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| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 10 |
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| Directed by | Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis |
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| Written by | Matt Maiellaro Dave Willis |
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| Production code | 610 | ||
| Original air date | May 31, 2009 | ||
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| Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season 6) List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 episodes |
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"Last Last One Forever and Ever" (also known as "Live Action") is the tenth and final episode of the sixth season of the animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the 88th episode of the series overall. It is a one-of-a-kind Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode because it is the only live-action episode. This episode features comedian H. Jon Benjamin (credited as Capt. Turd Mahoy) playing Master Shake, recording artist T-Pain portraying Frylock ,[1] and a "brownish" exercise ball used to portray Meatwad.[2] It also featured Dave Long Jr., who portrayed the role of their neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski, after winning an open casting call to fill the role.[3] In the United States "Last Last One Forever and Ever" is rated TV-MA and originally aired on May 31, 2009 on Adult Swim.
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Frylock discovers that the water in the area is flammable; he tries to warn Master Shake, who was drinking from a hose, and Meatwad, who was bathing at a car wash, which led to it exploding. Shake and Frylock go next door to warn Carl, who was standing in his pool with sticks of dynamite, and Carl ignores their warning as he farts into the pool, causing a huge explosion seen from outer space.
The scene transitions to a live-action shot of Frylock reading a script, which described the events that previously transpired, that "Don" Shake wrote, which is dismissed by Frylock as terrible. It is soon revealed that Shake has been making several attempts to write stories, but fails to receive any compensation, which he had promised ten-percent of his future earnings to his roommate. Frylock, growing frustrated with Shake for his lack of income, warned him he needed to leave the house. Meanwhile, Shake goes to the "exercise room" in Frylock's home and sits down next to an exercise ball from which the voice of Meatwad can be heard. Shake shares his feelings about Frylock and his ways of writing stories, and, in turn, Meatwad agrees to help Shake write a story, which contains elements taken verbatim from the children's program SpongeBob SquarePants.
Later, Shake seeks an opinion from Carl on the story, and is advised to add scenes with lesbians and women's breasts. Shake heads back to Meatwad to talk more about the story; Meatwad viewed the story with adamant disapproval to the revisions until Frylock comes in the room to exercise and then leaves, Meatwad advises Shake to kill Frylock with a sword in the closet. Shake is seen in shadows, sneaking over to Frylock, who was on Craigslist looking for a new roommate, with Meatwad holding up the sword. When Frylock turns toward Shake, Shake nicely offers the sword to Frylock, saying "Here's your sword, I found it in my room". Afterwords, Shake gets an idea for the ending to his story.
The scene transitions back to animation, in which the Aqua Teens are seen putting their things into a moving truck, and saying goodbye to Carl. Shake says his final words to Carl, and as the camera slowly focuses on Carl, he solemnly intones, "Truly, they were an Aqua Teen Hunger Force." Shake then drives the moving truck slowly away with the emergency brake on while Carl angrily argues with Shake. As the credits end, the live-action Carl pumps his fist while shouting one of his famous phrases: "Tonight!".
Written by series creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, "Last Last One Forever and Ever" is rated TV-MA in the United States. It originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, on May 31, 2009. This episode features live action guest appearances from H. Jon Benjamin as live action Master Shake, T-Pain as live action Frylock, David Long Jr. as live action Carl Brutananadilewski, and Drake E. Stephens.[4]
The episode was predominantly filmed in live-action with the beginning and end being shown in traditional animation. In some scenes, autotune was used on a few words that the live-action Frylock spoke, due to T-Pain's usage of autotune in his musical works.
Before the production of the Live Action episode began, Adult Swim and Burger King partnered together for a nationwide casting call for the character of Carl, the next door neighbor of the Aqua Teens.[3] The search for a real life Carl began in San Diego, California during the San Diego Comic Con in July 2008.[5] Dave Willis stated in an interview on the Swimcast (an [adult swim] fan podcast) that they turned down many people, including Kyle Gass of Tenacious D. In addition, fans of ATHF sent audition videos to Adult Swim via the promotional website. The winner was Dave Long, Jr. from Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.[6] Adult Swim aired a bump telling that there were legal issues of using an "outsider" for casting.
In its original American broadcast on May 31, 2009, "Last Last One Forever and Ever" was watched by 824,000 viewers, making it the third most watched Adult Swim program of that night, behind a repeat of Family Guy and a repeat of Robot Chicken.[7]
"Last Last One Forever and Ever" received negative reviews. Jonah Krakow of IGN.com gave it a 6.0/10, calling it "over-hyped" & saying that "the show lost focus and failed to deliver the one thing that has kept it going for six seasons: jokes." Mike Lazzo considered not even airing the episode, but instead making it a DVD extra.[8]
Immediately after the episode aired, Adult Swim aired a bump, asking the fans to discuss their opinions of the episode on the messaging boards on AdultSwim.com. There were some concerns about whether this episode was the series finale episode due to the name of the episode and the ending. However, this is not the finale episode, the title and ending was a joke, and new episodes were already being planned when the episode aired. This was the second time there were concerns about the series ending, the first being the season finale to season 2, "The Last One." A new episode aired on December 13, 2009 as a Christmas special, and season seven began on February 7, 2010, with "Rabbot Redux" wherein the Aqua Teens move to a new home, but just two houses down from their old one, also next to Carl's.
The reactions to the episode were mixed amongst fans on the boards. A criticism of the episode was that Shake was not portrayed in the same light in which he is traditionally as egotistical and selfish, but rather more benevolent. T-Pain admitted that this was the first time he was acting and thought that he "sucked", but T-Pain was praised by the creators of the show for his performance. A significant amount of positive feedback from viewers came for Long's representation of Carl.[9]
"Last Last One Forever and Ever" was released, completely uncensored, by Warner Home Video on a two-disc DVD set in the United States; along with five other episodes from season six and five episodes from season seven on June 1, 2010. The boxset also features the behind the scenes making of "Last Last One Forever and Ever", as a special feature.[10][11] In addition to being available on DVD, "Last Last One Forever and Ever" is available on iTunes and the "Build Your Own DVD" feature on the Adult Swim website.[12][13]
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