Aqua Teen Hunger Force is a comedic television animated series shown on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming segment. Episodes are 15 minutes in duration. The series features three anthropomorphic fast food items (collectively the Aqua Teen Hunger Force) whose stated purpose is to solve crimes in the state of New Jersey. However, the show tends to rely more on interactions between the characters than on coherent plots.

The original pilot episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, \Rabbot, was shown on Cartoon Network on December 31, 2000. A full first season was put into production shortly thereafter, and began to be shown on September 16, 2001. To date, three seasons have been produced.

Each episode opens with a glimpse at the laboratory of Dr. Weird (located on the south Jersey shore). Clinically insane, he and his assistant Steve use the first several seconds of the show to create monsters, disasters, and random silliness. Following this introduction, the opening titles of the show run. The theme song is performed by Schooly D, a noted rap artist of the 1980s.

The show's plots very rarely make sense. They are filled with lines easily made into catch phrases and rely on pure absurdity to carry the show.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force was created through brainstorming episode ideas for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. None of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force characters appeared on Space Ghost:Coast to Coast prior to the airing of the pilot episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force in late 2000. However, an episode of SG:C2C featuring a prototypical version of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, "Baffler Meal", was produced after this series became popular, and first aired at midnight on January 1, 2003.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is produced by Williams Street Studios along with other animated shows such as The Brak Show and Sealab 2021.

Table of contents
1 Characters
2 Episode List and Original Air Dates
3 See also
4 External link

Characters

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force

  • Frylock: A red box of french fries, sporting a goatee, wedge shaped fries for hair, and a jewel embedded in his back. He has been known to shoot lasers from his eyes. Frylock is scientifically minded, and usually the most rational member of the team.
  • Master Shake: Rude, mean-spirited, and self-centered, Master Shake (usually simply called 'Shake') is a white cup with a red straw and two yellow gloves for hands. He takes satisfaction from tormenting the simple minded Meatwad, and is most at home being conspicuously lazy watching television.
  • Meatwad: A spherical mass of brown hamburger meat with a face. Lacking a brain, Meatwad is easily influenced, and usually has a childlike, simple view of the world. He has the power to change his shape into (and only into) a hot dog or a meat igloo.

Frequently seen

  • Dr. Weird: Always a part of the opening of the show, the aging Dr. Weird lives in a spooky mansion on the shores of South New Jersey. Dressed in a colorful outfit reminiscent of 1960s cartoon villians complete with glass space helmet, Dr. Weird is best described as a mad scientist. He has gone completely insane. His inventions have included a giant rabbit robot, Rabbot; Taco Island, an enormous collection of arranged tacos; and a groin antler.
  • Steve, Dr. Weird's assistant. Red-haired, wearing a lab coat, and frequently holding a test tube, Steve is aware of Dr. Weird's insanity problem, but remains on as his assistant nonetheless. Steve has been the victim of corn mating and a brain transplant, among other misadventures.
  • Carl, the neighbor of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Balding, overweight, and known to wear a gold chain, white tank top, sweatpants, and green sandals, Carl is not a likely candidate for dating. This is reflected in his intense interest in pornography, lack of visitors, and poor grooming. He is protective of his back yard pool, and greatly dislikes the Aqua Teens.
  • The Mooninites. Appearing in several episodes, the two dimensional Mooninites are reminiscent of Space Invaders sprites. Assured of their own bountiful coolness, they have visited the Aqua Teens and Carl to steal their and others' things, exalt their own amazingness, and attempt to corrupt the innocent Meatwad with criminal tendencies.
  • M.C. Pee Pants, a demonspawn from hell, who has come back to the Earth as a rap artist. He usually tries to take over the Earth with his music, but without much success in the end.
  • The Plutonians; Oglethorpe and Emory, two spiny creatures (one green, one orange), who have taken it upon themselves to conquer Earth, but have very little idea of how to do it. They've been know to consider Disco lighting as high security. The orange one, Oglethorpe, speaks in a schlocky German accent and concieves most of the asinine plans, while Emory, the Green one, acts more passive. Both are named after universities in Atlanta, making their personalities even more ironic.
  • Many others

Episode List and Original Air Dates

Pilot

  • Rabbot (December 30, 2000): Dr. Weird builds a titanic robotic rabbit, which happens to smash the Powerpuff Mall and (more importantly) Carl's car.

Season One

  • Escape from Leprauchpolis (September 9, 2001): Leprechauns steal a rainbow-creating device for use in a conspiracy to steal shoes.
  • Bus of the Undead (September 30, 2001): A Mothman escapes from Dr. Weird's layer and threatens the Aqua Teens. Master Shake suspects it to be a vampiric bus.
  • Mayhem of the Mooninites (October 14, 2001): First episode featuring The Mooninites, Atari-esque creatures with the pathological intent to corrupt Meatwad.
  • Balloonenstein (December 23, 2001): Meatwad gets the supernatural ability to control static electricity from the dryer and accidentally creates a giant electric balloon.
  • Space Conflict from Beyond Pluto (April 7, 2002): Premiere episode of The Plutonians, inept aliens who unsuccessfully try to destroy the world.
  • Ol' Drippy (April 21, 2002): A benevolent entity made of mold inhabits the household and befriends Meatwad.
  • Revenge of the Mooninites (May 5, 2002): The Mooninites require a magical belt that makes the literal meanings of the lyrics of Foreigner songs come true.
  • MC Pee Pants (May 19, 2002): A rap star Meatwad idolizes named "MC Pee Pants" (satirizing youth rap artists such as Aaron Carter) who turns out to be an anthropomorphic spider who has put subliminal messages in his songs to make people eat candy, so he can use their blood sugar to power a drill, to unleash demons from hell.

Season Two

Season Three

  • Super Birthday Snake (May 25, 2003)
  • Super Hero (June 1, 2003)
  • Super Bowl (June 8, 2003)
  • Super Computer (June 15, 2003): Frylock develops a ball-shaped super computer/game console, which goes back in time and ends up in the hands of a very well-educated caveman.
  • Supermodel (June 22, 2003)
  • Super Spore (June 29, 2003)
  • Super Sirloin (August 31, 2003): MC Pee Pants returns, reincarnated as a cow.
  • Super Squatter (September 7, 2003)
  • The Meat Zone (September 14, 2003)
  • Super Trivia (September 21, 2003)
  • Universal Re-Monster (September 28, 2003): The Plutonians create a remote control construct.
  • Total Re-Carl (October 5, 2003)
  • Revenge of the Trees (October 12, 2003)
  • Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary (October 19, 2003): It's Meatwad's birthday! Shake can't stand "Happy Birthday", so he has a new heavy-metal song commissioned...then he has to figure out how to pay for it. Zakk Wylde guest-stars.
  • The Shaving (October 26, 2003)
  • The Broodwitch (November 2, 2003)
  • Kidney Car (November 16, 2003)
  • The Cubing (November 23, 2003)
  • Frat Aliens (November 30, 2003)
  • The Clowning (December 7, 2003)
  • The Dressing (December 14, 2003)
  • The The (December 21, 2003)
  • The Cloning (December 31, 2003)
  • The Last [Expletive Deleted] One of 2003, or simply The Last One (December 31, 2003): The Mooninites assemble a league of villains from previous episodes to exact revenge on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

See also

External link