Rabbot

"Rabbot" is the first episode of the animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It was first broadcast on December 30 2000, unannounced, at 5:00 AM, almost six months before Adult Swim officially premiered. The show was listed on the official schedule as "Williams Street Special Programming" and was aired along with two episodes of Sealab 2021 and an unfinished Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law pilot.

Plot
Dr. Weird builds a titanic robotic rabbit, which spritzes everything it doesn't smash (such as the Powerpuff Mall and, more importantly, Carl's car) with a hair-growing formula. It's up to the Aqua Teens to stop this menace, though Master Shake isn't as enthusiastic about this mission as he first seemed.

Stealth Pilot
In the original, December 21 "stealth" broadcast of this episode, there was many differences from the final cut. There was no theme song or opening titles, the segues that cut to another scene were also different - instead of Schooly D narrating over some rap music, they showed the old "outer space zoom" cut from the Hanna-Barbera Superfriends cartoon, played with a few seconds of the ATHF theme music. In the cold open, after the Rabbot escapes, Dr. Weird says "Unleash the mechanical frog!" and the giant garage door opens again, showing a huge mechanical frog. There was also a scene of Master Shake sitting in the hair salon talking about things he hates. After Meatwad says "everyone likes dancing" it cuts to Shake getting his hair done and saying "And I HATE dancing. It's one of my LEAST favorite things to do. Other things I hate are work, exercise, people, stupid people..". This stealth broadcast is more tuned up and finished than "Rabbot - The Original Cut", found on the ATHF Volume 1 DVD and has never been aired since the premiere.

Trivia

 * In this episode the producers used a number of different backgrounds cut straight out of various Hanna-Barbera cartoons, such as the city background behind the Aqua Teens' and Carl's houses are from SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron and the "Powerpuff Mall" is taken from the pilot episode of The Powerpuff Girls - "Meat Fuzzy Lumkins" (although originally there was no sign in front of the mall).


 * The hole the Rabbot creates is later on used as an escape hole for many monsters that Dr. Weird creates.