49 Fun Facts About Big City Greens

Why did the Greens leave the countryside for Big City?

Bill lost the family farm. He, Cricket and Tilly moved in with his mother, Gramma Alice, whose house in the middle of the city has just enough yard to keep farming.

What is Cricket Green's catchphrase?

Bingo bango! The line began behind the scenes, where Cricket's voice actor used to fire it, finger guns and all, at a storyboard partner who hated it and who now works on the show.

What is unusual about the way Cricket Green usually dresses?

He goes barefoot. Cricket refuses shoes on principle: in one episode he kicks off a borrowed pair, throws away his free slushie and ends up banned from the store for life.

What is the name of the doll Tilly carries around, which she made from an old sack?

Saxon. When Nancy accidentally wrecked him in the wash, Tilly blamed Gramma and set out for revenge.

How did Bill Green lose part of one of his fingers?

A hay baler accident. It cost him a fingertip, and the cautious farmer got his name from a real person: one creator's father-in-law, also called Bill.

How is Gramma Alice, Bill's mother, usually described?

Cantankerous and combative. Gramma keeps a sword and knows how to use it, but the grouchy act mostly hides how deeply she cares for her son and grandkids.

Why was Nancy Green, the kids' mom, briefly in jail?

Trying to free cows from a factory. Her kids took the wrong lesson: to make her proud, Cricket and Tilly later tried to free one zoo orangutan and let every animal out.

What is the name of the countryside town the Greens came from?

Smalton. The brothers behind the show grew up in the small farm town of St. Johns, Michigan, and built the Greens' country life out of their own childhood.

Cricket's best friend Remy Remington comes from what kind of background?

A rich family. His parents once threatened to pack him off to boarding school for skipping violin lessons to hang out with Cricket.

What is the name of Remy's protective bodyguard?

Vasquez. He started out as Tiger Fang, an agent of the Order of the Fang, and changed sides the day he came face to face with baby Remy.

Where does Gloria Sato work when the Greens first meet her?

Big Coffee. Cricket soon ends up behind the counter with her, hired to work off the damage after his Critterball feud with Gloria leaves the café trashed.

Chip Whistler, the main villain of Big City Greens, runs which business?

Wholesome Foods. The supermarket chain, a send-up of Whole Foods, gives Chip the clout to flatten the block around the Greens and plan a parking lot where their house stands.

What kind of animal is Melissa, whom Tilly once entered in the Big City Dog Show?

A goat. Tilly decides Melissa has the spirit of a dog; Melissa wins nothing even after rescuing a judge's dog, so the Greens give her a medal of their own back home.

Which co-creator of Big City Greens also provides the voice of Cricket?

Chris Houghton. Cricket is based on Chris as a boy, and he says the voice simply came out of acting the character while he and his brother pitched the show.

Who voices Tilly Green?

Marieve Herington. She auditioned in 2015 from a home studio under her stairs, which she likens to a Harry Potter closet, a year and a half before the series began recording.

Which Bridesmaids actress voices Nancy Green?

Wendi McLendon-Covey. She has said she loves how honestly the show treats divorce: Nancy and Bill are split up, yet they co-parent and still get along.

Which band wrote and performs the Big City Greens theme song?

The Mowgli's. The California band supplied the opening tune, while the song over the closing credits, 'Do It All Again', was written by the show's two creators themselves.

When does Gramma Alice agree to bake her famous butter biscuits?

When someone gets hurt. Her Feel Better Butter Biscuits are strictly medicine, so when Cricket and Tilly have healed and still crave more, they try to steal the recipe.

In the Big City Greens premiere, what does Cricket try to launch into space?

A chicken. Out to impress the new neighbours, he rigs a slingshot from a piece of Gramma's old clothing, but the bird falls short and causes a ruckus at the café next door.

Disney XD first picked up Big City Greens in 2016 under what working title?

Country Club. The title was dropped the next year, and the channel changed too: ordered by Disney XD, the series ended up premiering on Disney Channel instead.

How is Big City Greens animated?

Traditional pen and paper. A co-creator boasts that it is animated with pencils and pens on paper, though the odd episode jumps into 3D for scenes set inside a video game.

Which rite of passage must every member of the Green family complete?

Wrestling a wild animal. Each Green has to pin a fierce beast before sundown to earn the family name; finding none in the city, Cricket decides the most ferocious creature around is Gramma.

How does Ms. Cho, Cricket's grumpy boss, communicate for nearly all her time on Big City Greens?

By grunting. Everyone seems to understand her anyway, and she only breaks into speech at the very end, with a cheery farewell as she takes a bribe to retire.

In Spacecation, whom is Gwendolyn Zapp trying to prove wrong with her farm in space?

Her kindergarten teacher. Mrs. Kay once called little Gwendolyn's dreams a fantasy, yet when the teacher finally congratulates her, Zapp finds the victory hollow.

In Spacecation, Cricket tricks his family into thinking a real space mission is what?

A simulator. Bill marvels at how realistic it all feels, right up until he takes the airlock for the exit and is nearly sucked out into space.

What kind of film is Spacecation?

A musical. It opens with a big number about the Greens' yearly road trip, and the family is still singing about its next vacation while drifting through space at the end.

Which real astronaut appears as himself in Spacecation?

Scott Kelly. For research the crew also toured NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, heard about the lucky jar of peanuts kept in its control room, and hid peanut jars all through the film.

In Spacecation, what does Tilly name the gooey creature she befriends?

Cookie. The glass-smashing blob is voiced by the film's own director, Anna O'Brian, and Tilly hands it to astronaut Colleen Voyd as a parting gift.

Which Hamilton star voices a new character in Spacecation?

Renée Elise Goldsberry. She plays Colleen Voyd, a by-the-book astronaut whom Cricket and Gramma shut in a cryo-pod so that she can't spoil their fun.

Which Nickelodeon show did the Houghton brothers work on before creating Big City Greens?

Harvey Beaks. They did not leave alone: Chris's storyboard partner from that show, Charlie Gavin, followed the brothers over and went on to write and board Big City Greens episodes.

What is the Big City Greens holiday special from season two called?

'Green Christmas'. Told he is on the naughty list, Cricket visits a mall Santa to fix it, causes still more destruction, and decides to prank everyone else out of the holiday too.

A director casts Cricket in a TV commercial because he has what star quality?

Kapowie. Cricket decides the magic must live in his hair, then accidentally shaves a bald stripe down the middle, loses his nerve and gets fired from the shoot.

In Big City Greens' 100th episode, whose spirit does Gramma Alice try to contact?

Her husband. Grampa Ernest is voiced by Tim Blake Nelson, but the reunion is a tall tale: Cricket and Tilly made up their 100th adventures, and the family simply throws a party at home.

Nancy's estranged father, Nick, turns up in season four of Big City Greens as what kind of rogue?

A con man. Nick announces his return by quietly eating Nancy's strawberry cake and letting Cricket stand trial for it, which is why Nancy watches his influence on the kids.

Before becoming a lawyer, Remy's father Russell Remington was a famous player of which sport?

Football. Russell even has his own video game series, so Remy, far happier with a violin, once signed up for football camp just to impress him.

What does Cricket do in the Big City Greens shorts called Random Rings?

Makes prank phone calls. The pranks are real: the voice actors phone unsuspecting people in character, and the recordings are animated afterwards.

What is the running gag about Frank, a neighbour from the Greens' countryside home?

He does every job in town. Frank introduces himself as mailman, plumber, mechanic, nail technician and election official all at once, and later turns up as doctor, dentist and sheriff too.

Which bestselling horror author did Disney announce as a guest star for season five of Big City Greens?

Stephen King. He was announced for a Halloween episode of the fifth season, which opened in August 2026 after a year-long gap that had sparked rumours the show was cancelled.

Which star of The League voices the villain Chip Whistler?

Paul Scheer. The casting hides an in-joke: when Chip finally finds a girlfriend in season four, she is voiced by Scheer's real-life wife, June Diane Raphael.

Which action-movie star voices Remy's fiercely protective bodyguard on Big City Greens?

Danny Trejo. His menacing bodyguard is a softie underneath: when Remy says he can manage one outing alone, the big man spirals so badly that the Remingtons hire him a therapist.

In Big City Greens' Halloween special 'Blood Moon', what does Gramma warn the blood moon will turn vicious?

The livestock. Her warning comes true: the herd turns violent and traps the Greens, Remy and Gloria in the house while Halloween goes on outside.

Under which alias does Chip Whistler hide in season four after being presumed dead?

Norm Alguy. Posing as a normal guy, he becomes so well liked that he wonders why everyone prefers Norm to Chip, before his revenge plot earns him a triple life sentence.

In 2023 ESPN turned a live game from which league into a real-time Big City Greens cartoon?

The NHL. Player-tracking data redrew a Capitals–Rangers game live on a cartoon rink, with Cricket and Tilly skating in place of two real forwards and Gramma and Bill in goal.

Gloria Sato dreams of saving enough money to leave Big City and move where?

Paris. She keeps a model of the Eiffel Tower, and Cricket manages to shatter it while scheming to win back the Critterballs she confiscated from him.

Bill Green's first name is short for what?

Billiam. Cricket blurts the name out in season two, and two seasons later Gramma confirms it, scolding her son as Billiam Robert Green.

Who voiced Cricket's friend Gabriella on Big City Greens from 2019 to 2022?

Jenna Ortega. She voiced Cricket's fellow troublemaker and girlfriend; after Nikki Castillo took over the part, Gabriella turned goth and the two split up.

Which Star Wars actor voices the museum curator in the once-shelved Big City Greens episode 'Rehashed History'?

Mark Hamill. He recorded the sadistic curator for a season-one episode the creators shelved because Remy betrays Cricket in it, and the lost story finally aired in the season-four finale.

What is the name of the Green family's pet dog?

Phoenix. When she bolts in 'Phoenix Rises', the trail ends at a biker bar: she had caught the scent of the kids' mom, Nancy, who was fresh out of jail.

Tilly's best friend Andromeda is a firm believer in what?

Aliens and government cover-ups. The young conspiracy theorist is so wary that when Tilly first asks whether Andromeda is really her name, she says yes while shaking her head no.