Review(s): DVD Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Volume Two
"Make the walls bleed!!!"
The hilarious insanity gets kicked up a notch in these episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which are better than those found in the first volume. Throughout these episodes, crime solving (occasionally) fast food items Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad get into all sorts of hilarious hijinks, beginning with neighbor Carl getting a foreign mail order bride who is frightened out of her mind. Later on in these episodes, Meatwad gets a pet snake (can't see anything bad coming out of that...), Shake fashions himself a superhero and later becomes the host for a tenticled alien, Frylock attempts to defeat a brainy trivia buff, and MC Pee Pants (voiced by MC Chris, better known as Hesh from Sealab 2021) returns and is now known as "Sir Loin". There's more, but you'll have to see it to believe it, as the series surprisingly gets better, more outlandish, and funnier with each passing episode. One of the biggest highlights of this volume is the appearance by Glenn Danzig in "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past From the Future", who becomes the Aqua Teen's new neighbor and occupant of the haunted house. It's no wonder that Aqua Teen is the most popular of the Cartoon Network owned Adult Swim's original shows, and if you've never experienced this frequently funny series, you've been missing out.
The Aqua Teen Hunger Force is back! Follow the antics of fast food in this hilarious, offbeat, adult cartoon. There's a Shake (Master Shake), French Fries (Frylock), and a wad of hamburger (Meatwad), and they are out to save the world when they aren't floating in their neighbor's aboveground pool. Their neighbor, Carl, is a disgusting, uneducated, sloppy fat, hairy, Jersey-speaking guy who wears a sleeveless tank top, sweats, and flip-flops.
This second season introduces some new monsters while bringing back some old favorites from Season One, like the Mooninites and the Plutonians. Each episode has an introductory scene from Dr. Weird and his assistant Steve, that are hilarious but have nothing to do with the show.
DISC ONE:
1) Mail Order Bride - Carl and Shake order a Chechnyan prostitute to marry, but she locks them out of the house.
2) Super Birthday Snake - Frylock kills Shake, Meatwad, and Carl, and they come back as zombies, but it turns out to be just virtual reality.
3) Universal Remonster - The Plutonians try to steal cable from the ATHF, but instead accidentally send a universal Remonster (a teddy bear made out of TV remotes) through the "Fargate".
4) Super Bowl - Meatwad wins superbowl tickets, and Shake and Carl fight over who is taking with him.
5) Super Hero - Shake steals toxic waste from the storage facility in the river to try and turn himself into Drizzle, a superhero. "$ex with animals? There's no time, man!"
6) Super Squatter - Shake doesn't pay the bills and moves next door with Carl when the utilities are shut off.
7) Super Spore - (My favorite from Season Two!) An alien blob named Travis takes over Shake by punching a tentacle into his brain. He also pees like a sprinkler. He wants a 401K, but doesn't do well in his interview because he's "sprinkling" and talking trash.
8) Super Model - Shake gets plastic surgery in Guatemala, but needs more so he turns to one of Carl's shady friends.
DISC TWO:
1) Super Trivia - Dr. Weird talks into a microphone with his bare hinder. The ATHF plays bar trivia with Wayne The Brain McLaine.
2) Super Sir Loin - Dr. Weird grafts a deer antler to his groin. The diapered spider who appeared in Season One as MC Pee Pants is back as Sir Loin, but now he is a diapered cow with a new scheme.
3) Super Computer - Frylock designs a super computer called the OoGhIJMIQxxXA! (He says it's a Klingon word) But the ball-shaped computer travels to the past and brings back Oog the Caveman.
4) Meat Zone - Meatwad can prophesy by touching people, but its just from eating caulk thinking it was cheese.
5) Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past From The Future - The ghost of Christmas past, a bird-like robot, shows up at Carl's house. Carl's pool becomes filled with elfin blood, so he sells to Danzig the devil worshiper.
-- Extras include deleted scenes, commentaries, and a music video.
Though I think I liked Season One better, Season Two has one of my all-time favorite episodes, Super Spore. Perhaps not quite as inventive as the first season, the humor is still sharp and the fast food is still crazy. If you like Family Guy, Futurama, South Park, or Invader Zim, them you should get a big kick out of ATHF (though they still should lose the annoying theme music). Enjoy!
Another Aqua Teen Rescue
Delivery was quick. All disk work as they should. No problems at all with my purchase. If you know who the Aqua Teens are there is no need to explain how funny and entertaining they are. Definate purchase.
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