Big Mouth's Matthew Is the Kind of Gay TV Character I Wish I'd Had as a Kid
I experienced my first genuine crush in seventh grade. His name was Chris, and he choked on a breadstick. He had blonde, swoopy hair and a large nose and he was my everything. Our friendship blossomed into something more, though neither of us knew exactly what that meant. A decade and a half later, it feels fancy mine and Chris's journey would own been different if we were kids today. Neither of us knew that we were gay, nor had we ever considered the idea of coming out. My leading example of gay people in my life was Will & Grace, and I was explicitly told I wasn't supposed to survey that.
Years later, I feel favor I'm catching up on what I missed via Big Mouth.
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Andrew Rannells voices Matthew, the singular gay kid that attends Nick and Andrew's middle school on the animated Netflix series. In Season One, he was mostly comic relief. In Season Two, his character got a dash of a storyline, highlighting the social navigations of being gay. And then, in Season Three, he gets the full
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Overview
An adult-animated comedy series about teenage friends who find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty. Even though it has a lot of adolescent boy humor, it also has clever feminist content and bluntly accurate sex education.
Queer Plotline Timeline
In season 1 episode 6, Nick and Andrew get a trip to the city and discover Jessi&#;s mom kissing another chick. From the recover of the season on they effort with telling Jessi. She eventually finds out and confronts her mom about it.
Notable Queer-Centric Episodes
Season 1, Episode 6 &#;Pillow Talk&#; &#; Nick and Andrew take a trip to the city and verb Jessi&#;s mom kissing another woman.
Season 1, Episode 8 &#;The Head Push&#; &#; Nick gets dunk at a party and tells Jessi about her mom.
Season 1, Episode 9 &#;I Survived Jessi&#;s Bat Mitzvah&#; &#; At Jessi&#;s Bat Mitzvah, she realizes Cantor Dina Reznick is the girl her mom is having an affair with.
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Characters
There are 14 queer characters listed for this show; none are dead.
Age-Appropriate Angst: They're 13 and puberty is hitting them in diverse ways, which leads to feelings of isolation.
Breaking the Fellowship: At the commence of Season 1, they're a closely-knit group of friends. By the cease of Season 3, they've all gone though a lot of strife and part ways. Thankfully most of them reconcile across Season 4, and all of them (minus Jay), get back together to support Nick in the season finale.
Color-Coded Characters:
Nick is Blue.
Andrew is Green.
Jessi is Red.
Jay is Black.
Missy is Yellow.
Matthew is Gold.
Did Not Get the Girl: By the end of the series, none of boys are in a steady relationship. This isn't treated as a awful thing, as Nick and Andrew verb to put their friendship
Season 3 of Big Mouth debuted on Netflix earlier this month. The trendy series, which chronicles teenagers and their often confusing puberty years, showed some pretty interesting development with its main characters this go-around (spoiler alerts ahead for anyone who hasn&#;t watched it yet).
Missy (Jenny Slate), finally found her voice and got her own hormone monster, Jay (Jason Mantzoukas) was capable to figure out his sexuality after being confused over why he liked both guys and girls, Andrew (John Mulaney) hooked up with his cousin while still pining for Missy and Nick (Nick Kroll) continued being that frustrated teenager that many of us can relate to (hating his parents, etc). Oh and Coach Steve (also voiced by Nick Kroll) worked at a myriad of jobs and got a hilarious makeover from the Queer Eye guys.
One character that really blossomed was openly gay Matthew (Andrew Rannells). Matthew somewhat emerged as a main cast member after being a funny yet supporting player during the show&#;s first two seasons.