The Cryptids

The Cryptids is an American animated comedy series, being created by Doug TenNapel. It is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and it airs on Cartoon Network since November 25, 2013.

Sypnosis
5 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 an evil plan 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 Cree Summer) - a plesiosaur-like cryptid who is the biggest and the strongest and is Bigfoot's love interest.
 * Mothman (voiced by Drake Bell) - 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 of the gang.

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 (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui) - a talking bald eagle who is Dr. Turbo's assistant.

Episodes
List of The Cryptids episodes

Crossovers
The Cryptids, Eric, and Claire

The Paintders and The Cryptids

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.

Comic Book Series
The Cryptids (comic book series)

Critical Response
This show has received generally positive reviews from critics and fans alike. 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: (same as English title)
 * Finnish: Cryptidit
 * Swedish: Cryptiderna
 * Polish: Cryptids

Spin-Off
The Misadventures of Alien and Slob

Legacy
A parody of The Cryptids made a cameo in The Epic Candy Quest as a DVD case.

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".

Rick and Morty: Show Invaders featured a parody to the show called The Cocktids.

Mothman, Nessie and Alien appear in Cartoon Network: Speedster as VoodooFinger, Kerigan and GoofFinger, respectively.

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

In Canada, it first aired on Cartoon Network since December 2, 2013. (More TBD)

Merchandise
List of The Cryptids merchandise

Tropes and Moments
The Cryptids/Tropes

Easter Eggs/cameos
There has been references to other shows. For example...


 * In TBD, Chupacabra was seen talking to an earthworm with a spacesuit and three cats who resemble Jim from Earthworm Jim and Mr. Blik, Gordon Quid and Waffle from Catscratch, which was a reference Doug TenNapel's previous works.
 * 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 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.

Trivia

 * Most episodes are TV-Y7, but some episodes are TV-PG
 * The Cryptids has a console game called The Cryptids: The Game
 * The Cryptids' setting is in the Pacific Northwest.
 * The Cryptids is having a movie set to be released on November 30, 2025 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.