List of BoJack Horseman episodes
BoJack Horseman is an American animated sitcom created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The series stars Will Arnett as the eponymous character, BoJack Horseman, the washed-up star of the 1990s sitcom Horsin' Around, plans his big return to celebrity relevance with a tell-all autobiography that he dictates to his ghostwriter Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie). BoJack also has to contend with the demands of his agent and on-again-off-again girlfriend Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), the misguided antics of his freeloading roommate Todd Chavez (Aaron Paul), and his frenemy Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins), who is also Nguyen's boyfriend. The series satirizes Hollywood, celebrity culture, and the film industry.
As of July 17, 2015, 24 episodes of BoJack Horseman have been released, concluding its second season. On July 28, 2015, the series was renewed for a third season, set to premiere in 2016.[1]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Release date | |
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| 1 | 12 | August 22, 2014 | |
| 2 | 12 | July 17, 2015 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2014)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "BoJack Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Story, Chapter One" | Joel Moser | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 |
| Bojack is a 40-something former sitcom star trying to write a memoir. After his publisher insists he hire a ghostwriter, he contacts Diane Nguyen. Meanwhile, his relationship with his agent Princess Carolyn ends, and his freeloading roommate Todd convinces him to throw a party to settle his own debts. At the party, Bojack meets Diane, who is also a girlfriend to his former sitcom rival Mr. Peanutbutter. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "BoJack Hates the Troops" | JC Gonzalez | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 |
| BoJack finds himself the subject of national media attention after an altercation with a Navy SEAL at a supermarket. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Prickly-Muffin" | Martin Cendreda | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 |
| BoJack reconnects with his troubled former co-star Sarah-Lynn, who moves into his house and creates pandemonium. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Zoës and Zeldas" | Amy Winfrey | Peter A. Knight | August 22, 2014 |
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BoJack decides to mentor Todd when he makes plans for a rock opera. Diane's ex-boyfriend Wayne writes an article about Mr. Peanutbutter. Guest starring: Margo Martindale as Herself | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Live Fast, Diane Nguyen" | Joel Moser | Caroline Williams | August 22, 2014 |
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BoJack accompanies Diane to Boston when she returns home for her father's funeral and befriends Diane's mom, her three brothers, and the adoptive brother who is the "black sheep of the family". Meanwhile, Todd and Princess Carolyn monopolize in a scam when people mistakenly believe Bojack's home is the home of David Boreanaz, which gets quickly out of hand. Guest starring: Ira Glass as Diane's ringtone | |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Our A-Story is a "D" Story" | JC Gonzalez | Scott Marder | August 22, 2014 |
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Upon returning from Boston, a drunken BoJack steals the "D" from the Hollywood sign in an attempt to impress Diane. Now BoJack and Mr. Peanutbutter must find a way to get the D back to the Hollywood sign. Following the David Boreanaz scam, Todd is in prison where he is invited to join two prison gangs: the Aryans and the Latin Kings. Guest starring: Yvette Nicole Brown as Beyoncé, Chris Parnell as Aryans Gang Member, Horatio Sanz as Latin Kings Leader. | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Say Anything" | Martin Cendreda | Joe Lawson | August 22, 2014 |
| BoJack sabotages himself with an epic bender. Meanwhile, Princess Carolyn experiences a day of personal and professional failure after the agency Vigor merges with the agency FME which is led by her former rival Vanessa Gekko. At the same time, she realizes she has sacrificed many of her dreams pursuing BoJack who is unattainable: a realization she comes to on her 40th birthday. | |||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Telescope" | Amy Winfrey | Mehar Sethi | August 22, 2014 |
| When he learns that Herb Kazzaz is dying from terminal rectal cancer, BoJack tries to mend fences with Diane accompanying him. Meanwhile, Todd meets two masked girls who try to carjack him. BoJack tries to apologize to Herb for betraying him twenty years ago, but Herb refuses to forgive him and angrily throws him out. Later, a distraught BoJack unexpectedly kisses Diane, putting a strain on their friendship. | |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Horse Majeure" | Joel Moser | Peter A. Knight | August 22, 2014 |
| A lovestruck BoJack tries to sabotage the wedding of Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter in Nantucket. Meanwhile, Todd accepts a surprising new professional role as a driver for Mr. Peanutbutter after he loses his driver's license following an incident with the mailman. | |||||
| 10 | 10 | "One Trick Pony" | JC Gonzalez | Laura Gutin Peterson | August 22, 2014 |
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BoJack shoots a movie at Mr. Peanutbutter's house called "Mr. Peanutbutter's Hollywoo Heist" (a movie adaption of the incident in "Our A-Story is a "D" Story") which is directed by Quentin Tarantulino, as Todd comes up with ideas to improve the movie. Diane finishes her book and sends the prototype copy to Pinky Pinkerton. BoJack reads the prototype and is angered by what Diane has written and forbids her to send it out. After she shares a teaser of the book on BuzzFeed as a preview, BoJack fires her. Guest starring: Wallace Shawn as Himself, Naomi Watts as Herself | |||||
| 11 | 11 | "Downer Ending" | Amy Winfrey | Kate Purdy | August 22, 2014 |
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Despite a positive response to the his memoir excerpts, BoJack insults Diane and the work that she's done for the book. Later, he, Sarah-Lynn and Todd go on a drug-infused frenzy to rewrite his memoir. BoJack hallucinates a life with his former friend Charlotte in which they have a daughter and live happily into old age. At a Ghostwriter convention, BoJack gives a heartfelt apology to Diane and give his blessing to publish her copy of his book. Guest starring: Ken Jeong as Dr Hu | |||||
| 12 | 12 | "Later" | Martin Cendreda | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | August 22, 2014 |
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Three months after his memoir is released, BoJack is being considered for a role that is his lifelong dream. BoJack discovers that while the book may have resurrected his career, it also might have ended all of his personal relationships. Meanwhile, Todd and Mr. Peanutbutter make plans for different businesses. Guest starring: John Krasinski as Secretariat | |||||
Season 2 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 13 | 1 | "Brand New Couch" | Amy Winfrey | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | July 17, 2015 |
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After listening to a motivational tape, BoJack comes to believe that an upbeat attitude will lead to a better life, but his new outlook hurts his performance on the set of the Secretariat movie. Meanwhile, Mr. Peanutbutter wears a dog cone on his neck to keep him from biting the stitches off his hand after he drunkenly punched a mirror. Guest starring: George Takei as Audiobook Narrator | |||||
| 14 | 2 | "Yesterdayland" | J.C. Gonzalez | Peter A. Knight | July 17, 2015 |
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BoJack meets a female owl named Wanda Pierce who just woke up after having been in a coma for thirty years, but almost sabotages his relationship with her when he discovers that another 30-year coma victim named Alex is actually a KGB operative. Todd opens his own version of Disneyland which he built with the help of some worker bees and almost ruins his relationship with Mr. Peanutbutter (who had just gotten his dog cone off) when it comes to a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company. Guest starring: Joel Mchale as Alex and Lisa Kudrow as Wanda Pierce | |||||
| 15 | 3 | "Still Broken" | Amy Winfrey | Mehar Sethi | July 17, 2015 |
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Herb Kazzaz's cancer has gone into remission only for him to die from an allergic reaction to a peanut truck during a car crash. His funeral is attended by BoJack Horseman, Princess Carolyn, Mr. Peanutbutter, Todd, Sarah Lynn, Bradley Hitler-Smith, Joelle Clarke, Henry Winkler, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggot Gyllenhaal, and "that Pakistani girl that keeps winning Nobel Prizes". BoJack, Sarah Lynn, Bradley, and Joelle reunite for a treasure hunt that was left on a disk that was given to them by Herb's blind bat executor. Meanwhile, Princess Carolyn accidentally finds herself shmoozing with the funeral attendants about how she knew Herb as Mr. Peanutbutter takes advantage of it. Guest starring: Stanley Tucci as Herb Kazzaz and Henry Winkler as Himself | |||||
| 16 | 4 | "After the Party" | J.C. Gonzalez | Joe Lawson | July 17, 2015 |
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In a three-part story of the aftermath of Diane's surprise birthday party, Princess Carolyn gets in a relationship slump with "Vincent" upon getting suspicious that BoJack might be right about him, Todd's phone operating system falls in love with Princess Carolyn's phone operating system, BoJack and Wanda hit a deer as Wanda heads into the woods to see if he's alright, and Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter get in a huge argument over if Tony Curtis is dead. Guest starring: Paul McCartney as Himself | |||||
| 17 | 5 | "Chickens" | Mike Roberts | Joanna Calo | July 17, 2015 |
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BoJack attempts to bond with Kelsey Janning. Todd, Diane, and Kelsey's daughter Irving help a genetically modified chicken (who escaped from a "Chicken 4 Dayz" truck following a car accident) to cross the road in order to keep her from being made into a "Food Chicken", but get in trouble with the Los Angeles Police Department. Guest starring: Ron Funches as Gentle Chickens Farmer, Amy Schumer as Irving | |||||
| 18 | 6 | "Higher Love" | J.C. Gonzalez | Vera Santamaria | July 17, 2015 |
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PB Living goes bankrupt due to Mr. Peanutbutter and Todd's accountant telling them that their dumb ideas are responsible for their bankruptcy. Mr. Peanutbutter's agent Ronnie Bonito is found dead from auto-erotic asphyxiation, so he gets a job at Lady Foot Locker. BoJack gets awkward when he says "I love you" to Wanda. Princess Carolyn gets an opportunity when she discovers a not-so-dead author named J.D. Salinger (who is not dead, but is reclusive). Guest starring: Alan Arkin as J.D. Salinger | |||||
| 19 | 7 | "Hank After Dark" | Amy Winfrey | Kelly Galuska | July 17, 2015 |
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Diane finds herself in hot water when she calls attention to sexual misconduct allegations against a beloved personality named Hank Hippopopalous during Princess Carolyn's book promotion of BoJack's autobiography in paperback form. While Mr. Peanutbutter begins the production of his new game show, Todd switches places with the prince of the war-torn country Cordovia. Guest starring: Scott Wolf as Scott Wolf (fox caricature) | |||||
| 20 | 8 | "Let's Find Out" | Matt Mariska | Alison Flierl & Scott Chernoff | July 17, 2015 |
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The taping of the new pilot of Mr. Peanutbutter's new game show with BoJack as its first celebrity guest does not go smoothly. Meanwhile, Todd tries to be mature in order to earn the respect of J.D. Salinger while competing against Mia McKibbin. Guest starring: Daniel Radcliffe as Himself, Alan Arkin as J.D. Salinger and Tatiana Maslany as Mia McKibbin | |||||
| 21 | 9 | "The Shot" | Matt Mariska | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | July 17, 2015 |
| BoJack, Kelsey, Todd, Princess Carolyn, Mr. Peanutbutter, and Margo Martindale (who was just released from prison) attempt to shoot a crucial scene in the Secretariat movie that was not in the script which involved Richard Nixon not having Secretariat sent over to help in the Vietnam War. Princess Carolyn contemplates her career as Rutabaga Rabbitowitz plans to secede from Vigor. In Cordovia, Diane contemplates following Sebastian St. Clair. | |||||
| 22 | 10 | "Yes And" | J.C. Gonzalez | Mehar Sethi | July 17, 2015 |
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Diane crashes at BoJack's place after quitting her job following Sebastian St. Clair which puts a strain on BoJack and Wanda's relationship where Wanda thinks that Diane is a bad influence on BoJack. Following Kelsey's firing, she has been replaced by another director named Abe who does various reshoots for the film. Todd joins an improv comedy troupe led by Copernicus which turns out to be a cult. Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga Rabbitowitz continue their plans of secession from Vigor. Guest starring: Ben Schwartz as Rutabaga Rabbitowitz and Liev Schreiber as Copernicus | |||||
| 23 | 11 | "Escape From L.A." | Ali Winfrey | Joe Lawson | July 17, 2015 |
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While taking a break from his Hollywoo life, BoJack heads to Tesuque, New Mexico to visit his old friend Charlotte for a few months where he discovers that she has a family. Guest starring: Olivia Wilde as Charlotte, Ed Helms as Kyle, Adam Pally as Trip and Ilana Glazer as Penny | |||||
| 24 | 12 | "Out to Sea" | Mike Roberts | Elijah Aron & Jordan Young | July 17, 2015 |
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Returning to Hollywoo, BoJack learns from Princess Carolyn the Secretariat film was finished without him where Lenny Turtletaub had used a computerized BoJack to fill in his roles. He manages to make enough money for the establishment of "The BoJack Horseman Orphanage" as part of a promise at Herb Kazzaz's funeral. Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga Rabbitowitz are close to opening their own agency firm. After moving out of BoJack's house, Todd finds himself trapped in the improv comedy cult. Guest starring: Ricky Gervais as Hedgehog at Orphanage, Sarah Koenig as Diane's Ringtone, Aisha Tyler as Sextina Aquafina and Angela Bassett as Ana Spanikopita | |||||
Season 3 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 25 | 1 | "Start Spreading The News[2]" | TBA | Joe Lawson | 2016 |
| TBA | TBA | "A Safe Space[3]" | TBA | TBA | 2016 |
| Guest starring: "Weird Al" Yankovic as TBA | |||||
Specials
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| "Sabrina's Christmas Wish" | Joel Moser | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | December 19, 2014 | |
| BoJack and Todd watch a very special Christmas episode of Horsin' Around titled "Sabrina's Christmas Wish" in which his youngest adopted daughter Sabrina, upon discovering Santa's existence decides to wish for her parents to be alive again. The ending brings much confusion to Todd. An initially skeptical BoJack suggests they watch the series' eight other Christmas specials. | ||||
References
- ↑ "BoJack Horseman on Twitter". Twitter.
- ↑ "Paul F. Tompkins on Instagram". Instagram.
- ↑ "Weird Al Yankovic on Twitter". Twitter.