List of Squidbillies episodes

Squidbillies is an animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. A total of 95 episodes of Squidbillies have aired. Volumes 1–5 are available on DVD.

Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 6 October 16, 2005 November 20, 2005
2 14 September 17, 2006 December 24, 2006
3 20 January 20, 2008 June 8, 2008
4 10 May 17, 2009 July 19, 2009
5 10 May 16, 2010 July 18, 2010
6 10 September 11, 2011 November 13, 2011
7 6 July 22, 2012 August 26, 2012
8 9 August 11, 2013 October 13, 2013
9 10 September 21, 2014 November 30, 2014

Episodes

Season 1 (2005)

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11"This Show is Called Squidbillies"October 16, 2005101
The back story for the series, focusing on Rusty's conception and childhood leading to his reunion with his father, Early.
22"Take This Job and Love It"October 23, 2005102
Early is fired from his job selling mattresses and must find new employment to avoid violating his parole. In the end he is hired as CEO of Dan Halen Sheetrock International,who, as Dan Halen describes, is responsible for any lawsuits that may and are in fact being pressed against the company.
33"School Days, Fool Days"October 30, 2005103
The Sheriff informs Early that Rusty must be given an education, so Early decides to home-school him.
44"Chalky Trouble"November 6, 2005104
An anti-white people rally leads to the revelation that Rusty's mom is white.
55"Family Trouble"November 13, 2005105
Rusty is reunited with his mother, Krystal, leading to questions and testing regarding his paternity.
66"Office Politics Trouble"November 20, 2005106
Dan Halen Industries begins mass-producing Early's home made alcohol under the brand name "Glug".

Season 2 (2006)

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71"Government Brain Voodoo Trouble"September 17, 2006201

The Sheriff and Early visit a therapist together and resolve none of their issues.

Guest appearance: Jonathan Katz as "The Rapist" (uncredited)
82"Butt Trouble"September 24, 2006202
Rusty begins laying eggs, to Early's dismay.
93"Double Truckin' the Tricky Two"October 1, 2006203
When the state investigates Dan Halen's blatantly rigged lottery, Halen rigs the next drawing so someone else (Early) wins, only to reveal the gruesome nature of the prize.
104"Swayze Crazy"October 8, 2006204
A man claiming to be Patrick Swayze comes to town.
115"Giant Foam Dickhat Trouble"October 15, 2006205

Early wears his "party hat" to church, upsetting the Pastor and God. An accident causes him to become a Fundamentalist Christian.

Guest appearance: Fred Armisen as Squid Jesus.
126"Meth O.D. to My Madness"October 22, 2006206
Early buys land and tries to make money on it, including drafting Lil into cooking meth.
137"The Tiniest Princess"October 29, 2006207

On Halloween night the family confronts the local monsters.

Guest appearance: Jon Wurster as Skyler.
148"Asses to Ashes, Sluts to Dust"November 5, 2006208
Granny is hospitalized, in need of an operation the family can't afford.
159"Bubba Trubba"November 12, 2006209
Comedian Plumber Bubba (a parody of Larry the Cable Guy) does a show in town.
1610"Burned and Reburned Again"November 19, 2006210

Early and Krystal reconcile, but it doesn't go well.

Guest appearance: .38 Special as themselves.
1711"Terminus Trouble"November 26, 2006211

Early, Rusty, and the Sheriff tour Atlanta, where Early is arrested.

Guest appearances: Mike Schatz as the consoler & Ned Hastings as the judge.
1812"Survival of the Dumbest"December 10, 2006212

Another squid causes Rusty to question the nature of life.

Guest appearance: Patton Oswalt as the giant one-eyed squid.
1913"A Sober Sunday"December 17, 2006213
Dan Halen introduces Proposition 421 to overturn the laws barring liquor sales on Sundays.
2014"Rebel with a Claus"December 24, 2006214
On Christmas night Early captures and ransoms Santa Claus.

Season 3 (2008)

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211"Webnecks"January 20, 2008301
Rusty's knack for computers leads to a robotic revolution in Dougal county.
222"Beast Implants"January 27, 2008302
After Granny's skin is burnt off, she has her body parts replaced with different animals, which causes her to act like them.
233"Tween Steam"February 3, 2008303
Dan Halen hires Rusty to attract pedophiles for a sting operation/reality TV show, making him a celebrity—until he begins puberty.
244"Wing Nut"February 10, 2008304
Dan Halen Industries genetically engineers a chicken entirely made of wings.
255"Mephistopheles Traveled Below to a Southern State Whose Motto is 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'"February 17, 2008305

Rusty sells his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar skills. To preserve his ego, Early does the same.

Guest appearance: Brendon Small as the Devil.
266"Earth Worst"February 24, 2008306

After Early sells some of the land for commercial use, the family has a run-in with a group of hippies.

Guest appearance: Fred Armisen, Rachel Dratch, and Jon Wurster as a Hippies.
277"The Good One"March 2, 2008307
Lil gives birth to a large number of children, which Early attempts to euthanize until he becomes attached to one of them.
288"Sharif"March 9, 2008308
Having an attractive and youthful odor comes at a heavy price.
299"Condition: Demolition!"March 16, 2008309

After accompanying his father to "Make Your Child Do Work Day", Rusty enters a demolition derby.

Guest appearance: Butterbean as himself.
3010"The Appalachian Mud Squid: Darwin's Dilemma"March 23, 2008310
A documentary on "ignorant land squids"—the Cuylers—is filmed in Dougal County.
3111"The Unbearable Heatness of Fire"April 6, 2008311
The Sheriff investigates the cause of a fire that claims the Cuyler home.
3212"Tuscaloosa Dumpling"April 13, 2008312
Rusty is put through a number of trials to prove his maturity.
3313"Armageddon It On!"April 20, 2008313

The Rapture occurs and various Dougal County residents ascend to Heaven, while others do not.

Guest appearances: Riley Martin as the Horseman of Pestilence (one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) and Larry Munson as voice of God.
3414"Gimmicky Magazine Show Spoof Parody About Dan Halen"April 27, 2008314
A news magazine interviews and profiles the achievements and scandals of Dan Halen.
3515"Flight of the Deep Fried Pine Booby"May 4, 2008315
Early, Rusty, and the Sheriff hunt Georgia's rarest bird.
3616"An Officer and a Dental Dam"May 11, 2008316
After Granny takes ill, Early has her personal effects appraised on a public television program and discovers a long forgotten affair with General Robert E. Lee.
3717"The Okaleechee Dam Jam"May 18, 2008317

When Dougal County is forced to conserve water due to a drought, Dan Halen enacts a complicated plan to get all the water he needs.

Guest appearance: David Allan Coe as himself.
3818"Pile M for Murder"May 25, 2008318
Dan Halen grows a tail and horn and hears a voice, prompting him to have "Mount Murder" built. Meanwhile, The Cuylers have accidentally given away instead of sold their mud, leaving them no money for gas money to go muddin'.
3919"Mud Days and Cornfused"June 1, 2008319

Dougal county celebrates Mud Days, during which Dan Halen presents the community with a corn maze.

Guest appearance: Vernon Chatman as Shuckey the Corn Mascot.
4020"Krystal, Light"June 8, 2008320
Krystal wins the lottery and has an "esophageal bypass" to lose weight. Both Dan Halen and Early find themselves attracted to her.

Season 4 (2009)

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411"Lerm"May 17, 2009401

An accident leads to rage, leads to friendship, leads to love, leads to murder, leads to political success. The phrases "Death to America" and "...go that way" are used extensively in this episode.

Guest appearance: Soilent Green provide the theme song.
422"The Liar, the Bitch and the Bored Rube"May 24, 2009402
Books are a window to an amazing new world, and that's why they're wrong.
433"The Fine Ol’ Solution"May 31, 2009403
Early protects menial American jobs from the Mexicans willing to do them.
444"Anabolic-holic"June 7, 2009404

Rusty discovers that steroids have no negative repercussions.

Guest appearances: Mick Foley as Thunder Clap and George Lowe as wrestling-promo voice.
455"Confessions of a Gangrenous Mind"June 14, 2009405
The oldest living Confederate widow doesn’t say anything of real relevance.
466"The Big Gay Throwdown"June 21, 2009406
The Sheriff goes deep undercover to apprehend his most wanted man.
477"Atone Deaf"June 28, 2009407
Early learns to deal with rage by punching it in the face.
488"God’s Bro"July 5, 2009408

The Cuylers slip the surly bonds of earth and touch the face of God’s Bro after Dan Halen finances the construction of a black hole.

Guest appearance: Mike Schatz as the scientist.
499"Reunited, And It Feels No Good" (Part 1)July 19, 2009409
Early learns the importance of family, and profiting off them.
5010"Not Without My Cash Cow!" (Part 2)July 19, 2009410
When the media sensationalizes his son’s disappearance, Early finds the coverage to be sensational.

Season 5 (2010)

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511"Need for Weed"May 16, 2010501

The discovery of Lil's secret marijuana operation brings jamband Widespread Panic to Dougal County.

Guest appearance: Widespread Panic as themselves
522"The Many Loves of Early Cuyler"May 23, 2010502

Early starts his own cult and marries a bunch of women in a "Jim Jones" like manner.

Guest appearance: Mamie Warner as Krystal's cousin.
533"Dead Squid Walking"May 30, 2010503

Rusty receives a treasure map from his great-grandfather in a prison.

Guest appearance: Jesco White as Ga-Ga-Pee-Pap Cuyler.
544"Young, Dumb and Full of Gums"June 6, 2010504
Dan Halen tells everyone in Dougal County that Obama is putting fluoride and other mind-bending drugs in the water supply to sterilize the town.
555"Holodeck Redneck"June 13, 2010505

Advances in holodeck technology allow Early to visit Florida.

Guest appearances: Billie Reaves as Mammy (Granny's real mother), Jonathan Katz as the Holodeck Therapist (uncredited).
566"Frivolacious Squidigation"June 20, 2010506
Early sues Dan Halen after Granny gets hurt on one of the rides at the fair.
577"Fatal Distraction"June 27, 2010507

Early's GPS unit develops a bromance with him and tries to kill off Granny and Rusty so it and Early can be together.

Guest appearance: Paul Stanley of Kiss as himself.
588"Clowny Freaks"July 4, 2010508

Rusty gets into a rap band and the fever catches Early as they both become "Clowny Freaks". Rusty eventually loses interest but not Early.

Note: The rap group in this episode is a reference to the Insane Clown Posse.
599"Lean Green Touchdown Makifying Machine"July 11, 2010509

Rusty discovers that he is one of the greatest football players around and this affords him a chance to go to college, while Early tries to profit from Rusty's talent.

Guest appearances: Chad Ochocinco and Phil Hendrie.
6010"America: Why I Love Her"July 18, 2010510

A very special Squidbillies musical in which Early and the rest of the group sing about how much they love the United States of America, while defending Dougal County against al-Qaeda's plot to invade Alabama.

Guest appearances: Drive-By Truckers

Note: This is the first half-hour episode.

Season 6 (2011)

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611"Asbestos I Can"September 11, 2011603

Early's addiction to asbestos hats gives him a terminal disease, and the Sheriff decides to let Early have his last wishes granted.

Guest appearances: T-Pain and Kevin Gillespie
622"Class of '86"September 18, 2011604
The 25-year high school reunion rolls around. Dan Halen forces the Sheriff to keep Early from the party (as he dropped out in second grade), while the Sheriff begins to have flashbacks to Dan Halen's bullying.
633"Velvet Messiah"September 25, 2011602
Early steals Granny's picture of Jesus and exploits the townspeople by hiding behind the picture and making demands.
644"The Big E"October 2, 2011605
Early attacks and nearly kills a radio announcer that upsets him. He ends up taking the announcer's job and takes the title "Big E". He ends up losing the job when the announcer gets out of the hospital and shoots him in the face during a book signing. The end of the episode has a tribute to the late George Jones who sang the theme for this episode.
655"Keeping It in the Family Way"October 9, 2011606
Rusty finds a girlfriend and has sex for the first time. Early, infatuated with Rusty's girlfriend, becomes upset to and tries to break them up. Rusty later finds out that he is going to be a father and comes looking for her only to find that she has run away to be with her mother. He finds her and discovers that they are cousins.
666"Snow Daddy"October 16, 2011601
Rusty forms a bond with a magical snowman who sheds doubt on Early's parenting skills.
677"Ballmart"October 23, 2011607
Sheriff hires Granny and Early as greeters in Dan Halen's new Ball Mart super store.
688"The Pharaoh's Wad"October 30, 2011608
Early becomes addicted to a video poker machine.
699"Return of Gaga Pee Pap"November 6, 2011609
A terminally ill Ga-Ga-Pee-Pap returns to make peace with his family before death, and also to "get them again" one more time.
7010"Trucked Up!"November 13, 2011610
After being challenged on his knowledge of trucking by Rusty, Early recounts his time as The Scrambler, a rebel trucker who took on trucking runs that "couldn't be done". They really couldn't: Dan Halen hired him to drive toxic waste from Dougal County to Paris, thereby dumping it into the Atlantic Ocean.

Season 7 (2012)

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711"Rusty and Tammi Sitting in a Tree, B-A-S-T-A-R-D"July 22, 20127021.199[2]
Months after the events of Keeping It in the Family Way, Rusty sacrifices his mediocre dreams to support the child he is about to have with Tammi.
722"Beware the Butt-Cutter"July 29, 20127011.140[3]
When a serial killer is on the loose, Sheriff turns to the town’s stupidest citizen for help.
733"Squidbilly Manfishing"August 5, 20127041.157[4]
Early gets plastic surgery to improve his self-esteem.
744"Green and Sober"August 12, 20127031.081[5]
Lil gets sober and moves out.
755"The Legend of Kid Squid"August 19, 20127051.010[6]
When Rusty takes the fall for Early’s crimes, Early becomes jealous of the attention that Rusty receives. Early then commits a crime that enrages the entire county.
766"From Russia with Stud"August 26, 20127061.132[7]
The sheriff gets a Russian mail-order bride, who promptly abandons him for a much more attractive man.

Season 8 (2013)

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771"Granite Caverns"August 11, 20138011.226[8]
Dan Halen's most recent business venture takes off when he advertises Rusty's chalk art as cave drawings created by ancient aliens.
782"Ga-Ga-Ghost"August 18, 20138031.142[9]
The ghost of Ga Ga Pee Pap returns to bond with Early.
793"The Inkubator Lives!"August 25, 20138041.269[10]
Rusty moonlights as a crime fighter ignoring Tammi and his son.
804"Drone to the Bone"September 8, 20131.196[11]
Rusty gets a job piloting drones only to have Early face off against them.
815"A Jailhouse Divided"September 15, 20131.360[12]
Denny challenges Sheriff for his job.
826"Stop, Jammer Time"September 22, 20130.863[13]
A new judge sets out to punish lawbreakers.
837"Thou Shale Not Drill"September 29, 20131.004[14]

The squids have a nuanced and well thought out debate on the controversial practice of fracture mining.

Note: This is the second half-hour episode.

Guest appearance: Ralphie May (credited under a pseudonym) as Peanut
848"The Squid Stays in the Picture"October 6, 20130.946[15]
Early sells out to liberal Hollywood.
859"Gun of a Son"October 13, 20131.134[16]
Early accidentally shoots Rusty while drunk.

Season 9 (2014)

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861"Hetero-cephalo Agenda"September 21, 20141.244[17]
Early protests gay marriage, marrying a paint can and ultimately an Appalachian black bear in the process.
872"Limbitless"September 28, 20141.395[18]
Early discovers to his delight that he can scam Dan Halen for money by injuring himself on the job.
883"Taint Misbehavin'"October 5, 20141.207[19]
Dan Halen is diagnosed with cancer which ultimately leads to adopting Kemetism and building a pyramid.
894"Ink Is Thicker Than Blood, Which Is Thicker Than Water"October 12, 20141.412[20]
Rusty questions his son's paternity while Tammi dates Denny
905"Bunker Down, You Hairy Dawg!"October 19, 2014N/A
Early builds a doomsday bunker and decides to bring down society.
916"A Walk to Dignity"October 26, 20141.077[21]
Sheriff's father breaks the law to deconstruct social barriers.
927"Granny Hotfoot"November 9, 20141.025[22]
After getting caught trying to steal apples, the Cuylers are forced into pig races.
938"Sheriff-in-law"November 16, 20141.128[23]
Early marries the Sheriff's invalid mother.
949"Hybrid To Hell"November 23, 20140.846[24]
Early protests hybrid power.
9510"Jose, Can You? Si!"November 30, 2014TBD
Early faces deportation.

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