# Aqua Teen Hunger Force--Que?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 21, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180 "2004-07-21T14:27:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/1 "2004-07-21T14:27:21Z")
_Aqua Teen Hunger Force_ --I keep getting e-mails about it from comics dealers.
What is it, exactly? š
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### Author:  [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/2 "2004-07-21T14:33:35Z")
[Hereās a good article about it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Teen_Hunger_Force) from Wikipedia.
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### Author:  [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/3 "2004-07-21T14:47:20Z")
Do you have the cable TV, **Bosda**? If you do, tune into the Cartoon Network at 11 PM (Māboro time) this evening. Then get back to us in re: your reaction.
Good luck.
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### Author:  [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/4 "2004-07-21T14:51:28Z")
Must-See-TV š
It took me quite awhile to warm to it, but I have to see it now. I love Carl.
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### Author:  [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/5 "2004-07-21T15:03:55Z")
As Master Shake said, āNow that Iāve seen that on TV, that is the shiz-NITE!!ā
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/6 "2004-07-21T15:53:59Z")
> [@vibrotronica](#):
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> Do you have the cable TV, **Bosda**? If you do, tune into the Cartoon Network at 11 PM (Māboro time) this evening. Then get back to us in re: your reaction.
>
> Good luck.
Ummmā¦I godda go to work at 4:30 AM.
Iāll set the TCR to record this, and Sealab 2021.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/7 "2004-07-21T15:57:56Z")
I meant āVCRā. :o
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### Author:  [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/8 "2004-07-25T04:45:08Z")
Perhaps this review by funkdiggityfresh
š [funkdiggityfresh.com](http://funkdiggityfresh.com/review324.html)
will help
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### Author:  [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/9 "2004-07-25T08:13:38Z")
If he turns in at 11, heāll see Family Guy. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is on at 12:00 and 12:15.
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### Author:  [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/10 "2004-07-25T08:25:09Z")
> [@emekthian](#):
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> If he turns in at 11, heāll see Family Guy. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is on at 12:00 and 12:15.
Ah, no. See in Murfreesboro, ATHF comes on at 11. It has to do with warped space time and āTime Zones.ā It all gets very crazy.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/11 "2004-07-25T18:20:42Z")
I saw it.
Not as funny as _South Park_, and animation just as bad. No worse, 'cause the kids have arms & legs. :rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/12 "2004-07-25T18:25:24Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> I saw it.
>
> Not as funny as _South Park_, and animation just as bad. No worse, 'cause the kids have arms & legs. :rolleyes:
You expected a ball of meat to have arms and legs?
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/13 "2004-07-25T18:34:43Z")
> [@elfkin477](#):
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> You expected a ball of meat to have arms and legs?
I expect the show to **not suck**.
:dubious:
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### Author:  [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/14 "2004-07-25T18:43:41Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#):
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> I expect the show to **not suck**.
> :dubious:
I donāt know if Iād say it _sucks_, but I donāt quite get the appeal of the show, either. To me it just seems like they went too far with the ārandom == funnyā idea.
The only bits that have made me laugh have been the ones with the Mooninites (sp?), which are brilliant. I caught a bit of one not too long ago, where a couple of aliens were having a conversation in a spaceship and stopped suddenly when one of them said, āDid you see that? Iām going to kick that guyās ass!ā It cut to another spaceship, where one of the Mooninites was giving the finger out the window. āDid they see it?ā āIndeed.ā Comedy gold.
But people whose opinions I usually trust seem to love it. And I really like most of the stuff on Adult Swim.
Iāll stick with Sealab: 2021.
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/15 "2004-07-25T18:46:55Z")
Count me in as one more unimpressed person (and Iām also in the ātarget audienceā for Adult Swim). I gave all those cartoons several chances, but aside from Harvey Birdman (which only appeals to me as a lawyer, not as a superhero fan), I donāt think any of them are that good or that funny. The animation is generally terrible, but I can forgive South Park for less-than-stellar animation. I especially donāt get the cultlike followings Aqua Teen and Sealab have. I donāt mean to sound like a dick, but I really did watch them several times before coming to this conclusion.
And yet I still think South Park has touches of genius, eight seasons later.
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### Author:  [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/16 "2004-07-26T00:02:39Z")
Actually, it took me MONTHS (probably even close to a year) until I finally warmed to it. I donāt know why.
I think it was the Mooninites episodes that got me hooked.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/17 "2004-07-26T01:03:39Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#):
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> The animation is generally terrible, but I can forgive South Park for less-than-stellar animation.
I donāt know if this is really a relevant criticism. And the animation is bland, but itās not nearly as ugly as South Parkās anyway.
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### Author:  [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/18 "2004-07-26T01:05:31Z")
> [@Marley23](#):
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> I donāt know if this is really a relevant criticism. And the animation is bland, but itās not nearly as ugly as South Parkās anyway.
It all comes down to what styles you like and donāt like, really.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/19 "2004-07-26T01:06:42Z")
True.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force-que/256180/20 "2004-07-26T01:13:48Z")
I think itās funny as hell.
Itās one of those shows that appeals to a particularly screwed up sense of humor. Either you have it and love it, or donāt and hate it. I love unpredictable random senseless humor, and so the show works for me.
Plus, the voice characterizations on the show are excellent. Thatās mostly what makes the showāthe great readings. Master Shake, especially. The guy is such an unrepentant asshole, I love it! And the sheer unpredictibility of the show makes it fun.
But hey, Iām not surprised many people hate it.
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