50 Fun Facts About Aqua Teen Hunger Force

LED signs of the Mooninites promoting the Aqua Teen Hunger Force film set off a 2007 bomb scare in which city?

Boston closed major roads and waterways to investigate the signs, yet the same displays had hung in other cities for weeks without causing concern.

Which $70,000 item shaped like Aqua Teen Hunger Force's Meatwad did the Adult Swim Shop put on sale in 2010?

A hot air balloon that really worked: the price included a piloted one-hour ride, though the buyer would need a pilot's license to fly it.

Which animation creator voiced Wayne "The Brain" McClain in Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Super Trivia"?

Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, played the super-smart rival who keeps beating Frylock's team at bar trivia.

The official title of the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force feature film spells out which punctuation mark as a word?

Colon is written out as a word in the title, and the soundtrack album repeated the joke by adding a second one before "the Soundtrack".

In the earliest Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes, Master Shake claims the trio do what for money?

Solve crimes: the detective premise was a trick to appease Cartoon Network executives, and the trio dropped it after a few episodes.

For the first seven seasons of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the trio's suburban home is in the south of which state?

New Jersey is where the 2007 film says the trio rented a house after failing to end world hunger in Africa.

In Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Super Trivia", which boy band does Meatwad write down for half the team's answers?

Backstreet Boys went down on half the answer sheet, and with Shake's guesses even further off, the team lost at the bar again.

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force trio were first created as fast-food mascots for an episode of which series?

Space Ghost Coast to Coast cast them as restaurant mascots in "Baffler Meal", an episode that was not produced until after their own show became popular.

LED signs promoting the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film showed the Mooninites making which gesture?

A middle finger glowed from each placard, and the state's attorney general said the battery and wires behind it gave the device a very sinister appearance.

At the end of Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Super Trivia", what is the bar's trivia night revealed to be?

An illusion: after winning yet again, Wayne "The Brain" McClain reveals he created everything with his mind in order to be cool.

Which actor, also the voice of Granny Cuyler on Squidbillies, plays Master Shake in Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Dana Snyder won the part by auditioning over the phone in a call with the show's co-creator.

Which Aqua Teen Hunger Force co-creator provides the voices of both Meatwad and next-door neighbor Carl?

Dave Willis was first hired as a cartoon writer after handing producers a letter of recommendation written in crayon, seemingly by a young child.

Carl, the short-tempered neighbor of the Aqua Teens, is a devoted fan of which NFL team?

New York Giants fan Carl even got his own web series, Carl's Stone Cold Lock of the Century, in which he commentates on upcoming football games.

In Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Super Trivia", which subject does Frylock forget to load onto his knowledge DVD?

Sports: Frylock only spots the gap after the brain-cramming session, so he recruits Carl for the rematch at the bar.

In Aqua Teen Hunger Force's "Super Trivia", Frylock uses the Ludovico technique, a method from which film?

A Clockwork Orange supplied the method: Frylock puts Shake and Meatwad through a huge DVD of knowledge, but the treatment only works on Shake.

Besides a hot dog, which shape does shapeshifting Meatwad usually take in Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

An igloo and a hot dog are Meatwad's go-to forms, and he is very resilient too, quickly reforming after being harmed.

In the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film, the Insanoflex that rampages through the city is what kind of device?

An exercise machine meant to turn a man into a super-being, the Insanoflex is finally destroyed when Shake badly plays it his original song "Nude Love".

In Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the Mooninites obtain a belt that grants all the powers of which rock supergroup?

Foreigner song titles trigger the belt: the aliens freeze Carl with "Cold as Ice" before he snatches it and fights back with "Hot Blooded".

The onion-like monster living in the Aqua Teens' attic shares his name with which country music star?

Willie Nelson, as the creature is called, seems so harmless that Shake tries to teach him to be scarier, until Shake learns that he really kills people.

In the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film, Bruce Campbell voices a long-lost fourth team member who is what food?

A chicken nugget named Chicken Bittle was the team's original leader, but a lion killed him soon after the group reached Africa.

Which Philadelphia rapper performed the theme song for the first seven seasons of Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Schoolly D also supplied occasional narration for the series, and an extended remix of his theme was used in the 2007 film.

Which green Mooninite leads his smaller pink sidekick Err on visits to Earth in Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Ignignokt is the calm, condescending one, and both aliens are extremely arrogant, often claiming to be superior to everyone on Earth.

Which mad scientist's asylum laboratory opened early episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Dr. Weird's monsters drove the plots at first, but his segments soon became a non sequitur gag with no link to the story.

Which Aqua Teen Hunger Force pilot episode first aired unannounced on Cartoon Network in December 2000?

Rabbot is named for its giant mechanical rabbit, which flattens Carl's car and is only stopped when Meatwad's jam box sets it dancing.

Which stage actor, also Thundercleese on The Brak Show, voices Frylock in Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Carey Means studied vocal music and kept up a stage career alongside the cartoon, in plays such as A Soldier's Play and Waiting for Godot.

In the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film, which Saturday Night Live alum voices the trio's burrito mother?

Tina Fey plays a nine-layer bean burrito, and the news that she is his mother makes Shake jump out of a window.

In the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film, a slice of which fruit claims to have created every character?

Watermelon slice Walter Melon hoped the characters would kill each other so he could inherit their real estate, a plan ruined because they only rent.

The second half of Aqua Teen Hunger Force's 100th episode is a parody of which classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon?

Scooby-Doo gets the spoof after a first half in which Shake flies to California hoping to cash in on syndication for reaching the milestone.

The game Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am mixes kart racing and fighting with what else?

Golf is the core of the game: Shake or Frylock fights his way to the ball on each hole, then has to beat a boss before putting.

When Aqua Teen Hunger Force was retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, the setting officially moved to which city?

Seattle was a move in name only: the new setting appears entirely identical to the old one, part of a retitling stunt the creators began out of boredom.

Which Aqua Teen Hunger Force "dog" is grown in Carl's pool using Make Your Own Dog 1.0 software?

Handbanana got his look by accident: Shake flopped his hand into the pool mid-process, so the pet came out shaped like a giant hand.

Which balding, bitter doll does Frylock buy for Meatwad because it is cheap in Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Happy Time Harry cost just $3.99, but his gloom is contagious: after trying to play with him, Meatwad adopts the same cynical outlook.

Ol' Drippy, the kindly being born from Master Shake's kitchen mess in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, is made of what?

Mold, and partly penicillin at that: when Shake catches a cold, Ol' Drippy offers to sacrifice himself as the cure, and Shake devours him.

Rapper MC Pee Pants first appears in Aqua Teen Hunger Force as which giant creature wearing a diaper?

A spider in a diaper, he raps "I Want Candy" to brainwash listeners into eating sweets, planning to power a demon-releasing drill with their blood sugar.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force's Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future opens his stories with which phrase?

"Thousands of years ago" is his cue, and fog rolls in out of nowhere whenever he begins one of the long, nonsensical tales.

Which heavy metal singer buys Carl's house, complete with a pool of elf blood, in Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Glenn Danzig loves the gore because it suits his famously morbid taste, so he accepts Carl's asking price of a million.

Which stand-up comedian voiced both drunken Frat Aliens, D.P. and Skeeter, in Aqua Teen Hunger Force?

Patton Oswalt was credited as Shecky Chucklestein, since guests usually appeared under pseudonyms while the series used non-union voice talent.

In Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which guitarist does Shake hire, then fail to pay, for Meatwad's birthday song?

Zakk Wylde plays on "Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary", written because Shake can't stand the usual birthday song, then seeks revenge when nobody gets paid.

Which metal band plays singing cinema snacks to open the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film?

Mastodon interrupt a polite lobby jingle to roar their own theater rules as a death metal song, drawn as a pretzel, nachos, a candy box and a gumdrop.

Which rock drummer appears as himself, the accomplice of a villain, in the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film?

Neil Peart, the drummer of Rush, is seen aboard a spaceship with the film's schemer, observing the heroes from above.

Master Shake of Aqua Teen Hunger Force can fire charged blobs of which flavor from his straw?

Pistachio blobs are one of his two powers; the other, making small objects he throws to the ground explode, goes unnoticed even by Shake himself.

Carl of Aqua Teen Hunger Force dotes on a car he calls "2 Wycked", which is what make and model?

Dodge Stealth pride runs deep for Carl, who hates it whenever the Aqua Teens, especially Shake, mess with his car.

Williams Street, the Cartoon Network studio behind Aqua Teen Hunger Force, is based in which city?

Atlanta-based Williams Street kept things cheap: for eleven seasons the cartoon was put together with off-the-shelf software such as Photoshop and After Effects.

The 2022 film Aqua Teen Forever, pitting the trio against tech giant Amazin, carries which subtitle?

Plantasm turns the company's packaging into the threat: every box is made of seeds that grow into plant creatures once they are watered.

In the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force film's fake origin story, which US president revives the slain Frylock?

Abraham Lincoln appears as "Time Lincoln", voiced by Fred Armisen, and helps the heroes flee in a wooden rocket ship in a tale Shake invented for Meatwad.

Season three of Aqua Teen Hunger Force opened episodes with clips from which unaired spin-off pilot?

Spacecataz pitted the Mooninites against the Plutonians, but the network passed on more because every character is destroyed at the end of the pilot.

Which rock frontman co-wrote the theme used when Aqua Teen Hunger Force became Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1?

Josh Homme wrote and performed it with Alain Johannes, starting a run in which every retitled season got a new theme from a different artist.

In the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode "Dumber Days", Frylock discovers that Meatwad's brain is really what?

A cat toy: Meatwad took it out to polish it and forgot where he put it, and learning the truth leaves him suddenly depressed.

The Mooninite LED placards behind the 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare were widely compared to which toy?

Lite-Brite came up because the signs were basically a home-made take on the toy, and the two men who hung them were paid $300 each.

In the 2022 Aqua Teen film, Frylock splices giraffe DNA with that of which former NBA star?

Shawn Kemp, who voices himself in the film, lends the DNA for an extremely tall clone of Frylock's employer, and the clone promptly usurps the original.