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 (10 more in production)
Production
Running time	11-12 minutes (Seasons 1-4) 20-22 minutes (Seasons 5+)
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 were originally 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 four original Williams Street series aired on Adult Swim in 2001 (along with Sealab 2021, The Brak Show and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law) and is the longest running original series on the network alongside Harvey Birdman. The show is rated TV-14 for "Cartoon Violence" and "Suggestive Dialogue."

Overview

Origins

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, the script, and storyboards for an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast (SG:C2C) featuring a prototypical version of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, "Baffler Meal" (a parody of McDonald's Happy Meal), had been created, but the episode was not animated and produced until 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, four seasons have been produced, the fourth started on 4 December 2005.

Cold Openings

During the first three seasons, episodes cold opened with a glimpse into the laboratory of Dr. Weird (within the Belle Isle Asylum, located on the perpetually stormy South Jersey shore). The criminally 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 unveils 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.

In later seasons Dr. Weird was dropped in favor of the Mooninites, Ignignokt and Err. These segments were pieces of a pilot episode of a series called "Spacecataz". The segments featured the Plutonians (Emory and Oglethorpe) and the Mooninites clashing with each other, trading insults, gestures, and practical jokes.

Production

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is written and directed by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro. Much of the dialogue is improvised by the voice talent edited, and animated to fit this improvisation in a process called retroscripting. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios, who has produced 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.

Title

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 the first season), the trio were identified by Master Shake as the 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force', solving crimes for money. Shortly into its run, the premise and the use of the name by the characters was dropped. According to DVD commentary, the premise was originally added to appease Cartoon Network network heads, who "didn't want to air a show about food just going around and doing random stuff."

Within the show(in the Robositter episode), Frylock has explained that the detective business simply dried up saying "We haven't dectected anything in 3 years Shake! . The three now live off of occasional jobs and presumabily welfare checks.

Characters

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force

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Master Shake

Master Shake (voiced by Dana Snyder) is a mean-spirited and self-centered pistachio milkshake, in the form of a white cup with a pink straw and two yellow hands. 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. He is often simply referred to as "Cup" by Carl and the Mooninites.

A lot of the series' humor is based on the thoughtless abuses inflicted by Master Shake. Oblivious to any suffering his behavior causes, he will nonetheless become violently petulant 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. Master Shake is rarely productive and can often be found watching television, or, more characteristically, destroying the television and demanding a new one. Shake's usual victim is the relatively passive Meatwad. Shake often causes trouble for their neighbor Carl as well, usually as a side effect of one of Shake's ill-conceived plans. However, Carl and Shake get along somewhat due to the fact that they are both willing to try any seemingly crazy idea (usually for personal gain).

Complementing Shake's laziness is his lack of any overwhelming superpower: when he tries to summon a power, he usually ends up dripping a glob of milkshake out from his straw ("Now come over here and slip on it if you dare, rabbit!" he challenged after this action in the first episode). He can launch items from his straw, such as knives, but uses these opportunities to shoot them at Meatwad. While Shake has also caused various household items to violently explode by simply throwing them to the ground, it is not clear if this is actually a superpower. In a "bump" card on Adult Swim, a viewer asked why the Aqua Teen's household items exploded. The show's creators replied that it was, in fact, because of molecular destabilization from cloning everything they own too much. This is presumably necessary because Shake manages to destroy at least one item in the household in every episode.

Shake dies or is maimed somewhat frequently as well, which is usually a result of his own plans backfiring on him. An example being Shake being diagnosed with diabetes after consuming a few dozen bags of Enchiladitos (a Dorito-esque type of chips) to try to find and win Superbowl tickets. Another example is when he is killed by a shrunken Carl, Meatwad, and Frylock whom he'd earlier tried to rule over. 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 embedded in his back. He moves by levitation, and uses his fry-hair as limbs. Frylock is scientifically-minded and conducts experiments in his room, which contains his library, computer, cloner, and various other lab equipment. He is the brains of the ATHF.

Frylock's comedic role is usually that of the straight man, and he acts as the voice of reason to a fault - the foil to Shake's extravagant personality and numerous mistakes. He defends Meatwad and tries to keep peace with Carl. He is selfish and cruel in some situations, but his "cruelty" is more wishful than real, such as when he wears an S & M suit and pretends he's been bad.

Frylock actually possesses several supernatural powers that emanate from his mystic jewel. Among them, the ability to shoot projectiles such as lasers, fireballs, telekinetic beams, and even fire extinguisher foam. He possesses a "Frydar" that can pick up most any frequency or location (used mainly in earlier episodes). It is often assumed that Frylock is African American - even by his housemates - due to his voice which is somewhat ridiculous considering he's a box of french fries and not an actual human being.

A picture of Frylock is seen in his room, standing next to a young Dr. Weird, the significance of which has never been explained. There is also a poster which depicts Frylock's muscular anatomy hanging on his wall.

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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, and a slew of other forms. On one more notable occasion, he turned into a "meat bridge" and once shaped himself into a "Wayne Gretzky," which in fact more closely resembled "Samurai Lincoln," a katana-wielding Abraham Lincoln. Along with his multiple forms, Meatwad can also form triangular arms. He can form several of these at once.

Simple and gullible, Meatwad is constantly abused by Master Shake, and is usually the butt of some half-thought practical joke. Though these practical jokes usually have no effort put into them, Meatwad falls for them anyway. 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. Despite Frylock's attempts to shelter Meatwad, Shake and The Mooninites have repeatedly exposed him to excessive cursing, violence, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and pornography.

There is a more sinister side to Meatwad. He can become quickly corrupted by power and is sometimes very sly and manipulative. The Mooninites have persuaded him to commit crimes, and once Meatwad has some kind of power, Shake is usually the focus of his megalomaniacal tendencies.

Meatwad's room is empty except for filth, a jambox, meaningless crayon scribblings on the walls, a colander and a bed, which is either a grill with hot coals under it or a closet full of sand. His body consumes all waste materials. His brain is actually a brain-shaped squeaky cat toy.

He occasionally makes dolls and other toys out of household items such as an apple named Vanessa, a paper towel tube named Dewey, and Boxy Brown (a 1970s, disco, blaxploitation-influenced box). Unlike his other toys, Boxy Brown speaks to Meatwad and sometimes seems to know things that Meatwad doesn't.

When Meatwad makes a new friend he is fiercely loyal, including to a pet snake Nathan Scott Philips (who had already eaten Meatwad), the Mooninites (who abused him) and his brief mentor "Ol' Drippy", a giant sentient pile of mold and garbage.

Meatwad developed a brief friendship with another minimally intelligent character, Brak from fellow Adult Swim shows The Brak Show, Space Ghost: Coast To Coast, and Cartoon Planet. During the Adult Swim special New Years Eve Party, Brak and Meatwad become fast friends. Throughout the series Meatwad is referred to as underage (e.g. whenever he comes across alcohol), though Meatwad has claimed to be 55 years old; he often makes claims that appear extremely unlikely, 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. He at least thinks he has a father, as evidenced by an occasion when Shake tricked him into thinking a caveman was such.

Other characters

See Also: Minor characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force

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Carl

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

Carl (b. February 19, 1961) is a balding, overweight, hairy victim of crabs. He is currently 45 years old. He dresses 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, as 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 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" twenty hours a week. However, he is never shown working, and it is somewhat implicit that he has no job at all. Carl believes that exercise will kill you (also stating that "Exercise is for women) and that eating a candy bar that really sends parasites into your body is a diet. It is possible Carl is afflicted with a case micropenis, judging by his response to spam email he receives, advertising male enhancement ("...these people- c'mon they know that I'm small down there!"). Carl's lifestyle choices often result in disastrous consequences for him.

He considers the Aqua Teens freaks, and would prefer to avoid contact with them. At times, however, he seems to relate to Master Shake and will go along with whatever bad idea or get rich quick scheme Shake comes up with. Frylock is the only Aqua Teen Carl has any respect for, even though he considers Frylock a freak as well. A running gag is that Carl almost never calls the members of the ATHF by their real name, instead calling Master Shake "Cup", Frylock "Fryman", and Meatwad "Meatman".

Carl has an above-ground swimming pool in his backyard, which the Aqua Teens constantly invade without his permission, and a red, first-generation Mitsubishi 3000GT/Dodge Stealth detailed with the graphics 2 Wycked, which the Aqua Teens constantly, if unwittingly, destroy. Of the regular characters, Carl dies the most frequently. In most episodes, he is in a constant state of frustration and anger.

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 the humor in Carl's character: his actual need for the ATHF. Faced with utter loneliness, Carl always opts for the company of the Aqua Teens. While they were on vacation, he became so lonely that he began talking to Meatwad's dolls.

Carl has an unseen friend named Terry who 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 of Carl's attempts to keep them away fail and usually just lead to more 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.

In the opening of one episode, Dr. Weird is shown on the phone with Carl's friend Terry, talking about mining for brains. This is later revealed to be the source of Meatwad's new brain when, at the end of that episode, Dr. Weird's assistant, Steve, is shown with a hole in his head and no brain.

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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. He does, however, sometimes become fed up with Dr. Weird. In an example of the show's non-continuity based storylines, Steve has both quit and been killed a number of times.

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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, also known as 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 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, a baby human, a bat, and a worm.

Of note is the fact that all of MC Pee Pants's plans are ridiculously complicated and sometimes revolve around solving a problem with an easy solution that he can't figure out. At one time, he wished for the Aqua Teens to kill him. When they refused, he decided that they would have to go back in time, blow up the meteor to save all the dinosaurs, thereby letting them survive and eliminating fossil fuels so the machines that kept him alive couldn't run. Meatwad proceeded to go with the much simpler plan of simply pulling the plug on the machines.

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The Mooninites

The Mooninites, Ignignokt (voiced by Dave Willis) and Err (voiced by Matt Maiellaro), are the pixelated, two-dimensional inhabitants of the Moon who see the Earth as primitive in every way. Often the two come to Earth with selfish intentions and use the Aqua Teens to achieve their goals, usually taking advantage of the impressionable Meatwad.

Ignignokt, the leader, is green and larger than his purple counterpart Err. He usually speaks with a self-important, condescending air and is openly selfish and solipsistic. Err is his hyperactive and trash-talking tag-along. He often yells using profanity to get his point across. Err has shown that he's the more intelligent of the two, despite his follower status.

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 larger and more powerful version of this attack, the “Quad Glacier”, appears to be barely moving to the naked eye.

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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. 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 German accent, and conceives most of their plans, while Emory is much more passive and perhaps more intelligent. Oglethorpe also reveals that he and the Mooninites attended high school together. Both Plutonians 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, taking drugs, 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 Frylock has pointed out may in fact be waste), which is supposedly used to clean the inside of their spaceship. This is revealed in the episode "Space Conflict from Beyond Pluto", in which the Aqua Teens first encounter The Plutonians. There have also been numerous references that they may in fact use marijuana on a regular basis.

Episodes

Main article: List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes

As of November, 2005, Aqua Teen Hunger Force has run on Adult Swim for 4 seasons, the first of which debuted in September, 2001 and the most recent fourth which debuted December 4 2005. The fifth season is scheduled to air on October 16 2006.

DVD Boxsets

Volume Releases

Cover Art	DVD Name	Release Date	Additional Information
File:Aquateenhungerforcevolume1DVDscan.jpg	Volume One	November 18 2003	Contains the first 16 episodes ("Rabbot" through "PDA") in production order, 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.
File:Aquateenhungerforcevolume2DVDscan.jpg	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.
File:Aquateenhungerforcevolume3DVDscan.jpg	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.
File:Aquateenhungerforcevolume4DVDscan.jpg	Volume Four	December 6 2005	Contains 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 titles from 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.

Music

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".

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.

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 Fall 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: December 18 2005), is the first 22 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". 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) It should be noted that animation in the deleted scenes are much sharper and certain characters (Meatwad's dolls Dewey, Vanessa and Boxy Brown) are drawn with much more detail. Also, Carl animates more instead of standing around with his hands on his hips. This suggest a higher budget and is a typical change made to movies based on cartoons. The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future also has a deeper, much more distorted voice which might mean his new voice was recorded at a different studio.

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

New sources say that the movie was pushed back to February 2007, for unknowm reasons. http://www.adultswimhq.com/

Other pop culture references

• The episode "Murphy Murph and the Feng Shui Bunch" of Sealab 2021 is revealed at the end of the episode to be a video game being played by Shake and Meatwad.

• In the Season 1 episode "Tremendous Class" of the Adult Swim program Minoriteam, one of the main characters, Non-Stop, is awakened twice by an alarm clock that looks and sounds like Master Shake.

• 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 anchors Scott Van Pelt and Stuart Scott have repeated lines from the Aqua Teen theme ("Make the homies say 'Ho!' and the girlies wanna scream," "Like Meatwad, he's doin' it 4 da shorteez!") 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 the G4 program Arena, One team that played was known as "jumping is useless," a quote from Aqua Teen's Mooninites, said to Frylock when they shoot the quadlaser at him. There was also a player who used the name "Master Shake" in a more obvious reference to the show.

• Master Shake has appeared on fellow adult swim show Robot Chicken twice; once in the Season 2 premiere "Suck It" and again in "1987", his latter appearance as a panelist on "Best Robot Chicken Ever," a spoof of the VH1 show "Best Week Ever". See Carl pay tribute to Best Week Ever here: BWE 100: Everyone’s Excited!

• In the episode Driving Miss Lazy of Disney Channel's That's So Raven, the character Eddie is heard repeating some of the theme song's lyrics (Driving in my car, living like a star)

• In an episode of The Brak Show, Meatwad can be seen driving by twice in a motorcycle.

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 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 at IMDb
• 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