Aqua Teen Hunger Force is about the surreal adventures and antics of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad, who live together as roommates and frequently interact with their human next-door neighbor, Carl in a suburban neighborhood in South New Jersey.

This season also marks the first appearance of their next door neighbor, Carl, 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.

[3] This premise was later revisited in the season eight two-part episode "Allen"[4][5] 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.

They identify themselves as Ignignokt and Err, Mooninites from the inner core of the Moon and members of a race hundreds of years advanced from the people of the Earth.

Frylock must retrieve Meatwad from mall security, while the Mooninites make it back safely and mention that they have gouged expletives into Carl's car.

In the opening, Carl is admiring his pool (completely decked out with painted flames and neon lights) and preventing Master Shake from getting anywhere near it because he is weird.

When the dryer stops and Meatwad exits, he discovers he now has magical static powers (which he promptly uses to send Shake into midair, finally letting him go near the ceiling fan).

Two aliens, one green and one orange, both basically just a mass of spikes with heads, are barbecuing watermelon (which has ignited), some type of bird, and meat on a grill.

As Frylock is transporting, Oglethorpe knocks over the barbecue, demanding that the "gross shanks of meat leave his dominion" and prompting Emory to warn him about burning down the ship.

When Oglethorpe states that the Plutonians' plan is to dominate the world, Frylock expresses his doubt that they could succeed and starts hitting random buttons in an effort to beam himself back home.

The Mooninites freeze Carl using "Cold as Ice," turn Meatwad into a mean-spirited jerk with "Dirty White Boy," and even remove Frylock's ability to see and shoot eye lasers with "Double Vision."

Carl (after melting himself with his tanning bed) saves the day by snatching the Foreigner belt away from Err and blasting "Hot Blooded," heating up his pool water and the Mooninites, who escape into their ship.

Note: An alternate version of this episode, titled "Aqua Child Hunger Force," premiered on Adult Swim as part of its 2021 April Fools' Day prank.

This version featured all of the characters dubbed over by an all-female cast to sound more like actual children and changed some plot-related aspects to more "kid-friendly" alternatives.

Notable changes in the alternate version: Meatwad becomes obsessed with "I Want Candy," a song by new artist MC Pee Pants, and listens to it non-stop.

Shake and Frylock become suspicious when they notice that the other lyrics to the song include a discussion of releasing demons from the depths of Hell to run a global diet pyramid scheme.

Carl and Meatwad travel to an address mentioned in the song, where they meet MC Pee Pants--a gigantic, diaper-clad spider who is trying to brainwash people into eating candy, then using their high blood sugar to power a drill that will release the demons necessary for his plot.

Frylock offers to help MC Pee Pants find a place in the world that doesn't involve subliminal messages, but instead blows him up when he goes to apply for a job.

First, Carl throws him out of his window after Meatwad mistakenly thought his bedroom was his, and then he spends the next three days in the doorway of the Aqua Teens' house while ants crawl and build anthills around him.

Things come to a head when an arrogant Meatwad uses his brain to make Carl's car levitate and give kids rides in it for $5.

Soon after the mummy is released from the confines of the crawlspace, he begins threatening the Teens with a curse unless they buy him many expensive gifts and some over-priced food.

Meatwad wants Jiggle Billy, with the musket and the night vision goggles, but Frylock thinks he's too expensive so they purchase Happy Time Harry instead, a balding, drug-addicted action figure wearing nothing but shorts and red dancing shoes.

Harry reveals he doesn't actually dance because of a back injury and shows Meatwad his "action bills", then lies down to take a nap.

Harry tells Meatwad that what he needs is pills, to make the phone calls stop, so Frylock writes a Post-It prescription for "jolly sunshine happiness".

Some weeks later, Shake comes out of traction, rides up to Frylock and Meatwad in a wheelchair, and is then struck by lightning when he lofts a magical "Highlander sword" skyward.

Frylock is then presented with a pop-up giving him a choice: Yes (where he would be signed up for extremely intrusive services, including the "Home Invasion Cam"), or No.

Once they lure Shake aboard their ship by pretending they're shooting a movie, they dispatch the replicant to take his place in order to "deterraform" the Earth.

After going on a glass-bottom boat ride conducted by a convicted sex offender and finding nothing but garbage stuck in the tar, they return home.

Romulox, busy with people more important than the Aqua Teens, leaves the house through the use of a grappling hook and his dislocateable, flexible, "easy flow elbow", which he claims only he and Bruce Willis possess.

[15][16] 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.