One Trick Pony

One Trick Pony is an American adult animated comedy-drama sitcom created by Bertel Mogensen. The story follows a woman who reminisces about her life and how things could have turned out for her if she had not. It stars Kiersey Clemons, Mahershala Ali, Yara Shahidi, Caleb McLaughlin and Anne Paquin.

Despite mixed reviews upon its debut, One Trick Pony received widespread critical acclaim with praise for character developments, music, emotional depth and subject matter. The show has been lauded for its realistic take on depression, trauma, religion, self-destructive behavior, racism, sexism, sexuality, and the human condition.

Main Cast

 * Rosario Dawson as Pony Plunder-Creek, a 38-year-old housewife who began to have negative thoughts on her life choices. As a perfectionist, she tends to fixate on order, prestige, power, and a perfect appearance, while preventing her children from failing at anything. In the past, she cannot trust her own feelings and impulses and concludes that it’s her fault that her mother is displeased with her, unaware that her mother will never be satisfied. She later
 * Mahershala Ali as Travon Creek, a 40-year-old and Pony's husband. He seemed to avoid his wife and children most of the time by either staying out late either at the office, locking himself in his study to drink, or avoiding arguments with Pony.
 * Kiersey Clemons as Teagen Creek, Pony and Travon's 12-year-old daughter. She is an innocent girl whose quest is to be moral and good, which drives most of the plots of the episodes. She is usually the one who takes responsibility for the emotional well-being of the family, often assuming a parental role. Taegen later became a high achiever outside the family as a means of escaping the dysfunctional family environment, defining herself independently of her role in the dysfunctional family, currying favor with her parents and shielding herself from criticism by her father.
 * Caleb McLaughlin as Goober Creek, Pony and Travon's 10-year-old son. He was often unjustifiably assigned the "problem child" role by others within the family and even wrongfully blamed by his father Travon for those members' own individual or collective dysfunction, often despite being the only emotionally stable member of the family. He began to be in denial regarding the severity of the family's situation and had mixed feelings of love–hate towards her parents. He mostly spends an inordinate amount of time alone watching television, playing video games, surfing the Internet, listening to music, and going out for late night walks alone which lack in-person social interaction.
 * Cree Summer as Pillow Creek, Pony and Travon's 3-year-old daughter. She tends to act out, throws tantrums when not getting her way, shouts, and rarely speaks any complete sentences, usually speaking in one or two word screams like "Mine!" or "Mommy!" She is usually ignored.

Supporting Cast

 * Anne Paquin as Arleen Gibson, Pony's closest friend since high school and the only person who understood her upbringing.
 * Nat Faxon as William Scotch, Pony's ex-boyfriend who was still in touch with her.
 * Vanessa Williams as Rolanda Plunder, Pony's abusive and manipulative mother. She appears as a frail, level-headed, mysterious, and composed woman at first glance, Rolanda has horribly abused her daughter Pony to take out her anger over her failed career as a figure skater and boyfriend leaving her. She is shown to be an incredibly arrogant, manipulative, selfish, immature, angry, and cruel young woman, who rarely shows any sympathy and can be calm one moment and having a screaming tantrum the next.
 * Patricia Arquette as Minerva Bugle, a housewife and Pony's arch-enemy.
 * Judah Friedlander as Bob Bugle, a travel writer and Minerva's husband.
 * Gaten Matarazzo as Zack Bugle, Minerva and Bob's son who moved into the neighborhood. He and Taegan both like each other but aren't supposed to because their parents say that they're too different. Despite his parents' mutual grudge against Taegan's parents, his feelings for her remained unchanged and they secretly began dating.