Bee and PuppyCat facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bee and PuppyCat
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Genre	Fantasy Surrealism Dramedy
Created by	Natasha Allegri
Written by	Natasha Allegri
Directed by	Larry Leichliter
Voices of	Allyn Rachel
Composer(s)	Will Wiesenfeld
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 + pilot (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Fred Seibert
Producer(s)	Eric Homan Kevin Kolde
Editor(s)	Ray Valenzuela
Running time	5–10 minutes (Season 1)
Production company(s)	Frederator Studios
Distributor	Frederator Networks, Inc.
Release
Original network	YouTube (season 1) Netflix (season 2)
Original release	July 11, 2013 (2013-07-11) – present

Bee and PuppyCat is an American animated web series created and written by Natasha Allegri and directed by Larry Leichliter. The series revolves around Bee (voiced by Allyn Rachel), an unemployed woman in her early twenties, who encounters a mysterious creature named PuppyCat (voiced by the Vocaloid program Oliver). She adopts this apparent cat-dog hybrid, and together they go on a series of temporary jobs to pay off her monthly rent. These bizarre jobs take the duo across strange worlds out in space. The show is produced by Frederator Studios and is animated by Dong Woo Animation in South Korea and OLM, Inc. in Japan.

The series originated with a web pilot in 2013, followed by a Kickstarter supported first season which was released from 2014–16. It will continue with a second season titled Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space. The first Season 2 episode made its debut at Samari the Ottawa International Animation Festival on September 26, 2019. KaBoom! Studios published a comic book adaptation from 2014–16.

In October 2020, it was announced that the show's second season, which had been leaked on-line in its entirety in January of that year, is scheduled for a release sometime in 2022 on Netflix.

Plot

Bee is a cheerful young woman in her early twenties who is habitually fired from menial, low-paying jobs. On her way home from a failed job opportunity, PuppyCat, a strange, mysterious creature, falls from the sky. She takes him in and, when he sees that she is broke and unemployed, PuppyCat teleports himself and Bee to an alternate dimension where they are given a job by TempBot, a gigantic, intelligent television screen. Despite the dangers that this line of temporary jobs would pose, Bee finds that she has a talent for the work and that it pays well enough for her to disregard the dangers.

An ongoing plot element of the series is PuppyCat's past, which is shrouded in mystery. There are hints that he may be a space outlaw who was transformed by the Space King, who was angry over the pirate's romance with his daughter. However, due to his anger, the magic meant to capture him instead turned him into a monster and he escaped. Another ongoing plot element is Bee's romantic feelings for her friend Deckard, a talented chef who seems to harbor a crush on Bee but finds that this complicates his decision to pursue a cooking career.

In the episode "Donut" it's revealed that Bee is a cyborg, a revelation that stuns Deckard. At the end of the episode he chooses to leave home to attend culinary school, still conflicted over the revelation and his feelings for Bee.

Characters

A screenshot from the first pilot episode of Bee and PuppyCat. PuppyCat is falling from the sky and is about to land on Bee.

• Bee (Voiced by: Allyn Rachel): Bee is a 22-year-old woman who, while walking home in the rain after being fired for sleeping on the job, is hit on the head by PuppyCat, who mysteriously appears out of the sky and lands on her. After being transported to Fishbowl Space with PuppyCat, she gains clothing reassignment from TempBot, who changes every mission and gives her various equipment like a sword or pockets full of glitter. Bee is also seen to have a strong dislike of water, as in the episode "Beach" where she refuses to walk into the ocean, and in the following episode, "Cats", where she refuses to take a bath when she gets dirty. During the episode "Donut" Bee is revealed to be a cyborg, something that surprises both Deckard and PuppyCat.
• PuppyCat (Voiced by: Oliver): The mysterious creature that is both a dog and a cat, and is the companion to the main character, Bee. Not much is known about PuppyCat except that he can "talk" and be used as an energy cannon, as demonstrated in the battle with Wallace.
• TempBot: Also referred to as AssignBot, is a robot that acts as a temporary employment agent for PuppyCat. This character is voiced by a different actor in each episode. In the pilot episode the character was voiced by Marina Sirtis, Hannah Hart for "Farmer", Roz Ryan for "Cats", Ellen McLain for "Game" and Joan Koplan for "Wedding".
• Deckard (Voiced by: Kent Osborne): Bee's friend, neighbor, and former coworker. Deckard works as a prep cook at the cat café from which Bee was fired. He harbors romantic feelings towards Bee. Deckard has heterochromia. At the end of episode 10 he leaves home in order to attend culinary school despite initial reluctance to leave Bee and home.
• Cass (Voiced by: Ashly Burch): Deckard's sister and roommate. Though she formerly worked alongside Bee and her brother at the cat café, Cass now works as a freelance computer programmer. Like her brother, Cass is also named after a wizard; her full name is Castaspella.
• Cardamon (Voiced by: Alexander James Rodriguez): Cardamon is a young boy who is Bee's landlord. He is business-like and mature for his age, in stark contrast to his appearance as an elementary schoolboy. He takes care of his comatose mother, whom he regards as a "princess."
• Toast (Voiced by: Terri Hawkes): Toast is the 11th ranked wrestler from Cass' former wrestling team and holds a grudge against Cass' departure, as it leaves her to be the lowest-ranking member on the team.

Episodes

Pilot (2013)

Season 1 (2014–16)

• Note: The entire first season was directed by Larry Leichliter. It was billed simply as "The Series".

Season 2: Lazy in Space (2022)

Comics

Boom! Studios published a tie-in comic book through its KaBOOM! imprint. The comic was canceled after #11 in 2016 despite issues #12–#16 having already been solicited. Preview catalogues that year listed issues #12–#16, along with cover art and synopses.

In other media

• Characters from Bee and Puppycat appeared on the cover for the second edition of Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive by David B. Levy.

See also

In Spanish: Bee and PuppyCat para niños