The Neverwas: SPACECATAZ, the AQUA TEEN spinoff
Monday, May 11, 2009
The third season episodes of Adult Swim's Aqua Teen Hunger Force began with Spacecataz, a series of shorts chronicling the interstellar prank war between the idiotic Plutonians (Oglethorpe and Emory) and the only slightly-less idiotic Mooninites (Ignignokt and Err.) Aqua Teen Hunger Force is such a surreal, random series that Spacecataz didn't stand out too much from the rest of the show, but the shorts were actually excerpts from a failed spinoff pilot.
According to the always-reliable Wikipedia, the pilot was rejected because "Adult Swim felt that there was little, if anything that could be made into five more episodes, since all of the characters were destroyed at the end of the pilot." (If true, it makes you wonder if the folks at Adult Swim have ever actually watched Aqua Teens. After all, how many of their episodes end with Shake or Carl dying horribly, only to return safe and sound next time?)
The Aqua Teens themselves actually began as a spinoff from Space Ghost Coast to Coast. They were created for the Space Ghost episode Baffler Meal, and originally they were a peculiar trio of fast food mascots, with Shake as the clear leader. You can watch Baffler Meal here, and the full Spacecataz pilot below... Or at least you can, as of this writing. Adult Swim is bound to yank them both eventually. (The pilot is also on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force season 4 DVD, which you can purchase by clicking the image above or clicking here.)
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According to the always-reliable Wikipedia, the pilot was rejected because "Adult Swim felt that there was little, if anything that could be made into five more episodes, since all of the characters were destroyed at the end of the pilot." (If true, it makes you wonder if the folks at Adult Swim have ever actually watched Aqua Teens. After all, how many of their episodes end with Shake or Carl dying horribly, only to return safe and sound next time?)
The Aqua Teens themselves actually began as a spinoff from Space Ghost Coast to Coast. They were created for the Space Ghost episode Baffler Meal, and originally they were a peculiar trio of fast food mascots, with Shake as the clear leader. You can watch Baffler Meal here, and the full Spacecataz pilot below... Or at least you can, as of this writing. Adult Swim is bound to yank them both eventually. (The pilot is also on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force season 4 DVD, which you can purchase by clicking the image above or clicking here.)
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Technocrati tags: [Aqua Teen][Spacecataz]
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