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After a few years, a number of delays, and a few unintentional leaks, cult-favorite cartoon Bee and PuppyCat is out there on Netflix. And that features the long-awaited season 2.

But true to Bee and PuppyCat vogue, this Netflix launch isn’t only a easy drop of latest episodes. To totally perceive what’s now on Netflix, one has to know how Bee and PuppyCat acquired there.

The lengthy historical past of Bee and PuppyCat

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Bee and PuppyCat began as a brief internet collection by former Adventure Time character designer Natasha Allegri, with a single two-part episode posted on Frederator Digital’s YouTube channel Cartoon Hangover. It grew to become so standard, that Frederator launched a Kickstarter marketing campaign to supply a full internet collection. At the time, it was probably the most profitable animation Kickstarter in historical past.

The present follows the adventures of a cheerful, chronically out of labor twentysomething named Bee, who finds an odd hybrid puppy-cat creature that talks in mysterious chiming noises. PuppyCat brings Bee alongside on temp jobs in house, whereas Bee introduces PuppyCat to her mates in her small city. The episodes steadiness thrilling house adventures and mundane-but-still-challenging Earth issues. The present is notable for being an grownup animated present specializing in grown up characters that doesn’t depend on crass humor or mature content material; it’s nonetheless approachable to youthful audiences, however offers the characters a special set of challenges.

In 2014, the primary 4 episodes of Bee and PuppyCat aired on YouTube, with the subsequent six initially imagined to comply with swimsuit. But they ended up on digital aggregation platform VRV two years later. Many followers didn’t even understand new episodes had been made. Eventually, in 2018 they ended up on YouTube once more, the place they nonetheless stay to at the present time.

However, the second season of the present, Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space, was introduced in 2017 with a watch towards a 2019, however confronted delays as Frederator shopped the collection round for a brand new streaming service. The studio ultimately unveiled the primary episode on the Ottawa International Animation Festival — and the total season unintentionally leaked on Frederator founder Fred Seibert’s Vimeo channel in early 2020. They had been, naturally, rapidly taken down. And in October 2020, Frederator lastly introduced that Lazy in Space would come to Netflix in 2022.

So which episodes of Bee and Puppycat are on Netflix?

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When the first trailer for Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space got here out, some followers had been confused. Lots of the footage within the trailer seemed to be from the primary season, although with slight variations. Was Lazy in Space only a reboot?

The reply is sure… and no.

The first three episodes on Netflix seem like a revamp of the primary season of the present. It’s not a straight up shot-for-shot remake, neither is it completely new content material. There are related beats from the unique first season (Bee will get fired and through a stroll dwelling within the rain, PuppyCat falls onto her umbrella), however with some enlargement (Bee really on the job she acquired fired from, whereas a literal fireplace occurs).

The authentic episodes had been solely about 10 minutes every, so condensing them into three half-hour episodes is sensible. This manner, the setup remains to be there — however with extra exposition and a few beautiful up to date animation. (The first season remains to be out there on YouTube, if you need the OG).

Meanwhile, episodes 4 by way of 16 are the extremely anticipated, a lot delayed season two — hurrah!

Bee and PuppyCat is FINALLY streaming on Netflix.