The Croods: Family Tree

Genre	Comedy Adventure
Based on	Characters created by John Cleese Kirk DeMicco Chris Sanders
Voices of	Kiff VandenHeuvel Ally Dixon Darin Brooks A. J. Locascio Amy Landecker Artemis Pebdani Matthew Waterson Amy Rosoff Kelly Marie Tran
Theme music composer	Brett Creswell Michael Tan
Composer	Hannah Parrott
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	32
Production
Executive producers	Mark Banker Todd Grimes
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	DreamWorks Animation Television
Distributor	NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
Release
Original network	Hulu Peacock
Original release	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23) – present
Chronology
Preceded by	The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Related	Dawn of the Croods (2015-17)

The Croods: Family Tree is an American computer-animated streaming television series that is produced from DreamWorks Animation under DreamWorks Animation Television. The series is based on the 2013 animated film The Croods, taking place after the events of the 2020 film, The Croods: A New Age. The series was released on September 23, 2021, with a second season premiered April 5, 2022, and a third season premiered on June 2, 2022.^[1] A fourth season premiered on August 31, 2022.^[2] A fifth season premiered on November 25, 2022.^[3]

Plot

After the events of the sequel, the Croods and Bettermans must learn to get along in the Betterman treehouse.

Cast

Kiff VandenHeuvel as Grug Crood and Lighting Bolt (season 4)^[4]
Ally Dixon as Eep Crood^[4]
Darin Brooks as Guy^[4]
A. J. Locascio as Thunk Crood^[4]
Amy Landecker as Ugga Crood^[4]
Artemis Pebdani as Gran Crood^[4]
Dee Bradley Baker as Sandy, Belt, and Sash^[4]
Matthew Waterson as Phil Betterman^[4]
Amy Rosoff as Hope Betterman^[4]
Kelly Marie Tran (season 1-5) and Abby Trott (season 5) as Dawn Betterman^[4]
TBA as Hwam (season 5)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally released
1	6	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
2	7	April 5, 2022 (2022-04-05)
3	6	June 2, 2022 (2022-06-02)
4	7	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
5	6	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25)

Season 1 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date
1	1	"Sticky Business"	Stephanie Arnett	Mark Banker	Jiedi Chen, Ryan Hansen and Max Lawson	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
Struggling to find their purpose on the Betterman farm, the Croods see an opportunity to prove their worth by harvesting Phil's perilously sticky bounceberries.
2	2	"Guy Time"	Stephanie Arnett	Stephanie Streisand	Jiedi Chen and Zheng Kang	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
When Eep wants alone time with her new friend, Dawn, Guy seeks a friend of his own and finds an unlikely companion in Thunk.
3	3	"Game Nightmare"	Steve Trenbirth	Rich Dahm	Tang Lee, Ben McLaughlin and Katie Yates	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
When the Bettermans invite the Croods to join their family game night, two things become clear: Phil needs to win and Grug hates to lose.
4	4	"What Goes Eep Must Come Dawn"	Kevin Peaty	Lucas Mills	Marc Camelbeke and Gener Ocampo	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
5	5	"Parental Stridence"	Scooter Tidwell	Matt Smith	Jiedi Chen, Max Lawson and Andrew Marshel	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)
6	6	"The Flopping of the Bullruses"	Steve Trenbirth	Amanda Brooke Perrin	Tang Lee, Ben McLaughlin and Katie Yates	September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)

Season 2 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[5]	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date
7	1	"Remote Control"	Kevin Peaty	Mark Banker	Marc Camelbeke, Tim Cant, Gener Ocampo and Marc Wasik	April 5, 2022 (2022-04-05)
Phil invents a new system for Thunk to watch his Window time.
8	2	"Daddy Daughter Day"	Scooter Tidwell	Rich Dahm	Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma	April 5, 2022 (2022-04-05)
9	3	"There's No Phil in Team"	Steve Trenbirth	Lucas Mills	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates	April 5, 2022 (2022-04-05)
10	4	"Thunder Games"	Kevin Peaty	Amanda Brooke Perrin	Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	April 5, 2022 (2022-04-05)
11	5	"Shock and Awww"	Scooter Tidwell	Rich Dahm	Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma	April 5, 2022 (2022-04-05)
Epp tries to surprise Guy on their Mooniversity.
12 13	6 7	"Straycation"	Steve Trenbirth Kevin Peaty	Matt Smith Lucas Mills	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee, Marc Wasik and Katie Yates Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	April 5, 2022 (2022-04-05)
The parents left to go on a vacation while the kids start to enjoy life in the family treehouse. Punch Monkeys invade the treehouse and it's up to the kids to stop them before their parents get back.

Season 3 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date
14	1	"The Thunder Misters"	Scooter Tidwell	Amanda Brooke Perrin	Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma	June 2, 2022 (2022-06-02)
Grug, Phil, and Guy form a new tribe against the Thunder Sisters by their teamwork.
15	2	"Eep Walking"	Steve Trenbirth	Mark Banker	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee, Ian Harrowell and Katie Yates	June 2, 2022 (2022-06-02)
When Eep discovers that she has been sleepwalking, she goes to find out how to stop it for once and for all.
16	3	"The Gorgwatch Project"	Kevin Peaty	Rich Dahm	Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	June 2, 2022 (2022-06-02)
Guy and Thunk tell a scary story of Gorgwatch who doesn’t really exist, but the story keeps both Eep and Dawn up all night.
17	4	"Skate or Dawn"	Scooter Tidwell	Lucas Mills	Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma	June 2, 2022 (2022-06-02)
When Guy invents a skateboard, Eep and Dawn start to have fun by doing some tricks until the Punch-Monkeys try to mess with them.
18	5	"Phil's Fun Farm"	Steve Trenbirth	Mark Banker	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates	June 2, 2022 (2022-06-02)
Phil turns his farm into a theme park to learn what fun is.
19	6	"Joy Story"	Kevin Peaty	Matt Smith	Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	June 2, 2022 (2022-06-02)
Eep and Dawn find an egg and take it in as their new pet, but when they find out that the egg is a dangerous creature, they travel together to bring the egg back to its family.

Season 4 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[5]	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date
20	1	"The Big Shine"	Scooter Tidwell	Rich Dahm	Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
21	2	"Ball in Cup"	Steve Trenbirth	Lucas Mills	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
22	3	"Growing Paints"	Kevin Peaty	Amanda Brooke Perrin	Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
23	4	"Cave New World"	Scooter Tidwell	Rich Dahm	Jiedi Chen and Nico Selma	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
24	5	"Thunk Tank"	Steve Trenbirth	Lucas Mills	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee, Katie Yates and Regine Clarke	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
Thunk becomes smart after being struck by lightning.
25	6	"Home Punch Home"	Kevin Peaty	Matt Smith	Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
26	7	"Goodbye Crood World"	Scooter Tidwell	Mark Banker	Andy Casadonte, Jiedi Chen and Heidi Neunhoffer	August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
A fast-approaching asteroid headed toward the farm.

Season 5 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboarded by	Original release date
27	1	"Hwam I Am"	Steve Trenbirth	Amanda Brooke Perrin	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25)
28	2	"Eep Cover"	Kevin Peaty	Lucas Mills	Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25)
29	3	"I.O. Crood"	Scooter Tidwell	Rich Dahm	Andy Casadonte, Jiedi Chen and Heidi Neunhoffer	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25)
30	4	"Appetite for Deception"	Steve Trenbirth	Matt Smith	Ben McLaughlin, Tang Lee and Katie Yates	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25)
31	5	"Shellraiser"	Kevin Peaty	Amanda Brooke Perrin	Marc Camelbeke, Gener Ocampo and Simon O'Leary	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25)
32	6	"Camp Thunder"	Scooter Tidwell	Mark Banker	Andy Casadonte, Jiedi Chen and Heidi Neunhoffer	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25)

Production

On August 31, 2021, DreamWorks announced a CGI animated series titled The Croods: Family Tree, based on The Croods: A New Age, and would stream September 23 on Hulu and Peacock.^[4]^[6]^[7] Tran reprises her role as Dawn, while A. J. Locascio reprises his role as Thunk from Dawn of the Croods. The new voice cast features Amy Landecker as Ugga, Kiff VandenHeuvel as Grug, Ally Dixon as Eep, Artemis Pebdani as Gran, Darin Brooks as Guy, Matthew Waterson as Phil, and Amy Rosoff as Hope.^[8] Mark Banker (from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Adventure Time, Go, Dog, Go!) and Todd Grimes (from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants) serve as executive producers and showrunners for the series.^[9]^[10] Like all DreamWorks Animation Television programs, the series will be animated by Mikros Animation under Technicolor Animation Productions.

References

External links

The Croods

The Croods
Films	The Croods (2013) The Croods: A New Age (2020)
Television series	Dawn of the Croods (2015–2017) (episodes) The Croods: Family Tree (2021–present)
Video games	The Croods: Prehistoric Party! (2013) The Croods (2013)
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