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Over the Garden Wall

★ 8.7 94K votes 2014–2014 1 season · 10 episodes Ended Cartoon Network
AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 10/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 9/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 9/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 9/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 8/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 8/10Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Elijah WoodCollin DeanMelanie LynskeyChristopher LloydSamuel RameyJack Jones
Written by
Katie KrentzPatrick McHale
Starring
Elijah WoodCollin DeanMelanie LynskeyChristopher LloydSamuel RameyJack Jones
Written by
Katie KrentzPatrick McHale
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A haunting autumn fairy tale with real teeth"

Two half-brothers, Wirt and Greg, wander lost through a strange, decaying autumn forest called the Unknown, trying to find their way home while a mysterious Beast stalks the woods. Told across ten short chapters, it plays like a half-remembered dream, equal parts cozy and unsettling, wrapped in gorgeous painterly animation and haunting folk music. The pace is gentle and episodic, each stop introducing odd townsfolk and small mysteries, but an undercurrent of dread and melancholy gives it real weight. It's whimsical, funny, and quietly sad all at once, a bedtime story with teeth.

Watch it for

the gorgeous, storybook animation paired with a genuinely haunting, melancholy atmosphere.

Maybe skip if

you want a long series rather than a tightly contained, ten-chapter fable.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2014
8.437K101h 51m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Chapter 1: The Old Grist Mill7.9
4K12 min
▶2Chapter 2: Hard Times at the Huskin' Bee8.4
4K11 min
▶3Chapter 3: Schooltown Follies7.7
4K11 min
▶4Chapter 4: Songs of the Dark Lantern8.2
4K11 min
▶5Chapter 5: Mad Love7.9
3K11 min
▶6Chapter 6: Lullaby in Frogland8.5
4K11 min
▶7Chapter 7: The Ringing of the Bell8.8
4K11 min
▶8Chapter 8: Babes in the Woods8.0
3K11 min
▶9Chapter 9: Into the Unknown9.1
4K11 min
▶10Chapter 10: The Unknown9.4
4K11 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Elijah Wood Wirt, Additional Voices
Collin Dean Gregory, Additional Voices
Melanie Lynskey Beatrice
Christopher Lloyd The Woodsman
Samuel Ramey The Beast
Jack Jones Gregory's Frog
John Cleese Adelaide, Quincy Endicott
Emily Brundige Sara, Additional Voices
Shirley Jones Beatrice's Mother, Additional Voices
Fred Stoller Fred The Horse

Crew

Katie Krentz
Patrick McHale

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