Name: Underdogs
Released: 2025-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ryan Reynolds

TV Show · Documentary · Comedy

Ryan Reynolds celebrates the weird and unsung heroes of the animal kingdom.

2025 · 38m

Starring Ryan Reynolds

EPISODE 1

Superzeroes

Ryan Reynolds assembles a team of “Superzeroes,” apparently pathetic animals with unexpectedly awesome superpowers. Forget about the cheetah’s speed, the eagle’s eyesight or the elephant’s brute strength, and say hello to the invisible glass frog, the indestructible honey badger and the pistol shrimp who can fire bubbles that are as hot as the surface of the sun.

37 min
EPISODE 2

Terrible Parents

Ryan Reynolds reveals some highly questionable parenting strategies from the animal kingdom’s worst parents, the underdogs. From a goose who lays their eggs on the top of a cliff to a koala that feeds its baby poop, it’s uncertain if they are bad parents or just misunderstood. But no matter how bad you think you may be at parenting, you can’t be as bad as these guys.

34 min
EPISODE 3

Sexy Beasts

Forget the birds and the bees, Ryan reveals the steps to finding “the one,” underdog-style. From the “first attraction” in giant-nosed proboscis monkeys to the importance of wingmen in turkey courtship to foreplay in flying foxes, these guys have rewritten the rule book on messy and complicated relationships.

35 min
EPISODE 4

The Unusual Suspects

Ryan Reynolds puts the spotlight on the underdogs who get ahead by sneaky tactics. From the master-of-disguise frogfish to a butt-biting jackal and a multi-headed caterpillar playing the decoy, these are the masters of deception and deceit. And bringing all these hustlers together is the greatest con artist of them all—a cunning macaque who feeds on the spoils from unsuspecting tourists.

35 min
EPISODE 5

Total Grossout

Ryan gives his unique take on the animals who use gross-out tactics to achieve their goals, from defending their home to finding a mate and winning at the game of life. His cast includes manatees that use flatulence to control their buoyancy and cave-dwelling fungus gnats that create beautiful, illuminated fly traps from the mucus lit by their bioluminescent butts.

36 min

Ryan Reynolds

Narrator
Mark Linfield

Producer
Vanessa Berlowitz

Producer
Dan Rees

Producer
Ryan Reynolds

Producer
George Dewey

Producer
Ashley Fox

Producer
Patrick Gooing

Producer
Tracy Rudolph

Producer

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Studio: National Geographic

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Original Audio: English (United Kingdom), English
Audio: English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Czech (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), German (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Hungarian (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Japanese (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Polish (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Portuguese (Brazil) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Spanish (Latin America) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Spanish (Spain) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Turkish (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)
Subtitles: Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) (Always On), German (Always On), Greek , Italian , Japanese (Always On), Korean , Norwegian , Polish (Always On), Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian , Slovak , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) (Always On), Swedish , Turkish (Always On)

Season 1

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