Aqua Teen Hits Triple Digits

Episode Commentary: One Hundred

No one would have thought eight years ago, not even the show’s creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, that Aqua Teen Hunger Force would have gotten to 100 episodes.

Seriously, considering the show’s basic and simple premise, how many times did anything think someone could watch a milk shake, box of fries, meatball and their disgusting neighbor get into trouble?

However, after infecting late-night nerds and stoners across the country with its unique blend of comedic genius, the show has become a cult-hit and is currently the longest-running series on Adult Swim.

Taking a second to admire that in this episode, well 11 minutes to be exact, the food products we’ve all grown to love get taken for a ride that not only forces them into a “Scooby Doo”-like world, but also forces Dana Snyder out of the fourth wall of sorts, as he breaks character in his disgust that the show isn’t going to get him the cash and celebrity he’s always wanted.

Simply put, seeing Snyder pop out of the Shake suit is utterly hilarious and one of the main reasons to tune into the show.

Seeing Meatwad and the rest of the group, including Carl find themselves in an alternate reality to protect themselves from the “One Hundred Episode Monster” is the other.

With these events fueling the episode and all the cracks the characters are making against themselves, shocked that they are even in this predicament, you get a sense that both Willis and Maiellaro are humbly acknowledging the support the fans have given them over the years, by giving them more of what they want.

Laughs.

Quick-paced and action packed, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is as funny as ever and doesn’t look to start slowing down anytime soon.

“One Hundred” is proof of that.

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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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