Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume One

Another of the Adult Swim cartoons I brought back from America, and there is one thing that is surprising is how consistently funny Adult Swim shows are considering there made for late night television.

Like Harvey Birdman (that I'd previously reviewed) Aqua Teen are very short coming in at about 12 minutes a piece- and during the course of the first volume seem to get even funnier.

Who are the Aqua Teen Hunger Force- Frylock, whose a box of fries and probably the most intelligent of the team, Master Shake, an obnixious milk shake and Meatwad a meatball who can shape shift into a hot dog and an igloo. The other main character is their landlord Carl.

Every episode starts with the evil Dr. Weird inventing something that goes wrong usually impacting on the Aqua Teen (or not). The standout episodes include adventures with the Rabbott (about a giant mechanical rabbit), Leprechauns using the Rainbow Maker 400 to steal shoes. Best of all is the appearances of the Moonities, appearances of the stupid aliens (probably Eastern European), Ol' Drippy, Happt Time Harry doll, Master Shake selling Meatwad to the circus, the pop up banners on the internet, the missing PDA and best of all the two-dimensional alien characters (pictures below) that end up corrupting Meatwad- genuis cartoon creations.

This show is brilliant and the first volume of four released so far, you've got brilliant characters (Master Shake's unneccesary bullying of Meatwad is great) and is a very, very funny show. Recommended.

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