Common Side Effects 2025
Created by Joseph Bennett, Steve Hely
- Animation, Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 23 min episodes
- 2 seasons
- 10 episodes
- Returning
- TV-MA
Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances begin to unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the federal government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that may hold the key to curing all the world’s diseases.
AnimationDramaComedySci-Fi & Fantasymushroompharmaceutical industrydark comedyconspiracyadult animationgovernment conspiracymiracle curecomedy thrilleroptimisticAdult Swim
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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and cool.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Dave KingMarshall Cuso (voice)
- Emily PendergastFrances Applewhite (voice)
- Mike JudgeRick Kruger (voice)
- Martha KellyAgent Harrington (voice)
- Joseph Lee AndersonAgent Copano (voice)
Crew
- Joseph BennettCreator
- Steve HelyCreator
- Nicolas SnyderOriginal Music Composer
- Tony ChristophersonEditor
- Jacey BradleyProducer
- Susan ShiProducer
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Seasons
- Season 110 eps · 2025
- Season 20 eps
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