TripTank

TripTank
Genre	Sketch comedy Animated
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	ShadowMachine Films
Original release
Network	Comedy Central
Release	April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02) – present

TripTank is an American animated television series. Its first season premiered on April 2, 2014 on the American cable television network Comedy Central.

The show is made up of various sketches, portrayed by multiple animation styles and writers. Although no correlation can be seen between the different stories, a continued theme of dark satire prevails throughout.

The series is an animated work featuring Bill Oakley, Wayne Brady, Bob Odenkirk, Curtis Armstrong, Nat Faxon, Tom Kenny, Rachel Butera, Larry David, Yotam Perel, Zach Galifianakis, Kumail Nanjiani, Brett Gelman, Kyle Kinane, John DiMaggio, Duncan Trussell, and Joey "CoCo" Diaz among others.

Recurring Sketches

Several sketch characters and scenarios recur within the series. Sometimes inter-spaced through out the same episode. These include:

• TripTank Reception - A scenario where the receptionist for the animated broadcasters of the show fields calls from random people. Some reacting in extreme distaste to the show, others with high praise. Some calls however are completely random and abstract. The receptionist normal responds by putting people on hold while he "transfers them to that department".
• Versus - A show hosted by Death, in which two groups of unfairly matched combatants are pitted against each other in a fight to the death. Examples include a 3rd grade soccer team vs The Mongolian Horde.
• Jeff and Some Aliens - Jeff, who is considered by the aliens to be the most average man on earth, has his personal space and privacy invaded by three aliens who seem to exist to torment him emotionally.
• Suicidal Attention Whore Chicken - A short about a chicken who gets people to do whatever he wants by making suicide threats. Chicken publicly threats to commit suicide is for many reasons that range from gaining publicity, to making himself happier, to just downright pissing people off.
• Dick Genie - A show about a nerdy teenage boy named Billy who has a magical Dick Genie that he is able to summon by masturbating. Dick Genie grants all of Billy's wishes based upon his perverted sexual fantasies. However, when he does this, his wishes always backfire on him and it's not always easy for him to undo his wish.
• Suck it Gary - Three guys do horrible things to pull "friendly" pranks on a guy named Gary. The three of them go out of their ways to attack, horrify, terrorize, and basically ruin the life of Gary just so they fan tell him to "Suck it."

Reception

The first two episodes of TripTank were met with very mixed reviews, as A.V Club stated; "TripTank is a mixed bag by default. If the good stuff doesn’t stick around long enough, the silver lining is that the stinkers and the duds don’t last much longer."

General feeling among reviewers was of much the same mind, with some reviewers calling the show "rude and irrelevant", while some noted that the better quality sketches were enough to overcome the failure of the negative sketches, and compared the show to Liquid Television.

External links

• Official page
• TripTank at IMDb

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Shovels Are for Digging"	Unknown	Unknown	April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02)	N/A
2	"Crossing the Line"	Unknown	Unknown	April 9, 2014 (2014-04-09)	N/A
3	"Game Over"	Unknown	Unknown	April 16, 2014 (2014-04-16)	N/A
4	"The Green"	Unknown	Unknown	April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23)	N/A
A third grade soccer team takes on the Mongolian horde, the aliens help Jeff through a breakup, and Jesus makes a terrible mistake.
5	"Ahhh, Serenity"	Unknown	Unknown	April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30)	N/A
A spokesman hawks a device that allows women to pee silently, a trucker has a life-changing experience while on mushrooms, and Billy meets the D**k Genie
6	"Candy Van Finger Bang"	Unknown	Unknown	May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)	N/A
A Chinese man looks for an American mail-order bride, two piñatas come to a terrifying realization, & Bethiffer goes shopping for lingerie.
7	"Roy & Ben's Day Off"	Unknown	Unknown	May 14, 2014 (2014-05-14)	N/A
Larry David has lunch with Larry Flynt, an “Animal Hitman” takes out various pets, and Gary’s day out playing mini-golf with his son is interrupted by pranks on “Suck It, Gary.”
8	"XXX Overload"	Unknown	Unknown	May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)	N/A
Jeff must find someone to have sex with to prevent aliens from destroying the planet, a doctor performs magic tricks while delivering babies, and Bethiffer tries out a virtual reality video game.