Director: Matthew Inman
A house cat with a secret history of celestial warfare is not the premise you expect from a half-hour animated comedy, yet Exploding Kittens turns that odd hook into a fast, irreverent series built around a family and the four-legged troublemakers living under its roof.
What is Exploding Kittens about?
Beneath the fur and the sitcom trappings sits a much stranger setup: two ancient rivals, one divine and one demonic, have been dropped into suburban life disguised as ordinary house cats. Neither remembers exactly why they were sent, only that the other one is nearby and impossible to ignore. Their bickering plays out against the daily chaos of the human family that adopted them, whose members have no idea their pets are anything but pets. Episodes bounce between low-stakes domestic comedy — chewed furniture, vet visits, backyard mischief — and flashes of the cosmic grudge simmering underneath, letting the show swing from silly to surreal without losing its comic footing. The tone stays light throughout, favoring quick gags and character-driven jokes over any real sense of dread, even when the stakes are nominally about good and evil.
Cast & crew
The voice cast leans on comedic television veterans: Tom Ellis and Ally Maki anchor the human household, while Mark Proksch, Sasheer Zamata, Suzy Nakamura, Kenny Yates, and Tom Kenny fill out the cats and side characters with the kind of deadpan timing that carries most of the show's jokes.
Context & significance
Created by Elan Lee and Matthew Inman — the latter also known for the webcomic The Oatmeal, whose visual sensibility shows up in the show's exaggerated character designs — the series shares its name and chaotic spirit with the card game of the same title, translating that game's absurdist energy into episodic television.
Where & how to watch
Exploding Kittens streams on K-Time with a Farsi-friendly interface and Persian dubbing and subtitles already available, so viewers can watch in whichever language suits them. A free account login is all that's needed to start watching; the film page itself is open to read without signing in.