Golan the Insatiable

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Golan the Insatiable
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Genre Dark comedy
Fantasy
Created by Josh Miller
Developed by Dave Jeser & Matt Silverstein
Creative director Ben Jones
Voices of
ComposerMark Rivers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Nick Weidenfeld
  • Hend Baghdady
  • Dave Jeser
  • Matt Silverstein
  • Josh Miller (Season 1)
    Co-executive producers:
  • Josh Miller
  • Elijah Aron
  • Jordan Young (Season 2)
Producers
  • Greg Lloyd Brown (Season 2)
  • Patrick Casey (co-producer, Season 2)
  • Matthew Chadwick (supervising producer)
EditorsAl LeVine
James Atkinson
Running time11 minutes (Season 1)
22 minutes (Season 2)
Production companies
  • Double Hemm
  • Amazing Schlock (Season 1)
  • Friends Night
  • ADHD Studios
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseNovember 23, 2013 (2013-11-23) 
July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19) [1]

Golan the Insatiable is an American adult animated television series created by Josh Miller and developed by Dave Jeser & Matt Silverstein for Fox. It premiered on November 23, 2013 along with Lucas Bros. Moving Co. ; it officially premiered on January 11, 2014. [2] It is based on stories written by Miller that appeared on the website Something Awful. It aired on Fox's Animation Domination High-Def programming block.

Contents

Golan the Insatiable was picked up by Fox for a second season [3] consisting of 6 half-hour prime-time episodes featuring a new voice cast and alternate continuity. The season premiered on May 31, 2015 on Fox's Sunday Funday lineup. [4] [5]

Plot

Golan the Insatiable is a demigod warlord who reigned over the dimension of Gkruool with an iron fist before he was summoned to Earth by the goth daughter Dylan of the Beekler family in the town of Oak Grove, Minnesota. He stays with her after finding out that his acolyte Kruung has overthrown him for control of Gkruool during his absence. Besides learning about Earth's customs and causing havoc in Oak Grove, Golan plans to build up his power so that he can return to Gkruool and take revenge on Kruung.

Characters

Main characters

Recurring characters

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 6November 23, 2013March 1, 2014
2 6May 31, 2015July 19, 2015

Season 1 (2013–14)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"Ragin' Fun"Rusty Yunusoff Josh Miller and Patrick Casey November 23, 2013 (2013-11-23)101
Golan and Dylan get suspicious of Alexis' boyfriend Keith. So they end up following them to a water park called "Ragin' Fun Bayou Water Park" where Golan gets separated from Dylan.
22"A Pox on Your Pox"Douglas Einar OlsenJosh Miller and Patrick CaseyJanuary 11, 2014 (2014-01-11)102
At the time when Dylan gets the chickenpox, Golan makes plans to make a portal gate during a meteor shower to harness its powers so that he can return to Gkruool and reclaim his throne.
33"Escape to Tooth Mountain"David Stephan and Douglas Einar OlsenJosh Miller and Patrick CaseyJanuary 18, 2014 (2014-01-18)103
Dylan loses a tooth while at the family fun restaurant Pepe Roni. Upon learning about the tooth fairy, Golan plans to trap the tooth fairy and have romance with her.
44"Deer Uncle Gerald"Aldin BarozaJosh Miller and Patrick CaseyJanuary 25, 2014 (2014-01-25)104
Golan is enraged when the Beekler Family ditches him to attend a funeral of Richard's Uncle Gerald. When Golan catches up to the Beeklers, he plans to have Richard say his final goodbyes to Uncle Gerald by having Dylan steal Uncle Gerald's ashes and performing a ritual that involves the ashes being fed to a virgin deer.
55"I Can Smell That Cheep Clone
from Here"
Douglas Einar OlsenJosh Miller and Patrick CaseyFebruary 1, 2014 (2014-02-01)105
Golan learns about Easter and the resurrection of Jesus. In an attempt to mimic Jesus' Easter resurrection, Golan accidentally creates a clone of himself who proves to have a mind of his own and is doing good deeds around Oak Grove.
66"Dylan Crushes Reading"Chase Conley and Mike McCrawJosh Miller and Patrick CaseyMarch 1, 2014 (2014-03-01)106
Golan discovers that Dylan can't read. In order to help Dylan read, Golan puts her through different challenges that involves pronouncing words and saving a boy named Swingley.

Season 2 (2015)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
US viewers
(millions)
71"Pilot"Douglas Einar Olsen Dave Jeser, Matt Silverstein, and Jordan Young May 31, 2015 (2015-05-31)2011.59 [7]
A mighty demigod warlord named Golan finds himself in Oak Grove, Minnesota after being inadvertently summoned there by Dylan Beekler, who accidentally found an ancient Gkruoolian tome containing various spells. Though he manages to return to his world, Golan finds that his former acolyte Kruung has subverted his throne in his absence, and Golan is forced to retreat to Earth. Golan moves in with the Beekler family, intending to return once he has the means to reclaim his throne.
82"Winter Is Staying"Douglas Einar Olsen Josh Miller and Patrick Casey June 7, 2015 (2015-06-07)2021.20 [8]
As winter's end draws near, Golan and Dylan hatch a scheme to prevent spring from arriving by using the magic of dance, all the while trying to keep Alexis from uncovering their plans. [9]
93"Shame on Pee"Douglas Einar OlsenJosh Miller and Patrick CaseyJune 14, 2015 (2015-06-14)2041.41 [10]
When Golan discovers Dylan has wet the bed, Golan blackmails her in an attempt to get an invite to Keith's "Sick 17" party; he succeeds, and Dylan, upset by Golan's treachery and trying to get her crush Swingley into the cult, plots to get even with Golan by revealing his own bed-wetting. Golan accidentally releases a shame-dependent demon called the Shamunculous, and it possesses Swingley and others while plotting its own rise to power. [9]
104"Shell Raiser"Douglas Einar Olsen Nick Rutherford June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)2051.00 [11]
Following Mackenzie B.'s birthday, Dylan finds a bacteria-covered turtle with a birthday entertainer and steals it. Upon naming the turtle Shell Raiser, Golan and Dylan plot to use it to poison Oak Grove at the town's Annual Chili Cook-Out.
115"On Golan Pond"Douglas Einar OlsenJosh Miller and Patrick CaseyJuly 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)2031.14 [12]
During a weekend at the Knudsen Family Cabin at Leech Lake, Golan sheds his skin in the wilderness, leaving Dylan to protect him for 24 hours. Golan is abducted by a mother wolf, and one of the wolf cubs drinks Golan's blood and mutates into a monster. Meanwhile, Carole befriends a Party-Bot and develops a crush on it. At the same time, Keith Knudsen Sr. encourages his son Keith to commit outercourse with Alexis.
126"Golan the Impregnable"Douglas Einar OlsenJordan YoungJuly 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)2061.21 [13]
Golan attends Oak Grove High School with Alexis to get crowned King in the school dance as part of his plan to become the King of Earth. Meanwhile, Dylan worries that she is losing Golan to Alexis' world of popularity and parties, in the same manner in which Alexis stole Keith Knudsen Jr. from her some years prior. Unwilling to let him go, Dylan attempts to sabotage his plans by using a Gkruoolian spell to get Golan pregnant.

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