The Aquabats! Super Show! (2012)
The Aquabats! Super Show! is an American action-comedy television series which premiered on March 3, 2012 on the United States cable network The Hub. The series was created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, both the creators of the Nick Jr. series Yo Gabba Gabba!, and Jason deVilliers. Based on the superhero mythology of The Aquabats, a real-life comedy rock band which series co-creator and lead singer Jacobs formed in 1994, The Aquabats! Super Show! follows the comic adventures of a fictionalized version of the band, a musical group of amateur superheroes, as they haphazardly defend the world from a variety of villains and monsters. Styled similarly to the campy aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s children's television and Japanese tokusatsu, Super Show! utilizes various mediums of visual styles and special effects, mixing live-action storylines with cartoon shorts, parody advertisements and musical interludes.
- Christian Jacobs
- Scott Schultz
- Jason DeVilliers
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Episode 1 - ManAnt!
Release Date: 2012-03-03While investigating a series of bizarre attacks on fast food restaurants, Crash is captured by the maniacal Manant, a half-man, half-ant creature that he had a genie create for him when he was a kid. Siphoning Crash's growth power to enlarge himself to human-size, Manant intends to use the extracted growth juice to create an army of giant ants to take over the world. Part One of the animated Aquabats have them crash landing on the moon and encounter space bees with Bat Commander being captured by Mooncheese, the pirate of the moon.
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Episode 2 - Mysterious Egg!
Release Date: 2012-03-10The Aquabats incubate a giant egg, not realizing the mayhem that will happen when it hatches. It's up to JImmy the Robot to save the day!
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Episode 3 - EagleClaw!
Release Date: 2012-03-17EagleBones' estranged brother plots revenge and returns for an epic guitar solo showdown. Guest starring Jon Heder and Lou Diamond Phillips.
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Episode 4 - Laundry Day!
Release Date: 2012-03-24A run-in with filthy muck monsters leaves The Aquabats in need of a visit to the laundromat, where they encounter an evil mastermind and her new monstrosity.
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Episode 5 - LadyFingers!
Release Date: 2012-03-31After The Aquabats rescue a group of beachgoers from motorcycle-riding mummies, Ricky falls for a mysterious siren.
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Episode 6 - Haunted BattleTram!
Release Date: 2012-04-07After the MC Bat Commander eats a burrito from a gravesite, the Battletram is haunted by an angry ghost.
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Episode 7 - Cowboy Android!
Release Date: 2012-04-14After saving miners from a huge mole monster, The Aquabats face a robot gunslinger in a fake Western town. Guest starring Paul Scheer.
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Episode 8 - Überchaun!
Release Date: 2012-04-21While golfing, The Aquabats encounter the mysterious Uberchaun who gives them three challenges they must overcome to avoid being cursed forever. Guest starring Dana Micheal Woods.
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Episode 9 - Pilgrim Boy!
Release Date: 2012-04-28The Aquabats befriend a shape-shifting Pilgrim Boy while Detroit is under attack by a giant bug. Guest starring Samm Levine & "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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Episode 10 - The Floating Eye Of Death!
Release Date: 2012-05-05Exhausted after a playing a rock concert, The Aquabats pull into an isolated truck stop to catch some sleep. Their peace and quiet is short-lived, however, when the mythical Floating Eye of Death invades their rest area, transforming its inhabitants into mindless zombie drones. Holing up in the convenience store, The Aquabats must find a way to defeat the floating menace before they too start falling victim to its soul-stealing powers. Guest starring Becca Greene as Tina. It's a Cartoon!: As Jimmy's anti-virus software kicks in and eradicates his brain parasites, The Aquabats race to escape from Jimmy's body before they too are destroyed. Commercial: Stooped Fone!
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Episode 11 - Night Of The Cactus!
Release Date: 2012-05-12When a strange meteorite crashes in the desert, The Aquabats arrive at the scene hoping to sell it for some quick cash, only to find it possesses dangerous otherworldly powers. With The MC Bat Commander horribly mutated from its effects, the band must find a way to not only restore their leader to his former self but also rescue a nearby woman from the clutches of a crazy cactus monster brought to life by the meteorite's same powers. Guest starring Paul Rust as Ronmark and Kate Freund as Zalgar. It's a Cartoon!: After escaping from Jimmy's body and successfully dodging the space worm, The Aquabats set a course for a strange nearby planet to repair the Battletram. Commercial: S.C.A.B.S.
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Episode 12 - CobraMan!
Release Date: 2012-06-02In the midst of traveling on a world tour, The Aquabats are lured into a shady roadside sideshow advertising a "real-life CobraMan", only to end up having the Battletram stolen by a wrestling mask-wearing carnival barker named Carl (modeled after co-director/performer Chapman's Strong Bad character). Facing certain unemployment without transportation, the band must challenge Carl to an all-or-nothing duel with his CobraMan monster to reclaim their vehicle, or else they'll have to return to their day jobs. Guest starring Matt Chapman as Carl. It's a Cartoon!: When the Battletram lands on a planet inhabited by friendly barbarians, The Aquabats try to find a way back home with the aide of a magic dagger. Commercial: Scruffy Scruff
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Episode 13 - ShowTime!
Release Date: 2012-06-16Down on their luck and out of money, The Aquabats try to find an opportunity to re-establish their superhero status in order to help sell their surplus of merchandise. When an impending alien invasion masterminded by the diabolical Space Monster "M" defeats the city's other, far more competent superhero teams, it's up to The Aquabats alone to summon their collective strengths and stop him before he destroys the planet.