Aqua Girl Action Squad

Aqua Girl Action Squad, alternately known as Aqua Girl Action Squad: A ATHF Production, is an American animated television special, serving as a spin-off to , being created by  and. It is produced by Williams Street and aired on September 20, 2020 on Adult Swim.

Synopsis
The special follows with three teenage human girls named Darla, Frieda and Minnie, who were lived in a different town for a normal life. At this moment on each day, they having reliable sources about their new undercover job (or partying).

Cast
Additional voices by Phil LaMarr, , , Seth Green, , , Fred Tatasciore, Justin Roiland, Amber Hood, Rachael MacFarlane, and .
 * as Darla Shake, a distinctively southern American-accented idiotic roommate who is the human and female counterpart of Master Shake. Her nickname is Mistress Shake. Like Shake, Darla has a single weapon with blobs of pistachio milkshake from her squirt gun.
 * as Frieda Lucy, the smartest roommate who is the human and female counterpart of Frylock. Unlike Frylock, Frieda doesn't have superpowers including eye beams.
 * Michelle Trachtenberg as Minerva "Minnie" T. Wade, a very friendly child-type roommate who is the human and female counterpart of Meatwad. Unlike Meatwad, Minnie doesn't do shape-shifting.
 * as Carl Brutananadilewski, a quick-tempered character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, who appeared in one scene where Darla first met with him at Dr. Weird's Castle.

Production
In early 2018, after a potential revival of ATHF was postponed one year ago, Maiellaro is planned to make a one-off special of the Aqua Teen series, entitled Aqua Girl Action Squad, starring the gender-swapped versions of the show's main characters with a mix of "human being" who were living in a different town rather than in a fictional town of Seattle, New Jersey where the real Aqua Teens lived. Keith Crofford and Walter Newman serves as executive producers for the special, due to Mike Lazzo's retirement in December 2019.

Transcript
Main article: Aqua Girl Action Squad/Transcript

Trivia

 * Like many specials on Adult Swim, the special has a 22-minute runtime.
 * The special's animation and the art style is the same from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
 * The title of this special is similar to Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 (the eighth season of ATHF).
 * This premieres on the same day as the new episodes of American Dad! and Tigtone aired on Adult Swim.
 * Plus, the premiere of the special is at 11:00pm after Rick and Morty, even the encore presentation is at 2:00am.
 * Unlike other ATHF episodes, it didn't have the show's theme song and its ending theme, but only the music score which composed by Michael Kohler (replacing Bill Fulton).
 * Plus, various censor sound effects (farting, burping, glass shattering, etc.) were replaced by an actual censor beep sound effect on the TV airings, while the uncensored version is used on the DVD release (presumably as a special feature on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever: The Final Season DVD set), digital purchase and HBO Max.
 * This special marks the 20th anniversary of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which aired between 2000 and 2015.
 * The Williams Street logo has been enhanced. Also, the logo does not wave in this variant, and thus is completely still without the animation at all; however, it plays the ending theme of the special.
 * This is the only time when Aqua Teen Hunger Force has a TV special.
 * Most of the main characters' voices have similarities to the ones from the animated Adult Swim shows.
 * Darla's voice is similar to Bitch Pudding from Robot Chicken.
 * Also, she's reusing Bitch Pudding's quotes from every Robot Chicken episode like "Yo, what's up.", "Let's party!", "Yeah. You crazy, girl.", "Nothing.", "Uh-oh.", "Mmm... that's not what I heard.", "Come on then!", "Hop in if you want to live, dystopian dildos." and "Ew, that's gross.".
 * Interestingly, Darla resembles Katee Sackhoff, hence of the fact that the character is voiced by the same voice actress.
 * Frieda's voice is similar to Quinn Ergon and Nightfall from Final Space.
 * Interestingly, Frieda strongly resembles Quinn or Nightfall.
 * Minnie's voice is similar to the Gummy Bear from Robot Chicken.
 * However, she's also reusing some of Trachtenberg's quotes from every Robot Chicken episode like "What a downer.", "Put the gun down!", "Hey, ever played with one of these?" and "Who is that?".
 * The Aqua Teens do not appear in this special; however, in one scene where Minnie mentions Meatwad owns a restaurant.
 * All the supporting and recurring characters from ATHF also do not appear in this special; however, other characters were showed as the Easter eggs:
 * A picture of Dr. Weird riding a horse is seen at the play area.
 * Jubilee (with the faceless Knappy on her back) appears as an employee at the play area.
 * Chicken Bittle is seen on a bucket of fried chicken.
 * The special's animated backgrounds were look different and more colorful than the original Aqua Teen series.
 * Similar to the ATHF episode "Last Last One Forever and Ever", but the human counterparts are different personalities in this story.
 * A play area location Dr. Weird's Castle from that episode is now in a style of other family entertainment centers, such as Chuck E. Cheese's, Peter Piper Pizza, etc.
 * Don Shake's first name and Darla Shake's first name are the same that starting with the letter "D".
 * Similarly, Darla is wearing the yellow gloves just like Master Shake's live-action counterpart wore.
 * The Aqua Girls were lived in the same, remodeled Aqua Teen House from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever episode "The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We Fucking Mean It)".
 * The rooms from the Aqua Teen House were look the same, but they have the actual bathroom and Darla's room with adding a dining table in the living room.
 * Plus, the bedrooms of Frieda and Minnie were the same as Frylock and Meatwad's rooms, but with some differences like:
 * Frieda's room: The removal of the "Visible Frylock" poster, a picture of Frylock with Dr. Weird and a diploma from Frylock's same room.
 * Minnie's room: Meatwad's same room with added a bed, a desktop computer, wardrobe, a bookshelf and other stuff, as well as the removal of the sand-filled closet, a heater bed and the scribble drawings at the wall.
 * This special is dedicated to the animator and voice actor C. Martin Croker (known for voicing Dr. Weird and Steve in ATHF), as a tribute message to him appears at the end of the special.
 * Despite all the Adult Swim characters are having the cameo appearances in the special, but they're using the ATHF designs and look realistic.
 * After the special, the Aqua Girls were still appeared on Adult Swim's promos, commercials and its YouTube channel (just like Carl did for his online series), such as asking people's questions via video conferencing (similar to AOK's Ask Me Anything videos), Frieda tells Minnie about the Whopper promotion at Burger King, and to promote the 2020 Adult Swim Festival (two months after the special).

Easter eggs/cameos
The special features Easter eggs of several Adult Swim shows. For example:
 * A poster of Dr. Steve Brule from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and its spin-off Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule can be seen in Darla's room.
 * At Minnie's wardrobe, where we see one of the clothes from the Leptons, the roller derby team from Ballmastrz: 9009.
 * There's also a poster of the Leptons (featuring the team's logo and name) on the front door of Minnie's room.
 * In one scene where Darla and Minnie are going out, Darla has a NTSF:SD:SUV:: backpack and Minnie has the Leptons backpack with a Baby Ball keychain.
 * When Darla is doing the dishes, Krystal's "Sip" mug from Squidbillies can be briefly seen.
 * Rachel and Sarah (in their ATHF designs) from YOLO: Crystal Fantasy are seen at the play area.
 * Leto Otel (in his ATHF design) from Ballmastrz: 9009 is also seen at the play area.
 * Also, Leto's design resembles Christopher Lambert from the last episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever (the eleventh and final season of ATHF) who Dave Willis also voiced.
 * Debra, Debra and Debra (in their ATHF designs) from Three Busy Debras are also seen at the play area.
 * Morticia Smith (a gender-swapped version of Morty Smith; in her ATHF design) from the Rick and Morty game Pocket Mortys is also seen at the play area.
 * When Frieda (also known as "FriedaPlayz" for her gaming username) plays a online game, Daniel from Robot Chicken (also known as "GyroRobo" for his gamertag), Hannibal Buress from The Eric Andre Show (also known as "Hannibal1983" for his gamertag) and Tammi from Squidbillies (also known as "JustTammi" for her gamertag) were seen on her computer.
 * Interestingly, Tammi's realistic design is based on the Squidbillies: Volume Six DVD cover.
 * Although this, Green and Cook reprise their voice-acting roles from two of the animated AS shows, as well as Buress reprises his role as himself in The Eric Andre Show from Seasons 1-5.
 * Tinkles from Rick and Morty appears as a plush on Minnie's bed.