Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season 5)
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The fifth season of the animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Aqua Teen Hunger Force , retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada...

 originally aired in the United States
United States
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 on Cartoon Network's
Cartoon Network
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 late night programming block, Adult Swim
Adult Swim
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. Season five started on January 20, 2008 with "Robots Everywhere", and ended with "Bible Fruit" on March 23, 2008. Although ten episodes were produced for season five, only nine episodes aired. An episode entitled "Boston" was scheduled to air as part of season five, but Adult Swim pulled it to avoid further controversy surrounding the 2007 Boston bomb scare
2007 Boston bomb scare
The 2007 Boston bomb scare occurred on January 31, 2007 when the Boston Police Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards resembling the Mooninite characters in the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force found throughout Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding cities of Cambridge and...

.

Production

All episodes in season five were written and directed by series creators Matt Maiellaro
Matt Maiellaro
Matthew Gerard Maiellaro is the co-creator and writer of the cult television animated Adult Swim shows, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 and Perfect Hair Forever, and creator of 12 Oz. Mouse...

 and Dave Willis
Dave Willis
David "Dave" Willis is an American voice actor, writer, and producer mostly known as one of the creators, writers, directors, and actors of the adult humored animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force....

. All episodes in this season, except "Boston", originally aired in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 on Cartoon Network's
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

 late night programming block, Adult Swim, and are rated TV-MA, with the exception of "Robots Everywhere", which was rated TV-14.

Season five is the first season of the series to be produced in 16:9
16:9
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 High Definition. Aqua Teen Hunger Force was one of the first Adult Swim shows to switch to high definition, along with Metalocalypse
Metalocalypse
Metalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim...

, The Venture Bros.
The Venture Bros.
The Venture Bros. is an American animated television series that premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on February 16, 2003. The series mixes action and comedy together while it chronicles the adventures of the Venture family: well-meaning but incompetent teenagers Hank and Dean Venture; their...

, and Squidbillies
Squidbillies
Squidbillies is an animated television series about the Cuylers, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly squids living in the Appalachian region of North Carolina's mountains. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network and...

.

Season five features guest appearances from various people and comedians. Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins
Paul Francis Tompkins , best known as Paul F. Tompkins, is an American actor and comedian.-Life and career:Tompkins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a receptionist mother and railway worker father. He started out in stand-up comedy in 1986 at The Comedy Works, Philadelphia, PA, where he...

 had an role in "Boston". Diviya Roney voiced an unnamed woman, and Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen
Fred Armisen is an American actor, comedian and musician best known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and portraying off-color foreigners in various comedy films such as EuroTrip, Anchorman and Cop Out...

, Rachel Dratch
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Susan Dratch is an American comic actress best known for her roles as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

, Vishal Roney, Diviya Roney, Sam Harrigan, Molly Harrigan, Sadie Willis, Max Willis in voiced various robots in "Robots Everywhere". In "Sirens" Neko Case
Neko Case
Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....

 voiced Chrysanthemum, Kelly Hogan
Kelly Hogan
Kelly Hogan is an American singer-songwriter born in Atlanta, Georgia.In the 1990s, Hogan sang with The Jody Grind , singing on their full-lengths One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure and Lefty's Deceiver . The group disbanded after two of its members were killed in a car crash...

 voiced The B.J. Queen, John Kruk
John Kruk
John Martin Kruk is a former Major League Baseball player and current baseball analyst for ESPN.-Early life and career:...

 voiced himself. Scott Adsit
Scott Adsit
Scott Adsit is an American actor, writer and improvisational comedian. He is currently co-starring as Pete Hornberger in the hit NBC comedy 30 Rock and worked in the Adult Swim stop-motion animation programs Moral Orel and Mary Shelley's Frankenhole.-1990s:After attending Columbia College Chicago,...

 provided the voice of Hoppy Bunny in "Hoppy Bunny". Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore is an Italian-American actor, often cast as a mobster and best known for the role of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on The Sopranos.-Early life:...

 voiced Terry in "Laser Lenses", uncredited. T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

 and Josh Homme voiced the Dummies in "Dummy Love". Alexander Katz and Scott Luallen both appeared in "The Marines". In "Bible Fruit" David Cross
David Cross
David Cross is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr...

 (credited as "Sir Willups Brightslymoore") voiced Bert Banana, H. Jon Benjamin
H. Jon Benjamin
Henry Jon Benjamin , known professionally as H. Jon Benjamin and Jon Benjamin, is an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his voice-over roles as Jason and Coach McGuirk on Home Movies, Ben on Dr...

 (credited as Jon "the Hammer" Benjamin") voiced Mortimer Mango, and Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal
Kristen Schaal is an American actress, writer and comedienne, best known for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, as Louise in Bob's Burgers and as a contributor on The Daily Show.-Early life:...

 (credited as "Frannie Hood") voiced Tammy Tangerine.

"Boston"

An episode entitled "Boston" was produced and originally intended to air as the first episode of season five. It was pulled by Turner legal to avoid further controversy surrounding the 2007 Boston bomb scare
2007 Boston bomb scare
The 2007 Boston bomb scare occurred on January 31, 2007 when the Boston Police Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards resembling the Mooninite characters in the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force found throughout Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding cities of Cambridge and...

. In a 2008 interview Dave Willis confirmed that the episode is a response to the 2007 Bomb Scare. In the interview Willis also revealed that three different versions of the episode do exist; when asked if the episode will ever air, or become available to the public, Willis in-directly said no. Besides it relating to the bomb scare, very little is known about the storyline or plot of "Boston", although in 2011 Willis hinted on Twitter
Twitter
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 that it also relates to the band Boston
Boston (band)
Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists...

, but didn't confirm. Very little is known about this episode's production history, other than comedian Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins
Paul Francis Tompkins , best known as Paul F. Tompkins, is an American actor and comedian.-Life and career:Tompkins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a receptionist mother and railway worker father. He started out in stand-up comedy in 1986 at The Comedy Works, Philadelphia, PA, where he...

 made a guest appearance in it. In addition "Boston" was confirmed to be Matt Maiellaro's favorite episode. The only mention of "Boston", aside from it being mentioned by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, is an episode page on the official website, but the episode simply features a question mark, in place of an actual description of the episode
. As of 2011 "Boston" has never been aired or released to the public in any format. This marks the first time an episode of the series has been pulled, no other episodes have been pulled since.

Overview

A recurring story element in the first three episodes of season five is the gas leak in the Aqua Teens' house, which their landlord, Markula, refuses to fix. Master Shake
Master Shake
Master Shake is a fictional character on the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, which was originally titled Aqua Teen Hunger Force since its premiere in 2000 until 2011...

, Frylock
Frylock
Frylock is a fictional character on the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, which was originally titled Aqua Teen Hunger Force since its premiere in 2000 until 2011...

, and Meatwad
Meatwad
Meatwad is a fictional character on the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, which was originally titled Aqua Teen Hunger Force since its premiere in 2000 until 2011...

 are absent in "Robots Everywhere" and "Sirens", marking the first time the Aqua Teens did not appear in an episode. The Aqua Teens finally return in "Couples Skate", and have appeared in every episode ever since.

This is also the first season where Ignignokt and Err were added to the background frame, featuring Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad on the moon, in the closing credits. This also marks the first season Ignignokt and Err are not featured in any episode, outside of the credits.

Season five also features "Bible Fruit", an episode which in 2010, it was announced that an animated spin-off pilot featuring new versions of the characters from this episode, entitled Soul Quest Overdrive, was in production. In 2010, the pilot episode of Soul Quest Overdrive was made available on the "Big Uber, Network Sampling" page on the Adult Swim website. In a 2010 interview with staff members of Radical Axis
Radical Axis (studio)
Radical Axis is an animation studio headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States known for its diverse work in both episodic television and commercials...

, it was revealed that six episodes of Soul Quest Overdrive have been ordered.This would be the third Aqua Teen Hunger Force spin-off behind Spacecataz
Spacecataz
Spacecataz is a failed spin-off from the animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, focusing on the Mooninites and the Plutonians —all recurring characters on ATHF—who battle with each other in outer space with pranks and practical jokes...

 and Carl.

Episodes

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Cultural references

Willis hinted on Twitter
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 that "Boston" makes reference to the band Boston
Boston (band)
Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists...

, and confirmed it satires the 2007 Boston bomb scare
2007 Boston bomb scare
The 2007 Boston bomb scare occurred on January 31, 2007 when the Boston Police Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards resembling the Mooninite characters in the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force found throughout Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding cities of Cambridge and...

. "Robots Everywhere" references Rambo film series when Carl dress up like John Rambo
John Rambo
John Rambo is an iconic fictional character and the basis of the Rambo saga. He first appeared in the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, but later became more famous in the film series, played by Sylvester Stallone...

 and shoots the robots. In "Dummy Love" Meatwad wishes on a star for his two dummies to become real boys is similar to what Mister Geppetto
Mister Geppetto
Mister Geppetto is a fictional character in the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator of Pinocchio...

 did, in the 1940 film, Pinocchio
Pinocchio (1940 film)
Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the story The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. It is the second film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and it was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and was released to theaters by...

. The storyline from "Dummy Love" is a parody of Night of the Living Dummy, from the Goosebumps
Goosebumps
Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novels written by American author R. L. Stine and first published by Scholastic Publishing. It is a collection of stories that feature semi-homogenous plot structures, with fictional children being involved in scary situations...

 series; as in both the books and this episode, a murderous dummy comes to life and no matter what anybody tries to get rid of it, the dummy always comes back to life. "Dummy Love" also references the Twilight Zone
Twilight zone
-Television series and spinoffs:*The Twilight Zone, the anthology television series and its franchise:**The Twilight Zone , the 1959–1964 original television series***Twilight Zone: The Movie, a 1983 film based on the original series...

 episodes "The Dummy
The Dummy
"The Dummy" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:The episode opens with ventriloquist Jerry Etherson and his dummy Willie in the middle of one of his acts, somewhere in New York City. After the act, he goes back to his dressing room and begins to...

" and "Caesar and Me
Caesar and Me
"Caesar and Me" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:Jonathan West is an unsuccessful Irish ventriloquist. He is perpetually broke, selling valuable keepsakes like his grandfather's watch to pawn brokers to get some money...

". In the "The Marines" Frylock is held captive in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 by a man who resembles Billy
Billy (Saw)
Billy is a puppet that has appeared in the Saw films. It was used by the series' primary antagonist John Kramer, a.k.a. Jigsaw, to communicate with his test subjects by delivering recorded messages, often appearing on a television screen or occasionally in person to describe the details of the...

 from the Saw film series, who wears a ski mask similar to Jason Voorhees
Jason Voorhees
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 from the Friday the 13th series. "The Marines" also self-references Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am is a PlayStation 2 game based on the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It is a hybrid kart racing/fighting/golf game that takes place on some of New Jersey's golf courses....

, and the Volume Five DVD for the series. In addition "The Marines" satires the former law of gays being banned from serving in the military
Sexual orientation and military service
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. Adult Swim losing the rerun
Rerun
A rerun or repeat is a re-airing of an episode of a radio or television broadcast. The invention of the rerun is generally credited to Desi Arnaz. There are two types of reruns—those that occur during a hiatus, and those that occur when a program is syndicated. Reruns can also be, as the...

 rights to Futurama
Futurama
Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...

, as Comedy Central
Comedy Central
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 had bought the rights to the show is referenced in "Bible Fruit".

Reception

Jonah Krakow of IGN
IGN
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 gave "Robots Everywhere" a 5.5 out 10, which considered "Mediocre", saying "We could get deeply psychoanalytical and say that Carl's confusion and annoyance with the robots is a metaphor for the audience's suffering and the robots are the staff of ATHF doing the torturing". Krakow gave the following episode, "Sirens" an 8, which is considered "Great", saying "Thankfully, this episode was much stronger than last week as Carl and his sexual desires were the focus of the comedy instead of annoying robots". Krakow gave "Couples Skate" an 8.3 and praised the return of Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad, calling it a "solid episode". Krakow gave "Reedickyoulus" gave this episode an 8.5, and gave this episode a good review, but said Master Shake killing kittens in a microwave was "going too far". "Hoppy Bunny" was gave given a 8 by Krakow, who praised this episode for originality saying "Not too many shows out there would touch Furries". Krakow gave "Laser Lenses" a 7, who noted that the episode didn't give any new information or insight about any of the characters saying "They simply ran around, pissed each other off and got themselves into disgusting circumstances. Sometimes, that's good enough". Krakow gave "Dummy Love" a 7.0, and said the episode had funny moments but wasn't as funny as it could be, and that the episode has a lot of potential, which it didn't live up to saying. "The Marines" revived Krakow's lowest score of the season with a 5.5. Krakow said the only funny parts of "The Marines" were Saw parody and the CGI gum commercial funny, saying "Unfortunately, the majority of this episode just didn't work at all. The jokes were old or non-existent, the plot made no sense and Carl wasn't there as an additional source of comedy". Krakow gave "Bible Fruit" the greatest score of the season, 9.5, which is considered "amazing; and gave the episode a good review saying it was a great way to end the season.

Home release

With the exception of "Boston", all episodes from season five were released on the Volume Six DVD
DVD
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, along with the first four then-unaired episodes from season six
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season 6)
The sixth season of the animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim...

 on December 16, 2008. Additionally, the episodes are also available on iTunes
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 and the "Build Your own DVD" feature on the Adult Swim website.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume Six
Set details Special features
  • 13 episodes
  • 2-disc set
  • 16:9 aspect ratio
    16:9
    16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...

  • Languages:
  • English
  • Audio commentary:
    • "Reedickyoulus"
    • "Hoppy Bunny"
    • "The Marines"
  • All episodes from Carl from 2007 and 2008
  • Terror Phone - short film starring Dana Snyder
    Dana Snyder
    Dana Snyder is an American actor, voice artist, and comedian, best known for playing Master Shake on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force show, and the film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, both part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim franchise.- Early life :Dana Snyder was born in...

     and Carey Means
    Carey Means
    Carey Means is an American voice actor best known for playing Frylock in the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen Hunger Force.-Personal life:Means is a graduate of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri with a degree for B.S. Fine Arts/Vocal Music....

  • All cut scenes from Zombie Ninja Pro-Am
    Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am
    Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am is a PlayStation 2 game based on the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It is a hybrid kart racing/fighting/golf game that takes place on some of New Jersey's golf courses....

  • Radical Axis Presents Radical Axis - featurette profiling show animators, Radical Axis
    Radical Axis (studio)
    Radical Axis is an animation studio headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States known for its diverse work in both episodic television and commercials...

  • More Funny Pete Stuff
  • Release dates
    Region 1
    DVD region code
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    December 16, 2008

    See also

    • List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 episodes
    • Aqua Teen Hunger Force
      Aqua Teen Hunger Force
      Aqua Teen Hunger Force , retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada...

    • 2007 Boston bomb scare
      2007 Boston bomb scare
      The 2007 Boston bomb scare occurred on January 31, 2007 when the Boston Police Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards resembling the Mooninite characters in the show Aqua Teen Hunger Force found throughout Boston, Massachusetts and the surrounding cities of Cambridge and...


    External links

    • Aqua Teen Hunger Force season 5 at the Internet Movie Database
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    • Aqua Teen Hunger Force season 5 at TV.com
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