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””’Sausage Party: Foodtopia””’ is an American-Canadian adult CGI-animated [[television series]] that serves as a sequel to the film ”[[Sausage Party]]” (2016) created by [[Seth Rogen]], [[Evan Goldberg]], Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir, and developed by the latter two for [[Amazon Prime Video]].{{efn|Conrad Vernon directed ”Sausage Party” with [[Greg Tiernan]], Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg served as producers and co-wrote both the screenplay and story, and Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir co-wrote the screenplay.}} It features the returning voices of Rogen, [[Kristen Wiig]], [[Michael Cera]], [[David Krumholtz]], [[Edward Norton]] and Scott “Diggs” Underwood, with [[Will Forte]], [[Sam Richardson (actor)|Sam Richardson]], [[Stephanie Beard]], [[Natasha Rothwell]], and [[Yassir Lester]] voicing new characters. Season 2 adds [[Jillian Bell]],

””’Sausage Party: Foodtopia””’ is an adult animated [[television series]] that serves as a sequel to the film ”[[Sausage Party]]” (2016) created by [[Seth Rogen]], [[Evan Goldberg]], Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir, and developed by the latter two for [[Amazon Prime Video]].{{efn|Conrad Vernon directed ”Sausage Party” with [[Greg Tiernan]], Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg served as producers and co-wrote both the screenplay and story, and Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir co-wrote the screenplay.}} It features the returning voices of Rogen, [[Kristen Wiig]], [[Michael Cera]], [[David Krumholtz]], [[Edward Norton]] and Scott “Diggs” Underwood, with [[Will Forte]], [[Sam Richardson (actor)|Sam Richardson]], [[Stephanie Beard]], [[Natasha Rothwell]], and [[Yassir Lester]] voicing new characters. Season 2 adds [[Jillian Bell]],

[[Martin Starr]], [[Marion Cotillard]], [[Patti Harrison]], and [[Andre Braugher]].

[[Martin Starr]], [[Marion Cotillard]], [[Patti Harrison]], and [[Andre Braugher]].

Adult animated television series

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is an adult animated television series that serves as a sequel to the film Sausage Party (2016) created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir, and developed by the latter two for Amazon Prime Video.^[a] It features the returning voices of Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton and Scott “Diggs” Underwood, with Will Forte, Sam Richardson, Stephanie Beard, Natasha Rothwell, and Yassir Lester voicing new characters. Season 2 adds Jillian Bell,
Martin Starr, Marion Cotillard, Patti Harrison, and Andre Braugher.

The first season premiered on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, 2024.^[2] The series received generally mixed reviews from critics, who praised its voice acting, animation, score, and humor, while others were divided about its controversial political themes, and criticized its writing and characters.^{[not verified in body]} The second season premiered on August 13, 2025.^[3]

After standing up to the human race following the events of the film, Frank and his friends establish a safe haven dubbed “Foodtopia”. Following a massive flood that destroys their once promised land, they have no choice but to partner with humans to ensure the survival of their race.

• Seth Rogen as Frank Frankfurter, a sausage who discovered and exposed the truth about the “Great Beyond”; he later becomes the leader of Foodtopia.
• Kristen Wiig as Brenda Bunson (season 1), a hot dog bun who was Frank’s love interest; she later became co-leader of Foodtopia, and was killed by Jeri Rice.
• Michael Cera as Barry, a small deformed sausage who is one of Frank’s friends; he later becomes chief of police seeking lawbreakers at Foodtopia.
• Edward Norton as Sammy Bagel Jr., a neurotic Jewish bagel who had a relationship with Lavash. After Lavash’s death, he becomes a comedian talk show host for Foodtopia.
• Will Forte as Jack, a surviving human whom Frank and Brenda kept alive in order to learn about humanity, along with things such as weather, ravenous animals, and politics. Due to becoming an ally of food, he resorts to cannibalism to avoid eating them.

• Sam Richardson as Julius, a tyrannical orange who uses his charms and wealth of human teeth to gain followers in order to take over Foodtopia.^[4] The character is a parody of Donald Trump, with his name being a play on Orange Julius and Julius Caesar.
• Stephanie Beard as Jeri Rice, a tiny grain of rice who is the sole survivor of her family drowning from the flood and has a personal hatred towards Julius, who selfishly left her for dead. Her name is a pun of former NFL wide receiver Jerry Rice.
• Scott “Diggs” Underwood as:
  • Gum, a Stephen Hawking-esque intelligent but paraplegic wad of chewed gum who wears glasses and has a mechanized wheelchair.^[5] He dies after sacrificing himself for the other food during the flood.
  • Twink, a twinkie who serves a member of the non-perishables. He is the only member of the trio who was confirmed to have returned from the 2016 feature film.
  • Duncan Doughnut, a double vanilla frosting-glazed doughnut who after Brenda’s death briefly replaces Sammy as the legal owner of the Aesop’s Cables electronics store under Julius’s control and show host for Foodtopia and in the premiere of the second season later participates in a rebellion against Frank and Jack.
• David Krumholtz as Kareem Abdul-Lavash, a Middle Eastern lavash who had a relationship with Sammy. He is killed off during the uprising, leaving Sammy devastated.
• Yassir Lester as Iced Tea, a glass bottle of iced tea who is one of the recruits of a task force established by Barry in order to stop foods from stealing teeth from other foods. He also became Barry’s partner during the task force establishment.
• Natasha Rothwell as Rutabaga Ginsberg, a rutabaga who serves as the judge of Foodtopia. Her name is a pun on former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
• André Sogliuzzo as Christopher “Chris” Bologna, a bologna who serves as one of the recruits of Barry’s task force and later one of Julius’s two enforcers. His name is a pun on American actor Christopher Meloni, known for Law and Order: SVU.
• Jill Talley as Kishka Hargitay, a kishka who serves as one of the recruits of Barry’s task force and later one of Julius’s two enforcers. Her name is a pun on American actress, producer, and philanthropist Mariska Hargitay, known for Law and Order: SVU.
• Grey DeLisle as Red Lentils, a box of red lentils who had a human tooth stolen by Pops.
• James Adomian as Pops, an orange-flavored Popsicle who stole a tooth from Red Lentils.

• Jillian Bell as Nutricia / Trish, a Walnut who served as the head honcho of the council that led New Foodland.
• Martin Starr as Sherman, a woman’s torso shaped birthday cake who is Trish’s right-hand man and data analysts of the council that led New Foodland.
• Marion Cotillard as Dijon, a martial artist jar of Dijon who serves as captain of the New Foodland fuel mission squad and later becomes Barry’s new love interest.
• Patti Harrison as Jill, a female human who Dijon controls and later becomes Jack’s love interest.
• Andre Braugher as General Owens, a surviving male human general who leads one of the last remaining military resistances after the food revolution.
• Ruth Negga as Sinead O’Potato, a female potato who participates in a rebellion against Frank and Jack.

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Rogen had expressed interest in making a sequel to Sausage Party and more animated films aimed for adults. When asked about the possibility of a sequel, Rogen stated: “It’s something we talk about, yeah. That’s one of the reasons why we took away the [original] ending^[7] because we thought, well, if that was the first scene of the next movie it’s probably not what you would want it to be, with them just seeing us and finding us basically. But the idea of a live-action/animated movie, like a Who Framed Roger Rabbit?–style hybrid, is also very exciting, mostly because Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is one of my favorite movies of all time.”^[8]

On October 26, 2022, it was announced that Amazon had ordered a sequel from Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Television, and Sony Pictures Television the co-writers Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir returning to develop and executive produce the series under their production company Shaffirwhich while some of the cast (including Rogen, who co-wrote, co-produced, and created the film alongside creative partner Evan Goldberg) returning to reprise their roles, along with new members like Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Richardson and Yassir Lester.^[9]

Unlike the first film being produced by Nitrogen Studios, the animation for the series was handled by Bardel Entertainment^[10] and Stellar Creative Lab.^[11] Co-producer/co-director Conrad Vernon returns as a supervising director.^[12]

On May 1, 2024, it was announced that the series would premiere on Amazon Prime Video on July 11, 2024.^[6] A second season premiered on August 13, 2025.^[2][3]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 48% approval rating based on 25 reviews with an average rating of 5.7/10. The website’s critics consensus reads: “Clean up on aisle three—Foodtopia has plenty of rancid gags to tide over fans of Seth Rogen’s sense of humor, but this follow-up can’t help but feel like stale leftovers.”^[13] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the series assigned a score of 54 out of 100 based on 16 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews”.^[14]