# I hate Aqua Teen Hunger Force **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878 "2005-01-27T04:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/1 "2005-01-27T04:55:01Z")
Now, I can enjoy with Sealab. I love Venture Bros. I like many fo the other CTN-sponsored shows. But I’ll be frank. AQHF looks like crap from here. The only funny bit in the entire show - the only bit that ever brings a smile to my face, let alone a short giggle - is that “Island of Doctor Wierd” skit right at the start. AQHF is so annoying and non-funny, I prefer to watch History Channel reruns. Of shows that weren’t that good the first time. And Jefferton has about two funny bits every episode. And that’s it. And the animation on both sucks. GAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/2 "2005-01-27T05:05:37Z")
It’s one of those shows you either love or hate. Either you have that kind of sense of humor, or you don’t. FTR, I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/3 "2005-01-27T05:08:17Z")
How can you hate this show? Do you have no taste? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/4 "2005-01-27T05:09:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Do you have no taste? of couse not! That’s why I dislike it. 🙂 Really, though, I just look at it and think, “Wow. That’s so not funny.” C’est la vie. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/5 "2005-01-27T05:27:27Z")
Humor’s very subjective; \*ATHF \*is the only Adult Swim program that I find funny. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/6 "2005-01-27T05:42:29Z")
For me, it’s mostly in the voice acting. The characters just come through in the voice. And Shake? How can you not find that sadistic asshole of a milkshake funny? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/7 "2005-01-27T06:25:38Z")
I finally figured out the key to what makes ATHF work. And it’s Shake. Actually, it’s a bit more than that. See, what they’ve done is something that a lot of shows could learn from. A lot of shows create these really, really annoying characters, and put them in situations where they torment normal people, and think that’s enough. I’m thinking particularly of SNL or Mad TV, here. ATHF has figured out the rest of the formula, though. They that that really, really annoying character, have him torment normal people for a little while, than _brutally mutilated and/or kill him._ Over and over and over. I like to watch the show because I know that, the more of an asshole Shake is to Meatwad, the more horrible his ultimate comeupance will be. Be it illicit plastic surgery gone horribly wrong, possesion by brain-burrowing extra-terrestrials, or one of his many ill-advised, gruesome, and usually succesful suicide attempts, I know that by the end of the average episode, that motherfucker is going to be _hurting_. And that makes me smile. The same principle can often be seen at work with Cartman in _South Park_. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/8 "2005-01-27T07:17:34Z")
The laugh that the mummy does when confronted about making noise all night is the funniest thing ever. EVER. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/9 "2005-01-27T09:40:03Z")
The key to liking, or ‘getting’, Aqua Teen is to remember that it’s **character driven** , not plot driven. This is also why the limited animation isn’t a hindrance (similar to why South Park works). In other words, the plots are just setups for the characters to interact with one another. That’s why ATHF can work with even the most insane, ridiculous plots. Because the characters’ personalities are consistent and their reactions and interactions to things and each other is often hilarious! Tom Goes to the Mayor is similar. Although not quite as nuts, the plots are still not where the jokes are. They’re in the character’s dialog. I didn’t quite know what to make of TGTTM at first. But now I get it. Tom is always sheepishly optimistic and accomodating, and the Mayor is a sociopath! Hilarity ensues… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/10 "2005-01-27T13:55:06Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > How can you hate this show? Do you have no taste? Of course he has no taste. He likes Sealab 2021. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/11 "2005-01-27T14:25:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course he has no taste. He likes Sealab 2021. _Thinks for a moment_ You know, you’re _absolutely right_. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/12 "2005-01-27T14:26:14Z")
[QUOTE=smiling bandit] And Jefferton has about two funny bits every episode. And that’s it. And the animation on both sucks. QUOTE] It’s funny how you mention the animation on ATHF sucks, yet you say you liek Sealab, which has far worse animation. But I agree with you on Tom Goes to the Mayor, that is the second worst pile of shit Adult Swim has ever put on the air. The absolute worst piece of shit is Super Milk Chan. Anyone who finds that funny will eventually be shot in the head by me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/13 "2005-01-27T16:46:54Z")
The first time I saw each episode of TGTTM I found them mildly amusing. Patten Oswalt was the best part. The second time I saw each of the (what are there, like 5?) episodes, I found them boring and repetitive. The 300 millionth time they ran the episodes I nearly shot the tv. Aqua Teen and Sea Lab, on the other hand, are pure comedic love. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/14 "2005-01-27T17:03:00Z")
It’s also funny to think that the guy who voices Master Shake _actually talks like that in real life_. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/15 "2005-01-27T17:17:20Z")
I’d like to take this moment to point out that ATHF boils down to the same comedy formula used by the Three Stooges. (And Ed, Edd, and Eddy): - The smart guy - The stupid guy - The operator Lots of mileage in this particular combination of characters … . ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/16 "2005-01-27T17:28:50Z")
I have only broadcast TV, so I’ve only seen a handful of episodes of ATHF, but they had me in stitches. My birthday was this month, and I received many DVDs as gifts, including Season 1 of ATHF. I watch my DVD gifts in the order received, and ATHF is next after a _Family Guy_ DVD of Seth MacFarlane’s five favorite episodes. I’m just about in physical pain from the wait. I feel obligated to watch the _Family Guy_ because it was a gift, but it’s dreadful. Horribly unfunny. The worst _Simpsons_ episodes are still better than this crap. And it’s even harder to watch, knowing ATHF is next and that it’ll be so good. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/17 "2005-01-27T19:17:47Z")
If you hate ATHF, you’d _really_ hate the Brak Show. I, however, am easily amused, so I greatly enjoy both of them. Hubby does not share my views. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/18 "2005-01-27T20:01:14Z")
I used to hate, hate, hate _ATHF_. Now I can’t live without it. Plutonians are teh suck! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/19 "2005-01-27T20:17:22Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > If you hate ATHF, you’d _really_ hate the Brak Show. > > I, however, am easily amused, so I greatly enjoy both of them. > > Hubby does not share my views. 😃 Odly enough, I LOVE ATHF, but HATE the Brak Show with the firey passion of a thousand suns. Here is my summation of the Brak Show: Brak: I’M BRAK! I’M LOUD AND YELLIGN SO IT MUST BE FUNNY!!! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878/20 "2005-01-27T20:27:06Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Odly enough, I LOVE ATHF, but HATE the Brak Show with the firey passion of a thousand suns. Here is my summation of the Brak Show: > > Brak: I’M BRAK! I’M LOUD AND YELLIGN SO IT MUST BE FUNNY!!! Ditto. Love ATHF, bur Brak is among the worst shit on Cartoon Network. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-aqua-teen-hunger-force/286878.md?page=2)