Dawn of the Croods is an American 2D-animated television sitcom series that is produced by DreamWorks Animation. The series is based on the 2013 animated film The Croods, taking place before the events of the film. It premiered on December 24, 2015, on Netflix. The second season premiered on August 26, 2016, third season on April 7, 2017, and fourth and final season on July 7, 2017. Sam Riegel was the voice director for the first two seasons, and Brendan Hay replaced him for the last two. It also aired on Family Channel and Family Chrgd in Canada.
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Plot
The adventures of the series takes place before the events of the film, with Eep and the family having new friends, and facing off against new enemy creatures.
Cast
Dan Milano as Grug, Bud, Womp
Cree Summer as Ugga, Pat, Clip, Pup Howler
Stephanie Lemelin as Eep
A.J. LoCascio as Thunk, Baitsy, Steve
Grey Griffin as Sandy, Lerk
Laraine Newman as Gran, One-Eyed Amber Mosh, Pram
Additional voices
Dee Bradley Baker as Bulk Boor, Squawk, Bearowl, Creatures, Moler Bear, Mow, Earl, Old Man Root, Yelp
Dominic Catrambone as Sulk Boor, Kevin, Fan, Night Mare, Ow the Dentist, Cave Teen, Bag, Guy
Jim Cummings as Little Mantrap
Ana Gasteyer as Meep Boor
Thomas Lennon as Crud, Munk
Chris Parnell as Snoot Boor
Chris Sanders as Belt the Sloth
Episodes
On July 9, 2017, executive producer Hay replied on Twitter to a question about whether the fourth season would be the last season, saying that it "most likely" would be.
Production
In contrast to the computer-animated film, the series is 2D-animated. The series' creators wanted to make it more "cartoonish", but found doing "squash and stretch" in CG too expensive for television. Different animation technique also helped the series to stand out from the feature film, which was concurrently shown on Netflix. The first three episodes were animated in Toon Boom Harmony by Vancouver's Bardel Entertainment. DreamWorks soon found that Harmony was not the best fit for animating scenes that contained multiple characters at once. The rest of the episodes were traditionally hand-drawn by South Korean studios: EMation, NE4U, and Dong Woo Animation.
