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TV series

Robot Chicken

2005TV-MA11 seasons7.6 / 10

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A series of pop-culture parodies using stop-motion animation of toys, action figures and dolls. The title character was an ordinary chicken until he was run down by a car and subsequently brought back to life in cyborg form by mad scientist Fritz Huhnmorder, who tortures Robot Chicken by forcing him to watch a random selection of TV shows, the sketches that make up the body of each episode.

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Checked Sep 5, 2026

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Synopsis

A series of pop-culture parodies using stop-motion animation of toys, action figures and dolls. The title character was an ordinary chicken until he was run down by a car and subsequently brought back to life in cyborg form by mad scientist Fritz Huhnmorder, who tortures Robot Chicken by forcing him to watch a random selection of TV shows, the sketches that make up the body of each episode.

Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Junk in the Trunk

12m6.8 / 10

Rachael Leigh Cook smashes more than eggs in her latest This Is Your Brain on Drugs public service announcement. Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, falls prey to prostate cancer. The outcome is never in doubt during "World's Most One-Sided Fistfights Caught on Film." Outtakes from The Dukes of Hazzard, The X-Files, Battlestar Galactica and more come to light in "Bloopers."

Episode credits

Directed by Doug GoldsteinWritten by Mike Fasolo, Matthew Senreich, Seth Green, Tom Root, Doug GoldsteinGuest stars Macaulay Culkin, Seth MacFarlane, Donald Faison, Dan Milano, Dax Shepard, Abraham Benrubi, Rachael Leigh Cook, Chad Morgan

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Episode 2

Nutcracker Sweet

12m6.9 / 10

Voltron engages in an old-school dance-off in "You Got Robo-Served." The secret lives of nature's most fascinating beasts are exposed in "Secrets of the Animal Kingdom." Testicles are terrorized in "Ode to the Nut Shot." Walt Disney's severed head with its giant robotic spider-body attacks Cuba. See how much the kids are horrified in "Scary Barney"

Episode credits

Directed by Tom RootWritten by Mike Fasolo, Matthew Senreich, Seth Green, Tom Root, Doug GoldsteinGuest stars Topher Grace, Matthew Lillard, Dan Milano, Mila Kunis, Dom DeLuise, Abraham Benrubi, Wilmer Valderrama, Ashton Kutcher

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Episode 3

Gold Dust Gasoline

12m6.8 / 10

The animals Noah left behind try to survive the flood in their very own ark. Enjoy instant nostalgia with "That '00s Show." Mrs. McNally's third-graders produce an animated abomination in "The Best Cowboy." The world's most famous cars, from KITT to the General Lee and even Mario karts, race against each other in "3 Fast 3 Furious."

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Directed by Tom RootWritten by Mike Fasolo, Matthew Senreich, Seth Green, Tom Root, Doug GoldsteinGuest stars Mark Hamill, Dan Milano, Mike Henry, Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds

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Episode 4

Plastic Buffet

11m6.9 / 10

America sends Harrison Ford and Aerosmith into space to take out a killer asteroid in "Meteorgeddon." Household animals take to the slopes for "Winter Pet Games." Chucky from the Child's Play series takes on the cutesy Lettuce Head Kids in the opening to season 8 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Muppet Show's band is spotlighted in "Behind the Music: Electric Mayhem."

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Guest stars Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Episode 5

Toyz in the Hood

12m6.9 / 10

The tooth fairy stumbles into domestic violence and murder in "Tooth and Consequences." The world's most diabolical supervillains get stuck in traffic. More of television's greatest screw-ups, from CSI to Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Pro-sports, are highlighted in "Bloopers."

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Guest stars Scarlett Johansson

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Episode 6

Vegetable Fun Fest

11m6.7 / 10

The secrets of The Crying Game, Sleepaway Camp, Star Wars and The Village are exposed in "Welcome to the Spoilers." The Teen Titans strengthen their roster by adding Beavis and Butt-head. Travel back in time to witness Benny Hill's funeral. The Great Pumpkin of Peanuts fame finally shows. Too bad he becomes murderous, and goes on a killing spree.

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Episode 7

A Piece of the Action

11m6.6 / 10

A teenage girl gets a fashion makeover in "Pimp My Sister." The Surreal Life gang gets sent on a mission to destroy an enchanted ring. Debbie Does Dallas gets re-told with the world's cheapest puppets in "Exhausted Budget Theater." Geeks and nerds collide when a science fiction convention erupts into war.

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Guest stars Scarlett Johansson

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Episode 8

The Deep End

12m6.7 / 10

Seven of the world's greatest heroes stop being polite and start getting real in "The Real World: Metropolis." Icons from Star Trek and Tiger Beat alike unite for canned sitcom laughs in "Two Kirks, a Khan and a Pizza Place." Jesus Christ hunts down his greatest nemesis, Tarantino-style in "Kill Bunny." The hottest game show from Japan is here: "Who Poop Last?!" The legends of rock 'n' roll return from beyond the grave to haunt the "Zombie Idol" reality show.

Episode credits

Directed by Matthew SenreichWritten by Matthew Senreich, Seth Green, Tom Root, Doug GoldsteinGuest stars Rachael Leigh Cook, Dan Milano, Macaulay Culkin, Jamie Kaler, Seth MacFarlane, Abraham Benrubi

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Episode 9

S&M Present

12m6.6 / 10

The last surviving member of 'N Sync, Joey Fatone, must avenge his murdered bandmates in a deadly martial arts tournament in "Enter the Fat One". Check out a little scrambled porn on your 1980s-era cable box. M. Night Shyamalan has endless fake-outs in store for viewers in "The Twist."

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Episode 10

Badunkadunk

11m7.0 / 10

The roller-coaster celebrity life of the Hulk is profiled in "Hollywood Spotlight." The Masters of the Universe are rocked by a Paris Hilton-style sex tape. Michael Jackson returns from space to confront his n'er-do-well alter ego in "Where's Michael?"

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Guest stars Macaulay Culkin

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Episode 11

Toy Meets Girl

12m6.3 / 10

William Shatner's toupee has adventures the action star can only dream of. Heaven is not all it is cracked up to be in "Can We Handle the Truth?" Hilary Duff's new film combines history and teen drama in an updated "The Diary of Anne Frank." The fates of the greatest action figure toy lines from decades past are exposed in "Where Are They Now?" with host Michael Moore.

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Episode 12

Midnight Snack

11m5.9 / 10

"The World's Most One-Sided Fistfights" get wild at Mardi Gras. Benjamin Franklin grapples with historical figures like the Wright brothers and Mahatma Gandhi in "Educational Wrestling Federation." Oprah Winfrey fulfills all her viewers' fondest wishes...almost. A man in a public restroom encounters the terror known as "Dumplestiltskin." "12 Angry Little People" deliberate a crime most heinous.

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Episode 13

Atta Toy

12m6.2 / 10

A teenage girl gets crazy about everyone around her. The world's most famous monkey bursts loose on Skull Island in "Ding Dong, King Kong." Scandalous Hollywood news and gossip get the Pat O'Brien treatment. A father pigeon teaches his son to poop in a snorkel to make things wild. The Smurfs are terrorized by a murderer who kills based on the seven deadly sins in "Murder in Smurf Town X."

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Guest stars Danny Goldman

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Episode 14

Joint Point

12m6.2 / 10

Sailor Moon encounters a bone-chilling villain. A nerd wins a date with Scarlett Johansson. "Welcome to the Terror Drome" showcases inner-office machinations at the headquarters of G.I. Joe's nemesis Cobra. "America's Most Tragic Home Videos" will make you laugh and cry.

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Guest stars Scarlett Johansson, Sarah Michelle Gellar

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Episode 15

Kiddie Pool

12m6.4 / 10

Michael Knight's talking car parties hard in "KITT's Day Out." A brawl rocks the nursing home in "Grandma Fu." Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen unite to fight a rampaging dragon. George Jetson's murder takes center stage in "Unsolved Case Files: I, Rosie."

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Episode 16

Nightmare Generator

12m6.4 / 10

Jaws gets a special edition DVD. A drug operation at the North Pole is revealed in "Unsolved Case Files: Claus & Effect." The A-Team solves its problems with maximum firepower and minimal intelligence.

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Episode 17

Operation Rich in Spirit

12m6.9 / 10

A new video game is taking video games by storm, "Codename: The Abortionator." A video dating experience a la The Ring scares a potential suitor. A man runs away from an Oriental masseuse looking for a "happy ending". Keanu Reeves, Christopher Walken, and William Shatner want you to buy his special brand of sausage. The Scooby-Doo gang encounters Jason Voorhees at Camp Crystal Lake.

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Guest stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Dave Coulier, Amy Smart, Matthew Lillard, Phyllis Diller, Freddie Prinze Jr., Linda Cardellini, Don Knotts

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Episode 18

The Sack

11m6.9 / 10

It's Alien vs. Predator on the battleground of love in a special episode of "First Date". Frogger creates a huge car wreck in this episode. See what the future holds in the Carousel of Tomorrow. Popeye experiences a world without his hamburger-leeching friend in "It's a Wimpy-Filled Life." The modern video game Halo invades the old-school classic Donkey Kong. The cereal spokesbunny Stix Rabbit finds himself a new way to make a buck.

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Guest stars Scott Adsit, Stuart Townsend, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dave Coulier

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Episode 19

That Hurts Me

11m6.7 / 10

Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich re-make Godzilla...again. A crime-fighting monkey saves monkeys from a monkey supervillain. An average fellow named Doug wakes up in the world of the Huggytime Bears. Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, Pinhead, Ghostface and Michael Myers sign on for the reality show "Big Brother".

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Guest stars Macaulay Culkin, Scott Adsit

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Episode 20

The Black Cherry

12m6.0 / 10finale

Napoleon Bonamite pops up as a famous figure from history. Fizzing candy has terrible repercussions for young Mikey. Pennywise the Clown explains why everything floats in the sewers. A weakling turns into the "King of the Beach" with some illegal help. The laughter is canned for the sketch comedy show "You Can't Do That on Robot Chicken."

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Guest stars Macaulay Culkin

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Episode information updated Sep 12, 2026

More about Robot Chicken

Cast

Seth GreenVarious (voice)
Matthew SenreichVarious (voice)
Breckin MeyerVarious (voice)
Adrianne Palicki(voice)
Macaulay CulkinLittle Boy / Bullied Kid / Macaulay Culkin (voice)
Nina DobrevCortana (voice)
Mae WhitmanLady Gaga, Wilma Flinstone, Bella's Friend (voice)
Zac EfronAnakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)

Credits

Created by
Seth Green, Matthew Senreich
Written by
Breckin Meyer, Hugh Davidson, Erik Weiner, Jordan Allen-Dutton, Geoff Johns, Dan Milano, Zeb Wells, Matthew Ireland Beans, Daniel Libman, Brendan Hay, Matthew Libman, Charles Horn, Hugh Sterbakov, Kevin Shinick, Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Mike Fasolo, Doug Goldstein, Tom Root, Andrew Ti, Tom Sheppard, Milana Vayntrub, Deirdre Devlin

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
218
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Adult SwimUnited States
  • Williams StreetUnited States
  • Stoopid Buddy StoodiosUnited States
  • Sony Pictures Digital
  • Stoopid MonkeyUnited States
  • ShadowMachineUnited States

Themes

adult animationparodysketch comedystop motion