Mongo Nation

Still not entirely sure what a “Frisky Dingo” is, actually

By Jeremy Azevedo

Frisky Dingo is perhaps one of the weirdest and best shows in recent Adult Swim programming history. Which is really saying a lot, especially the “weirdest” part…

The first season began as a spoof of the superhero action genre, pitting the murderous alien supervillian Killface against billionaire playboy/superhero/vaguely gay Tom Cruise caricature Xander Crews in a struggle for the fate of the world. While this sounds relatively straightforward, the humor originates from the fact that every single one of the characters in the show is a complete mongoloid (except Stan). At the end of the season, Killface’s “Annihilatrix” (a doomsday device meant to drive the Earth into the sun) malfunctions, causing the Earth to unintentionally be pushed several feet away from the sun and curing global warming.

As season 2 begins, Killface capitalizes on his newfound worldwide popularity by running for president of the United States. What ensues is a farcical political satire that touches on issues ranging from campaign funding and getting the coveted minority vote to bi-curious hobbit dating and the proper method of aborting a giant, illegitimate monster ant baby. If you’ve ever seen Sealab 2021, you can imagine the kind of humor at work here, bizarre plot threads, dialogue frequently repeated for hilarity (boosh! and/or ka-kow!) and lots of sexism, gratuitous dismemberment and many…

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…long, uncomfortable moments of silence.

Many of the highlights from season 2 revolve around Awesome X’s former private army, The Xtacles, who blindly follow anyone who exhibits even the slightest bit of leadership quality. The new season of Frisky Dingo has evolved into am Xtacles spin-off, and it’s easy to see why. (Unless you happen to be blind, but even then it’s at least easy to hear why.) Even if Killface and Xander’s presidential campaign jokes are not your cup of tea, every last scene with the Xtacles is comedy gold and certainly warrant repeated watching.

Rating: 8 out of 10

+1 if you are under the influence of any illicit substances whilst watching the show.
-1 if you bought the DVD with the hopes that a “Frisky Dingo” was some sort of sick furry fetish type thing.

New “Frisky Dingo” spin-off premiers

By Jeremy Azevedo

Last night was the premiere, of “The Xtacles”, a new show on Cartoon Network’s popular late night Adult Swim program. Xtacles is a spin off of Frisky Dingo, from Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, creators of Sealab 2021.

At the end of Season 2 of Frisky Dingo, billionare playboy/superhero and leader of the Xtacles, Xander Crews (sort of a cross between Tony Stark and Tom Cruise at his gayest) vacates the planet for good (?) leaving his army of quite possibly retarded cybernetic super soldiers without a leader.

Enter President Stan, the megalomaniac President of the United States who seeks to manipulate the Xtacles to become his own private army… Which doesn’t prove to be too difficult because they’re often drunk by 11AM and spend most of their day sexually harassing their foxy holographic supercomputer, A.L.E.X.

Xtacles is voice acted by some awesome talent, including Marshall Bell, Rachel Harris and Michael Ian Black. The humor is very similar to that of Sealab 2021, very bizarre and generally centering on events that spiral completely out of control due to the overwhelming stupidity of the characters. For those that found Sealab a bit lacking after the real life death of Harry Goz (Captain Murphy), Xtacles serves as a second chance for the humor that made the original show so great.

Check out the premiere episode of the Xtacles on AdultSwim.com and be sure to catch new episodes at midnight, Sunday nights on the Cartoon Network.