6.7
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Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Squidbillies (2005)
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Rating: 6.7
Overview
Squidbillies is an animated television series about the Cuylers, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Appalachian region of Georgia's mountains. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network and premiered on October 16, 2005. It is written by Dave Willis, co-creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Jim Fortier, previously of The Brak Show, both of whom worked on the Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The animation is done by Awesome Incorporated, with background design by Ben Prisk.
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Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Trans: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Squidbillies is an animated television series about the Cuylers, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly mud squids living in the Appalachian region of Georgia's mountains. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network and premiered on October 16, 2005. It is written by Dave Willis, co-creator of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Jim Fortier, previously of The Brak Show, both of whom worked on the Adult Swim series Space Ghost Coast to Coast. The animation is done by Awesome Incorporated, with background design by Ben Prisk.
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Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The show employs broad, absurdist satire targeting various aspects of rural Southern culture, environmental neglect, and human folly without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or offering clear solutions, thus maintaining a neutral stance.
Squidbillies features non-human, anthropomorphic characters, and its voice cast is predominantly white without intentional race or gender swaps of human roles. The narrative satirizes a specific rural subculture, but this critique is not framed as an explicit DEI-driven commentary on traditional identities.
Secondary
The show features incidental LGBTQ+ elements, primarily through satirical depictions of characters' ignorant or stereotypical views. While some characters express problematic opinions, the narrative generally satirizes these prejudices rather than endorsing them, resulting in a net neutral impact on the portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes.
Squidbillies features Krystal, a trans woman, as a recurring character. Her portrayal is largely problematic, with humor often derived from her trans identity through crude jokes, misgendering, and stereotypes. The narrative lacks affirming elements, presenting her identity primarily as a source of mockery rather than dignity or complexity.
The show consistently satirizes fundamentalist Christianity, depicting its adherents and institutions as hypocritical, bigoted, or foolish. The narrative uses these portrayals to critique specific cultural manifestations of faith rather than affirming its virtues, with no significant counterbalancing positive portrayals.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Squidbillies is an original animated series with characters created specifically for the show. There are no pre-existing characters from source material or prior installments whose gender was altered for this production.
Squidbillies is an original animated series featuring anthropomorphic squid characters. As there is no prior human racial canon for these non-human characters, the concept of a 'race swap' does not apply.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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6.6
6.8
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