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{{quote|''"[[Primus|It's]]'' '''''[[Primus|alive!]]''"'''}}
A stop-motion series on [[Adult Swim]], from Williams Street Productions. Created by [[Seth Green]] (the voice of Chris on ''[[Family Guy]]'', not to mention Oz on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and Dr. Evil's son from ''[[Austin Powers]]'') and Matt Senreich (editor of ''Toyfare'', a magazine for action figure collectors), the show features a rapid-fire series of stop-motion shorts (inspired by Toyfare's ''[[Twisted Toyfare Theatre]]'' comics), ranging in length from a few seconds to several minutes long. The comedy in these shorts tends to vary wildly between [[Dead Baby Comedy]], pop-culture parody and satire, out-and-out surrealism, or some combination of the three.
Most sketches involve "mashups", a collision of two pop-cultural items (one innocent, and the other "mature") degenerating into chaos, like [[Mario Kart|Mario and Luigi]] travelling to [[Grand Theft Auto Vice City|Vice City]], [[Beavis and Butthead]] joining the [[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]], the team from [[Scooby Doo]] encountering [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jason Voorhees]], or [[The Smurfs]] doing their version of the movie ''[[Se7en]].''
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* [[Acid Trip Dimension]]: A blatant parody of ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'' complete with an entire skit and an [[Art Shift]] that doesn't use dolls! It's even lampshaded by Ringo who states that he was on acid {{spoiler|after using the hole in his pocket to stop the glove from destroying the submarine}}
* [[Adam Westing]]: Many of the skits poking fun at celebrities are voiced by the actual person.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Done several times in-universe, making some sketches [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funnier]] or [[Nightmare Fuel|scarier]].
** [[Little Orphan Annie|Annie]] is a [[Rich Bitch]] after being adopted by Oliver Warbucks.
*** Almost-ditto for [[Richie Rich]], except he acts more like a wannabe gangsta/playa.
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* [[Gross-Out Show]]: If it's not being offensive or bloody, it's usually being this. Major examples being the "Cat and Booger" and the "Captain Jack Fantasy" sketch.
** "Nice wang!" * squeek squeek squeek* "Nice poodle!" * squeek squeek squeek* Nice pretzel!"
* [[Hands Go Down]]: This [http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/Sawed_by_the_Bell sketch] [[X Meets Y|involving]] ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' and ''[[Saw]]'': the cast can escape if they press a button that will torture Screech. They refuse to do so, until they are told they will receive free Corvettes. When Belding explains that it was just a trust exercise, the cast beats up Screech and end up in detention.
{{quote|'''Slater''': So we really don't get Corvettes?
'''Belding''': No. Are there any other questions?
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** As does [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sarah Michelle Gellar]]. One of those times ''was'' voicing Buffy and herself, admittedly...
** [[Seth MacFarlane]], [[Mila Kunis]] and Alex Borstein, Seth Green's castmates from ''[[Family Guy]]'' did several voice roles on the show.
** If Broadway fans listen closely every once in a while, they may hear the voice of Eden Espinosa, known for starring as Elphaba in ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]''.
** Donald Faison of [[Scrubs]] fame is known to provide many voices for the show. Including Stormtroopers and Nick Furry.
** [[Community]]'s Donald Glover is Mace Windu ''and'' a Stormtrooper in the third Star Wars special.
** Zac Efron voiced a couple of characters, like a deranged [[Billy Joel]].
** [[Frank Welker]] and Cree Summers both returned to their roles as [[Inspector Gadget|Dr. Claw and Penny Gadget]], respectively, in "Cyberdyne".
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* [[Lampshaded the Obscure Reference]]: Spoofed the ending to ''[[Sleepaway Camp]]''. The director of Sleepawy Camp quickly showed up and was amazed that anyone would decide to spoof the movie, let alone know the movie even existed.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: The ''[[Bob the Builder]]'' sketch
* [[Low Speed Chase]]:
** The baby [[Terminator]] and Terminator Puppy battle one out on a toddler sized fire-truck toy.
** Snail Cop with a megaphone: "YOUUUU ARE GOIIIIIINGGGG TOOOOOO FAAAAAAAAAASST! PULLLLLLLL OVVEERRRRRR IMMMEDIATELEEEEEEEEEEEEY!"
* [[May the Farce Be with You]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: The [[Mad Scientist]] seen in the intro is named Fritz Huhnmörder. His last name means "Chicken Killer" in German.
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* [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling]]: Peter Parker's spider sense ends up tingling just for the most mundane of reasons, including trying to tell him his cereal's milk was spoiled, that he was about to step into a water puddle, and he was suffering from erectile dysfunction. A doctor later revealed that it was a brain tumor that was causing it, which as it turned out couldn't be removed without killing him.
* [[No Endor Holocaust]]: Brutally (and hilariously) averted with the titular theory in the DVD of the second ''[[Star Wars]]'' special.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: [[Popeye]] to Wimpy when he [[Catch Phrase|didn't pay him on Tuesday for his hamburger.]]
* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]: Lampshaded in "Smurfatar" over the distinct [[Averted Trope|lack of]] nipples on Smurfette when Garglesmurf sees her bathing.
{{quote|"I don't know what you're censoring. Smurfs don't have nipples... Not arousing."}}
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* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Once the second season started, the show switched from "machine-gun comedy" to "drag the jokes out as long as humanly possible".
* [[Parody Magic Spell]]: Frequent in [http://www.yourdailymedia.com/video/watch/4715/ this] ''[[Harry Potter]]'' parody. When Snape tries to seduce Hermione in his "magical jacuzzi", he calls it forth with the spell, "Barry Whiteus, candlelightus, girl-exciteus!" She dispels his lecherous advance with the counterspell, "Pedophilius repelus!"
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]: The scientist never stops smiling, even when about to be killed by [[Death by Irony|falling televisions.]]
* [[Place Worse Than Death]]: When the [[Care Bears]] ethnically cleanse Care-A-Lot of the Carebear Cousins, the great Goundskeeper in the Sky turns the place into New Jersey. New Jersey's governor is rather proud of his state's history.
* [[Quarter Hour Short]]
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** "My Little Pony, Apocalypse Pony! Punish mankind for their sins!"
* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: In one of the episodes, Charlie Brown defeats The Great Pumpkin by siccing The Kite-Eating Tree on it.
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* [[Take That]]: What the show more or less revolves around.
** There's a pretty epic one against the comedian Gallagher. He gets his niece a [[Teddy Ruxpin]] doll, and goes to put a tape of his comedy performance into it. The doll comes to life, tries to fight him off, and eventually commits suicide rather than do it. Gallagher then comments that they'll just have to listen to the performance on the family's stereo, at which point his 5 year old niece tries to commit suicide too! [http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/ruxpin-goes-melon-crazy.html And it's one of the highest rated videos on Robot Chicken's site].
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Tom Root and Doug Goldstein, who appear in a few sketches once in a while.
* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: After Batman beats [[The Joker]] literally to within one punch of his life, Joker mentions that if Batman doesn't kill him, he'll just break out of jail and keep on killing. Batman contemplates this conundrum and persuades the Gotham legal system to give him the death penalty instead. Commissioner Gordon chooses to [[The Green Mile|not use the sponge during his electrocution.]]
* [[Throw the Pin]]: Seen from the outside; two G.I.s sitting in a foxhole with a bunker in the background. One is hit on the helmet with a pin, looks at it quizzically, and a shout in [[Gratuitous German]] then the bunker explodes.
* [[Time Compression Montage]]: Played with in a sketch that featured a Jamaican superhero named ''Mon''tage, whose power was to dilate time by invoking montages.
** His arch enemy is End Credits Man.
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* [[The Voiceless]]: The Mad Scientist never talks.
* [[Vorpal Pillow]]: In a skit parodying ''[[Toy Story]] 3'', Woody has to smother Buzz to death with a pillow after Andy used Buzz as a bong, burning out the insides of his head.
* [[Wanting Is Better Than Having]]: After a flood wipes out the [[The Smurfs|Smurf's]] village, Gargamel finally achieves his goal of eating them. As it turns out, they taste really bad. He throws the food out, and orders Chinese.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Seth Green's is the [[Star Trek|Bat'leth]].
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: [[Aquaman]] from [[Superfriends]] awkwardly makes his way to a board meeting at the BP oil company (even after nearly spraining his ankle when the secretary tripped him) in order to send the CEO to jail for all the sea life they killed with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The CEO tells him that he can't go to jail because the court case was already settled and BP paid a fine. He asked if Aquaman was going to kick his ass, to which Aquaman responded that he wasn't really planning that. The CEO tried to sincerely but sarcastically insisted they were sorry, and Aquaman returned home. The sea life didn't take the news that well, so they beat him up and killed him.
* [[Whip It Good]]: In the ''[[Castlevania]]'' sketch, two werewolf servants and Dracula mock Simon Belmont's weapon of choice. They proceed to get the piss whipped out of them.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW3dg9VURMU It's "Fumbles"... it was always "Fumbles"...]
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: [http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/Robot_Chicken_Wiki The Robot Chicken Wiki] trades expository descriptions for [[Adult Swim]] Video clips of the actual sketchs! [[Wiki Magic|It still could use some help, though.]]
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