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 early morning stealth airing of " Rabbot" on

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. Season one officially began one week after the official launch of

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, 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. ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' is about the

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adventures and antics of three

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, and

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, who live together as roommates and frequently interact with their human next-door neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski in a

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New Jersey. In late March 2013, this season became available on Netflix. In May 2015, this season became available on Hulu Plus. In May 2020, this season became available on HBO Max. 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

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and Matt Maiellaro. 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

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streaming.

Production

All episodes in season one were written and directed by series creators

and Matt Maiellaro. The first episode from this season, " Rabbot" originally aired in the United States on

, unannounced, on December 30, 2000. The remaining episodes from this season originally aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block,

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. As with most seasons, several episodes aired outside of their production order. This season was one of the original seasons produced under the ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' title before Willis and Maiellaro started using

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for each season in 2011. Season one marks the first official appearances of Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad, who originated from the then-unproduced '' Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' episode "Baffler Meal" which features their intended designs and personalities. This season also marks the first appearance of their next door neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski, as well as a number of recurring characters such as Dr. Weird, Steve, Ignignokt, Err, Oglethorpe, Emory, MC Pee Pants, Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future, and George Lowe. The first three episodes of season one feature

, and

as detectives. After three episodes, this premise and the use of the name by the characters were dropped. The premise was a trick that had been added to appease Cartoon Network executives, who "didn't want to air a show about food just going around and doing random stuff". In the show itself, Frylock mentions that they stopped fighting crime because "that wasn't making us a whole lot of money".Spoken dialogue in Kidney Car This premise was later revisited in the season eight two-part episode "

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Cast

Main

* Dana Snyder as

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, Carl Brutananadilewski and

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as Dr. Weird and Steve

Recurring

* Matt Maiellaro as Err,

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and Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future * George Lowe as himself (as a DJ) * MC Chris as MC Pee Pants and young Carl *

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as Oglethorpe and Merle *

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as Emory

Guest appearances

* Scott Hilley as Flargon in "Escape from Leprechaupolis" *

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as Mothmonsterman in "Bus of the Undead" * Don Kennedy as Assisted Living Dracula in "Bus of the Undead" (live-action) *

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as Ol' Drippy in "Ol' Drippy" *

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as Happy Time Harry in "Dumber Dolls" * Matt Harrigan voiced Major Shake in "Bad Replicant" * Tom Clark as Love Mummy in "Love Mummy" *

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asWwwyzzerdd in "Interfection". * Todd Barry as Romulox in "PDA" * Vishal Roney as an Insurance Adjuster in "PDA" * Rita McGrath as Svetlana in "Mail Order Bride" *

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as himself in "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future"

Broadcast history

An unfinished version of "Rabbot" originally aired unannounced at 5:00 am on December 30, 2000 on Cartoon Network, several months before the official launch of Adult Swim. The version that aired on December 30, 2000 featured scenes from the original pitch pilot but were eventually cut from the official version of the episode. Unlike the original version of the pilot, the December 30, 2000 airing was more and rendered completely. "Rabbot" was not re aired until the final cut made its official television debut on September 16, 2001 on Adult Swim in the United States, only three weeks after Adult Swim launched on September 2, 2001. The series had already made its official television debut a week earlier with the second episode "Escape from Leprechaupolis" on September 9, 2001.

Episodes

Home release

A sampler disc that was paired with Space Ghost Coast to Coast was given to less than 50,000 people at the 2003 San Diego Comic Con featuring the episode Mayhem of the Mooninites but it was labeled as just Mooninites. The first sixteen episodes from season one were released on the ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume One'' DVD on November 18, 2003. The remaining episodes, "Mail-Order Bride" and "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future" were released, along with eleven episodes from season two, on the ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume Two'' DVD on July 20, 2004. Both sets were distributed by

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and Warner Home Video and feature various special features including an early version of "Rabbot" and commentaries and deleted scenes on select episodes.Aqua Teen Hunger Force – Volume Two (2000)
at Amazon.com. Retrieved October 8, 2011 Both sets were later released in Region 4 by Madman Entertainment on April 4, 2007 and November 7, 2007 respectively. The ''Volume One'' set was eventually released in Region 2 on April 29, 2009, and the ''Volume Two'' set was released on December 7, 2009. The ''Volume Two'' set was also released as part of the ''

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'' set on October 27, 2009. This season is also available on

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and the Xbox Live Marketplace. In the iTunes and Xbox Live releases "Mail Order-Bride" and "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future" were listed as part of the second season. This season was also released on Amazon Video under the label "Volume One", with "Mail-Order Bride" and "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future" released with the first part of the second season under the label "Volume Two".''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' Volume 2
at Amazon Video.

References

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Cast

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Recurring

Guest appearances

Broadcast history

Episodes

Home release

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