Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
File:Aquateen.jpg The Aqua Teens. From left to right: Master Shake, Meatwad, and Frylock.
Created by	Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis
Starring	Carey Means Dana Snyder Dave Willis
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	58
Production
Running time	11-12 minutes
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network
Release	December 30 2000 – present

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF or simply Aqua Teen) is an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block. The series features three anthropomorphic fast food items -- the Aqua Teen Hunger Force or Aqua Teens -- who are supposed to be detectives. As the series progressed, the crime-solving aspect of the show was quickly abandoned, although many episodes still involve villains. There is very little continuity between episodes: virtually all of the recurring cast members have died at least once. The focus is instead on character interaction and a pervasive form of brutal, ironic humor. It is one of the 4 original Williams Street series aired on Adult Swim in 2001 (others being Sealab 2021, The Brak Show and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.) and is the longest running original series on the network alongside Harvey Birdman.

Overview

Aqua Teen Hunger Force takes place in New Jersey near its shore and was created through brainstorming episode ideas for Space Ghost Coast to Coast (SG:C2C). 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" (a parody of McDonald's Happy Meal), had been produced, but was not released until after the show had become popular. A full first season was put into production shortly thereafter and its first episode was shown on September 16 2001. To date, five seasons have been produced, with the fifth starting on December 4th, 2005.

During the first two seasons, episodes cold opened with a glimpse into the laboratory of Dr. Weird (within the Belle Isle Asylum, located on the South Jersey shore). The clinically insane Dr. Weird and his baffled assistant Steve use the first several seconds of the show to create monsters, disasters, or random silliness, generally accompanied by the phrase "Gentlemen, behold!" as Dr. Weird unveiled his latest accomplishment. These monsters would then potentially have to be dealt with by the Aqua Teen Hunger Force in early episodes. As the crime-fighting element of the program became less prominent, the Dr. Weird segment became an unrelated opening gag. During the third season, a segment called Spacecataz began the show. The segments feature the Plutonians and the Mooninites clashing with each other, trading insults and gestures. Spacecataz ceased with the conclusion of the fourth season even though there were several more segements unaired. However, a Spacecataz spin-off series was/is planned. The series just opens now with the opening theme song.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is written and directed by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro. Much of the dialogue is improvised by the voice talent and edited and animated to fit this improvisation in a process called retroscripting. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios, who also produces other animated shows such as The Brak Show and Sealab 2021. Noted 1980s rapper Schoolly D performs the theme song. Each episode is approximately twelve minutes in duration.

The title of the show is a decided misnomer: The characters have no major affiliation with water (though many episodes involve their neighbor's pool), they are not teenagers per se, and they are rarely shown as any kind of a force. In early episodes (particularly first season), the trio are identified by Master Shake as the 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force', which make a living solving crimes for money. Shortly into its run, that premise, and the use of the name during the show, is dropped. (It is later explained by Frylock in "Kidney Car" that the detective business dried up. The three live the same way they used to before they went jobless, but how they are able to do so is never explained.) The show is rated TV-14 for Cartoon Violence and Suggestive Dialogue.

Characters

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force

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Master Shake

Master Shake (voiced by Dana Snyder); sometimes referred to as Shake Zula; is a rude, mean-spirited, and self-centered milkshake in the form of a white cup with a pink straw sticking out of his lid. He has two yellow gloves for hands. Put simply, Shake's role is to make wild and illogical decisions, presumptions, and demands. He also considers himself (somewhat unilaterally) to be the Aqua Teen Hunger Force's leader.

Much of the series' humor is based on the thoughtless abuse of Master Shake and his absurd actions. He seems oblivious to any suffering his behavior causes others, yet he will become violently petultant the moment he feels he has been wronged in the slightest. He is utterly incapable of learning anything from even the most catastrophic consequences of his actions. Because of his arrogance, viewers can easily laugh at Shake's self-inflicted suffering without any shame. Master Shake is rarely productive and can often be found watching television, or destroying the television and demanding a new one. Shake's usual victim is the relatively passive Meatwad, as Shake often conjurs up different ways to torture him for entertainment including chasing him into a freezer, beating him, throwing him at Carl, getting the Universal Remonster to simulate a haunting, and much more. Shake often causes trouble for Carl as well, usually as a side effect of one of shakes ill-concieved plans.

Complementing his laziness is Shake's lack of an overwhelming superpower: when he tries to summon a power, he usually ends up dripping a glob of milkshake out from his straw. It has also been shown that he can launch items from his straw, such as knives, but when he got the chance to do so he shot them at Meatwad, who dodged them. In later episodes he is able to cause various household items to violently explode by simply throwing them to the ground. However, it is not clear if this is actually a superpower, the result of molecular destabilization from Frylock's cloner, or simply a running gag, since shake is able to do it to objects outside of the Aqua Teens' house. Shake dies or is maimed somewhat fequently as well. Usually this is a result of his own plans backfiring on him. As with most other characters, he is usually completely alive and healthy by the beginning of the following episode.

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Frylock

Frylock (voiced by Carey Means) is a red box of french fries, sporting a goatee, french fries for hair, dental braces, and a blue mystic jewel which is embedded in his back. He moves by levitation, and uses his fries as limbs. Frylock is also scientifically-minded and conducts experiments in his room, which contains his computer, cloner, and various other lab equipment.

His comedic role is usually that of the straight man, and he acts as the voice of reason to a fault; he acts as a foil to Shake's extravagant personality and tries to prevent his numerous mistakes. He defends Meatwad and tries to keep peace with Carl.

He is not free of selfishness and cruelty in some situations. In one episode it is revealed he has a S & M suit, and has been known to wear it around the house. A picture in his room shows himself and a young Dr. Weird. Its significance has never been explained.

Frylock possesses several supernatural powers (whether these are innate, or derived from some external source, has never been explained). Among them, is the ability to shoot projectiles such as lasers, fireballs, telekinetic beams, and even carbon dioxide (used as a fire extinguisher) from his eyes. He possesses a "Frydar" that can pick up most any frequency or location (this was used mainly in earlier episodes).

In a segment created for a New Year's Eve airing of the Adult Swim block which depicted characters from various shows at a holiday party, Frylock and the character Thundercleese of The Brak Show apparently recognized each other, Frylock calling Thundercleese by name and Thundercleese calling Frylock "Father". Externally, this is clearly a reference to the fact that the characters are voiced by the same actor, but this supposed connection between the two characters has to date never been dealt with within the show, either on Aqua Teen or the currently cancelled Brak Show.

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Meatwad

Meatwad (voiced by Dave Willis) is a mass of compressed meat that was not approved for human consumption. Meatwad moves around by rolling and can change his shape. He can morph into an igloo, a hot dog, a "meat bridge", a flower (in one episode when hopped up on prescription drugs), a hammer, a flat rectangle, and once shaped himself into a "Wayne Gretzky" which was in fact a "Samurai Lincoln," a katana-wielding Abraham Lincoln.

Simple and gullible Meatwad is constantly abused by Master Shake, and is usually the butt of some half-thought practical joke. Meatwad is also sometimes corrupted by Shake's insane "run with scissors" philosophies. Frylock often acts like Meatwad's parent, trying to educate him, and protect him from more mature themes.

There is also a more sinister side to Meatwad. He can become quickly corrupted by power, and is sometimes very sly and manipulative. In one episode, the Mooninites persuade him to commit crimes. Shake is usually the focus of Meatwad's megalomaniacal tendencies, often becoming his cowering slave once Meatwad has some kind of advantage over him.

Meatwad's room is empty except for filth, a jambox, meaningless crayon scribblings on the walls, a brushed nickel colander, his bed (which is a grill with hot coals under it), and a closet full of sand. His body consumes all waste materials (he doesn't defecate), and his brain is actually a brain-shaped squeeky cat toy (in a later episode, the brain was enhanced with macaroni and glitter).

He occasionally makes dolls and other toys out of household items such as an apple named Vanessa, a paper towel tube named Dewey, and a box named Boxy Brown (however, the viewership can hear Boxy). Throughout the series he is referred to as underage (e.g. whenever he comes across alcohol), though in the episode "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary", Meatwad claims to be 55 years old. This could be explained by Meatwad's apparent lack of intelligence, however, especially considering the fact that he makes similar claims in other episodes, such as having a nonexistent wife.

It has been implied in several episodes that Meatwad does not have parents, although no alternative explanation for his existence has been offered.

Other characters

See Also: Minor characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force

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Carl

Carl Brotonononowluski (voiced by Dave Willis) is the Aqua Teen Hunger Force's neighbor. Carl is the only main character not in the ATHF.

Carl can be simply described as a balding, overweight, hairy victim of pubic lice, who dressing casually, usually wearing a gold chain, pit-stained wifebeater shirt, pocketless sweatpants, and green flip-flops, (although he claims to own a pair of "badass red jeans"). Carl embodies the unmarriable bachelor, due to the fact that he is addicted to pornography, has poor self-esteem, questionable hygiene, dubious rapport with the opposite sex (he once tried to pay a hooker with $200 worth of pennies, stored in a water cooler bottle) and the very fact that he lives next door to the Aqua Teens (his house always has a 'for sale' sign up). He has said he "works out of the home". However, he is never shown working and it is somewhat implicit that he in fact has no job at all.

He has an above-ground swimming pool in his backyard, which the Aqua Teens constantly invade without his permission, and a red, first-generation Mitsubishi Eclipse detailed with the graphics 2 Wycked.

He considers the Aqua Teens freaks, and would usually prefer to avoid contact with them. However, at times he seems to relate to Master Shake. He repeatedly goes along with whatever bad idea or get rich quick scheme Master Shake comes up with. Frylock is the only Aqua Teen Carl has any respect for, even though he considers Frylock a freak as well. He and his possessions often end up being the unwitting victim of the Aqua Teens' enemies or the Aqua Teens themselves, driving him away from them again. In most episodes he is in a constant state of frustration and anger.

A main source of Carl's humor comes from his overwhelmingly low self-confidence. In the episode Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future, it shows in a flashback that Carl was going bald at eight years old, although this conflicts with his high school photo, shown in Spacegate World (also known simply as "Carl"), in which he has a full head of hair (however, it could simply be a wig). Carl regularly attempts to go back to his youth, as seen in "The Clowning" episode, where he buys a long haired wig and digs out his Judas Priest Screamin' for Vengeance t-shirt. In the episode Spacegate World, a lonely Carl calls girls out of his old high school yearbook (or "fat chicks" from the flag corps). This episode highlights another aspect of Carl's humor: his actual love of the ATHF. Faced with utter loneliness, Carl always opts for the company of the Aqua Teens. Of the regular characters, Carl dies the most frequently. His car and his house are often destroyed as well.

Carl has an unseen friend named Terry. Terry specializes in illegal amateur surgery and selling human organs. Carl is a diehard New York Giants fan. He also used to go to Bryan Adams, Foreigner and Loverboy concerts in the 1980s. In his attempts to keep the Aqua Teens away from him, he has called the police, taken out a restraining order, surrounded his house with lasers and pulled a gun on Master Shake. All Carl's attempts to keep them away usually fail and lead to bad things happening to Carl.

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Dr. Weird

Dr. Weird (voiced by C. Martin Croker) is a mad scientist who lives in an abandoned mental asylum on the perpetually rainy Jersey Shore. Dressed in a colorful outfit reminiscent of 1960s cartoon villains, complete with glass space helmet (his "Hair-arium"), he starts many shows by presenting his latest creation with his catch phrase "Gentlemen, behold!" to his lone lab assistant Steve. His nonsensical inventions include a giant rabbit robot called "Rabbot" and a rainbow-making machine.

A picture of his younger self with Frylock present on Frylock's bookshelf suggests that he has some past ties with the Aqua Teens. However, aside from the previously mentioned inventions (and a few others), Dr. Weird's opening segment usually had nothing to do with the rest of the episode.

It is also a note of speculation that Dr. Weird and Carl went to High School/sharing a past together since Steve (Dr. Weird's assistant) is the source of the brain that Meatwad receives after Carl "makes a few phonecalls to an old friend".

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Steve

Steve (also voiced by C. Martin Croker) is Dr. Weird's assistant. Red-haired, wearing a lab coat, and frequently holding a test tube, Steve is aware of Dr. Weird's insanity, but he remains his assistant nonetheless. But, as an example of the show's non-continuity based storylines, Steve has both quit and been killed a number of times. Steve is sometimes accompanied by the janitor, Javier.

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MC Pee Pants as a spider.

MC Pee Pants, aka Sir Loin, aka Little Brittle and the C-Bag (voiced by Chris Ward, a.k.a. mc chris) is a demonspawn rap artist from Hell, who is reincarnated in different forms. With each return, he establishes a new name and identity, but his voice, personality, clothing (i.e. shower cap and diaper) and yellow eyes remain constant.

In each incarnation, he wears a diaper, a shower cap and a gold chain around his neck. He usually has an elaborate scheme to take over the world, which begins by sending instructions to his listeners in the form of a hit rap single such as "I Want Candy", "4 Da Shorteez", and "Come Visit Me Dawg". Each scheme involves a song asking the listener to go to an abandoned warehouse at "612 Wharf Avenue" (a real address in Red Bank, New Jersey), except for his last appearance as Little Brittle, in which he resides in "Tragic Castles", a poorly staffed nursing home. His forms have included a giant spider, a cow, an elderly human, and a worm.

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The Mooninites

The Mooninites, Ignignokt (voiced by Dave Willis) and Err (voiced by Matt Maiellaro), are the characters that appear the most frequently after Master Shake, Frylock, Meatwad, and Carl. They are pixelated, two-dimensional inhabitants of the Moon. Resembling extremely simplistic, blocky low-resolution game sprites, the duo is a sendup of the Atari 2600 era of video games (in fact, Ignignokt looks almost identical to the cities in the Atari 2600 version of Missile Command). The sound effects that accompany their movements are taken directly from such classic early arcade games as Space Invaders, Pitfall!, and Asteroids.

The characters were originally inspired by the rumor that millions of unsold E.T. video game cartridges for the Atari 2600 were buried somewhere in the desert. The original idea was that Carl's house was built on the site of the cartridges, and Ignignokt and Err were the ghosts of restless game characters. The creators of the show decided that the origin was too long, and in keeping with the show's non sequitur tone, decided to make the characters come from the moon instead.

Ignignokt, the leader, is green and larger than his purple counterpart Err. He usually speaks with a self-important, condescending air. He is openly selfish and solipsistic, much like Master Shake. He often gives the finger and in one episode he magnified it so that people on earth could see it from their space ship.

Err is his hyperactive and trash-talking tag-along. He often yells, and is not afraid of cussing people out (within the confines of the ablility to do so on the show). His name in the English language is an adjective, which literally means astray or irrelevant.

Err fits precisely in a notch in Ignignokt's head; joining them together activates their super power: they can fire a large square slow-moving (and easily avoided) video-game "bullet" they call the "Quad Laser", which is a magnification of their smaller, faster moving individual laser attacks. A more powerful version of this attack is the "Quad Glacier" (which Ignignokt mistakenly called the "Quad Glazer"), much larger and much slower than its counterpart, and barely appearing to be moving to the naked eye. The only person ever hit by a laser blast was Carl (in "Mayhem of the Mooninites") who was unharmed, but seen on the moon at the end of the episode.

The Mooninites enjoy boasting that the Moon is superior to Earth in every way, often referring to Earth objects or concepts as primitive, such as claiming that they have 5000 dimensions (although they can never actually prove this superiority.) In the scenes where they appear on the moon they usually are bored and restless; they've explained that on the moon jobs have been "phased out" and that they "get checks from the government". Their main activity on the moon is devising schemes to carry out on Earth.

The Mooninites often persuade the seemingly impressionable Meatwad into performing acts of vandalism, stealing, and smoking in a non-smoking area.

The Mooninites have interacted with various other villains of the show. They created a league of villians called Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday which included Oog, Happy Time Harry, Mothmonsterman, The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past From the Future, and various others (see minor characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force). The Mooninites also have an ongoing rivalry with The Plutonians, which was first manifested when they withheld an invitation to join the group of villains, and later in the opening Spacecataz segments which replaced the Dr. Weird segments.

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The Plutonians

The Plutonians, Oglethorpe (voiced by Andy Merrill) and Emory (voiced by Mike Schatz), are two spiny extraterrestrial creatures who are orange and green, respectively, and usually sport nothing but sweatbands. Oglethorpe once said his sweatband was broken, and Emory told him his was a droolband. According to the show's website, they became mis-shapen and deformed after trying to retrieve their keys in a woodchipper. Oglethorpe is high-strung and easily angered, speaks in a thick Austrian accent, and conceives most of their plans, while Emory is much more passive and perhaps more intelligent. Both are named after universities in Atlanta (Oglethorpe University and Emory University).

They plan to eventually conquer the Earth, but instead spend more time devising bizarre, ill-advised ideas, bickering with each other, and feuding with the Mooninites.

They are easily the most incompetent of the Aqua Teen's enemies; Ignignokt refers to them as "teh suck," both an accurate summary of their abilities and a reference to an internet slang. They command a huge spaceship that they barely know how to operate. The spikes on their body can squirt out a foul-smelling soap, which is used to clean the inside of their spaceship. This is revealed in an episode called: "Space Conflict from Beyond Pluto" which is when the Aqua Teens first encounter The Plutonians.

Episodes

Main article: List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes

As of November, 2005, Aqua Teen Hunger Force has run on Adult Swim for 5 seasons, the first of which debuted in September, 2001 and the most recent fifth which debuted December 4th, 2005.

Theme Song

On The Mouse and The Mask in 2005, MF Doom expanded on the theme of ATHF characters in the track "ATHF". The song begins with Meatwad parodying the braggadocio of gangster rappers, then having a discussion with Carl over good music-"Where's the keyboard, the tambourine, the guitars, the stuff that white people like? I don't know, something badass...". After a rap describing Meatwad, Frylock, and Master Shake, the song ends with Master Shake attempting to collaborate with the producers of the album. Another track from the record, "Vats of Urine", features a cameo with the Mooninites and their normal, egotistical banter. A hidden track at the end of the CD contains Meatwad rapping a verse from MF Doom's "Beef Rapp".

Mooninite Theme Song Lyrics

The Mooninites have their own theme music which recurs on the closing credits of several episodes that feature them. Performed by the rapper Schooly D (who also raps the regular opening theme), each of the three individual verses is featured on the credits of three different episodes.

DVD Boxsets

Volume Releases

DVD Name	Release Date	Additional Information
Volume One	November 18 2003	contains the first 16 episodes ("Rabbot" through "PDA") and is ordered by production number rather than episode number. It also features deleted scenes and the original cut of "Rabbot". The original cut of "Rabbot", "Mayhem of the Mooninites", and "Space Conflict From Beyond Pluto" contain commentary.
Volume Two	July 20 2004	contains 13 episodes ("Mail Order Bride" through "Universal Remonster" as well as the "Baffler Meal" episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast) with a seemingly random order. It has deleted scenes for "Super Model", "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future", "Super Birthday Snake", and "Baffler Meal". It also contains commentary for "Super Trivia", "Meat Zone", "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future", and "Baffler Meal". Other bonus features include a "Baffler Meal" music video, a gallery of ATHF drawings, and a documentary on the making of the show.
Volume Three	November 16 2004	contains 13 episodes ("Total Re-Carl" to the end of Season 2) with a seemingly random order. It contains commentary for "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary", "The Shaving", "The Clowning", and "The Last One" and deleted scenes for "Broodwich", Dr. Weird's Ice Cream Social, and Dr. Weird's "Clowning" ending. A gallery of production sketches, promotional spots, a very long documentary on the making of "The Cloning", answering machine messages from the characters, and music videos/karaoke of "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary" are also included.
Volume Four	December 6 2005	contains yet another 13 episodes ("Video Ouija" to "Carl") in their original order, unlike previous sets. It should be noted that some of the episodes now have different or their original working titles (Remooned - "Mooninites 3: Remooned"; Moon Master - "Mooninites 4: The Final Mooning"; Carl - "Spacegate World"). It contains commentaries on "Video Ouija", "Unremarkable Voyage", "Gee Whiz", "EDork", "Little Brittle", "Mooninites 4: The Final Mooning", "Dusty Gozongas", "Hypno-Germ" and "Spacegate World". There are also alternate audio tracks on "Mooninites 3: Remooned", "Robositter", "Diet" and "T-Shirt of the Living Dead". Featurettes included in this set are titled "Funny Pete Stuff", "San Diego Must Be Destroyed 2004", "Spacecataz", "Raydon", "F-ART', "The Faces in Front of The Throats that Make the Voices the Speak into the Microphone", and "Send us money for this". Volume Four is also available on UMD Video for the Sony PlayStation Portable. The UMD does not contain any special features.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie

In an interview at the 2005 San Diego Comic-Con, Dana Snyder and Matt Maiellaro confirmed rumors that there would be a feature-length movie of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. More details were revealed at the 2005 Paley Television Festival, such as a possible cameo by 80s funk group Cameo and Maiellaro described it as "An action piece that leads into an origin story that unfolds in a very 'Aqua Teen' way."

The creators revealed much more information in an interview with Wizard Entertainment. While they dodged many questions, they confirmed that the movie will run 80 minutes, was filmed on a meager $750,000 budget and features a plot detail about a "lost Aqua Teen." There was a rumor that Master Shake would have a 48-minute drum solo, but nothing else of this rumor has come up so it has been dubbed false. They also confirmed more cameos, with Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, Jon Benjamin from Home Movies, filmmaker Jon Glazer, SNL's Fred Armisen and Bruce Campbell to make appearances. On the matter of the film's rating, which will play a large part in how loyal the film will be to the show, Maiellaro commented that "I think if (the movie is rated) R, it won’t get the audience that watches it. But we don’t know yet. We’re still waiting to find out." Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie is expected to be in theatres around Spring 2006, but its release date is not yet confirmed.

A short teaser on the ATHF Volume 4 special features suggests that the film is in production.

Episode 58, entitled "Deleted Scenes" (First aired: 12/18/2005), is the first 30 minute episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and according to the episode narration contains deleted scenes from the upcoming movie. However, the deleted scenes all combine to form one normal 11-minute episode, so it is unknown if they are actually deleted scenes or an episode used to promote the film. The episode refers to the name of the movie as "Untitled Master Shake Project". However, the episode altogether recounts the unfolding of a prank in which Master Shake (via his being the director of the alleged Master Shake Project movie) persuades Carl to shove a broom stick in his anus during production (because Carl was simply playing his role in the story line).

On March 30th, 2006, Adult Swim announced on their website new information about the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie [1]. According to the site, The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie will debut in Theatres in September 2006.

• "The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Film for Theatres is an action-adventure epic that tackles the mysterious circumstances that brought Meatwad, Frylock and Master Shake together. An immortal piece of exercise equipment threatens the balance of galactic peace, and it is up to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force to run away from it. Complicating matters, the Plutonians team up with the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future for ultimate control of the deadly device."

The description given in the annoucement is consistent with much of the content of "Deleted Scenes" but there is no way to know if it is serious or another joke.

Other Pop Culture References

Aqua Teen Hunger Force can be seen on televisions in the crime scenes of two episodes in the fifth season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (5-07 "Formalities" and 5-18 "Spark of Life").

A picture of Master Shake was on a locker on the FX show Thief ("I Ain't Goin' to Jail for Anyone) about 12 minutes into the episode.

ESPN's Sportcenter anchor Scott Van Pelt has repeated lines from the Aqua Teen theme during various commentary on sporting highlights.

There is a deleted scene in the movie The Ring where Aidan is watching the first episode of Aqua Teen (it is viewable on the deleted scenes on the USA DVD).

In an episode of the CBS show CSI: Miami there is a sequence in one episode where they break into a house and an episode of Aqua Teen is playing on the television.

In the Season 6 episode ("Johnny Cakes") of The Sopranos, Anthony Jr "A.J." (Robert Iler) is seen watching an Aqua Teen episode

On G4 Tech TV's show, Arena, One team that played was known as "jumping is useless," a quote from Aqua Teen's Mooninites, said to Carl when they shoot lasers at him.

See also

• List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes
• Minor characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Dangerdoom - collaboration between DJ Danger Mouse and rapper MF Doom, featuring characters from ATHF and other Adult Swim titles.
• Cult television

External links

• Official Aqua Teen Hunger Force Website
• "Just Bring 'Em In From Space" - An interview with the creators of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force at EpisodeWorld.com
• Aqua Teen Adventures - Premiere Online Source for Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Aqua Teen Central - Vast array of ATHF content. Possibly the biggest yet.
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force entry at TV.com
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force entry at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with the voice of Master Shake, Dana Snyder.
• Website of the wwwyzzerdd - Web site based on the one seen in the episode Interfection. (WARNING: Visiting this site may cause computer issues; Massive amounts of pop-ups are involved.)
• WeGotUsSomeMedicalWaste.com - Website based on the one seen in the episode Total Re-Carl.
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force profile at NNDB.
• kittenpants.org interview
• Meatwad Zone