Advance Review: Pickle and Peanut “Greg”

Spoilers Below

Pickle and Peanut get into a tussle with this dickhead named Lazer at work, but it ends up with Pickle getting sprayed with something and growing a zit. The zit’s name is Greg, and it makes its home on Pickle’s ass and soon becomes a new best friend. It isn’t long before Laser wants Greg as his friend too, and even invites him to his party. Unfortunately, Greg turns into a monster and storms down town taking Pickle with him. Peanut saves the day, but by the time that happens, the town warms up to Greg and kind of wants him back.

Our Take

Pickle and Peanut is pretty much like nothing else on TV in terms of aesthetic. The best comparisons I can make is Squidbillies meets Gumball and throw in a touch of Family Guy. For fans of crude looking characters and backgrounds akin to Squidbillies, this show has got you covered. For those liking the mix of different animation styles in Gumball,  Pickle and Peanut does some of that, but maybe not as much just yet. For people who don’t care if you get animals, people, and anything/everything else during the course of an episode, yep…Pickle and Peanut will do it for you.

The voice cast seems like a close-knit group, with Johnny Pemberton playing the role of Peanut, and Jon Heder taking on Pickle. Fortunately, Jon absolutely redeems his voice career from the disastrous Napoleon Dynamite series and gives us a character that reminds me of a cross between Napoleon and Milo from Noah Z. Jones’ other series Fish Hooks. Pemberton more or less takes a back seat in this episode, but of the two, seems to be the one that helps keep the show grounded and the plot on track.

The near-death metal climactic battle between Greg and Pemberton was incredibly directed, and overall Pickle and Peanut is a solid show. I haven’t found myself enjoying it as much as Noah’s Fish Hooks just yet, quite frankly the dialogue hasn’t exactly crushed me with jokes, but we are assured that the next episode is a lot better.