# Aqua Teen Hunger Force
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 17, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553 "2004-05-17T06:14:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/1 "2004-05-17T06:14:40Z")
Anyone else think this show is hilarious? I just recently started watching it but every episode I have see has been great.
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### Author:  [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/2 "2004-05-17T06:33:01Z")
Ditto. A lot of people don’t like “Shaggy Dog” stories (i.e. stories that ultimately have no real point and are just a bunch of silly screwing around), but for those that do (you Big Lebowski fans!) this show is primo. It’s just such a great mix of amatuerism and brilliance. There are a couple of weak eps, but by and large every one has some great comic exchange or nonsense.
I’d post some quotes, but really, it’s the voice acting that does them justice, not the bare lines themselves. Meatwad’s voice just cracks me up all by itself.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/3 "2004-05-17T06:36:34Z")
ATHF is either very hot or very cold. I find Sealab and Harvey Birdman to be more consistently funny.
But when the Hunger Force is hot, it’s hot.
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### Author:  [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/4 "2004-05-17T06:40:20Z")
Anyone see the latest one, Unremarkable Journey? I er… missed, er downloading it.
I find just the opposite: Birdman and Sealab are the hot/cold ones for me.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/5 "2004-05-17T06:44:12Z")
I had thought it was dumb, then I got into it two or three weeks ago. Weird show- is it me, or does either Shake or Carl die every episode these days? I don’t always laugh out loud at it, but it’s usually funny.
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### Author:  [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/6 "2004-05-17T06:58:23Z")
I either find it lame, or hysterical. I can never tell if it’s because of the mood I’m in, or because one episode isn’t as funny as another. I always find Harvey Birdman funny.
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### Author:  [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/7 "2004-05-17T07:00:07Z")
I think the show is hilarious, especially any episodes with Carl or any of the aliens…Did anyone see the episode with the ghost of christmas past that was a robot explaining the origins of christmas and the same episode later had danzig…or the episode where meatwad gets the suicidal junkie doll with one hand…pure genius I say!
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/8 "2004-05-17T07:41:06Z")
The heroes look like a snack.
It’s Scooby Do on Crack!
\*My name is Shake-Zula,
the mic rulah,
the old schoolah,
you wanna trip,
I’ll break it to ya.
Frylock and I’m on top rock you like a cop,
Meatwad you’re up next with your knock-knock.
Meatwad make the money see, Meatwad get the honeys G.\*
Which Aqua teen hunger force are you?
[http://members.aol.com/chrispyk16/Aquateens.html](http://members.aol.com/chrispyk16/Aquateens.html)
Hey, I am FryLock!
[http://www.aquateencentral.com/](http://www.aquateencentral.com/)
My favorite bit was from The Cloning episode: while cloning one-dollar bills, George Washington suddenly appears!
\*Frylock: He’s George Washington.
George Washington: I am.
Shake: Then what the hell is he doing next to my Benjamins.
George Washington: I have come bearing a message. Great Britain sought taxes from the colonies and they paid for their greed with blood. Now, do you understand the price of avarice?
Shake: Take him out.
George Washington: Wait! No!
(Frylock shoots George Washington)
Meatwad: I done took him out didn’t I? (Meatwad actually shot himself)
Shake (looks at bullet holes in Meatwad): Yeah… you really took him out…
Meatwad: I knew I took him out…hee hee yeah! Hey, did I take him out?
Frylock: Man, we should’ve cloned twenties. Jackson wouldn’t have given a shit!.\*
Now I was hooked! I would never had thought one silly cartoon like this one would actually had so much a historically accurate punch line!
[http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2002/a\_jackson\_pt\_4.html](http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2002/a_jackson_pt_4.html)
Jackson’s efforts to destroy the Bank of the United States, did indeed cause inflation and the loosening of credit led to a huge increase in paper money!
Pure genius, yes!
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/9 "2004-05-17T07:54:37Z")
I almost made a joke about a personality test in the last post, so let’s see…
Alright, I’m Frylock. The test is good.
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### Author:  [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/10 "2004-05-17T07:59:11Z")
Man I am Frylock too but he is not my favorite character.
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### Author:  [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/11 "2004-05-17T07:59:30Z")
She that’s what I mean. When you quote that sequence, it’s not as funny. It needs the voices.
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### Author:  [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/12 "2004-05-17T08:04:42Z")
Two words, my friends: Quad. Laser.
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### Author:  [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/13 "2004-05-17T12:28:41Z")
I love the characters that look like they just popped right outta 8-bit-theater.
Dave and I have a contest to see who the first one to yell “MEATWAD” is whenever we see Meatwad.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/14 "2004-05-17T13:56:33Z")
ATHF is the best thing to watch when you’re stoned. I’ve lost my ability to breathe because I was laughing so hard.
I think my fave is the Super Snake episode, where Frylock accidentally kills everybody. He then feels guilty and assumes the killer pimp badass persona for a while, until confronted with the zombies of all the people he killed, who go from the undead monotone voices of accusation to their regular whiny voices as they argue with Frylock. I was so stupid for the next 24 hours I couldn’t complete a sentence.
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### Author:  [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/15 "2004-05-17T14:15:54Z")
Oh my HEAD - Aqua Teen DVDs. I don’t know if I can handle that.
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### Author:  [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/16 "2004-05-17T14:16:30Z")
I’ve seen the show a couple of times, by accident, and didn’t expect it to be so funny. I’ll have to watch it more often, if it’s (almost) consistently funny.
Oh, and I’m Carl. I guess I’m cranky. :mad:
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### Author:  [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/17 "2004-05-17T18:16:28Z")
…I want candy,
bubble gum and taffy,
skip to the sweet shop
with sweetheart Tandy…
Carl: … that’s the abandoned warehouse next to Melon Shakers, the, ah, gentlemens’ club.
[MC Pee Pants Rules](http://www.mcchris.com)
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/18 "2004-05-17T18:49:02Z")
_Meatwad:_ “I’m the devil’s onion…scallion.”
_Frylock:_ “Minion”
_Meatwad:_ “Whatever”
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### Author:  [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/19 "2004-05-17T19:16:11Z")
Meatwad: Where’s My Whiskey? I wanna get tore up!
(the Meatwad voice makes it)
The Trenton Tar Pits:
_Voice on Intercom_: Hi I’m your captian today and I’m a convicted sex offender.
Assisted Living Dracula.
The Broodwich.
My favorite ep is the one where all the ATHF villains have a convention on the Moon to form the villain group MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday.
Anyone notice there are a lot of websites mentioned (and ‘exist’ in sense ) on that show?
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### Author:  [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aqua-teen-hunger-force/245553/20 "2004-05-17T20:42:16Z")
> [@](#):
>
> Shake: (to Happy Time Harry) This is a magic cliff here, like in The Highlander. So you will become the Highlander, and you’ll roam the earth forever _trying_ to kill yourself, but you won’t be able to, because you’ll be immortal! Won’t _that_ suck, little man?
> Meatwad: Well, actually, that sounds kind of cool.
> Shake: Yeah, it does.
> Meatwad: Then I’m gonna do it.
> Shake: No you’re not! _I’m_ doing it!
> Frylock: Shake, wait! The Highlander was just a movie, I mean-
> Shake: Oh, Frylock. The Highlander was a documentary, and the events happened in real time.
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> [about a minute later, after being corrected about the Highlander movie mythos.]
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> Shake: (to Happytime Harry) Oh you think you’re the expert? Let’s see how much your ass knows about flying! (throws him off cliff)
😃🆒
Is it just me, or does Shake sound a little…tipsy?
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