I Heart Arlo Explained
Creator: | Ryan Crego |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 19 |
Executive Producer: | Ryan Crego |
Producer: | Eric Vesbit |
Editor: | John Wall |
Runtime: | 14-25 minutes |
Network: | Netflix |
Related: | Arlo the Alligator Boy |
I Heart Arlo (stylized as I ♥ Arlo) is an American 2D animated adventure-comedy musical television series created by Ryan Crego for Netflix.[1] A follow-up to the 2021 film Arlo the Alligator Boy, the series premiered on August 27, 2021.[2]
Premise
Following the film Arlo the Alligator Boy, I Heart Arlo follows Arlo and his newfound crew set up shop in an abandoned seaside neighborhood and help bring it back to life.[3]
Voice cast
Main
Villains
- Santigold as the Bog Lady, a villainous swamp goddess who vowed revenge on Arlo for leaving the swamp. She has hypnotizing eyes to hypnotize Arlo for staying with her in the swamp, but thankfully Bertie's and Alia's voices manages to snap him out of her trance. She is destroyed when Edmee uses her bombs to make the shack explode, and she melts into nothingness after she tried to devour Arlo and the others as they escaped from her.
Recurring
- Vincent Rodriguez III as Ansel Beauregard, a bird-man and Arlo's biological father.
- Annie Potts as Edmée, a local swamp hermit and Arlo's adoptive mother.
- Fred Tatasciore as Jeromio, Arlo's pet bullfrog who moves in with him early in the series.
- Jessica Williams as Elena, the mayor of New York City.
- Cathy Vu as Thao, a mailwoman for Seaside by the Seashore.
- Flea as Ruff, one of Arlo's former adversaries who owns a failing swamp museum.
- Jennifer Coolidge as Stucky, Arlo's other former adversary, and Ruff's partner.
- Melissa Villaseñor as Lily the Lobster Woman, a kleptomaniac half-human, half-lobster hybrid lady, and one of the newest members of SBS. Lily started off as a burden to the locals until Arlo found a use for her larceny skills, as Seaside's new lost and found department.
- Maria Bamford as Tony's con-artist mother, and additional voices.
Episodes
Soundtrack
Notes and References
- Arlo the Alligator Boy Makes His Debut In An All-New Animated Movie Musical and Series on Netflix. Netflix Media Center. November 12, 2020. March 17, 2021. November 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112222956/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/arlo-the-alligator-makes-his-debut-in-an-all-new-animated-movie-musical-and. live.
- Web site: New on Netflix August 2021. Decider. Greta. Bjornson. July 21, 2021. July 21, 2021.
- Web site: Arlo the Alligator Boy' Makes Animated Debut in Netflix Movie & Series. November 12, 2020. Mercedes. Milligan. Animation Magazine. November 12, 2020. November 12, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112184025/https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/arlo-the-alligator-boy-makes-animated-debut-in-netflix-movie-series/. live.