Last Last One Forever and Ever
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"Last Last One Forever and Ever" (formerly known as "Live Action") is the tenth episode and season finale of the sixth season of the animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force (or ATHF). It is a one-of-a-kind Aqua Teens episode because it is the first ever live-action episode with comedian H. Jon Benjamin (credited as Capt. Turd Mahoy) playing Master Shake, recording artist T-Pain portraying Frylock (making his second appearance with the first being "Dummy Love")[1], and a red exercise ball used to portray Meatwad.[2] It also featured Dave Long Jr., who portrayed the role of their neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski, after winning an open casting call to fill the role.[3] The episode aired on May 31, 2009 on Adult Swim.
Production
The episode was predominantly filmed in live-action with the beginning and end being shown in traditional animation.
In some scenes, autotune was used on a few words that the live-action Frylock spoke, due to T-Pain's usage of autotune in his musical works.
Plot
Frylock discovers that the water in the area is flammable; he tries to warn Master Shake, who was drinking from a hose, and Meatwad, who was bathing at a car wash, which led to it exploding. Shake and Frylock go next door to warn Carl, who was standing in his pool with sticks of dynamite, and Carl ignores their warning as he farts into the pool, causing a huge explosion seen from outer space.
The scene transitions to a live-action shot of Frylock (T-Pain) reading a script, which described the events that previously transpired, that "Don" Shake (H. Jon Benjamin) wrote, which is dismissed by Frylock as terrible. It is soon revealed that Shake has been making several attempts to write stories, but fails to receive any compensation, which he had promised fifteen-percent of his future earnings to his roommate. Frylock, growing frustrated with Shake for his lack of income, warned him he needed to leave the house. Meanwhile, Shake goes to the "exercise room" in Frylock's home and sits down next to an exercise ball from which voices of Meatwad (Dave Willis) are heard. Shake shares his feelings about Frylock and his ways of writing stories, and, in turn, Meatwad agrees to help Shake write a story, which contained elements taken verbatim from children's program, SpongeBob SquarePants.
Later, Shake seeks an opinion from Carl (Dave Long Jr.) on the story, and is advised to add scenes with lesbians and women's breasts. Shake heads back to Meatwad to talk more about the story; Meatwad viewed the story with adamant disapproval to the revisions until Frylock comes in the room to exercise and then leaves, Meatwad advises Shake to kill Frylock with a sword in the closet. Shake is seen in shadows, sneaking over to Frylock, who was on Craigslist looking for a new roommate, with Meatwad holding up the sword. When Frylock turns himself towards them, Shake says that he found his sword in the exercise room. Afterwords, Shake gets an idea for the ending to his story.
The scene transitions back to animation, in which the Aqua Teens are seen putting their things into a moving truck, and saying goodbye to Carl. Shake says his final words to Carl, and as the camera slowly focuses on Carl, he solemnly intones, "Truly, they were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Shake then drives the moving truck slowly away with the emergency brake on while Carl angrily argues with Shake. As the credits end, the live-action Carl pumps his fist while shouting one of his famous phrases: "Tonight!".
Carl casting call
Before the production of the Live Action episode began, Adult Swim and Burger King partnered together for a nationwide casting call search on who will portray the character, Carl, the next door neighbor of the Aqua Teens.[3] The search for a real life Carl began in San Diego, California during the San Diego Comic Con in July 2008.[4] In addition, fans of ATHF sent audition videos to Adult Swim via the promotional website. The winner of the contest would be hired to play the role of the character, and the eventual winner was Dave Long, Jr. from Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.[5] Adult Swim aired a bump telling that there were legal issues of using an "outsider" for casting.
Aftermath
After the episode aired, Adult Swim made a bump, asking the fans to discuss their opinions of the episode on Adult Swim's messaging board. There were some concerns about whether this episode was the series finale episode due to the name of the episode and the ending. This episode is not the series finale as future episodes are in pre-production.
The reactions to the episode were mixed amongst fans on the boards. A criticism of the episode was that Shake was not portrayed in the same light in which he is traditionally as egotistical and selfish, but rather more benevolent. A significant amount of positive feedback from viewers came for Long's representation of Carl.[6]
Notes
- ^ Adult Swim Video: The Making of the Live Action ATHF "T-Pain". [[[adult swim]]].
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Exclusive: 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' live-action episode, starring T-Pain as the Fryman". Pop Watch. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ a b "[adult swim]: Carl Casting Call".
- ^ Aqua Teen Hunger Force goes live action
- ^ IGN: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Turns to Live-Action
- ^ "First impression of the live action episode". 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-01.