Carl and the Annoying Ghost

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A funny thing happens in this episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

While the main plot itself is funny, which ironically has Master Shake and Frylock working together for a change, obsessed with a video game, all while their house is blown up by an idiotic ghost, Carl ends up stealing the show in two minutes and makes the show a memorable one.

At the start however, Meatwad is his charming self until he realizes his friends are ignoring him and eventually teams up with a ghost haunting the house to get their attention. When they finally do, the ghost realizes he wants some pizza and a benefit for his lost friends, where Meat Loaf, of all people,would headline.

All right, so this doesn’t make any sense at all and even with the “Fallout” scene by Frylock, the episode is just a little bit funny. However, in an attempt to help the ghost out of their hair, the guys contemplate their next course of action when Carl, as nosy as ever, hears the guys talking about Meat Loaf and chimes in about how his sister once pleasured the rock legend.

The next two minutes is classic Carl and is easily the best reason to watch the episode.

When Carl utters “I believe it, you are a whore…it’s not about you, it’s about respect for you… and Meat Loaf,” you will lose it. The rest of the conversation as well is the one thing the show has missed this season.

Carl, going on a rant.

Glad to have ya back big guy.

That, followed by the repeated death of the ghost, caused by Carl’s cell phone signal and Shake’s crankiness that his video gaming days are over make this another quality episode in what is turning out to be one of the best seasons in the show’s history.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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