The Clowning

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Clowning
Series = Aqua Teen Hunger Force


Caption = A clowned Carl juggles Frylock's things.
Season = 2
Episode = 20
Airdate = December 7, 2003
Production = 220
Writer = Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis
Guests =
Episode list = List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes
Prev = Frat Aliens
Next = The Dressing"The Clowning" is the thirty-eighth episode of the animated series "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". It was first broadcast on December 7, 2003.

Synopsis

Cold Open

Steve is on the phone ordering sub sandwiches. He asks Dr. Weird if he wants anything. Dr. Weird reveals that his ass has eaten his hand, and it hungers for more. His ass proceeds to eat the rest of the body. Steve decides that he just wants one sub.

Plot summary

Carl shows up at the Aqua Teen's door to reveal that his house is infested with termites. He mutters that he won't sign for any more packages with "Congo" written in blood. Meatwad hurries over to receive a termite of his own. Throughout all this, Carl seems to be level-headed, a trait that he does not usually portray. He reveals that he has gotten a wig, and it cost a substantial amount.

Carl is later reading a magazine on how to pick up girls, when Shake suddenly appears in his room. Carl tries to remove the wig and place it upon a mannequin head, but finds it stuck to his head. Carl is distracted by Shake, who is rummaging through his belongings. When Carl leaves, his mannequin head grows fangs and devilish eyes.

Carl wakes up to Shake standing in his room. Carl's hair has now changed color from brown to black, and has become much curlier. Shake is quick to anger Carl, and is then thrown out the window. As Carl leaves the room, his mannequin head speaks to a floating head with a clown wig on. They argue, and then part ways as Carl reenters the room.

Later that day, Carl brings home a whore. The Aqua Teens follow him, and through the holes in Carl's wall, watches as Carl plays an air guitar solo, only to be interrupted by the Aqua Teens. As he steps outside to speak with them, his hair gains more mass and becomes red. After they argue, he proceeds to have sex with the now passed-out whore.

At the Aqua Teen's house, an examination of Carl's hair reveals that he is infected with Clown DNA. The whore runs out screaming, and Carl follows with white skin dotted with purple blotches, a clown nose, huge feet, and a clown car. He goes to the Aqua Teen's house for help. Frylock attempts to cut Carl's hair off, but it only grows back and lands on Meatwad. Meatwad shortly develops the symptoms that Carl had, and Carl walks out with a balloon resembling a shotgun, asking God to kill him. Frylock freezes him until he can find a cure.

At the end of this episode (67 years later), an apocalyptic future is depicted, and Carl, being used as a coat rack (and still in a frozen state), is knocked over and presumably killed. The now over-the-hill Aqua Teens struggle to remember Carl's name, and the episode ends with Frylock yelling at Shake and Meatwad exclaiming that he has shattered his hip.

After this, we see Dr. Weird proclaim "And that's how the wig works." Steve has been clowned. Dr. Weird has a brief moment of silence looking at the mannequin head and shouts "Stop telling me to do things." and the credits roll.

Cultural references

*Carl claims that he has a Screaming for Vengeance shirt somewhere, a popular Judas Priest song, and album.
*Shake finds and borrows Carl's Boston box set.

Notes

This is one of two episodes that end with a Dr. Weird segment, the other episode being "Dumber Days".

External links

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