Cartoon Network was among one of a few channels I often watched cartoons growing up. Adult Swim was more early teens to adult years. No show is more perfect to do either ambitious reference styles than Robot Chicken. The show has a notable history making specials. Robot Chicken can be quite ambitious swapping out animation styles.
I know the Adult Swim theme special is this year. Sometimes next year going to be an anniversary Cartoon Network special. Robot Chicken is virtually references going wild!!! Easily among the funniest shows I ever watched. The specials can differ from length to a degree. Most Robot Chicken episodes is around ten to twelve minutes long.
It may not sound long but they sure pack in some amazing stuff to make every minute count. Very true regarding some of the specials I seen. More recently, they done a special parodying Discovery Channel. A lot of them were DC and Star Wars. Some of those has some of the absolute funniest sketches they ever done!!!
Obviously both these upcoming specials going to be a massive blast of nostalgia especially for me. I'm glad Robot Chicken still in production despite no more actual episodes being made. The route actually inspired by South Park funny enough. More recently, South Park been making much shorter seasons with a few specials.
For a few seasons on The Simpsons has Disney+ exclusive episodes. Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition being the most recent. Actually next Friday is going to be Simpsley for the show. This is becoming a new trend among animated sitcom shows. The fact they're putting more everything into these specials. Robot Chicken can easily maintain it's level of quality.
I am really curious to see everything going to happen in both these specials. Robot Chicken is among Adult Swim's finest shows. Personally I felt majority of the show was very well animated as well as consistent. This show referenced so many things over the years. Parts of it reminded me of another show called Action League Now!.
Which was a spin off show of another show KaBlam!. Where they used action figures as well as dolls among the stop motion animation style. Robot Chicken is more over the top violent, offensive, creative of the two shows. I'm going to be happy seeing a lot of characters from either networks showing up. Especially the ones from their earlier days.
I know this is going to be quite a statement. These specials should rival even surpass Family Guy's trilogy of Star Wars parody episodes. I will be honest those were just as funny as the movie Spaceballs. I wanna feel that with both these Robot Chicken specials. I already know they are going to be quite creative with these characters.
Robot Chicken is a major inspiration to me. Just like a lot of these shows that sticked with me a long time. I also felt if either special does well I'm expecting it should. They could make more ambitious specials while remaining true to who they are. I would love to see the team do an special on Nickelodeon.
Yes they have parodied several of their shows mostly SpongeBob Squarepants. Another special request I would have is a full blown horror theme special. They done a lot of parodies over the years. I really would love to see what they could do with a special filled with them. Robot Chicken has insane potential for greatness.
Robot Chicken was truly ahead of it's time. Despite notably longer waits for these specials. I'm very sure the wait will be well worth it. They wanna make sure it's well animated. Depending on how often they swap out animation styles. Some will take a bit longer than others not an expert myself. The longer gaps allows them plenty more time to think of ideas they haven't done before without any pressure.
End of the day, they all want to have a great time. They also want those that watches these specials to be laughing hard having a great time as well. This is why I'm actually fine with the specials route they're going. Especially Adult Swim president allowing them to do things their way is a great sign. I still question the one time Aqua Teen Hunger Force gotten canceled out the blue though.
Among many shows getting parodied I do wanna see Sealab 2021. Which was essentially edited episodes of another cartoon show, Sealab 2020. Which also had whatever sticks canon. To me, it's going to be among the trickiest shows to parody on the Adult Swim side. On the surface, it may look like among the easiest.
But any fan of that show knows that's a trick by the animators. Sealab 2021 can get rather ridiculous to a degree. When they directly parody something they go all in on that. They already confirmed Courage the Cowardly Dog getting parodied in the Cartoon Network special. Which is going to be quite a challenge in itself.
Anyone who seen that show knows the weirdest things happens at the one location away from civilization. Courage faced all kind of crazy situations on the show. He even crossed over with Scooby-Doo in a movie. I know they also reference characters I'm not as familiar with. Which is fine there has to be something for the newer fans of either networks.
Not sure if Samurai Jack would show up since it was the final season that aired on Adult Swim. I bet a lot of people hoping to see characters from Home Movies for Adult Swim special. The voice actor for the coach H. Jon Benjamin later done both Bob's Burgers and Archer respectively. Just in case some of you wondering why they all sound familiar now you know!!!
I'm not sure if any shows that so happened to aired reruns counts. Going back to Samurai Jack, also not sure if King of the Hill going to show up either? For those that doesn't know Fox forced the show to aired the wrong episodes to get it off the air faster. An handful of episodes didn't get to air. After the reruns on Adult Swim became popular.
Adult Swim gotten permission to air those missing episodes on their network. I'm also aware a newer King of the Hill show of the same name on Hulu with a new season coming soon. I am expecting to see many classics from either networks to show up. If I got to be honest I'm quite hyped for Dexter's Laboratory.
Despite the notable change in quality that happened on the show. I felt prior to that was the show I loved. Of course, another cartoon show I previously considered discussing on here actually. Ed, Edd n Eddy always been among my most beloved Cartoon Network shows. Hard to believe a particular dare to the show's creator led to it's creation true story.
Danny Antonucci previously done The Brothers Grunt on MTV. Which was considered among the worst MTV shows ever!!! Somehow he ended up making among the most successful Cartoon Network shows in history. He literately went from the bottom of one network to the top of another network. I wanna see more than just Ed coming to Fortnite I mean really!!!
The show is about three guys who had a similar name. But thankfully they all go by different names to help tell em apart. Ed easily the tallest among them that isn't bright. At the same time, Ed has easily the most heart among anyone on that show. Double D is the shy, smart kid I'm sure we all know someone like him.
Of course, we got the shortest, cockiest among the three Eddy. He's always out to rip the other kids off to buy jawbreakers. Which are quite massive on the show. There does exist some huge jawbreakers in real life. None of them are that big!!! Also why would you wanna put something that big in your mouth?
Sick bastards not what I meant lol. It was easily among the most relatable shows on the network. Three friends that's been through so much together while being the outcasts. Their constant struggle to fit in with the other kids is one of many recurring themes. I would love to meet the creator of that show soon. I'm actually happy a lot of those shows now on Tubi for free!!!
This might be difficult to believe I kinda liked the original Powerpuff Girls show. Literately every other show was vastly different. The reboot show was in all honestly a massive disappointment. If there's a particular Adult Swim show I'm hoping they parodied in that special. It has to be Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law!!!
This also might come as a surprise I absolutely loved that court show. Before my dad introduced me to Night Court the classic version. This was my first exposure to a more fun court show I watched. It's a huge parody of any cartoon franchises done by Hanna-Barera. Which might've been inspiration to a degree to Robot Chicken.
Harvey Birdman is a lawyer taking on some difficult to take seriously cases. I do think Robot Chicken has so many possible angles to parody the show. There was an episode about Secret Squirrel flashing people. But he has no choice but open up his jacket to get gadgets. This was the classic version of the character.
I was more familiar with 2 Stupid Dogs version growing up. Either version of the character was a famous spy. Also not sure if they allow any anime shows into the Adult Swim special. Up to Toonami came back, Adult Swim was doing those shows. I do wanna see how far they willing to go with the concepts.
Cartoon Network was more aimed towards a younger audience while Adult Swim was more teens to adults. Which is already a notable shift to begin with. Robot Chicken loves to do risky ways to spice things up. I'm actually expecting the Cartoon Network special to be the crazier one. Let's be honest, Robot Chicken is among many shows still airing or at least in production for Adult Swim.
They already know how they're going to parody those shows. The bigger challenge is so many Cartoon Network shows in one special!!! It seems like among their biggest challenges to date. But I know this team going to blow this out the park!!! Honestly, it's just nice to see Robot Chicken kept coming back. Two specials referencing notable periods of my earlier years means something truly special!!!