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TV series

The Oblongs

2001TV-142 seasons7.5 / 10

Just one more toxic family.

The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp has left them with the occasional missing limb or mysterious growth, but through it all, this close-knit family sticks together.Sometimes literally.

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Synopsis

The Oblongs are not so much dysfunctional as slightly nonfunctional. Living next to a polluted swamp has left them with the occasional missing limb or mysterious growth, but through it all, this close-knit family sticks together.Sometimes literally.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Misfit Love

22m

After learning that one more expense and the family will lose their medical coverage, Bob futilely urges the family to be extra careful. Milo finally manages to get himself enrolled in public school, where he meets and falls in love with a very unique student.

Episode credits

Directed by Vincent WallerWritten by Jace RichdaleGuest stars Laraine Newman, Michelle Ruff

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Episode 2

Narcoleptic Scottie

22m

Milo soon grows attached to a stray Scottie dog the Oblongs take in, but the pet brings out the animal in the hyperactive boy, and the family gives the pooch away to Bob's boss, George, thinking he'll have a good home. But when his new owners soon tire of him, Scottie finds himself in an animal testing lab, sniffing perfume with narcoleptic side effects. So the Oblongs set out to rescue Scottie before it's too late.

Episode credits

Directed by Bob JaquesWritten by Scott BuckGuest stars Laraine Newman

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Episode 3

Milo Interrupted

22m

After a disturbance in the Hills is blamed on Valley kids, the Valley's mayor appoints a child-services czar to improve parenting skills. Elsewhere, Milo learns that his freaky friend Helga has been abandoned by her parents and he is forced to spend every evening with his lonely pal. But Bob and Pickles suspect their son's late-night antics may be because he is on drugs... more than his numerous prescribed pharmaceuticals, that is. And Chip and Biff walk in on their parents at the wrong time. . .and end up having to scrub their corneas.

Episode credits

Directed by Kelly ArmstrongWritten by Ben KullGuest stars Mark Hamill, Susan Krebs, Laraine Newman

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Episode 4

Bucketheads

22m

To keep dry in the rain, Pickles puts a bucket on Milo's head and sends him off to school. Funzie, the cool guy, thinks Milo's bucket is hip, so the next day, everyone's wearing a bucket on their heads. Milo finds himself running with the in-crowd, so he sets out to launch a strange new line of apparel -- with disastrous results.

Episode credits

Directed by Joe HorneWritten by Scott BuckGuest stars Laraine Newman, Maurice LaMarche

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Episode 5

Heroine Addict

22m

Pickles decides to quit smoking, but she replaces one addiction with another when she channels her nervous energy into becoming a reckless thrill-seeker. Her decision comes much to the dismay of Bob, who worries about her safety, and Milo, who resents her unseating him as the crazy one in the family.

Episode credits

Directed by Monte YoungWritten by Scott Buck, Joey SolowayGuest stars Maurice LaMarche, Debra Wilson, Jim Ward

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Episode 6

The Golden Child

22m

Bob fears his career is going nowhere. That is, until marketing genius Milo's sales take off for his new energy drink, "Manic," which improves Bob's co-workers' productivity. But the real secret of his success is found out when Bob's company anoints Milo as their new CEO.

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Directed by Linda MillerWritten by Leonard DickGuest stars Dan Green, Maurice LaMarche

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Episode 7

Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga

22m

Milo and his friends crash a party thrown for the Mayor's daughter, Debbie Bledsoe, and they cause the Debbie's new locket to be tossed into the sewer. The zaftig Helga goes after the gift and gets lodged in the pipe, plugging it up like a human cork. The hill people and rescuers work feverishly to rescue... the locket, and leave Helga blocking the main water line -- just one flush away from the great beyond. Helga causes a disruption in the water supply to valley, but the hill people pay no attention -- until their water is cut off too.

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Directed by Monte YoungWritten by Jace RichdaleGuest stars Carrie Aizley, Phil LaMarr, Jim Cummings, Laraine Newman

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Episode 8

Disfigured Debbie

22mfinale

Milo runs for school president against Debbie Klimer, leader of the snobby Debbies, and he loses -- but then his opponent suffers a freak accident. The Klimer family fakes young Debbie's death while she goes under the plastic surgeon's knife, but the operation is less than successful and Debbie returns looking like The Phantom of the Opera. Shunned by her upscale family and friends, The Oblong clan and the valley kids take in the reject Debbie as one of their own. But when Debbie's cheerfulness starts getting on everyone's nerves, the valley kids turn to the freakish school nurse to get Debbie back with the in-crowd.

Episode credits

Directed by Joe HorneWritten by Joey SolowayGuest stars Debra Wilson, Carrie Aizley, Laraine Newman

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Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026

More about The Oblongs

Cast

Jean SmartPickles Oblong (voice)
Will FerrellBob Oblong (voice)
Pamela AdlonMilo Oblong / Jared Klimer / The Debbies (voice)
Lea DeLariaHelga Phugly (voice)
Jeannie EliasBeth Oblong / Creepy Susie / Mikey Butts (voice)
Randy SklarBiff Oblong (voice)
Jason SklarChip Oblong (voice)
Billy WestGeorge Klimer (voice)

Credits

Created by
Angus Oblong, Jace Richdale
Written by
Scott Buck, Joey Soloway, Jace Richdale, Ben Kull, Leonard Dick, Eric Friedman

Production details

Status
Canceled
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
13
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • The WBUnited States
  • Adult SwimUnited States
  • Oblong Productions
  • Warner Bros. TelevisionUnited States
  • Jobsite Productions
  • Mohawk ProductionsUnited States

Themes

adult animationbased on novel or bookdisabledfamilyphysical deformitypollutionpovertyradiation