Review: Krapopolis “Thor”

Overview

Tyrannis’ little hunting mishap brings the Norse gods to Olympus; the family is forced to deal with the hunky Thor, the mischievous Loki, and some nasty bridge trolls.

Our Take

I actually love the idea of different god-verses visiting each other and I think this is a premise that Krapopolis could do a few more times but with other different but just as fake religions like Christianity, Islam, Scientology, and more as it would be a great way for the show to wade into areas of satire that none of the other animated comedies are really even touching save for maybe the occasional South Park or Family Guy soiree.

In any attempt, this week’s episode was guest stars galore featuring the likes of Colton Dunn, Kate Flannery, Nick Kroll, Rachael MacFarlane as Aphrodite, Cristina Milizia, Randall Park as Loki, Seth Rogen as Thor, Michael Urie as Hermes, Amber Stevens West as Athena and for my money the best efforts came from Kroll (who dons multiple voices as both a troll and Jörmungandr), Randall Park running around as Loki, and Seth Rogen’s very funny dutch accent that probably isn’t all accurate but doesn’t matter because it’s hilarious and works really well here.

Dan Harmon has an overall deal here and if FOX wanted to go nuts with animated comedies about different god-lores, he’d be hard-pressed to find a better cast than what is displayed here. In fact, Netflix has so much streaming content inspired by Norse religions, it wouldn’t surprise me if Sarandos was on the phone with Harmon right now making the deal.