about the human body and sex.
5. The first season, consisting of ten episodes, premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017, and the second season was released on October 5, 2018.
6. The third season was preceded by a Valentine’s Day special episode on February 8, 2019.
7. The rest of the third season was released on October 4, 2019. In July 2019, Netflix renewed the series through to a sixth season.
8. The fourth season was released on December 4, 2020.
9. The fifth season was released on November 5, 2021.
10. The sixth season is set to premiere on October 28, 2022.
11. A seventh season was ordered in April 2022.
12. Upon its release, the series received critical acclaim, with praise going to the writing, animation, voice acting, musical numbers, humor, and emboldening messages of acceptance.
13. A spin-off series titled Human Resources debuted on March 18, 2022.
14. Missy’s parents, Cyrus and Monica, are played by Jordan Peele and Chelsea Peretti, who are married in real life.
15. Nick and Andrew are based off of the show’s co-creators Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg, and much of the show’s content reflects real events from their life.
16. The other cast members also often served as inspiration for their respective characters. For example, Jenny Slate used to be quite small and wore overalls, like her character Missy, until one senior student came up to her and yelled to her: “Why do you look like a baby?”
17. Nick Kroll voices up to twelve characters, including Nick Birch, Maurice the Hormone Monster, and Coach Steve.
18. As of July 26th 2019, Big Mouth has been renewed for an additional 3 more seasons.
19. During the Electric Slide number at Jessi’s Bat Mitzvah, Matthew is seen and heard doing lots of vocal runs and singing dramatically in the background.
20. Andrew Rannells, who plays Matthew, is a popular Broadway star who is known for singing overly dramatic showstoppers.
21. During filming of the second season, Netflix renewed the show for a third season.
22. In Episode 7, “Requiem for a Wet Dream”, the character Matthew makes a reference to the TV series “Girls”. Andrew Rannells, who voices Matthew, plays a recurring character on “Girls”.
23. Nick Kroll, Mark Duplass, Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, Neil Casey, June Diane Raphael, Rob Huebel, and Zach Woods all appeared in the show The League (2009-2015).
24. Jason Mantzoukas, Paul Scheer, and June Diane Raphael are the hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made, and Nick Kroll was the guest on their first episode.
25. Both Nick Kroll and John Mulaney attended Georgetown University.
26. Following the recasting of Missy, Ayo Edebiri dubbed over the last 1 1/2 episodes of Season 4 and the entirety of season 5, which were previously recorded by Jenny Slate.
27. Chelsea Peretti, who voices Monica, and Jason Mantzoukas, who voices Jay, also played Gina Linetti and Adrian Pimento from Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013), who are both former employees of that show’s 99th police precinct.
28. Nick Kroll, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Richard Kind and Paula Pell all appeared or had cameo roles in another Netflix original series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.
29. Kat Dennings voices Nick Kroll’s character’s older sister Leah, but in real life, Kroll is actually 9 years older than Dennings.
30. A lot of of Howard Stern catch phrases are used.
31. Tyler refers to the Shame Wizard as “the guy with the Harry Potter accent.” The Shame Wizard is voiced by David Thewlis who played Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter films.
32. During the sixth episode when Andrew and Nick visit the city, there’s a billboard for the show “Oh, Hello on Broadway” which Nick Kroll and John Mulaney wrote and starred in together.
33. In season 1, episode 6, “Pillow Talk”, when Nick and Andrew are talking to Duke Ellington (voiced by comedian Jordan Peele) in NYC after Duke’s encounter with the elderly lady, there is a billboard behind them with Daniel Kaluuya’s face on it. It’s a movie advert that reads, “Stay Out”. This is a spoof of the movie “Get Out”, Jordan’s directorial debut film that has been widely hailed by critics as a must-see cross between psychological horror and comedy.
34. Many of the musical numbers in the show are parodies of other popular songs: “Everybody Bleeds” parodies REM’s “Everybody Hurts,” “I Feel Like Sh*t (This Must Be Love)” parodies Aerosmith’s “Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing,” “Life is a F-ed Up Mess” parodies the “Electric Slide” by Marcia Griffiths, and “Totally Gay” parodies many Queen songs, most notably “Somebody to Love.”
35. The Ponytail Something’s last victim in episode 10 “Pornscape” is Karl Lagerfeld, head creative designer of the fashion house Chanel.
36. The intro music for this show is a cover by Charles Bradley of the Black Sabbath’s tune “Changes”.
37. In season 2 episode 10 Andrew is in the shame wizard’s office. You can see a poster referring to game of thrones; a picture of the silent sister with the shame bell. A signature can be seen “you’re the man”
38. The main plot in Episode 10 “The Pornscape” is based off Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” (1979).
39. In season two episode nine, when the shame wizard and coach Steve are in the bathroom you can see a penis drawn in the stall with the question “where are the ball hairs”, a reference to another Netflix show, American Vandal.
40. With the exception of season 3, each season finale has the characters saving another character, either literally or metaphorically: season 1 ends with Nick and Maury rescuing Andrew after his addiction sucked him into the Pornscape, season 2 ends with Nick, Andrew, Maury and Connie rescuing Jessi from the Depression Ward, temporarily curing her depression, and season 4 ends with Jessi, Andrew, and Missy helping Nick regain his body after his evil future self takes over his body.
41. When Nick and Jessi are having dinner, their chairs are a reference to Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).
42. The first soundtrack album of songs from the TV series was released alongside season three on October 4, 2019.
43. All songs written by Mark Rivers except where indicated.
44. Detective Florez made a silent cameo appearance in the 2022 live-action/animated hybrid film, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
45. On June 24, 2020, it was announced that Jenny Slate decided to step down from voicing Missy Foreman-Greenwald so that a Black actress could have the role in the wake of the George Floyd protests.
46. Slate’s final time voicing Missy is in the fourth season as she recorded her lines in advance.
47. On August 28, 2020, it was reported that Ayo Edebiri was cast to replace Slate as Missy.
48. Her first appearance as Missy is in “Horrority House”, the penultimate episode of the fourth season.
49. Though it’s clear that Jay, voiced by Jason Mantzoukas, has hit puberty as his storylines often focus on his sexuality and his habit of using inanimate objects in inappropriate ways, the character oddly lacks a Hormone Monster. This is is especially odd due to his closeness to the other main characters, who all have their own.
50. Big Mouth’s iconic intro theme song is a soulful rendition of Black Sabbath’s Changes by Charles Bradley, that puts a new spin on the song in the context of the shows’ themes of puberty and coming of age. The show also had Jordan Peele playing the late musician Duke Ellington who resides in the house of the Birch family.