August 20, 2020 (2020-08-20) – December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)
The Fungies! is an American animatedcomedy television series created by Stephen P. Neary and produced by Cartoon Network Studios for HBO Max.[1] The first part of the first season premiered on August 20, 2020, on HBO Max, followed by the second part of the season on October 8, 2020.[2][3] The series made its linear premiere on Cartoon Network on June 4, 2021.[4]
The series had concluded after its third season, which was released on December 16, 2021.[5]
The series was removed from HBO Max in August 2022 among several other titles from the service as part of cost-cutting measures at parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.[6]
Premise
The Fungies! is set in a prehistoric and mythological metropolis of Fungietown in a strange prehistoric world inhabited by some fungi-looking creatures and occasional dinosaurs. The series follows the adventures of Seth, one of the town's young mushroom inhabitants, whose love for scientific adventures often ends up with him stirring trouble with the local inhabitants and learning to understand others.
Seth, Pascal and their friends discover Snow and play with it for a while. After Seth wants to get a coveted spot on his Mom's prized shelf of "stuff her kids gave her", he determines to bring snow to his house. Unfortunately, the snow keeps melting to the point of mud, but his mom keeps the mud price on the shelf. Suddenly, the Snow Mountain sends snow through the town.
Seth gets sick, but desperately wants to reach his "show and tell" presentation but gets "rivaled" by Claudette and her dog, Barkery. His mom brings Claudette and her dog, who tells him that they love his presentations. Coming to school excited the next day about a presentation about dogs, his classmates contract colds from Seth himself.
While exploding, Seth finds an egg and really wants to know what's inside it, but when Pam's egg-hatching insticts kick into gear, Seth will have to learn to trust her and nature.
Seth desire to help Nancy with her job at the hospital result in chaos when he, without Nancy's knowledge, plays doctor on sick Fungies. Seth has to admit his wrongdoing and listen to his mom in order to set things right.
Seth leads a group of kids into a haunted mine in an effort to prove that everything has a scientific explanation and that there's no reason to be afraid ghosts.
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"Hide and Pam / Chair Factory / Turtle / Rainy Day / Best Friends Club"
Hide and Pam: Pam learns to play hide and seek a little too well. Chair Factory: Seth improves productivity at the Fungietown chair factory. Turtle: Seth brings a shy turtle for show and tell. Rainy Day: Cool James teaches the other kids how to have fun making music on a rainy day. Best Friends Club: Lil' Lemon and Nelvin hold the first meeting of the Best Friends Club.
Tyrell Soloman, Diana Lafyatis, Derek Evanick, Stephen P. Neary & Sonja von Marensdorff
Kelsy Abbott, John McNamee & Stephen P. Neary
December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)
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"Lost Fungies!"
Stephen P. Neary
Kelsy Abbott, John McNamee & Stephen P. Neary
December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)
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Production
On July 24, 2020, the show was announced on August 20, 2020, to be released on HBO Max.[29]
In August 18, 2022, upon the announcement that HBO Max would be removing the series that month, series creator Stephen P. Neary criticized the service for its decision.[6]
In the United Kingdom, it premiered on Cartoon Network on November 2, 2020. In Canada, it premiered on Teletoon on January 10, 2021.
Reception
Critical reception
Common Sense Media rated the show at 4/5 stars, stating that "The silliness will draw kids in, but parents will appreciate all the great stuff secretly woven through each episode."[36]
Mashable also gave a favorable review, writing that it had "perfect balance between the soft, safe world of children's programming and the deadpan absurdism of emotional exhaustion — y'know, but with mushrooms. And dinosaurs. And, oh yeah, that talking stump."[37]
A website of ScoopsAnimationCorner.com gave a score of 5/10 and wrote that the show "doesn’t have that kind of adult-tinged humor I was hoping for, the show is a great experiment in animation." And also she argued that she "did not like the humor in this show. That isn’t to say, the show isn’t funny. It’s just not my particular brand of humor. I can see and understand why other people would find this show funny, especially kids." Since there's "a lot of juvenile butt jokes and shenanigans." which It’s NOT her style of humor. And that the "show is a little heavy on morals. It’s mostly Seth who learns the lessons – but since this is episodic, they don’t exactly stick." And at the end she said that she "hopes that the future for the show will be good because even while I have my issues with the show – I think the spirit of the show will be good for a lot of people and inspire a lot of young animators with its colors and easy to replicate art style."[38]
