Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil is an American adult animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. It was created and directed by Loren Bouchard and Fluid Animation. The show features Melissa Bardin Galsky as Lucy, the daughter of the Devil, who is voiced by H. Jon Benjamin. It is the first computer-animated Adult Swim series and the first to feature a female protagonist.

Production

The pilot episode "He's Not the Messiah, He's a DJ" first aired on October 30, 2005. After nearly 2 years and a number of re-airings, the show was picked up for a full season, which premiered on September 9, 2007. Although the show was in 4:3, there were black bars on the top and bottom of the screen, making it seem like a show in 16:9. Sometimes, characters and shots would appear behind the black bars. Some changes were made between the pilot and the full series. The voice of Lucy was changed from Jessi Klein to Melissa Bardin Galsky; the third Special Father character, a black man missing an eye, was discarded and replaced with the Special Sister; and the cover of "Maneater" used as opening music was replaced for rebroadcasts.

Premise

The show follows the titular 21-year-old Lucy Morningstar, who lives in San Francisco and has been ordained by her father, the devil, to fulfill her destiny as the Antichrist, whether she likes it or not. Along the way she meets up with a DJ named Jesús, who turns out to be the Second Coming of the messiah, and the two begin dating from the first episode after Lucy saves him from a fire created by her father to kill him. Meanwhile, her father tries different schemes in his quest to take over the world with the help of his "advocate", Becky, who acts as something of a personal assistant. At the same time a group of "Special Clergy", two priests and a nun, are on a mission from the Vatican to find and destroy Lucy.

Characters

Episodes

The pilot first aired in 2005, and the series began in 2007. A unique feature of Lucy is that each episode features a different opening sequence with a new theme song.

International broadcast

In Canada, Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil previously aired on Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block. and aired on the Canadian version of Adult Swim. It also aired in Russia (on 2x2), Germany and Spain.

Home release

In October 2010 the complete series was released on DVD, exclusive on the Adult Swim Shop, on Adultswim.com. In addition to being available on DVD, all episodes are available on iTunes. Madman Entertainment said on the DVD sampler that the show would be released to DVD some time in 2011 along with other Williams Street shows like Assy McGee, Delocated, and The Venture Bros. Season 4 part 1 and would be an Australia-exclusive release. The series was available on Max until it was removed from the streaming service in December 2023.