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Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., or simply M.O.D.O.K., is an American stop-motion adult animated television series created by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt for Hulu, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The series is produced by Marvel Television, with Blum and Oswalt serving as showrunners. Oswalt stars as M.O.D.O.K., a supervillain struggling to handle his company and family. Aimee Garcia, Ben Schwartz, Melissa Fumero, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Beck Bennett, Jon Daly, and Sam Richardson also star. M.O.D.O.K. was officially announced with a series order at Hulu in February 2019, as part of a group of series based on Marvel characters that were intended to lead to a crossover special titled The Offenders, with it being produced by Marvel Television. Oversight of the series was moved to Marvel Studios in December 2019 when Marvel Television was folded into that company. The cast was announced in January 2020, with writing and recording completed later. The stop-motion animation for the series is provided by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. M.O.D.O.K.'s ten episodes were released on May 21, 2021. Upon its debut, the show was well received by critics, with praise going to the animation, writing, references from other Marvel properties, and the voice acting, particularly Oswalt's. The series was canceled after one season in May 2022. Premise After spending years failing to gain control of the world and to defeat the superheroes he challenged along the way, M.O.D.O.K. having been removed from his company A.I.M. after it falls into bankruptcy and is sold to the rival evil corporation GRUMBL (Just Be Evil), begins to deal with his taunting family while facing a mid-life crisis. Cast and characters Main Patton Oswalt as George Tarleton / M.O.D.O.K.:A floating robotic engineered head who is the former leader of A.I.M. and is obsessed with having control and conquering the world. He dislikes superheroes and his rival supervillains, believing he should be superior to them, before facing a mid-life crisis with his suburban New Jersey family. Oswalt also voices Anomaly: The younger college-aged M.O.D.O.K. who becomes displaced in time and threatens to wipe out his future self's family so that their plans for world conquest can be secured. Oswalt later appears as himself through a Snapchat filter on M.O.D.O.K. in the season one finale. Aimee Garcia as Jodie Ramirez-Tarleton:M.O.D.O.K.'s Judeo-Mexican American wife who questions his role as the superior supervillain. She decides to pursue a new career after running a mom-blog, earning money to support their family before becoming villainous herself, gaining attention from a superhero, which was said to go "beyond expectations for typical sitcom wives". In episode 8, she uses the pen name Jodie Ramirez-Modok. Ben Schwartz as Louis "Lou" Tarleton:M.O.D.O.K.'s socially awkward 12-year-old son who is different from the rest of his family, and does not have a care in the world. He claims his name stands for Lanky Organism Undeniably Irresistible and Syphilitic; the last word that he chose, he admits that he thought sounded cool. The character wears a blue sweatshirt as a nod to Schwartz voicing characters associated with that color in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, DuckTales, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Schwartz also voices Lou's robotic duplicate and adoptive twin brother, with the pair being treated as the same person and collectively known as "The Lous." Melissa Fumero as Melissa Tarleton:M.O.D.O.K.'s 17-year-old daughter who shares her father's appearance. She is the most popular girl at her high school and wants to gain her father's approval as a supervillain. She is also openly bisexual. She claims her name stands for Mental Entity Living to Induce Seriously Sinister Anarchy, but M.O.D.O.K. named her after Melissa Etheridge. Wendi McLendon-Covey as Monica Rappaccini / Scientist Supreme: M.O.D.O.K.'s workplace arch-nemesis whom he is forced to work with. Beck Bennett as Austin Van Der Sleet:M.O.D.O.K.'s new boss in his twenties who is from GRUMBL, a large tech company that invests in and takes control of A.I.M., He is also revealed to be in allegiance to Hexus, the Living Corporation. Jon Daly as Super-Adaptoid:A robot who has high ambitions as an artist and hates being enslaved as M.O.D.O.K.'s servant. It is revealed in "O, Were Blood Thicker Than Robot Juice!" that he has betrayed the family on multiple occasions, only for them to reset him. Despite this, the family sometimes forgets he exists. Sam Richardson as Garfield "Gary" Garoldson:M.O.D.O.K.'s one armed loyal henchman who is constantly optimistic. He has a husband named Big Mike who is a trucker. Guest Jon Hamm as Tony Stark / Iron Man: A superhero and the owner of Stark Industries. Nathan Fillion as Simon Williams / Wonder Man: A superhero and the owner of Williams Innovations. Whoopi Goldberg as Marion Pouncy / Poundcakes: A wrestler with super-strength. Bill Hader as: The Leader: A supervillain with a large cranium and genius intellect. Angar the Screamer: A former rocker turned supervillain with enhanced vocal chords that produce sonic sound. Drake Shannon / Orb: The usually quiet bartender of the Bar with No Name. Kevin Michael Richardson as: Dr. Nathaniel Essex / Mister Sinister: A supervillain and an enemy of the X-Men who specializes in mutant genetics. Jerome Beachman / Mandrill: A supervillain who was once a scientist that was mutated into a mandrill hybrid who is dating Armadillo's ex-wife. David Cannon / Whirlwind: A supervillain who wears armor that grants aerokinesis. Meredith Salenger as Madame Masque: A supervillainess who wears a golden mask to hide her disfigured face. Zara Mizrahi as Carmilla Rappaccini: Monica's cloned teenage daughter who does not care much for her mother's work. Dustin Ybarra as Armadillo: A supervillain with enhanced toughened skin and claws that allow him to dig anywhere. Chris Parnell as Alvin Healy / Tenpin: A bowling-themed member of the Death-Throws that is equipped with exploding bowling pins. Eddie Pepitone as Bruno Horgan / Melter: A supervillain with enhanced heat powers. Jonathan Kite as Tatterdemalion: A homeless supervillain who is antagonized by Wonder Man. Alan Tudyk as Arcade: A circus-themed supervillain and the owner of Murderworld who kidnaps M.O.D.O.K's family while working with the Anomaly. Episodes Production Development In February 2019, Marvel Television announced plans to develop an adult animated television series based on MODOK, with a series order at Hulu, along with ones based on Hit-Monkey, Tigra and Dazzler, and Howard the Duck, that were intended to lead up to a crossover special titled The Offenders. The series was created by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, both of whom were expected to write for the series and executive produce alongside Jeph Loeb. Brett Crawley, Robert Maitia, Grant Gish, Joe Quesada, and Karim Zreik also executive produce. In December, Marvel Television was folded into Marve.... Discover the Wendi Blum popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Wendi Blum books.