Agent Derp (miniseries)
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Production location | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Release | December 16, 2024 |
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Agent Derp is an American superhero television series developed by Freddie Goodwin and Jackon Greene based on the character Derp from Squared Media. Set in the Craftinverse, It follows Derp becoming a respected Agent at the Good Justice Society. The series premiered on Netflix in the United States on December 16, 2024 and concluded on January 6, 2025, following 4 episodes.
Plans for a spin-off became known when Freddie Goodwin, the creator of the original series and the seventh episode, which had also been written by Wilma Zimmerman. The series, although has 4 episdoes, explores Derp's origins in good detail.
Series overview[edit | edit source]
Set five months before the events of Minecraft Season 1, Agent Derp picks up in 2022 with Johnson Derp or simply known as "Derp" being ordered to track and locate a bounty. This long mission takes him through the world, he'll meet friends, Alex Stonecutter... and will finally... hopefully... become a Agent for the Good Justice Society.
Cast and characters[edit | edit source]
- Tom Holland as Johnsan Derp
- Josh Brolin as the Angel of Death (AOD)
- Amy Poehler as Alex Stonecutter
Episodes[edit | edit source]
Agent Derp consisted of 4 episodes.
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| 1 | "Chapter One: The Derp" | Jackson Greene | Wilma Zimmerman, Jackson Greene, Freddie Goodwin, and Homer Gutierrez | December 16, 2024 | |
| Young, untrained Derp barely survives an attack by crimson-armored vindicators in the frozen taiga before being rescued by a mysterious GJS operative, awakening under Rook’s watch inside a fortified safehouse where he’s informed his survival was the first part of a test: track a rogue figure known as the Walker, recover the stolen artifact he carries, and do it alone because he’s the only one the target won’t sense coming. Sent into the wilds with a map and a too-big cloak, Derp crosses the plains and stumbles into Alex, who sees through his inexperience and chooses to help despite the danger, accompanying him into a warped valley scarred by void-energy where they confront the Walker holding a pulsing crystalline cube and wielding tendrils that bend reality. Outmatched, Derp protects Alex but fails to stop the Walker, who escapes after taunting him and warning that Rook sent the wrong pawn. Defeated but alive, Derp returns expecting dismissal, only for Rook to reveal the opposite: the mission continues, Alex is now part of it, and Derp’s failure proved he’s the unpredictable asset the GJS needs. At dawn, Derp and Alex stand over the ridge accepting their new partnership, determined to hunt the Walker down and retrieve the artifact before it reshapes their world. | |||||
| 2 | "Chapter Two: The Good Justice Society" | Jackson Greene | Freddie Goodwin, Jackson Greene & Wilma Zimmerman | December 23, 2024 | |
| Derp and Alex arrive at the mountain-fortress headquarters of the Good Justice Society, where Rook reveals that the Walker’s stolen relic — the Demerald — is destabilising entire provinces and feeding a force older than the End or Nether. Derp stumbles through a disastrous but “passable” Agent orientation, earning a reluctant greenlight to continue the mission, and Alex secures inclusion only because Derp insists he can’t survive without her. Their briefing exposes the truth about the relic: each surge the Walker triggers charges a structure capable of opening a void gate to the ancient entity he serves. Tracking him into the Mirelands, Derp and Alex confront him again, only to be outmatched as the Walker uses the Demerald to open a crackling void rift, taunts Derp about being expendable, and hints at a hidden power inside him before escaping through the portal and collapsing the swamp around them. Back at GJS Command, Rook confirms Derp’s survival of void exposure shouldn’t be possible unless he carries a connection the Society has never disclosed, making him the key to stopping — or empowering — the Walker’s plan. Shaken but resolute, Derp accepts his new role as an official Agent while Alex stands firmly at his side, the two preparing for the inevitable moment when the Walker stops running and comes directly for him. | |||||
| 3 | "Chapter Three: Buddy's Revenge" | Jackson Greene | Wilma Zimmerman, Jackson Greene, Freddie Goodwin, and Homer Gutierrez | December 30, 2024 | |
| Derp and Alex return to GJS headquarters still reeling from Derp’s void flickers, only for a battered Buddy to stumble in with a warning that the Walker is hunting Derp and building a machine fueled by Demerald shards and widening void fissures. After a tense interrogation reveals Buddy fled the Walker’s wrath and now wants to help prevent a catastrophe, Derp chooses to bring him onto the team. The trio track the Walker across the Bone Cliffs, battle a massive void golem Buddy destroys by detonating its core, and reach a half-built void engine where the Walker appears to taunt Derp about “awakening” and to twist Buddy’s memories into a weapon against him. Buddy resists, reaffirming his loyalty, while the Walker unleashes a wave of void creatures before vanishing and leaving his machine humming toward completion. Back at GJS, Rook warns that if the machine opens the Rift the multiverse will be flooded with void fragments, and Derp, Alex, and Buddy commit to stopping the Walker at dawn — fully aware that the Walker’s true target is Derp himself. | |||||
| 4 | "Chapter Four: The Angel of Death's Reign" | Jackson Greene | Wilma Zimmerman, Jackson Greene, Freddie Goodwin, and Homer Gutierrez | January 6, 2025 | |
| Derp, Alex, and Buddy arrive at the void-ravaged Mirelands to discover the Walker’s machine nearly complete and guarded by the terrifying Angel of Death, forcing the GJS to launch a desperate full-scale strike. As Rook rallies his agents for a mission that none expect to survive, Derp volunteers to confront the Walker directly while Alex and Buddy refuse to let him go alone. The battle erupts around the towering construct as void creatures pour through a widening rift, the Walker taunts Derp about the void awakening inside him, and the Angel of Death prepares to enter the Realms. Amid the chaos Buddy identifies the machine’s core and, in a reckless act of redemption, destroys it with explosive talismans, sacrificing himself and severing the Angel’s connection to the Rift. With the machine collapsing and the Angel weakened, Derp and Alex strike together, driving a Demerald shard into the Angel’s core and annihilating it in a blast that seals the portal. Though the Walker escapes, the GJS survives, Buddy is lost, and Derp’s void-flickering eyes make clear that the Walker’s plan to awaken something inside him has already begun — leaving Derp and Alex vowing to finish the fight the Walker started. | |||||
Production[edit | edit source]
Development[edit | edit source]
In 2022, after the release of the first season of the original series, Freddie Goodwin announced a spin-off titled "Agent Derp" would be released in 2025 and that he doesn't know how many episodes the series would feature. In June 2023, it was confirmed to consist of 4 episodes. In 2022, Mob Productions announced they plan to release one series each year either a season of the main series, or a spin-off focusing on a singler character. By June 2023, Mob Productions had already officially confirmed the series had finished production in December 2022 and will be coming at a later date. The release date was pushed forward from March 2025 to December 2024.
Writing[edit | edit source]
Lead writer Wilma Zimmerman, who wrote the seventh episode of the first season of Minecraft, stated multiple times that the series' would be set before the events of the first season of Minecraft by a unknown parameter of time. In June 2023, Zimmerman confirmed the series to be set a total of 5 months before the main series.
Casting[edit | edit source]
In March 2022, Tom Holland announced that he was discussing with Mob Productions on his future as Derp and his contract. By May 2022, Holland was officially confirmed to be reprising his role in all future projects featuring Derp. In March 2024, it was announced officially that Josh Brolin would reprise his role as the Angel of Death and Amy Poehler as Alex Stonecutter.
Animation[edit | edit source]
The series will feature the same animation style that the main series uses and will be done through the use of the Unreal Engine.
Marketing[edit | edit source]
An official poster was released on March 24, 2024 that reveals the premiere date of the series.
Release[edit | edit source]
Agent Derp is scheduled to release one episode weekly starting December 16, 2024.