The Great North is an American animated sitcom created by Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux, and Minty Lewis that aired on Fox over five seasons, from January 3, 2021 to September 14, 2025. The series features the voices of Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan, Paul Rust, and Aparna Nancherla.
In June 2020, the series was renewed for a second season ahead of its premiere. In May 2021, the series was renewed for a third season after airing its first-season finale. The second season premiered on September 26, 2021. The third season premiered on September 25, 2022. In August 2022, Fox renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on January 7, 2024. In January 2024, series co-creator Wendy Molyneux revealed that the show was renewed for a fifth season. The fifth and final season premiered on December 22, 2024 and concluded on September 14, 2025. The series was canceled in October 2025.
Plot Beef Tobin is a single father living in the fictional town of Lone Moose, Alaska with his four children Wolf, Ham, Judy, and Moon, as well as Wolf's wife Honeybee. Beef's life is centered on raising his children and keeping the family together. He is sometimes overbearing and smothering, but his deep love for his family is a central theme in each episode in the series.
Voice cast
Main Nick Offerman as Beef Tenderloin Tobin, a fisherman and divorced father of four. Beef is still coming to terms with being abandoned by his ex-wife Kathleen. He spent years pretending that she died tragically, despite all of the Tobin children knowing the truth. He is a supportive father who encourages his children to love and respect others, although he sometimes struggles with the many changes happening in their lives and worries that they will grow apart. Jenny Slate as Judy Tobin, an artistically inclined sixteen-year-old and Beef's only daughter. Judy loves her family, sharing a deep bond with her "Alaskan twin" brother Ham (they are not actual twins, but were born 9 months apart). She dreams of exploring the world beyond their small, remote hometown. In the season 5 episode "Jude-Night Run Adventure", her middle name is revealed to be "Trudy". Will Forte as Wolf Tobin, Beef's oldest son and Honeybee's husband. A sensitive and optimistic young man, Wolf longs to make his father proud, although his eagerness often puts him beyond his depth. In the season 5 episode "Bots on the Side Adventure", Wolf says his middle name is "Giggles", which is revealed to be Beef's default choice for anything he has to name. Dulcé Sloan as Honeybee Shaw-Tobin, Wolf's wife. Confident and adventurous, she moved from her hometown of Fresno after falling in love with Wolf, and is now adapting to life in a small Alaskan fishing town. Paul Rust as Ham Tobin, Beef's middle son. Ham is openly gay, which his family embraces. He shares a deep bond with his "Alaskan twin" sister Judy, and they often collaborate on creative endeavors. He enjoys baking, and secretly becomes the town's "cake lady" after the previous one was arrested. He is the lead singer of Messengers of Chaos, Lone Moose's first punk band. In the season 3 episode "Boy Meats World Adventure", Ham's middle name is revealed to be "Piercebrosnan". Aparna Nancherla as Moon Tobin, Beef's youngest son, who shares Beef's stoic demeanor and passion for outdoorsmanship. Despite being only 10 years old, Moon is unafraid of the intimidating Alaskan wildlife, and is often seen building traps for various animals (from ruffed grouse to Bigfoot) or exploring the wilderness around the family home. Moon wears a bear-like onesie almost all the time, even to school. In the season 5 episode "Bust a Moon Adventure", his full first name is revealed to be "Moonathan".
Recurring
Kevin Avery as Jarvis Dufraine, the manager of the Lone Moose Mall. Tim Bagley as Dwayne Gibbons, the principal of Lone Moose School. Sarah Baker as Police Chief Edna, the chief of police in Lone Moose, who also owns the town boatyard and a sticker store. Paget Brewster as Mary Anderson, a teacher at Lone Moose School who is dating Mr. Golovkin. Nicole Byer as Coach Kiely, a gym teacher at Lone Moose School who also leads a support group for children of divorced parents. Wyatt Cenac as Ted Folly IV, the mayor of the nearby town of Ted's Folly. Sean Clements as John Johnson, editor of the town's newspaper, the Lone Moose Wind. Michael Coleman as Jim Tuntley, the father of Moon's friend Henry and husband of Dorothy Tuntley. Eugene Cordero as Craig Ptarmigan, a materialistic fisherman in Lone Moose. He is antagonistic toward Beef, his former best friend, after Beef made a joke at Craig's expense at a party when they were 18, preventing Craig from asking out Beef's eventual ex-wife Kathleen. Andy Daly as Cheesecake, Wolf's long-time best friend, whose polite, cheerful and mild-mannered behaviour belies his hard-partying lifestyle and extreme alcoholism; and Pete, the chipper but naive cashier at the Val-U-Buy. Gabe Delahaye as Old Jody Jr., a sketchy, raspy-voiced resident of Lone Moose who claims to be able to get anything for anyone. Rob Delaney as Brian Tobin, Beef's elder brother. Brian moved to Anchorage and works as a hot-tub and jacuzzi salesman. He has a daughter, Becca, about the same age as Ham and Judy. Ray Dewilde (credited in seasons 1 and 2 as Ray J. Dewilde) as Mayor Peppers, the mayor of Lone Moose and a member of the Sugpiaq tribe. Brooke Dillman as Zoya, a resident of Lone Moose with an Eastern European accent who works at the Russian Restaurant; Dell, a fisherwoman and sometime romantic interest of Beef's; and Gloria, the head lunch lady at Lone Moose School and Aunt Dirt's romantic interest. John Early as Henry Tuntley, a friend of Moon's who wears a sweater-vest and glasses. Guy Fieri as Guy Fieri, a version of the famous chef and television host who shows up in Honeybee's fantasies. Honeybee has a similar relationship with her idea of Guy Fieri that Judy has with her imaginary version of Alanis Morrisette. Jo Firestone as Greta Meatweep, a soft-spoken and ailment-riddled poetess who is an occasional romantic interest of Beef's. Grace Freud as Maude, the owner of Maude's All-Day Diner. Ziwe Fumudoh (credited as Ziwe) as Amelia, a friend of Judy's who works part-time at her mother's pizzeria, DiGigantico's Pizza. Amelia's mother used to home-school her, until she found the math lessons too difficult. Ron Funches as Jerrybee "Jerry" Shaw, Honeybee's friendly younger brother who first appears in flashbacks in the third episode, "Avocado Barter Adventure". Jerry moves to Lone Moose in the eighth episode, "Keep Beef-lievin' Adventure", and gets a job making public appearances in a Bigfoot mascot costume. Daniele Gaither as Ruth Shaw, Honeybee's mother, who owns a curtain store in Fresno with her husband Louis. John Gemberling as Russell, a friend of Moon's and fellow member of the Junior Janitors and the Li'l Preppers. He frequently talks about how much he likes and admires his mom's boyfriend Jamie. Patti Harrison as Deborah “Debbie” Van, a bratty frenemy of Moon's who is into figure skating. Her last name was given as "Gladu" in her first appearance in the episode "Keep Beef-lievin' Adventure", but changed to "Van" in subsequent appearances. David Herman as Gill Beavers, a boy with an unrequited crush on Judy, and Santiago Carpaccio, a tall, quiet resident of Lone Moose who speaks in a non-specific Southern European accent. Aloysius Hootch as Delmer, an octogenarian Yup'ik man who owns a curling rink. In the episode "Wanted: Delmer Alive Adventure", it's revealed that Delmer acted as a father figure to Beef and his brother Brian due to their own parents being unreliable. Delmer was married at some point in his past, and his very elderly father is still alive. Princess Daazhraii Johnson (credited as Princess Johnson) as Esther Evanoff, Kima's mother and a professional smokejumper. Charlie Kelly as Drama John, a classmate of Ham and Judy. Drama John frequently does things to create emotional drama for his family or anyone around him, such as throwing his birth certificate into a fire or joining an art club just so he can storm out of it. He is best friends with Bethany. Martha Kelly as Bethany Bupatutti, a classmate of Ham and Judy. Bethany speaks in a monotone voice, dresses in a punk/goth style, and has a variety of eccentric interests and beliefs, such as owning a "haunted" porcelain doll, planning for defence against pirate attacks, and asserting that reality is a simulation that makes everyone's choices for them. She also frequently hides in the ventilation ducts and on the roof of Lone Moose School for days at a time, usually to avoid spending time with her family. Bethany plays drums under the name "Bethany Bones" in Messengers of Chaos, Ham's punk band. She is later shown having a part-time job at Scone Moose. Phil LaMarr as Louis Shaw, Honeybee's father, who co-owns a curtain store in Fresno with his wife Ruth. Qituvituaq Litchard as Dane, Kima's college-aged cousin, who lives with her family. Jane Lynch as Dirtrude Gertrude "Aunt Dirt" Tobin, the elder sister of Beef's father. In the season 4 episode "Aunt Misbehavin' Adventure", Aunt Dirt is discovered living in a fallout shelter on the Tobins' property, where she had been hiding since March 27, 1964, after mistaking an earthquake for a Soviet invasion. Aunt Dirt is a lesbian, and it is insinuated that part of the reason for her extended isolation was being heartbroken over her secret girlfriend, Melinda, marrying a man in Wasilla, which Dirt learned about on the same day as the earthquake. Dirt is getting used to the idea that she can be openly gay in the modern world, and often gets help in dealing with it from Ham. Dirt's six decades of isolation from the world causes her to act like it's still the 1960s, but she often reverses the gender roles of the postwar period and displays the outdated mannerisms typical of men from midcentury America: she frequently acts in a casually sexist way towards women, makes anti-Communist remarks, has a penchant for hard liquor, and often carries and uses firearms and other weapons in a careless fashion. In the season 5 episode "Can't Hardly Debate Adventure", Dirt gets a job as a lunch lady at Lone Moose School, mostly to have opportunities to hit on the head lunch lady, Gloria; in the final episode, "It's a Beef-derful Life", Dirt and Gloria connect over their mutual interest in stockpiling weapons for post-apocalyptic survival. Monique Moreau as Dr. French, Lone Moose's veterinarian. Alanis Morissette as Alanis Morissette, Judy's interpretation of the acclaimed singer and her apparent imaginary friend who only appears in the Aurora Borealis. Judy often speaks to her for guidance on certain things. Serving to reference Morissette's role as God in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Morissette is occasionally shown to exist separately from Judy's imagination. Megan Mullally (seasons 1-5) and Anne Yatco (season 5's "Serendipi-Beef Adventure" and "It's a Beef-derful Life") as Alyson Lefebvrere, Judy's boss at the photography studio and an artist in her own right. She and Beef are shown to have a mutual attraction, but the two never go beyond flirting until season 5's "Serendipi-Beef Adventure", where the two profess their mutual love. Ruby Nicazio as Quinn Notti, Moon's classmate and a fellow member of the Junior Janitors and the Li'l Preppers. Moon has a long-standing crush on Quinn, and she agrees to be his girlfriend in season 5's "Serendipi-Beef Adventure". Lennon Parham as Marie, the mother of Moon's friend Russell, and friends with Beef, Dorothy Tuntley, and Carissa Van. She has a long-term boyfriend named Jamie. Edi Patterson as Stacy B., a mean popular girl at Lone Moose School who antagonizes Judy, her former childhood best friend.