Codefellas is an American animated political satire web series starring Emily Heller and John Hodgman distributed by Wired magazine.

On June 6, 2013, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked the existence of PRISM, an electronic surveillance program intended to monitor e-mail and phone call activity in the United States to identify possible terrorist threats, to the newspapers The Guardian and The Washington Post.

[2] Condé Nast Publications, who produces Wired magazine, said Codefellas would provide "comedic relief in light of current events dominating the national news cycle.

[21] In the first episode, "When Topple Met Winters", protégé hacker Nicole Winters (Emily Heller) who works for "Special Projects", an electronic surveillance governmental agency, receives a call from elderly Special Agent Henry Topple (John Hodgman) informing her that she has just been assigned to him to spy on the general public.

In the second episode, "Meet Big Data", Agent Topple checks up on how Winters is settling into her new job at "Special Projects".

It turns out that the troubles were all perpetrated by Topple's ability to use national security at his disposal as he is still upset over Winters's recent promotion.

In retaliation, Topple orders a "toilet water sample" and finds that Winters is a drug user, which is grounds for termination.

In the seventh episode, "25 Reasons the NSA Should Hire Buzzfeed Staffers", Topple sends Winters a fax of his analysis of the North Korean computer virus called "Staxnut".

"[24] Kate Hutchinson and Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian called Codefellas "very odd", saying "it acts well as an accompaniment to the more hyperactive comedy of Archer.

"[27] Sherwin Siy, VP of legal affairs for consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge, took issue with the premise, saying "It'd be a shame if people started to view pervasive government surveillance as another laughable daily chore, like traffic or boring meetings.

"[3] Bradford Evans of Splitsider called Codefellas "a fast, funny comedy that does for domestic spying what Archer does for international espionage.

"[28] Sam Gutelle of Tubefilter praised Codefellas as "somewhere between Doonesbury and Archer" and said that it "has a chance to become the first smash hit across Conde Nast's network of YouTube channels.