Season 5 (2008) Retrospective | Aqua Teen Hunger Force Deep Dive

58 min • 7 april 2025

Season 5 of ATHF is a contentious one. Either you love it or you hate it. Or maybe you think it's okay. Or you just, like, sorta like it. Look, I don't know your life story -- but what I DO know is Season 5 is a hell of a lot better than I was expecting it to be. While the season got my panties in a bunch back in 2008, it put a big ol' smile on my face while covering it for the podcast. And also I don't wear panties anymore. Commando, baby!

Today we're talking about the season as a whole & spending some time dwelling on what it brought to the world of Aqua Teen. I'll also tell you my favorite episodes & villains from the season, because that's certainly something that you ever wanted to know and will help your life even one bit.

We're also looking at the year the season was birthed out during - 2008 - figuring out what the heck happened back then. Believe it or not, nobody actually knows except for me, because I was there, man. From my hot movie takes that will most definitely get me at least one hate mail (I'm sort of like a modern day Joker, maybe. Probably not. I'm more of an Alfred type.), to the tunes of the time (and how Chris Martin ruled the world), to the video games (you ever heard of a Wii?)-- this podcast episode has it all! Well, if "it all" means these very specific things that I'm talking about on the podcast.

Music Played:

♫ Coldplay - Viva La Vida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvgZkm1xWPE

♫ Taylor Swift - Love Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE8Ie_E

♫ Lady Gaga - Poker Face: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo

♫ M83 - Kim & Jessie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5cgzcjqOtE

♫ Why? - Good Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRf3EMSb8oI

♫ The Radio Dept. - Closing Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZEWpChchdo

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