Gritty Chimp Guide to: Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil

She's not just a very naughty girl, she really is the devil...

Remember when the Antichrist was scary? In the 60's, scary was Rosemary's Baby. Polanski thrilled us up psychologically with his twisted tale of Satanic cults and drugged up chocolate mousse. In the 70's we had the creepy looking, nanny killing, devil child Damien from The Omen series. He scared cinema goers with his supernatural side-parting and his uncanny ability to cause grizzly accidents wherever he went. Since then ol' Lucifer ain't really been all that. Luckily the world of comedy has reclaimed him and in the last half of the 2000's (it will never be the noughties!) Swim got a crack of the Devil's whip.

Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil takes a Swim's eye view on the ultimate battle between good and evil, although it's not quite as scary as the Bible would have us believe.

So we've got the Devil. He's voiced by Swim great H. Jon Benjamin who has given his voice to an amazing array of characters over the years such as Dr Orpheus's master in the Venture Brothers and the Broodwich in Aqua Teen. He’s also the voice of Sterling Archer in FX's Archer, created by the Frisky Dingo and Sealab 2021 chaps. 

The Devil looks the part; nobody seems to mind his big horns and lobster-like complexion. Don't be expecting much fire and brimstone though. The 21^st century Satan has an office, a very patient secretary and a half-arsed attitude to killing the second coming of Christ. He wants to get there in the end but only when it's convenient.

Speaking of Christ, DJ Jesús, (pronounced Hay-soose), sports an Hispanic accent and a big pair of shades. Ultimately cool and laid back, he performs minor miracles whilst spinning records for the ladies. He's also great at karaoke and seemingly very open to vice for someone who's supposed to be the son of god. As well as this he's kind of going out with the Antichrist which I'm sure could get awkward a few years down the line. Again we get even more Swim bang for our buck as he's voiced by none other than Delocated's Jon Glaser.

Lucy herself is certainly not what you'd expect from the person destined to bring about the end of days. In fact you probably thought the Antichrist was supposed to be a man. The truth is Lucy is just your average American college girl, in that tradition of female slackers you find in Kevin Smith films. Daddy Devil wants her to grow up and date a nice senator, someone high up so she can bring about the end of the world; she'd prefer to have a coffee and work in a bar.

The only people really taking this seriously are the Catholic church who have sent a Pope-endorsed hit squad to protect the world from the Antichrist. The indubitable star of this trio is shrill voiced Special Sister Mary who stops at nothing in her pursuit of cleansing the world of evil, even if she has to cleanse a few innocent bystanders along the way.

Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil has a very unique look. CG animated by the virtually unheard of Fluid Animations, the characters are quite featureless, rounded and almost Wii like (I noticed this has been ripped off a treat by a recent ad for fizzy orange). For a one season wonder, this show had legs. It came from the mind of Loren Bouchard of Home Movies fame, each show is introduced by a different badly sung pop number and its own animated sequence and the dark humour pours out in bucket loads. Still, we got ten episodes and a pilot - that's plenty of Devil hunting, dildo making, sex offending, blasphemous fun for anyone…

Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil is showing on adultswim.co.uk (ie. here - you did know that, right?) throughout October and November. Maybe a little bit of December too. You do the math.