TV season
2000-12-30
The first season of the animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force originally aired in the United States. Season one unofficially started on December 30, 2000 with the unannounced stealth airing of "Rabbot" on Cartoon Network. Season one officially began one week after the official launch of Adult Swim, on September 9, 2001 with "Escape from Leprechaupolis", and ended with "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future" on December 29, 2002, with a total of eighteen episodes. This season focuses on the surreal adventures and antics of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad, who live next door to Carl Brutananadilewski in a suburban neighborhood in New Jersey. Season one marks the first appearance of the main characters, and several recurring characters as well. Episodes in season one were written and directed by Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, and have either a TV-14 or a TV-PG parental rating. Almost every episode in this season features a special guest appearance, which is later continued in later seasons. This season has been made available on DVD, and other forms of home media, including on demand streaming on Netflix.
Episode 1
2000-12-30 • 11 min
Dr. Weird proclaims he has obtained the funds to build a Rabbot to solve the world's "vegetable problem". Dr. Weird tells Steve to spray it in the eyes with French perfume and after the spraying, the Rabbot gets annoyed and escapes the lab.
Episode 2
2001-09-09 • 11 min
Leprechauns use Dr. Weird's Rainbow Machine to mug people from afar, apparently for shoes. Although they don't end up with anything more than a gold chain, a Banarama tape with no case and rollerskates.
Episode 3
2001-09-30 • 11 min
Dr. Weird creates a mutant moth/human called Mothmonsterman, but it flies out of the giant hole left by Rabbot and flies toward the Aqua Teen's house, craving the bright light it sees coming from within. When the light is switched off, Mothmonsterman does everything in his power to frighten Master Shake into turning it back on.
Episode 4
2001-10-14 • 11 min
Episode 5
2001-12-23 • 11 min
Meatwad gets new electric powers thanks to Shake's shenanigans, which make everyone hate him because they either die or get hurt when they're near him. But it's stil useful for getting revenge on Shake.
Episode 6
2002-04-07 • 11 min
Frylock attempts to make contact with aliens and is successful... but there's only two problems. First, the aliens want to take over Earth, and second, they're too stupid to pull it off.
Episode 7
2002-04-21 • 11 min
Shake makes a large mess in the kitchen and refuses to clean it, eventually resulting in the formation of a new lifeform which Meatwad gleefully names "Ol' Drippy". Shake becomes jealous of the attention that the new character receives.
Episode 8
2002-05-05 • 11 min
The Mooninites are back and this time they've got a belt that gives them superpowers from the band Foreigner.
Episode 9
2002-05-19 • 11 min
Subliminal messages in the music Meatwad has been listening to draw the team to a warehouse, where they find out that rap artist behind the music is actually a giant spider.
Episode 10
2002-11-03 • 11 min
Meatwad gets a new doll, Happy Time Harry, which has a dreadfully bitter and jaded personality. Happy Time Harry's time is up when his negativity begins to affect everyone.
Episode 11
2002-11-10 • 11 min
Master Shake is kidnapped by returning characters Emory and Oglethorpe. The two aliens replace him with a "replicant", but Frylock and Meatwad soon realize that the Shake "replicant" doesn't resemble Shake at all.
Episode 12
2002-11-17 • 11 min
Master Shake sells Meatwad to the circus, but when Meatwad becomes a huge big top success, Shake gets jealous and tries to get in on the act. It's a battle of the freaks!
Episode 13
2002-11-24 • 11 min
Frylock discovers a mummy in the crawlspace under the house. The mummy begins to exhort his bratish favors from Frylock by threatening him with an ancient Egyptian curse.
Episode 14
2002-12-01 • 11 min
Meatwad's brain is discovered to be nothing more than a toy with a jingle bell in it. After Meatwad goes through a brief depression, Carl gets him a new live brain against Frylock's will. With his new brain, Meatwad begins to grow smarter and larger.
Episode 15
2002-12-08 • 11 min
While looking up teeth conspiracies (and Metallica) on the internet in Frylock's room, Shake and Meatwad make various popup windows appear in Frylock's room which start to spread throughout the house.
Episode 16
2002-12-15 • 11 min
Shake is missing his Personal Digital Assistant. The gang proceeds to look in the Adirondack mountains and in Carl's pool for it, until finally they confront the thief. If he IS a thief. Or maybe Shake's just greedy and wants his PDA.
Episode 17
2002-12-22 • 11 min
As a Christmas present to themselves, Shake and Carl split the cost of a mail-order bride from Russia. Unfortunately, once she gets a look at her new "husbands" she freaks out and locks herself in Carl's house, leaving Carl stuck outside.
Episode 18
2002-12-29 • 11 min
Carl is visited by the Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past From The Future and learns that his house is built on an elfin graveyard, thus causing his pool to fill with blood. Then the Cybernetic Ghost Of Christmas Past From The Future recounts a long story about the first Christmas.
