The show revolves around, oddly enough, three living pieces of fast food who rent out a small, run down house in New Jersey. The show really doesn’t have much of a plot, as the plot changes during each episode and there is no real continuity
between episodes, though characters from past episodes frequently show up time and time again.

The three main characters, like I said, are giant, sentient fast food items. Master Shake, the self-proclaimed leader of the group, is a giant milkshake. He’s mean, vindictive, ill-mannered, and very stupid, often coming up with hairbrained schemes
that literally blow up in his face. He has very few redeeming qualities and constantly torments his two roommates, Meatwad and Frylock with his schemes and stupidity. Out of all the characters, he is the one who ends up dying the most when it comes to the series.

Frylock is the most sensible and intelligent of the three, being a floating, sentient box of fries. He also seems to have the most power out of the three, able to shoot several different lasers from his eyes, and fire his fries out like rockets. Like I said, he’s the only one with any real sense, or moral fiber and tries to act as a role model to the others, though it never seems to work out. He’s
also a genius, able to create complicated machines such as shrink rays and super computers, though they are constantly abused by Shake and Meatwad. Despite his intelligence, he is also driven to the point of making immoral or otherwise questionable choices.

Finally, there is Meatwad, who is literally just a giant lump of meat who is able to shapeshift into unusual shapes and sculptures such as a giant hot dog, an igloo, and even a full-size replica of Abraham Lincoln. He’s the most childish of the three and
several references to his age signify that he is, in fact, a child. He also seems to harbor a deep hatred for Master Shake, though it’s usually expressed in a passive agressive manner and he usually ends up being pulled along on Shake’s plans himself.
While being generally one of the more dull-witted characters on the show, he does have brief blasts of intelligence that even make Frylock raise a brow.

There are a multitude of other characters who frequently appear on the show, usually just to be killed off at the end only to reappear later on down the line, like the Aqua Teen’s neighbor, Carl, a fat slob who is addicted to pornography and works out
of his house. Then there are the moonenites, two 2-dimensional characters named Inignot and Err, who serve as the two main antagonists of the series, despite the fact that they show up infrequently.

The show looks like it was created in flash, but it actually works really well. There’s a certain charm to how the show looks, with the backgrounds pretty much being photos while the characters are just cartoonish sprites that are super-imposed
onto the screen. I like this because the characters are actually really expressive and well-animated despite the fact that it looks lazy at first glance. The voice acting is also top-notch, and the fact that the show’s dialogue is mostly improvised only adds to the best of it.

But like I said, there isn’t much of a plot, and most of the time in an episode, which lasts for fifteen minutes, nothing gets resolved. In fact, sometimes the plot can change two or three times in an episode, completely abandoning the original
premise of the episode! For example, one episode involves Meatwad playing a game called virtual Ouija, which allows him to speak to the dead. Shake attempts to mess with the game and eventually kills himself with the idea that he could get his
spirit into the game and haunt Meatwad. However, he stops playing and Shake begs Frylock to resurrect him, so Frylock has to go and hire a professional named Billywitchdoctordotcom (and yes, that is his real name) to try and get Shake’s soul
back. After destroying the witch doctor, Frylock attempts to bring Shake back to life but accidentally ends up summoning the legendary Ultra-Mega-Chicken, which is a giant chicken with red eyes, devil horns, and jet engines on its back. And then,
that’s it. That’s the end of the episode.

And every single episode is pretty much like that. It doesn’t make a lick of sense, but then again, it’s meant to appeal to the random side of our brains, the side that just likes to see crazy, random things that don’t make any sense. It definitely is
funny, if you’re in the right mood, or the right state of mind. As random as the show gets, it’s good for a laugh, and given its popularity, and the fact that an actual feature-length film was made, I’d say give it a look if you’re into the stoner comedy genre.

Rating: 7