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''Robot Chicken'' is an American
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television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for
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's nighttime programming block
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. The twelve-minute show consists of short unrelated sketches usually satirizing
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characters or celebrities. Toys are employed as the players, animated via stop motion and supplemented by
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. The voice cast changes every episode, and features many celebrity cameos. The writers, most prominently Green, also provide many of the voices. ''Robot Chicken'' has won two
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s and six
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s.


Production history

''Robot Chicken'' was conceptually preceded by ''
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'', a humorous photo
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appearing in '' ToyFare''. Matthew Senreich, an editor for ''ToyFare'', got in touch with actor Seth Green when Senreich learned that Green had made
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of castmates from ''
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'' and asked to photograph them. Months later, Green asked Senreich to collaborate on an animated short for ''
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'', featuring toy versions of himself and O'Brien. This led to the 12-episode
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series ''Sweet J Presents'' on the
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'' creator
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in the first ''Sweet J'' episode ("Conan's Big Fun"). Continuing the concept of the web series, the show creators pitched ''Robot Chicken'' as a television series, the name being inspired by a dish on the menu at a West Hollywood Chinese restaurant, Kung Pao Bistro, where Green and Senreich had dined (other ideas for the series' name included ''Junk in the Trunk'', ''The Deep End'', and ''Toyz in the Attic''; some of these would be reworked into episode titles for the first season). Some television networks and sketch shows rejected the series, including
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'', ''
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'', and even
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. However, someone at that network passed the pitch along to its nighttime programming block,
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, around the same time that Seth MacFarlane told Green and Senreich to pitch the show to the channel. On February 20, 2005, the series premiered on Adult Swim. The show was created, written, and produced by Green and Senreich and produced by ShadowMachine Films (Seasons 1–5) and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios in association with Stoop!d Monkey,
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(Seasons 1–5) and
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(Seasons 6–10). The program aired a 30-minute episode dedicated to ''
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'' that premiered June 17, 2007, in the U.S., featuring the voices of ''Star Wars'' notables
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, Billy Dee Williams, and Ahmed Best. The ''Star Wars'' episode was nominated for a 2008
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Award as Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour). The series was renewed for a 20-episode third season, which ran from August 12, 2007, to October 5, 2008. After an eight-month hiatus during the third season, the show returned on September 7, 2008, to air the remaining 5 episodes. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on December 7, 2008, and ended on December 6, 2009. In early 2010, the show was renewed for a fifth and sixth season (40 more episodes total). The fifth season premiered on December 12, 2010. The second group of episodes began broadcasting on October 23, 2011. The 100th episode aired on January 15, 2012. In May 2012, Adult Swim announced they were picking up a sixth season of ''Robot Chicken'', which began airing in September 2012. The seventh season premiered on April 13, 2014. The eight season premiered on October 25, 2015. The ninth season premiered on December 10, 2017. Season 10 premiered on September 29, 2019, containing the 200th episode. Season 11 premiered on September 6, 2021. Following the 2020 cancellation of '' The Venture Bros.'', ''Robot Chicken'' became Adult Swim's longest running series, until it was surpassed by ''
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'' after its renewal in 2023. After not having released new episodes since April 2022, Green announced in a live-streamed interview that, while a new full season of ''Robot Chicken'' would likely not be ready in time for the following year, a new half-hour ''Robot Chicken'' special is slated for release sometime in 2025. In a later interview, Green announced that ''Robot Chicken'' will be moving away from 20-episode seasons and towards doing specials. ''The Robot Chicken Self-Discovery Special'' will be released in summer 2025 in honor of the series' 20th anniversary.


Format

''Robot Chicken'' employs stop-motion animation of toys, primarily
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, as well as
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and sometimes other objects, such as socks, paper bags, and popsicle sticks. Custom action figures made in the likeness of celebrities are used to portray them. Each episode is composed of short unrelated sketches varying from a few seconds to a few minutes long. Between each sketch is a moment of static, resembling the act of channel surfing on an analog TV. The show mocks
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or mass art, sometimes contraste ...
, referencing toys, movies, television, games, popular fads, and more obscure references like anime cartoons and older television programs, much in the same vein as comedy sketch shows like ''Saturday Night Live''. A recurring motif involves fantastical characters being placed in mundane or adult situations (such as Stretch Armstrong requiring a corn syrup transplant after losing his abilities due to age, Optimus Prime performing a
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PSA, and
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experiencing
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). ''Robot Chicken'' features a rotating ensemble cast of recurring performers and cameos. Its most frequent performers include Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer,
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, and Dan Milano.


Original characters

''Robot Chicken'' primarily features satirical versions of celebrities and existing popular characters in its sketches, but it has also debuted some original characters created for the show. * Robot Chicken (vocal effects provided by Seth Green) is the show's titular character. He is a cyborg chicken with a red laser eye. First seen as a roadkill chicken on Highway 9W while he originally lived on Old Man McLauchlin's farm, the Mad Scientist revives him as a cyborg and experiments on him by forcing him to watch sketches on numerous TV monitors. In the 100th episode, he gets freed by a maid and later kills his creator after he kidnaps his wife. He later revives the Mad Scientist as a cyborg and reverses the roles, forcing him to watch sketches. * The Mad Scientist (voiced by
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) is a scientist who revived the Robot Chicken. He has wild white hair and a diabolical grin. His real name is revealed to be Fritz Huhnmörder (German for 'chicken murderer') in the season 3 episode "Werewolf vs. Unicorn". He was killed by the Robot Chicken after the events of the 100th episode only for him to be revived as a cyborg in the sixth season's opening sequence. The Robot Chicken then gets his revenge by forcing the Mad Scientist to watch the same sketches that he had been previously forced to watch. In the season 10 episode "Fila Ogden in: Maggie's Got a Full Load" with the ''
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''-styled opening, the Mad Scientist's nickname is Rick Sanchez, named after another Adult Swim mad scientist character due to his resemblance to the same character. He actually has five kids, in which they include his crazed son, a teenage daughter who is goth, an 8-year-old daughter, and infant twins: a boy named Damien, and a girl named Rhiannon. Additionally, he also has a wife named Kathrine. It also reveals that the Mad Scientist's birthday is on January 21. * The Nerd (voiced by Seth Green) is a 26-year-old nerdy man with square-framed glasses who
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s. He appears in many episodes and often ends up in wild situations in famous media. Although his name was mentioned as "Gary" in the season 1 episode "Joint Point", recent Adult Swim commercials for some later episodes give his name as "Arthur Kensington, Jr.". He dies in the season 9 finale only for him to get revived as a cyborg in the tenth season's opening sequence. Despite his transformation into a cyborg, sometime in between the season 10 finale and the season 11 premiere, he was finally restored to normal. * Cluckerella (vocal effects provided by Seth Green) is the Robot Chicken's wife. She wears a dress and has blonde hair and red lipstick. She gets kidnapped by the Mad Scientist during the 100th episode, causing the Robot Chicken to go to the lab and kill him to rescue her. In the season 7 finale, it is revealed that Cluckerella has left him. * Mad Scientist's Son (voiced by
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) is the Mad Scientist's 32-year-old twisted son, who steals his cyborg-making tools as part of a plot to kidnap all living U.S. presidents for ransom. However, he ends up being defeated by the Robot Chicken and the Mad Scientist, who then forces him to watch the sketches as punishment. According to the script of the season 7 finale, his real name is revealed to be Tony Huhnmörder-Anderson. * Bitch Pudding (voiced by Katee Sackhoff) is an original character addition to the ''
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'' universe. Bitch Pudding is a foul-mouthed, crass and violent 18-year-old woman and a former resident of Pastryville who has a penchant for insulting, tormenting, and sometimes even killing others. In her debut appearance in the season 4 episode "P.S. Yes, in That Way", she seems to be 8 years old for early episodes, but in later episodes to show her as a young adult when she gets a growth spurt. In season 7, she became the first of the series' recurring characters to have their own first single storyline special, titled the "Bitch Pudding Special". * Unicorn (voiced by George Lowe) is a white homosexual
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who is a complete pervert. In his debut appearance in the season 2 episode "Suck It", he appears before the Nerd, who had just daydreamed about unicorns being real. When his magic horn is polished, it gives "magical unicorn mayonnaise". * Humping Robot is a mute robot looking for love, who is first seen humping a
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in the season 1 episode "Atta Toy". He has also been seen humping church bells, jukeboxes, and slot machines, among other metallic objects. In the season 3 episode "Werewolf vs. Unicorn", he is revealed to be a father of his unknown robotic family, according to the gravestone of him. * Bloopers Host (voiced by Jamie Kaler) is the host of the "Bloopers!" sketches, which parodies the early years of '' America's Funniest Home Videos'', sometimes substituting home videos for humorous television and film outtakes. At the end of almost every sketch he appears in, he commits
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in various ways, including hanging himself, swallowing whiskey and pills, putting a toaster in a bathtub, and suffocating himself with a plastic bag. * Mo-Larr: Eternian Dentist (voiced by Michael Ian Black) is an original character addition to the show's ''
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'' parodies. Mo-Larr is the resident
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of Eternia. He is willing to resort to drastic measures in order to perform his dental work on unwilling patients such as
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, even going so far as to ensnare Beast Man in dental floss and stick a dental drill into Grizzlor's eye. His real name is revealed to be Moe Larrstein in the season 5 episode "Terms of Endaredevil". * Composite Santa Claus (voiced by
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) is a genocidal monster who is half
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, half snowman, and is based on Composite Superman. In the season 4 episode "In a DVD Factory", his backstory is revealed: he was created by a diabolical scientist from the combined DNA of Santa and
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. After he awakens, he shoots the scientist and his two assistants with an automatic rifle, killing the latter two, and goes on a rampage, waging war on all non-Gentile religions. Whenever he is defeated, he refers to the method or substance used as his "only weakness". * Little Drummer Boy (voiced by Seth Green) is an
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version of the popular character of the same name. His drums can summon demons when beaten. He debuted in the "A Very Dragon Ball Z Christmas" sketch. * Daniel (voiced by Seth Green) is a negative-minded teenage nerd who hosts a web series where he complains about inaccuracies in media – and not even ''Robot Chicken'' is immune from his criticism. Daniel's nickname is "Gyro-Robo". He masturbates frequently and is often targeted by the local bully, Munson. * Munson (voiced by Breckin Meyer) is a jerkish teenager who bullies nerds, especially Daniel. * Gary the Stormtrooper (voiced by Donald Faison) is a fictional addition to the cast for the show's ''
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'' parodies. Gary is a clumsy, bit incompetent and well-meaning 29-year-old stormtrooper who usually messes things up due to his clumsiness. Despite that, he is able to make his work right. In the special '' Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II'', he is revealed to be a married family man who lives with his wife Beverly and his young daughter Jessica, who according to his wife, hardly ever sees him due to his work; but is making efforts to be involved more in her life. In the special '' Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III'', it is also revealed that his family lives on Alderaan. * Aliens (voiced by Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Adam Talbott,
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, and
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) are a race of wacky grey aliens who have a tendency to bungle their plans and efforts, usually resulting in them letting out a frustrated scream of "Dammit, dammit, dammit!" * Gummy Bear (voiced by Michelle Trachtenberg) is an anthropomorphic gummy bear who is doomed to scream in pain from stepping on a bear trap. In her debut appearance in the season 3 episode "Tapping a Hero", she doesn't mind the taste of her own leg after she bites it off to free herself only to step on another bear trap again.


Episodes


Syndication

All ''Robot Chicken'' episodes from seasons 1-11 are available on
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Advertising

''Robot Chicken'' has partnered with various brands to produce television advertisements, including
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in 2015,
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in 2017, and most recently,
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in 2023.


Home media

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have released the first four seasons and all three ''Star Wars'' specials on DVD in the United Kingdom. A box set including the first three seasons and a box set including all three ''Star Wars'' specials have also been released.
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has released the first nine seasons of ''Robot Chicken'' and specials on DVD in Australia and New Zealand. Adult Swim released ''Robot Chicken: The Complete Series'' for digital purchase on iTunes and Vudu in July 2023.


International broadcast

The series airs in the
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as part of E4's
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block, in
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on
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(previously
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's
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block from 2006 to 2019) and also in
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on Télétoon's Télétoon la nuit block, in
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on The Comedy Channel's
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block, in
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on 2x2's Adult Swim block, in
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on WarnerTV Comedy's Adult Swim block (previously TNT Serie's Adult Swim block from 2009 to 2017), and in
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on the I.Sat Adult Swim block (after the Adult Swim block was canceled from Cartoon Network Latin America in 2008).


References


External links

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''Robot Chicken'' – Star Wars Review
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