"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" (2000) TV series 2000-????

Creators:

Matt Maiellaro
Dave Willis
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

30 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Tagline:

Number 1 in the hood, G!

Plot:

A milkshake, a floating order of fries and a meatball become local superheroes that safeguard the world (when they feel like it).

Plot Keywords:

Milkshake | French Fries | Mad Scientist | Ghost | Meat

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 25	12:30 AM	TOON	Hoppy Bunny	#5.5
Wed. Nov. 25	12:45 AM	TOON	The Meat Zone	#2.9

Cast

Dave Willis	...	Meatwad / ... (86 episodes, 2000-2009)
Dana Snyder	...	Master Shake (85 episodes, 2000-2009)
Carey Means	...	Frylock (85 episodes, 2000-2009)
C. Martin Croker	...	Dr. Weird / ... (41 episodes, 2000-2003)
Matt Maiellaro	...	Err / ... (39 episodes, 2001-2009)

Series Directed by
Matt Maiellaro		(85 episodes, 2000-2009)
Dave Willis		(85 episodes, 2000-2009)

Series Writing credits
Matt Maiellaro		(86 episodes, 2000-2009)
Dave Willis		(86 episodes, 2000-2009)
Ted Murphy		(2 episodes, 2008)
Thom Nicolette		(2 episodes, 2008)

Series Produced by
Keith Crofford	....	executive producer (86 episodes, 2000-2009)
Dave Willis	....	producer (86 episodes, 2000-2009)
Matt Maiellaro	....	producer (85 episodes, 2000-2009)
Vishal Roney	....	line producer (84 episodes, 2000-2009)
Michael Lazzo	....	executive producer (75 episodes, 2000-2009)
Jay Edwards	....	producer (74 episodes, 2000-2009)
Edward Hastings	....	producer (36 episodes, 2003-2009)
Nick Ingkatanuwat	....	associate producer / producer (23 episodes, 2006-2009)

Series Original Music by
Schooly-D		(86 episodes, 2000-2009)

Series Film Editing by
Jay Edwards		(67 episodes, 2000-2009)
Edward Hastings		(55 episodes, 2002-2009)
John Brestan		(41 episodes, 2002-2008)
Phil Samson		(23 episodes, 2003-2009)
John C. Walts		(3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Lear Bunda		(3 episodes, 2008)
Brad Lee Zimmerman		(2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Pierre Cerrato		(2 episodes, 2009)

Series Makeup Department
Roy Wooley	....	prosthetics (1 episode, 2005)

Series Art Department
Thom Nicolette	....	property master (1 episode, 2008)
Ben Prisk	....	illustrations (1 episode, 2009)

Series Sound Department
Roy Clements	....	sound designer / sound (55 episodes, 2000-2004)
Michael Kohler	....	sound designer / sound designer: Bluetube Productions / ... (31 episodes, 2005-2009)
J.C. Richardson	....	sound designer / sound (15 episodes, 2003-2004)
Cyrus Shahmir	....	audio assist (10 episodes, 2006)
Andy Martin	....	sound / sound designer (8 episodes, 2004-2005)

Series Special Effects by
Scott Fry	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. / special effects / ... (39 episodes, 2001-2006)
Craig Hartin	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. / special effects (34 episodes, 2002-2003)
Crichton Bentley	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. / special effects (31 episodes, 2002-2003)
Nathan Churney	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. (21 episodes, 2003)
Mark D. Garcia	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. (21 episodes, 2003)
Michael Carpenter	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. (11 episodes, 2003)
Jeanine Harned	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. (9 episodes, 2003)
Sketch Quinn	....	special effects: Radical Axis Inc. (9 episodes, 2003)

Series Visual Effects by
Scott Fry	....	animation and effects producer / compositor / ... (51 episodes, 2000-2008)
Nathan Churney	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. / compositing and effects: Radical Axis, Inc. / ... (44 episodes, 2004-2009)
Craig Hartin	....	compositor / computer animation supervisor / ... (21 episodes, 2001-2008)
Jamie Galatas	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. / compositing and effects / ... (18 episodes, 2005-2009)
Joshua Mullinax	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. / compositor / ... (16 episodes, 2004-2005)
Mark D. Garcia	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Jeanine Harned	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. (12 episodes, 2004)
Michael Burnhardt	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis, Inc. / compositing and effects / ... (12 episodes, 2006-2009)
Crichton Bentley	....	compositor / compositing (10 episodes, 2002)
Raymond Kim	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. / compositor / ... (9 episodes, 2004-2008)
Sketch Quinn	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. (9 episodes, 2004-2005)
Pierre Cerrato	....	conform editor: Radical Axis, Inc. (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
Brad Lee Zimmerman	....	conforming / conform editor: Radical Axis, Inc. (8 episodes, 2008)
Amanda Dockery	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. / compositing and effects / ... (4 episodes, 2006)
Raymond Ryan	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. (4 episodes, 2006)
Reese Lloyd	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. (4 episodes, 2008)
Nick Gibbons	....	conform editor: Radical Axis, Inc. (4 episodes, 2009)
Harriss Callahan	....	compositor / compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. (3 episodes, 2005)
Timothy Farrell Jr.	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis, Inc. (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Micah Lewis	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. / compositor: Radical Axis Inc. (2 episodes, 2006)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Ingkatanuwat	....	additional still photographer (9 episodes, 2004-2005)
Dennis Bassarab	....	director of photography: Vegetable Man / director of photography: live-action / ... (3 episodes, 2001-2008)
Michael Reff	....	cinematographer: location scenes / director of photography: Assisted Living Dracula (2 episodes, 2001-2003)
Aaron S. Cobb	....	additional still photographer: Wild Hare Studios (2 episodes, 2003)
John Floyd	....	additional still photographer: Wild Hare Studios (2 episodes, 2003)
Matthew I. Jenkins	....	additional still photographer: Wild Hare Studios (2 episodes, 2003)
Chris McMurry	....	additional still photographer: Wild Hare Studios (2 episodes, 2003)
Charlie Zoubek	....	additional still photographer: Wild Hare Studios (2 episodes, 2003)

Series Animation Department
Bob Pettitt	....	background artist / background & stills artist (86 episodes, 2000-2009)
Craig Hartin	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / computer animation supervisor: Radicial Axis Inc. / ... (65 episodes, 2000-2009)
C. Martin Croker	....	cel animator: Big Deal Cartoons / cel animator / ... (62 episodes, 2000-2009)
Matthew I. Jenkins	....	cel animator: Wild Hare Studios / cel animator / ... (52 episodes, 2000-2006)
Todd Redner	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / animator: Radical Axis / ... (50 episodes, 2002-2009)
Charlie Zoubek	....	cel animator: Wild Hare Studios / animator: Radical Axis / ... (41 episodes, 2001-2008)
Scott Fry	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / animation producer: Radical Axis Inc. / ... (33 episodes, 2003-2009)
Joshua Mullinax	....	animation coordinator: Radical Axis Inc. / animation coordinator: Radical Axis, Inc. (27 episodes, 2006-2009)
Nathan Churney	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / 3-D animator: Radical Axis Inc. / ... (25 episodes, 2003-2008)
Crichton Bentley	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / animator: Radical Axis, Inc. (24 episodes, 2003)
Mark D. Garcia	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / animator: Radical Axis, Inc. (24 episodes, 2003)
Chris McMurry	....	cel animator / cel animator: Wild Hare Studios (20 episodes, 2000-2004)
Aaron S. Cobb	....	cel animator: Wild Hare Studios / cel animator (19 episodes, 2001-2004)
Mike Frame	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / 2-D animator & designer: Radical Axis (18 episodes, 2005-2009)
Sketch Quinn	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / cel animator: Radical Axis / ... (17 episodes, 2002-2009)
Eric Cerda	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / 2-D animator & designer: Radical Axis, Inc. / ... (14 episodes, 2005-2009)
John Floyd	....	cel animator: Wild Hare Studios (11 episodes, 2003-2004)
Melissa Wolfert	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / 2-D animator & designer: Radical Axis / ... (11 episodes, 2008-2009)
Michael Carpenter	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / animator: Radical Axis, Inc. (10 episodes, 2003)
Jeanine Harned	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / animator: Radical Axis, Inc. (9 episodes, 2003)
Amanda Dockery	....	cel animator: Radical Axis (9 episodes, 2005-2008)
Les Harper	....	cel animator (8 episodes, 2000-2002)
Sam Leyja	....	cel animator (8 episodes, 2000-2002)
Hunter Matheson	....	cel animator (8 episodes, 2000-2002)
Ralph Sevelius	....	animator: Radical Axis / cel animator: Radical Axis (8 episodes, 2006-2009)
Brad Schwab	....	cel animator: Radical Axis (8 episodes, 2008-2009)
T.J. Buford	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / 2-D animator & designer: Radical Axis, Inc. (7 episodes, 2008)
Charlie Roode	....	animator: Radical Axis (7 episodes, 2008)
Chris Rainey	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / animator: Radical Axis (6 episodes, 2004-2006)
Andre Moore	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / cel animator: Wild Hare Studios (5 episodes, 2003-2004)
Michelle Fabie	....	animator: Radical Axis / cel animator: Radical Axis (4 episodes, 2004-2006)
Jon Henshaw	....	cel animator: Radical Axis Inc. / cel animator (3 episodes, 2002-2003)
Ben Prisk	....	animator: storytime caveman stills / animator: storytime turkatron stills / ... (3 episodes, 2002-2003)
Nick Ingkatanuwat	....	additional animation stills / stills animation (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
Midnight Hickey	....	cel animator: Radical Axis (3 episodes, 2005-2009)
Missy Feaster	....	cel animator: Radical Axis (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Dagny Phillips-Stumberger	....	cel animator: Radical Axis Inc. / 3-D animator: Radical Axis Inc. (3 episodes, 2008-2009)
Jason Barnes	....	cel animator: Radical Axis (3 episodes, 2009)
Tim Pethel	....	ink and paint artist (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Jon Schnepp	....	background artist (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
Adam Jesberger	....	cel animator: Wild Hare Studios (2 episodes, 2003)
C. Edwards	....	cel animator: Radical Axis (2 episodes, 2004)
Micah Lewis	....	animator: Radical Axis (2 episodes, 2006)
Jason Shwartz	....	cel animator: Radical Axis (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Editorial Department
Juston Rindlesbach	....	editorial assistant (3 episodes, 2006)
Lear Bunda	....	editorial assistant (2 episodes, 2006)
Harold Sellers	....	editorial assistant (2 episodes, 2006)
Pierre Cerrato	....	conform editor: Radical Axis / editorial assistant (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ted Murphy	....	editing assistant (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Music Department
Erik Horvitz	....	music mixer / musician: additional instruments (86 episodes, 2000-2009)
Terry Yerves	....	musician: drums / musician: live drums (85 episodes, 2000-2009)

Series Other crew
Ben Prisk	....	title designer: end credits (65 episodes, 2002-2008)
Nick Ingkatanuwat	....	production assistant / puppeteer (40 episodes, 2003-2005)
Chris Ward	....	production assistant (25 episodes, 2002-2004)
John Brestan	....	production assistant / sock puppets (17 episodes, 2000-2002)
Brandon Betts	....	production coordinator / production coordinator: Radical Axis / ... (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Thom Nicolette	....	production assistant / intern (12 episodes, 2005-2006)
Eddie Ray	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ted Murphy	....	production assistant (11 episodes, 2003)
Vanessa Palacios	....	intern / production assistant (9 episodes, 2006)
Jennifer Stephens	....	production coordinator (9 episodes, 2009)
Alan Steadman	....	intern / t3 (7 episodes, 2006-2009)
Branden Waugh	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 2006)
Sara Blankenship	....	intern (6 episodes, 2002)
Logan Albright	....	intern (6 episodes, 2004)
Will Armstrong	....	intern (6 episodes, 2004)
Andrew Quitmeyer	....	intern (6 episodes, 2006)
Edward Morgan	....	intern (6 episodes, 2008)
Lyndsey Sargent	....	intern (6 episodes, 2008)
Dustin Chambers	....	intern (4 episodes, 2009)
Allison Gillogly	....	intern (4 episodes, 2009)
Elan Church	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2003)
Frank Bowen	....	intern (3 episodes, 2004)
Casey Wallace	....	intern (3 episodes, 2004)
Justin Wagner	....	intern (3 episodes, 2006)
David Braught	....	intern (3 episodes, 2008)
Bailey Humphries	....	intern (3 episodes, 2009)
Lance Darden	....	intern (2 episodes, 2005)
Nick Day	....	intern (2 episodes, 2005)
Gray Gunter	....	intern (2 episodes, 2005)
Lauren Henneberg	....	intern (2 episodes, 2005)
Jeff DiMaggio	....	intern (2 episodes, 2009)
Shelby Farrell	....	intern (2 episodes, 2009)
Cielgate Narcisse	....	intern (2 episodes, 2009)

Series Thanks
Ben Prisk	....	special thanks (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Tim Pethel	....	special thanks (2 episodes, 2001)

Production Companies

• Radical Axis
• Williams Street

Distributors

• Cartoon Network (2000) (USA) (TV)
• Adult Swim (2000) (USA) (TV)
• Turner Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)

Also Known As:

ATHF (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

15 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (some episodes) | USA:TV-MA | Canada:14A (some episodes) | Canada:18A | New Zealand:R16 | New Zealand:M (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M (some episodes) | USA:TV-14 (some episodes)

Company:

Radical Axis

Trivia:

Through Seasons 1-3, when the show ended, the logo for Williams Street Studios was followed by the image of a skull and crossbones with the Cartoon Network logo as the skull's teeth. Over that would be the sound of Matt Maiellaro, the show's co-creator, shouting, "Skull!"

Quotes:

Meatwad: [In front of a closet that has a sign that says "WARNING! DO NOT ENTER!] Carl, in here, no one won't ever think to look in here.
[Opens the door to reveal a pink intestinal-like surface with a gaping black hole]
Meatwad: No one won't ever want to get near here.
Carl: You, uh, you sure about this?
Meatwad: Aww, just do it.
[Master Shake pushes Carl in and closes the door. A second later, the door opens up again, and Carl comes flying out of the closet screaming]
Meatwad: Whoops, my bad.
Frylock: [angrily closing the door] I told y'all: this closet is not to be opened, it is a horrible horrible place in there!
Meatwad: Well there's a knob there.
Frylock: Why do you think I put the sign there? You think I was being cute?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Supermarket (2009)

Just the laughs, ma'am

If you just want to laugh and laugh at some of the most joke-packed dialogue on TV today--and you don't care whether any of it makes sense--then you'll love ATHF.

The writers don't waste time explaining why the characters are food or what "Aqua Teen" even means. They don't try to tie up plot threads, illuminate the backstory, or even have the characters leave their neighborhood to fight crimes as depicted in the opening and closing credits. None of that is necessary. Instead, they just bring us a stripped-down, personality-driven yukfest that shows encumbered with the usual baggage simply can't match.

ATHF meets---nay, far exceeds!---my personal gold standard for comedy: that the jokes should not only be funny, but be ones I couldn't possibly have thought up for myself, and that there not be a moment's lag time between them.

Watching it is like eating potato chips (um, guess I mean fries) of pure, mindless laughter. ENJOY!