The flagship show in Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force follows the surreal, 15-minute adventures of a sentient milkshake, meatball and container of french fries. Based out of South Jersey, the trio of anthropomorphic food items made their debut as the "Baffler Meal" on another of Adult Swim's television shows, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Since graduating to their own television show, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force have become "Cult" superstars, even spawning their own movie, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.
Bomb Scare
As part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie, a number of blinking LED displays were placed in a number of major cities. Authorities in the Boston area saw the displays as suspicious and treated them as a bomb threat, leading Turner Broadcasting System (which produces the show) to apologize and pay $1 million to cover the cost of the investigation.
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Fast Facts
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Creators
Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis
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Original run
December 30, 2000
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No. of seasons
4
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No. of episodes
68
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Original channel
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Fact:
Longest running series on Cartoon Network
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Fact:
First appeared on Space Ghost Coast to Coast
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Movie
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
