The Cryptids

The Cryptids is an American animated comedy television series, being created by Randy Myers. It is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and it has aired on Cartoon Network since November 25th, 2013.

Synopsis
Five cryptids named Bigfoot, Alien, Nessie, Mothman, and Chupacabra go on various adventures while a mad scientist named Dr. Turbo and his pet Bald Eagle, Angel, try to kidnap/destroy the cryptids for several evil plans he made.

Main

 * Bigfoot (voiced by Seth Green) - a sasquatch who is the leader of the gang and is the main protagonist.
 * /Alien/ (voiced by Keith Ferguson) - a fictional species of alien cryptid called a Sodiumina who is Bigfoot's best friend, but is a complete moron, making him the stupidest of the gang.
 * Nessie the Loch Ness Monster (voiced by Wanda Sykes) - a plesiosaur-like cryptid who is the biggest and the strongest and is Bigfoot's love interest.
 * Mothman (voiced by Drake Bell until 2021 and Robbie Daymond afterwards) - a moth-like cryptid who is the smartest of the gang.
 * Chupacabra (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - a hairless canine-like cryptid who is the smallest, but fastest, of the gang.

Supporting

 * Jersey Devil (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - a winged horse-like creature that usually hangs out with the cryptids at random times. He is shown to be immature and like Alien, he likes doing pranks.
 * Flatwoods Monster (voiced by Tara Strong) - an alien-like cryptid who enjoys gardening. She has a crush on Mothman.
 * Arica Monster (voiced by Karen Strassman) - A yellow raptor-like cryptid who appears from time to time.
 * Kasai Rex (also voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - A large, red tyrannosaurus-like cryptid who appears from time to time.
 * Yeti (voiced by Greg Cipes) - One of Bigfoot's brothers that lives in the Himalayas.
 * Skunk Ape (voiced by Samuel Vincent) - One of Bigfoot's brothers that lives in the swamps of Florida.
 * Ogopogo the Lake Okanagan Monster (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - An unintelligent and hot-headed lake monster who is the main target of Alien's pranks. He is also one of Nessie's cousins.
 * Champ the Lake Champlain Monster (voiced by Matthew Mercer) - A brown-colored lake monster who appears to support the main characters from time to time. He loves fishing, and is also one of Nessie's cousins.
 * Red (also voiced by Seth Green) - A red Sodiumina who lives on Mars and is Alien's brother.
 * Mr. Martian (no voice) - A weirdly out of place Sodiumina (design and animation-wise) who only speaks in sign language or mouth gestures.
 * Mokele-Mbembe (voiced by Erica Lindbeck) - a laid-back, green, sauropod-like cryptid who occasionally helps out other cryptids and does tend to heal the injured.
 * Lizard Man (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - a somewhat grouchy lizard-like humanoid cryptid who dislikes when other cryptids poke fun at him or prank him for fun.
 * Bear Lake Monster (also voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - a rowdy white crocodile-like cryptid who loves to swim around and eat fish.
 * Kappa (voiced by Rob Paulsen) - an awkward turtle humanoid cryptid who is rather weird.
 * Dover Demon (voiced by Tom Kenny) - a smart yet sometimes short tempered, small, beige alien cryptid who occasionally warns Bigfoot's gang about what Dr. Turbo is up to or tells them about a strange discovery.
 * Thunderbird (voiced by Noël Wells) - a giant bird cryptid.
 * Canvey Island Monster (also voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - a pink, armless frog-like cryptid.
 * The Ape Squad, consisting of:
 * Chimp (voiced by TBD) - an intelligent chimpanzee who is the leader of the Ape Squad.
 * Greg (voiced by Patrick Warburton) - a tough gorilla who is the strongest of the Ape Squad.
 * Owen (also voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - an idiotic orangutan who is the stupidest of the Ape Squad.
 * Penny the Puppy (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a puppy that Nessie stole from the pet store and kept for a moment before being forced to give her away.
 * Mothdude (voiced by Josh Peck) - Mothman's brother who, unlike Mothman, isn't really smart and enjoys parties.
 * Patty the Lake Patrica Monster (voiced by TBD) - a fun-loving plesiosaur-like lake monster who was Nessie's childhood friend.
 * Slob (also voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) - A space blob who was created by Alien, and just like Alien, Slob is pretty stupid.
 * Dusk Glitter (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a goat-sized dragon who has managed to enter the Cryptids' forest and befriended them.
 * Albino Bigfoot (also voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - An albino sasquatch who became the 6th member of the gang after meeting Bigfoot.
 * Nightcrawler (voiced by Billy West) - a slender alien creature with no arms who was encountered by Alien and Slob and eventually became friends with them.
 * Papyrus the Elder Bigfoot (voiced by Stephen Root) - An elder sasquatch who leads the rebel group of cryptids of Cryptid Paradise.
 * Stone the Bigfoot (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - a darker-colored, strong warrior sasquatch who is the son of Papyrus and co-leads the rebel group of cryptids of Cryptid Paradise.
 * Jimmy the Jersey Devil (voiced by Thomas F. Wilson) - a Jersey Devil who is a warrior in the rebel group of cryptids of Cryptid Paradise.
 * Charles the Chupacabra (also voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a chupacabra who is a warrior in the rebel group of cryptids of Cryptid Paradise.
 * Tressie (voiced by TBD) - a teal-colored lake monster who is the only female warrior in the rebel group of cryptids of Cryptid Paradise.
 * Mothgar (voiced by Clancy Brown) - A former villain, Mothgar used to aid the Lyngbakr in Cryptid Paradise. He revealed that he was Mothman's father and also the original Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the "Origins" episode.
 * Canvey Island Chieftain (voiced by Thomas F. Wilson) - The chief of the Canvey Island tribe, and the father of Canvey Island Monster.
 * The Meatball Man (also voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - a tough living meatball-like creature that Alien and Slob befriended who has been hiding in the sewers after he was brought to life.
 * Meat Bird (vocal effects by Dee Bradley Baker) - a bird-like meat creature who the Meatball Man created and kept as a pet.
 * Betsy (voiced by Tress MacNeille) - a tough, blue Sodiumina who visited Earth as Alien grew a crush on her.
 * Ashley (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - a purple fun-loving Sodiumina who is Alien's best friend from his planet since they were really young.
 * The Puerto Rican Chupacabra (also voiced by Rob Paulsen) - a humanoid-alien chupacabra who is revealed to be Chupacabra's cousin.
 * Macey (voiced by ) - Mothman's niece who is rather curious about the world.
 * Butterflyman (voiced by TBD) - a dimwitted butterfly-like bipedal creature who is dumb unlike Mothman as he has been an annoyance to Bigfoot's gang, except for Alien.
 * Mick (non-speaking) - a monarch butterfly that Alien found and became his pet.
 * Santa Claus (voiced by Jim Cummings) - a jolly old man who uses Christmas magic to help him ride his sleigh around the world and deliver gifts to nice children.
 * The Elves, consisting of:
 * Ellen (voiced by TBD) - TBD
 * Elliot (also voiced by Robbie Daymond) - TBD
 * Ellinor (voiced by Erica Luttrell) - TBD
 * Cherufe (voiced by Tony Todd) - a humanoid cryptid made out of magma who is rather hot-headed.
 * The Mammoth Man (voiced by ) - a humanoid creature with fur and tusks of a mammoth who is pretty clumsy.
 * Pete the Potato (voiced by TBD) - a lazy living potato who likes to do nothing but lay on the couch and watch some TV.

Antagonists

 * Dr. Turbo (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - a mad scientist who wants to kidnap the cryptids and is the main antagonist of the show.
 * Angel the Bald Eagle (also voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a talking bald eagle who is Dr. Turbo's assistant.
 * Dr. Sal (voiced by Laura Bailey) - a female scientist who was Dr. Turbo's assistant and love interest.
 * Layla the Hawk (also voiced by Tara Strong) - a talking hawk who is Dr. Sal's assistant.
 * Stefan the Giant of Voronezh (voiced by Doug Lawrence) - a Voronezh alien who is very egotistical and wanted Bigfoot's gang off his territory.
 * The Horek (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a horse-like humanoid who turned many of the Cryptids' attention away from Mothman due to his "handsomeness" and caused Mothman to be jealous.
 * The Were-Sodiumina (also voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - a were-sodiumina who was once a normal sodiumina until he got bit by a creature that made him like he is now, as he is banished from the planet and landed on Earth to cause mayhem.
 * Deathstar (also voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - A world famous robber and an enemy of Dr. Turbo, since he also wants to destroy the cryptids.
 * Sally the Spider (vocal effects by Tara Strong) - A black widow spider that is Deathstar's pet.
 * The Easter Bunny (voiced by John DiMaggio) - an Easter bunny who was attempted to get caught by Bigfoot and Alien, and constantly used tricks to escape.
 * Gobble Gobble (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - a turkey who is the leader of the Turkey Tribe.
 * Gooba (voiced by TBD) - a beautiful turkey who is Gobble Gobble's bride and chieftess of the Turkey Tribe.
 * Goobie (voiced by TBD) - Gobble Gobble's most trusted soldier.
 * The Bugbear Prince (voiced by Will Friedle) - a mad bugbear who is the prince of all of the other bugbears.
 * The Lyngbakr (voiced by ) - A legendary Norse sea monster who later became known as "King Lyng" after becoming the tyrannical ruler of Cryptid Paradise after the events of "The Lyngbakr".
 * Baron Von Sweenermast (voiced by Jason Marsden) - a man who tried to kidnap The Meatball Man.
 * The Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Rick D. Wasserman) - an anthropomorphic wolf who was infamous for trying to capture and eat people in Fairy Tale Land like Little Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs, and tried to eat Bigfoot, Mothman, and Chupacabra.
 * Bonkers (voiced by TBD) - a zany clown who Alien, Chupacabra, Jersey Devil, Slob, and Nightcrawler tried to take down, as he causes random chaos around wherever he feels like it.
 * Burrunjor (also voiced by Tom Kenny) - Kasai Rex's cousin who likes to bully various cryptids whenever Kasai Rex isn't around.
 * The Jack-O-Lantern Man (also voiced by Jeff Bennett) - a Jack-o-Lantern humanoid creature who appears every October to terrorize human beings.
 * The Black-Eyed Girl (voiced by Juliet Landau) - a creepy black-eyed little girl who resides in the house Bigfoot and his gang went into as she wants to get rid of all of them.
 * The Black-Eyed Boy (voiced by Ethan Maher) - a creepy yet slightly goofy black-eyed little boy who is the Black-Eyed Girl's little brother as he is her assistant, but does tend to screw up a few times.
 * La Llorona (voiced by Jill Talley) - TBD
 * Grape Monsters (vocal effects by Fred Tatasciore and Steve Blum) - vicious grape-like monsters on a planet that Bigfoot's gang, Red, Betsy, and Ashley crashed into.
 * Doves in Gloves (voiced by Quinton Flynn and ) - a duo of gloves wearing gloves who are mischievous.
 * The Wendigo (voiced by ) - a deer-demon like creature who tried to attack Bigfoot's gang for "trespassing" in his area.
 * Valkyrie Squadron (voiced by Ashley Johnson, TBD, TBD, and TBD) - an all-female team of alien invaders who are heavy hitters as they are the ones who kidnapped Alien.
 * Rascal the Jackal (voiced by Bill Farmer) - a crazy and mischievous jackal who moved to the forest as he's been starting to cause trouble for Bigfoot and his gang.
 * The Flying Heads, consisting of:
 * Mark (voiced by Eric Bauza) - an insane yet moronic flying head who is the leader.
 * Katie (voiced by TBD) - Mark's girlfriend who is a second flying head.
 * The Rat Armada (vocal effects by Eric Bauza) - a giant army of cosmic rats that travel around space and attack stuff.
 * She-Bigfoot (voiced by TBD) - a robot developed by Dr. Turbo who was made to seduce Bigfoot so Dr. Turbo can capture him.
 * Jenny Fungoat (voiced by Kristen Schaal) - a supposedly jolly goat animatronic who is the mascot of Jenny Fungoat's Taco Palooza, yet she and her band secretly want to conquer the world.
 * Paige and Parker (voiced by TBD and TBD) - two crazy young women who are sisters and are obsessed with hunting down various cryptids, otherwise known to the cryptids as the Poacher Girls.
 * Paige and Parker (voiced by TBD and TBD) - two crazy young women who are sisters and are obsessed with hunting down various cryptids, otherwise known to the cryptids as the Poacher Girls.

Episodes
See List of The Cryptids episodes.

Crossovers
See The Cryptids, Eric, and Claire and TBD.

The Cryptids did have a crossover with Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Steven Universe and ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'', but that was only in one of the comic book series' issue.

Animation
The animation for the series is outsourced to Rough Draft Studios in Seoul, South Korea.

Spin-off
See Kasai Rex and Albino Bigfoot's Worldwide Road Trip, Welcome to Cryptid Academy! and Deathstar Strikes Again.

Movie
See The Cryptids: The Movie.

Video game
See The Cryptids: The Game.

Comic book series
See The Cryptids (comic book series).

Critical response
This show has received generally positive reviews from critics and fans alike, being praised for TBD. It received 7.7/10 on IMDB, a 79 on Metacritic, and 3 out of 5 stars on Common Sense Media.

International Titles

 * Spanish: Los Cryptids
 * French: Le Cryptids
 * Italian: I Cryptidi
 * German: Die Kryptiden
 * Russian: Существа
 * Japanese: クリスティーズ
 * Korean: 크립 시즈
 * Greek: Τα κρυπτά
 * Chinese: 生物
 * Norwagian: De Cryptids
 * Finnish: Cryptidit
 * Swedish: Cryptiderna
 * Polish: Cryptids

Legacy
A Robot Chicken skit made a parody of The Cryptids called Mission Cryptidpossible.

Yeti was supposedly seen in the episode of Knights of RedCliff: The Series called "Caelum".

Broadcast
The pilot episode was first released on Cartoon Network on August 21st, 2009. The official series has then made its way to Cartoon Network on November 25th, 2013.

In Canada, it first aired on the Canadian version of Cartoon Network and Teletoon on December 2nd, 2013 and May 15th, 2014 respectively. In the UK and Ireland, it premiered on the UK and Irish version of Cartoon Network on February 3rd, 2014 and in Australia, premiered on May 19th, 2014. The series premiered on both Cartoon Network Japan and Cartoon Network Portugal on June 1st, 2014.

The series was available from streaming on Hulu on March 27th, 2015 until it moved to HBO Max on May 27th, 2020.

Theme Song
See /Theme Song/.

Merchandise
See The Cryptids/Merchandise.

Tropes
See The Cryptids/Tropes.

Easter Eggs/cameos
There have been references to other shows. For example:
 * In Eat Your Vegetables, there was a flashback where Alien tried to feed Mothman (who refuses due to him lacking a mouth) a garnet, an amethyst, a pearl and an overweight kid who looks similar to Steven, making a Steven Universe reference.
 * In TBD, a cereal box with BMO on it can be seen in a trash bin.
 * In The Samurai, when Kappa was watching TV, he is seen watching a show with a kid similar to K.O. from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.
 * In The Wendigo, the Epic Katana and a RedCliff Knight helmet are seen alongside each other in the background of one forest scene. This is a reference to Knights of RedCliff: The Series.

Trivia

 * Most episodes are TV-Y7, but some episodes are TV-PG.
 * The origins (in real life) of The Cryptids started within GoAnimate in late 2013. The original GoAnimate version had two creepypasta characters, not cryptids, within the gang, making it 7. They were Slenderman and The Rake. These two, however, were cut from this version due to not actually being cryptids.
 * The Cryptids ' setting is in the Pacific Northwest, more specifically Washington, which was confirmed in Attack of Deathstar. Washington is the state with the most recorded Bigfoot sightings in history.
 * The Cryptids is having a movie set to be released on July 12, 2024 called The Cryptids: The Movie
 * Albino Bigfoot and Albino Nessie were originally going to be main characters added in Seasons 2 and 3. However, when he thought about it, he started to fear that if he adds them as main characters, they would end up unused in other media after the series ended like Scrappy-Doo from Scooby-Doo, Britney from Totally Spies, Vinny from Family Guy or Sparky and Chloe from The Fairly OddParents, so he scrapped the idea of them being main characters and instead made them supporting characters.
 * In real life, Kasai Rex is actually a hoax created by John Johnson.
 * According to Randy Myers, Nessie is the oldest of the gang while Alien is the youngest, with Bigfoot and Chupacabra being the second oldest and second youngest, respectively, as Mothman is the "middle child" of the gang.
 * VARIANT:
 * Cartoon Network Studios: The custom animation is Alien simply sitting on the ground while blinking twice.