Sausage Party: Foodtopia

Did You Know?

• The character Julius is a parody of Donald Trump, with his name being a play on Orange Julius and Julius Caesar.
• The character Rutabaga Ginsberg is named after former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
• The series' second season adds Jillian Bell, Martin Starr, Marion Cotillard, Patti Harrison, and Andre Braugher to the cast.

Cast

Seth Rogen voices Frank Frankfurter, a sausage. Kristen Wiig plays Brenda Bunson, a hot dog bun and Frank's love interest, in the first season. Michael Cera portrays Barry, a small deformed sausage and Frank's best friend. Edward Norton voices Sammy Bagel Jr., a neurotic Jewish bagel who becomes a comedian talk show host after his partner Lavash dies. Will Forte plays Jack, a surviving human kept alive by Frank and Brenda to learn about humanity; he resorts to cannibalism to avoid eating food. Sam Richardson voices Julius, a tyrannical orange who parodies Donald Trump and uses human teeth to gain followers. Yassir Lester plays Iced Tea, a glass bottle who joins a task force established by Barry to stop food from stealing teeth. Natasha Rothwell voices Rutabaga Ginsberg, a rutabaga judge, as well as multiple other characters including Margarine Taylor Greene. David Krumholtz voices Kareem Abdul-Lavash, a Middle Eastern lavash who dies during an uprising, and also voices several other characters. Scott "Diggs" Underwood voices Gum, an intelligent but paraplegic wad of chewed gum who dies sacrificing himself, and Twink, a twinkie who returns from the film.

Production

Seth Rogen had expressed interest in a sequel to Sausage Party and in more adult animated films, noting the possibility of a live-action/animated hybrid film inspired by Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. In October 2022, Amazon ordered a sequel series from Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Television, and Sony Pictures Television, with co-writers Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir returning to develop and executive produce. Some cast members from the film reprised their roles, while new members including Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Richardson, and Yassir Lester joined. Animation for the series was handled by Bardel Entertainment and Stellar Creative Lab, replacing the film's animation studio. Co-producer and co-director Conrad Vernon returned as supervising director.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 48% approval rating based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The critics consensus describes it as having rancid gags that may please fans of Seth Rogen's humor but feeling like stale leftovers. On Metacritic, the series received a score of 54 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews.