Circus (Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Circus
Series = Aqua Teen Hunger Force


Caption = Shake is chained and becomes a carnival game.
Season = 1
Episode = 12
Airdate = November 17 2002
Production = 110
Writer = Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis
Guests = Matt Maiellaro (Randy the Astonishing and Randy's Dad)
Episode list = List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes
Prev = Bad Replicant
Next = Love Mummy

"Circus" is the twelfth episode of the animated series "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". It first aired on November 17 2002.

Synopsis

Cold open

Dr. Weird brings us a plate of corn. Steve appreciates the gesture, and is hungry. Little does he know that it's corn mating season.

Plot

Master Shake decides to be nice to Meatwad and send him to a computer camp... or so he tells Frylock. Shake really sells Meatwad to Randy the Astonishing, an alien prince from Jupiter who's been sent to Earth to impregnate all Earth women but who instead has been stuck running a circus near a strip club. Shake advertises Meatwad to Randy as "Meat Mountain", a meatball who can grow into the shape of a mountain (Meatwad, who does have the ability to change shape, cannot actually grow that large). After reading some 'magic words' Shake gave him (which are really just part of an ad for discounted office furniture), Randy quickly realizes that he's been ripped off again.

Back at the Aqua Teens' house, Frylock shows Shake a present he bought for Meatwad upon his return from camp - a kiddie computer that makes farm animal noises. Shake wants to use it for financial purposes, which makes Frylock suspicious as to where Shake got money. Frylock finds out what really happened after Carl comes over asking about "Meat Mountain". Carl tells Frylock that Meatwad has become a hit at the circus, with strippers dancing while he does his transformation act. After discovering that Shake sold Meatwad for $2, they head to the circus (where the admission price is $2.50, much to Shake's chagrin).

Frylock, Shake, and a disappointed Carl watch Meatwad's act, after which Carl confronts Randy about the elimination of the strippers from the act (Randy reveals that Meatwad draws the crowd in himself). Carl demands a refund, but is punched out by Randy after commenting on his appearance.

Shortly thereafter, Shake joins the circus as a Martian milkshake with three eyes, the third of which can see the future. After an act where Shake fudges his way through some "predictions" and the crowd throws garbage at him, Randy chains him up in the back and charges kids money to throw things at him.

The next night, Meatwad shows Inside-Out Boy his new transformation, calling it "Wayne Gretzky" (although Inside-Out Boy, who has to slap at his vocal cords with his bladder in order to talk, correctly identifies him as a Samurai Lincoln). Tragedy strikes, however, when something snaps inside Meatwad, rendering him unable to perform and forcing Randy to use Shake in his place.

After another bad act, in which Shake dresses up as Meatwad, then introduces "the amazing milkshake with the bearded eyes", Randy can't take it anymore and reveals his intentions to the crowd. His father, who is in the audience, reveals himself and joins in with Randy, ordering all the women to be rounded up for infiltration. A riot begins, and the Aqua Teens and Carl go home.

Back in Carl's pool, Frylock and Meatwad (who is still locked in the Samurai Lincoln position) discuss the future of Inside-Out Boy, who is living in the Aqua Teens' bathtub until he can 'get back on his feet'. Shake walks over and remarks that he's eaten a tub full of "cherry cobbler" - prompting Meatwad to scream in horror.

External links

* [http://www.aquateencentral.com/epguide/circus.php Episode summary] at [http://www.aquateencentral.com/ Aqua Teen Central]