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"Allen"
Master Shake
meets Allen, the strict god-like ruler of the world, nine years in the future.
Episode nos.Season 8
Episodes 1 & 2
Directed by
Written by
  • Dave Willis
  • Matt Maiellaro
Production codes1001 (Part 1)
1002 (Part 2)[1]
Original air dates
  • May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08) (Part 1)
  • May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15) (Part 2)
Running time11:19 minutes (Part 1)
11:18 minutes (Part 2)
Guest appearances
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"Allen" is the two-part season premiere of the

Utopia
where everyone has respect for one another.

"Allen" is the first episode of the series to be branded under an alternative title, and the first part marks the final appearance of Dr. Weird. The script for the beginning of the first part was read live by the main cast at

Dragon*Con in 2010, months before the episode originally aired on television.[2] This is the first two-part episode since "Last Last One Forever and Ever" and "Rabbot Redux"; no other multi-part episodes have premiered since. Both parts later aired together back-to-back in a half-hour block on May 29, 2011. Both parts ranked #1 in their respective time slots on basic cable with all key adult demographics, and the May 29, 2011 airing was seen by 1.675 million viewers.[3] Both parts have been made available on DVD, and other forms of home media, including on demand
streaming.

Plot

Part 1

The newly formed "Aqua Unit Patrol Squad", a detective squad made up of

black
. After the construction worker orders them to leave, Shake rips off his disguise and accent and orders the construction worker to tell him what kind of back-room operation he had to have to look like that.

Later, at the hospital, Shake is badly injured, to the point where he cannot move, and Meatwad must hand him water. Shake, with his voice very weak, brags about beating the man up. Meatwad then tells Shake that he checked with their client and that she was not even married, ruling out that she had a husband, or that she even had an affair, since she was single. Frylock reveals that the woman really wanted them to find her cat. Shake then comes up with the notion that the man that beat him up took the woman's cat, and framed them by saying that they are detectives. Shake wants her phone records, as well as everyone she has emailed. Frylock then complains that the "new show" still isn't any good, and that they should go back and do what they used to do. Shake then comes up with another plan: hypersleep. They go to

eggs into him. Shake (now sporting a full beard) is disgusted by this, and then jumps at the sight of Danny being electrocuted by lightning
. Shake gets a cab ride to an abortion clinic and discovers that "everything is free now" because everyone is supposed to be good. After he gets an abortion, protesters outside are also shot by lightning, as is the doctor that performed the abortion on Shake. Shake then goes back to his home, now in Seattle, and is horrified to discover that no one is there.

Part 2

Shake goes over to his neighbor

gangsters who ask Shake if he needs directions. Shake is frightened by them and is surprised that they do not want to kill him. One of the gangsters then pulls out a knife and is then electrocuted by the lightning after mentioning Allen and threatening him. Shake questions the other gangster about this Allen, and he tries to walk away from Shake, pretending to not know what he is talking about. Shake is then abducted and thrown into a tiny room with thousands of small monitors
inside. The room has a banner outside that reads, "BEHAVE FOR THE ALLEN". It is supposed to say alien, but "Allen" says they, "fucked it up."

Allen says that the monitors track all bad deeds around the entire world, and when spotted the perpetrators are electrocuted, so that the Earth can remain good. Allen then explains to Shake that he is the meanest person on the planet, and that he is going to electrocute him. But Shake responds that he has on a "forcefield"; Allen believes this, and refrains from killing him. Frylock and Meatwad then go right next to the room where Allen and Shake are located and Meatwad tells Frylock a plan he has. Allen tells Shake that he has an abusive father, who forced him to do the job he is doing, after Allen and his friend Tommy have a party and Tommy ruined his father's pool table. Shake then tells Allen that he knows his father, and that his father is going out of town on business. Allen sees this as the perfect opportunity to party with his friend Tommy, and tells Shake to do his job. Meatwad's plan starts, with him saying tiny swears such as "doody" and "butt", while Frylock goes all out and says things like "suck my fry dick". Allen blasts and kills Frylock and gives Shake his powers and goes up out of the room, leaving Shake in charge. But before he can go up to the party room, it catches fire because Tommy was smoking, and Allen argues with his father. Shake then flicks a button which puts a shield on the tower, and Allen's father electrocutes and kills him for "his own good".

Production

Both parts of "Allen" were written and directed by series creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro who have written and directed every episode of the series. The first part originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, on May 8, 2011 with the second part airing a week later on May 15, 2011. Both parts aired together in a half-hour block on May 29, 2011.

The first part features a guest appearance from

Dragon*Con in 2010, several months before the episode officially aired on television.[2]

This episode is the first episode not to premiere under the Aqua Teen Hunger Force brand as it was the first to air when each season was given an

cold opening since the season two episode, "The Cloning", which features the final appearance of Dr. Weird.[6]

Reception

The original American broadcast of the first part on May 8, 2011 was watched by 1.846 million viewers,[7] and ranked #1 in its time slot on basic cable with all key adult demographics and men 18–34 and 18–24.[8] The original American broadcast of the second part the following week on May 15, 2011 was watched by 1.798 viewers,[9] and ranked #1 in its time slot on basic cable among adults 18–24, alongside the premiere of the Superjail! episode "Jailbot 2.0".[10]

When both parts were re-aired together in a half-hour block on May 29, 2011, it was watched by 1.675 million viewers.[3]

Home release

See also: List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force DVDs

Both parts of "Allen" were released on DVD in

Amazon Video.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ Production codes as printed on the Official Adult Swim schedule at the time or their original debuts in May 2011.
  2. ^ a b DragonCon 2010 – Aqua Teen Hunger Force Script Reading
  3. ^ a b Son of the Bronx. "Adult Swim ratings (May 23–29, 2011)". Son of the Bronx. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  4. ^ Credits found at the end of Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 episode "Allen Part One".
  5. ^ Credits found at the end of Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 episode "Allen Part Two".
  6. ^ Mentioned by series co-creator Matt Maiellaro in a bumper, which aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, right before the original debut of "Allen Part One" on May 8, 2011.
  7. ^ Son of the Bronx. "Adult Swim ratings (May 2–8, 2011)". Son of the Bronx. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  8. ^ Gorman, Bill. "Ratings Notes for TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, truTV; Including NBA Playoffs, 'Conan,' 'Looney Tunes Show,' 'House of Payne' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 12, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  9. ^ Son of the Bronx. "Adult Swim ratings (May 9–15, 2011)". Son of the Bronx. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
  10. ^ Seidman, Robert. "Ratings Notes for TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, truTV; Including 'Looney Tunes Show,' NBA Playoffs, 'Conan,' 'House of Payne' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 Volume 1 (Aqua Teen Season 8)". Madman Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  12. ^ Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1, Season 1 at iTunes.
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  14. Amazon Video
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