"Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1" (2000) "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" (original title), TV series

Creators:

Matt Maiellaro
Dave Willis
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

30 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Tagline:

Is a black shake a mistake?

Plot:

The misadventures of a milkshake, an order of fries, a meatball, and their retired next door neighbor in the suburbs of New Jersey.

Plot Keywords:

Milkshake | French Fries | Food | Battle | Ghost

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. May 17	12:45 AM	TOON	Interfection	#1.15
Thur. May 17	1:00 AM	TOON	Bad Replicant	#1.11

Cast

Dave Willis	...	Meatwad / ... (102 episodes, 2000-2011)
Dana Snyder	...	Master Shake / ... (101 episodes, 2000-2011)
Carey Means	...	Frylock (96 episodes, 2000-2011)
C. Martin Croker	...	Dr. Weird / ... (43 episodes, 2000-2011)

Series Directed by
Dave Willis		(100 episodes, 2000-2011)
Matt Maiellaro		(87 episodes, 2000-2011)

Series Writing credits
Dave Willis		(102 episodes, 2000-2011)
Matt Maiellaro		(91 episodes, 2000-2011)
Chris 'Casper' Kelly		(2 episodes, 2003-2010)
Ted Murphy		(2 episodes, 2008)
Thom Nicolette		(2 episodes, 2008)

Series Produced by
Dave Willis	....	producer (100 episodes, 2000-2011)
Keith Crofford	....	executive producer (88 episodes, 2000-2011)
Matt Maiellaro	....	producer (87 episodes, 2000-2011)
Vishal Roney	....	line producer / senior producer (86 episodes, 2000-2011)
Michael Lazzo	....	executive producer (77 episodes, 2000-2011)
Jay Edwards	....	producer (75 episodes, 2000-2010)
Edward Hastings	....	producer (37 episodes, 2003-2011)
Nick Ingkatanuwat	....	associate producer / producer (25 episodes, 2006-2011)
Craig Hartin	....	producer (2 episodes, 2008-2010)
Scott Fry	....	animation producer: Radical Axis (2 episodes, 2009-2011)
John Brestan	....	producer (2 episodes, 2010-2011)

Series Original Music by
Schooly-D		(87 episodes, 2000-2010)

Series Film Editing by
Jay Edwards		(68 episodes, 2000-2010)
Edward Hastings		(57 episodes, 2002-2011)
John Brestan		(43 episodes, 2002-2011)
Phil Samson		(23 episodes, 2003-2009)
Brad Lee Zimmerman		(6 episodes, 2008-2011)
Lear Bunda		(4 episodes, 2008-2010)
John C. Walts		(3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Pierre Cerrato		(2 episodes, 2009)

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

Series Production Management
Jennifer Stephens	....	additional production manager (1 episode, 2011)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eddie Ray	....	second assistant director (1 episode, 2009)

Series Art Department
Thom Nicolette	....	property master (2 episodes, 2008)

Series Sound Department
Roy Clements	....	sound designer / sound (55 episodes, 2000-2004)
Michael Kohler	....	sound designer / sound / ... (41 episodes, 2005-2011)
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)
Brandon Proctor	....	sound designer / sound re-recording mixer (8 episodes, 2010-2011)

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. / compositor / ... (45 episodes, 2004-2011)
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 / ... (17 episodes, 2004-2011)
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)
Timothy Farrell Jr.	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis, Inc. / compositor (5 episodes, 2008-2010)
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)
Micah Lewis	....	compositing and effects: Radical Axis Inc. / compositor: Radical Axis Inc. (2 episodes, 2006)
Tom Weiser	....	compositor / visual effects (2 episodes, 2010)

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 McMurray	....	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 (87 episodes, 2000-2011)
Craig Hartin	....	animator: Radical Axis Inc. / computer animation supervisor: Radicial Axis Inc. / ... (66 episodes, 2000-2011)
C. Martin Croker	....	cel animator: Big Deal Cartoons / cel animator / ... (63 episodes, 2000-2011)
Matthew I. Jenkins	....	cel animator: Wild Hare Studios / cel animator / ... (52 episodes, 2000-2006)
Todd Redner	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / animator: Radical Axis / ... (51 episodes, 2002-2011)
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 / ... (28 episodes, 2006-2011)
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 McMurray	....	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)
Jon Schnepp	....	background artist (18 episodes, 2000-2002)
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)
Andre Moore	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / cel animator: Wild Hare Studios / ... (6 episodes, 2003-2011)
Chris Rainey	....	cel animator: Radical Axis / animator: Radical Axis (6 episodes, 2004-2006)
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)
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)
Matthew Branham	....	animator (2 episodes, 2010)

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 / ... (88 episodes, 2000-2010)
Terry Yerves	....	musician: drums / musician: live drums (87 episodes, 2000-2010)

Series Other crew
Ben Prisk	....	title designer: end credits (65 episodes, 2002-2008)
Nick Ingkatanuwat	....	production assistant / puppeteer (40 episodes, 2003-2005)
Eddie Ray	....	production assistant (31 episodes, 2008-2011)
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 / ... (14 episodes, 2008-2011)
Thom Nicolette	....	production assistant / intern (12 episodes, 2005-2006)
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:

"Aqua Teen Hunger Force" - USA (original title)
"ATHF" - USA (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

15 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:TV-MA | Canada:14A (some episodes) | Canada:18A | New Zealand:R16 | New Zealand:M (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M (some episodes) | UK:12A (seasons 1 and 2) | UK:15 (seasons 3 and 4) | Brazil:16 | USA:TV-14 (some episodes)

Company:

Radical Axis

Trivia:

The full versions of the puppet TV shows are hidden on the Volume 2 DVDs.

Quotes:

Master Shake:[Frylock is about to revive Carl, whose body has been recreated from a mass of eyeballs] What a minute. Before you turn him on - do you think he'll be able to be able to see us?
Frylock:In ways you can only imagine.
Master Shake:But look, I mean - is he going to be able to chase us? 'Cause if I woke up lookin' like that, I would just run towards the nearest living thing and kill it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Movie (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Theme

Consistently insanely funny

Aquateen Hunger Force - a low budget cartoon sporting a talking shake, meatball, and flying cart of french fries. And don't forget Carl, Dr. Weird and every other uniquely strange character that come around.

Master Shake, Meatwad and Frylock live in 'da hood. Supposedly they are detectives that solve crimes around town, but that only lasted about two episodes. Most of the time they're dealing with Shake's made up problems. Shake believes the world revolves around himself, probably the most self-centered person on the planet - especially towards the naive Meatwad. Frylock can shoot fireballs out of his eyes, can fly and is the most sane of the three.

Aquateens never fails to introduce hilarious characters throughout. Most of them appear in more than one episode, and it's always a treat to see them again. Most notable of these are the Mooninites, a pair of two-dimensional inhabitants of the moon who believe the Earth is primitive and wish to spread their advanced ways, namely stealing Earth merchandise, throughout the planet.

This show is too weird for some because, well, the main characters are food, but if you're used to strange humor this show won't fail to keep you laughing hysterically. A lot of people's first impression is that this show is all about fart jokes and stupid, dry humor; but that is an unfortunate misconception. The dialog is smart and timed well, while full of funny references to today's and tomorrow's culture.

Some of the episodes are hit-or-miss, but for the most part Aquateens doesn't fail to deliver on any level.

If you watch Sealab 2021 or Tom Goes to the Mayor, you'll definitely enjoy Aquateen Hunger Force.