who buy them to spawn you and why you know you know what i'm saying no
do you ever find yourself out past your bedtime as a kid only to see this message on tv
and then this happens i will spit in your face now prepare to spit aqua teen hunger force was a mix
between a fever dream and subversive surrealism it started off pretty interesting as this kind of
pseudo backdoor pilot within another show space goes coast to coast in an episode where these
sentient fast food items appeared the series was created by dave willis and matt molaro and
eventually after some run arounds with adult swim we finally got to see a full-fledged show
morph out of this and pitched as these food items solving mysteries and trying to save the day from
whatever would be happening in that episode now that concept didn't last long as they eventually
turned the series into these characters and their neighbor carl getting into random weird and
nonsensical shenanigans and will be this formula this amalgamation of pure chaos hitting you so
fast that you already forgot about what just happened because something else even crazier is
happening now that would propel this into adult swim's most well-known show to have ever been
produced it was so synonymous with adult swim that it not only resulted in a theatrical film titled
aqua teen hunger force colon movie film for theaters released in 2007 but also a video
game that was just as random as the show aqua teen hunger force zombie ninja pro-am which had
you playing golf beating people up cart racing and much more this was huge for adult swim a show that
didn't cost much to make a movie that made millions back in return in a mediocre video
game with funny writing bringing in more money and attention to their broadcasting block than
ever before it's one of adult swim's longest running shows as well only surpassed by both
robot chicken and venture bros and with a total of 11 seasons from the span of the literal end of
december 2000 to august of 2015 the show created this very interesting legacy and helped propel
what adult swim turned into and the well unique quality of shows that it's aired over the years
oh yeah you'll see that oh someone should have been there to see that it was classy
ludacris was a word that we heard uh deplorable that was one uh unwatchable yeah but all in all
they were good one of the first things you'll notice about aqua teen hunger force is the quality
of the animation and how the show is produced similar to other shows around the same time like
south park the animation was made on a low budget with a ton of static settings that characters
would also mainly move statically would be shuffled around in it's kind of an admirable look
they would create these images within photoshop then use adobe after effects to animate them
then fully edit the show in final cut pro so while it's not traditionally animated it adds
this unique tone and shows that some love and care was put into it i noticed some this look can be
pretty off-putting especially where we're at with animation today but it shows that you
can make something at least entertaining with limited resources creating something that can
capture your attention with the limited tools they had is an achievement not many shows can claim
i mean the show is about sentient fast food items it's already such a weird concept why not make it
in a weird way the limiting of movement added to the humor most times and gave it this toy
box feeling of someone just messing around with their toys and creating ridiculous situations for
them and of course everything has to blow up explosiongreenscreeneffect3.mov here and here
and here a long running staple joke of the show in later seasons of the show when it transferred into
full widescreen high definition it did upgrade some special effects and animation but for the
most part kept what made the show special the familiar look that was iconic for the show it
kind of felt like a fun way to boast about the success that the show had found and upgrade some
fun new things but also hold on to the important aspects and i give both dave and matt credit for
keeping it the same way for so long essentially sticking with the same tools they started with
and you should see what he did what do you mean what did he do to my room i'll lead the way
me wide lead the way okay oh i don't really think you can describe the show with a cohesive
plot maybe at first when the show focused on the team solving mysteries and problems while
solving in the loosest term of the word ever but that was all quickly abandoned
for the sake of staying creative and weird it didn't want to fall into the same formula
with every episode which then would defeat the point of the show's overall purpose
that purpose being crafting random scenarios that would cause mayhem for every character involved
one day it's fake leprechauns trying to steal your gold and valuable items the next day it's
trying to bring master shake back to life with a witch doctor it didn't matter what was happening
it just mattered how it all came together in the end what all this randomness would add up to which
would usually be an abrupt ending with one or more of the characters just randomly dying due
to something ridiculous already happening for the first two seasons of the show they would
have a cold open essentially a really brief clip of a guy named dr weird and his assistant steve
doing these random lab experiments very early on creating something that would drive the plot for
that episode and they would try to follow it this would usually turn into the cold opening of them
just kind of doing something random that wouldn't even be involved with the story later on at all
and after the first two seasons the third season followed the space pranks battles and verbal back
and forth of the mooninites and the plutonians which is all kind of footage from another show
they tried to greenlight called space cates which didn't ever take off but you can find
a bunch of the extras on the dvds for aqua teen hunger force when the fourth season started the
cold openings were gone after that and went to traditional openings of the nonsense for the show
also the writing for the show had a fun process while yes it was scripted they weren't afraid to
let the voice talent ad-lib lines that later would be animated and added into the episode proper this
allowed the show to keep a fresh and fun work environment giving way to more exciting finished
products unfortunately the show was cancelled as the 11th season was coming to an end in august
of 2015. the president of adult swim mike lazzo decided it was time to move on from the show in
shelvet even though both dave and mike wanted to continue and the show was still performing well
now there is still hope that one day this show can make a comeback dave and mike have
stated that while there are no plans currently for a revival that maybe one day the show can
come back the hardcore fan base of the show has been asking adult swim for years if they plan
to give the show another run and adult swim did answer in the form of a we might during
one of the tech screens between all their other shows hopefully one day we see aqua teen hunger
force make a comeback it was a staple show for roughly 14 years with a dedicated audience who
would like to see more adventures of the fast food trio in carl to see what other ridiculous antics
they can get into or just give you something weird to wake up to in the middle of the night
this is a fun pool i do like splashing yes playing is for pleasure we should have a pool
make us one from the sky i command it yeah yeah i'll do that adult swim started its program block
officially in september of 2001 bringing with it a slew of shows for an older late night audience
after the kids go to sleep spoiler we were never really asleep we saw everything all the weirdness
the shows had to offer but with aqua teen hunger force's premiere pre-dating the launch of the
show's pilot being shown on december 30th of 2000 basically nine months before adult swim it made
its mark as the leader in what we can expect to see going forward similar to nick at night
on nickelodeon just with lest george lopez you know jumping in the air now that's a low rider
you know what that means and with adult swim hitting its 19th anniversary here soon this late
night programming block would not be where it is today without shows like aqua team paving the way
for weird absurd off the beaten path 11-minute content that would rule the late-night landscape
for teenagers adults and well uh plant lovers adult swim would become the vessel to create and
show off some of the weirdest content ever shown on television like xavier renegade angel tim and
eric and plenty more whether a lot of these shows captured the same charm and following as aqua
teen hunger force or not it is easy to see what the outcome of giving a show like this a chance
created i guess after a long dip in the pool of cartoon network programming it's nice to have a
pool briefly only open for an older crowd guess it's time to swim get out of my freaking pool
aqua teen hunger 4 shows creating nonsense can be done in an interesting way whether you truly
love what the show offers or if it's something to just turn your brain off at the end of the
night to the majority of adult swim's original programming can be described as made for the uh
higher intellectual with short 11 to 12 minute shows roughly the length of a community pool's
adult swim session as to not overstay the welcome of absurdity now was aqua teen hunger force the
best show of all time far from it but what it helped accomplish and establish as a way to
throw random quick bites of ideas at a wall for a slice of surreal entertainment a way to be weird
different and something that you can never really say felt the same as something else let me know
if you enjoyed this show if you started watching at a young age like me late at night i'm always
curious to hear people's first encounter with this show anyways i hope you enjoyed the video
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