


One of them, Walter (voiced by Brandon Kyle Goodman) is dispatched by Human Resources to help main character Nick Birch (Nick Kroll) woo his longtime friend and sometimes crush Jessi Glaser (Jessi Klein). However, Nick's attempts fail as Jessi rejects him, with the resulting heartbreak so deep that it transforms Walter into a Hate Worm, who instead amplifies Nick's bitterness and resentment. Season 5 adds another spoke to the wheel with the Love Bugs, who represent feelings of infatuation and longing. RELATED: Does Big Mouth Season 4 Go TOO Far? The Hormone Monsters remain the show's signature, but over 51 episodes of television, Big Mouth has filled out its roster with characters like the Depression Kitty, the Anxiety Mosquito, the Shame Wizard and other sundry figures, each one representing different facets of the main character's psyches. The core of Big Mouth's narrative has always been the various monsters, creatures and other surreal figures who guide the students of Bridgetown Middle School through the perils of being a teen - for better or for worse. However, with the finale of Season 5, Big Mouth took its meta-text to a whole new level and redefined the rules of the show in the process. From the start, characters would casually mention the fact that they were all part of a Netflix animated series - albeit one that was raunchy, gross and entirely inappropriate for any actual teenagers to watch. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 5 of Big Mouth, streaming now on Netflix.īig Mouth has always had a casual relationship with breaking the fourth wall.
