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About
Robot Chicken is a stop-motion animation series created by Seth Green. The series continuously parodies other forms of media such as movies, video games, television series, anime, and well-known figures. Throughout the show’s series, several central characters are introduced, such as the Nerd, the Mad Scientist, the Chicken, the Humping Robot, Composite Santa Claus, and more. The show overall has gained three Emmy Awards over its entire run thus far.
History
Originally starting off as a comic strip dubbed “Twisted ToyFare Theater”, Robot Chicken eventually made its way onto Sony website Screenblast as a production called Sweet J Presents. After twelve episodes, the series ended and reappeared onto Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block as Robot Chicken. Under claims of cancellation by the end of the first season (later revealed to be an inside joke by writers Seth Green and Matthew Senreich), the show’s second season was premiered on April 2, 2006, with 20 more episodes.
The series was renewed for a 20-episode third season, which ran from August 1, 2007, to September 28, 2008. After an eight month hiatus during the 3rd season, the show returned on August 31, 2008, to air the remaining 5 episodes. The series was renewed for a fourth season which premiered on December 7, 2008, and ended September 20, 2009. In early 2010, the show was renewed for a 5th and 6th season (40 more episodes total). Season 5 premiered on December 12, 2010. The second group of episodes began broadcasting on October 23, 2011. The 100th episode aired on January 15, 2012. In May, 2012, Adult Swim announced they were picking up a sixth season of Robot Chicken, which began airing in September 2012. The seventh season is set to premiere on April 13, 2014.
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