The Aquabats! Super Show!
TV Show • 2012
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The Aquabats! Super Show! is an American action-comedy television series which premiered on March 3, 2012 on the United States cable network The Hub. The series was created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, both the creators of the Nick Jr. series Yo Gabba Gabba!, and Jason deVilliers.
Based on the superhero mythology of The Aquabats, a real-life comedy rock band which series co-creator and lead singer Jacobs formed in 1994, The Aquabats! Super Show! follows the comic adventures of a fictionalized version of the band, a musical group of amateur superheroes, as they haphazardly defend the world from a variety of villains and monsters. Styled similarly to the campy aesthetics of 1960s and 1970s children's television and Japanese tokusatsu, Super Show! utilizes various mediums of visual styles and special effects, mixing live-action storylines with cartoon shorts, parody advertisements and musical interludes.
The series' first season concluded on June 16, 2012 following a run of 13 episodes, having met with a largely positive critical reception, consistently high ratings for the channel and a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Series. The series' second season began airing on June 1, 2013 for a brief run of five episodes. On August 22, actor and composer Chad Larson confirmed via Twitter that at least three more episodes have been ordered for the second season.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Occasionally (such as in S2E1), several main characters are made fun of for being fat. These instances are few and far between as well as short-lived.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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In the cartoon segment of S1E5, a main character attempts to fight a monster underwater, but runs out of breath and becomes unconscious.
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Does a parent die?
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In S2S3, a main character's mother is eaten by a large worm, but she is rescued. Earlier in the same episode, the main character comes across burning skeletons and assumes them to be his parents who have been killed, but they are quickly revealed to be alive.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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One main character is very sensitive and easily scared. On multiple instances, most notably in S1E6 and S2E4, he is frightened to the point of panic attacks that impair his ability to function.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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In S2E4, there is a scene in which a character crawls through a vent.
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Are there snakes?
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In S2E12, one of the main villains is a large snake creature.
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Is someone stalked?
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In S2E5, a main character follows a girl he likes around somewhat obsessively.
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In the cartoon segment of S1E1, a main character is kidnapped by an alien and kept in restraint. In the cartoon in S1E3, another character is kidnapped, and in the next four episodes he is shown to be kept in jail.
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In the cartoon segment of S1E5, a main character passes out underwater due to lack of air, but he is quickly rescued and completely fine afterward.
Additionally, In S1E6 and E7's cartoons, a city is filled with water and collapses. The citizens of the city and its king presumably drown.
Additionally, In S1E6 and E7's cartoons, a city is filled with water and collapses. The citizens of the city and its king presumably drown.
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Not necessary, but in the first episode there is a dog in a corn outfit in the back of a truck.
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The main plot of S1E6 involves a ghost.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there amputation?
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There is no actual on-screen amputation, however in S1E11 a character repeatedly begs other characters to amputate his arm throughout the episode.
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Is there cannibalism?
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In S1E5, siren women mind control several characters to placate them with the intent of eating them. No one is actually consumed. This is dubiously cannibalism, as the siren(s) are incredibly humanoid but are still inhuman.
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In the cartoon segment of S2E2, a character is injected with a needle.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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In the cartoon segment of S1E12, a villain is thrown off a cliff and presumably falls to his death.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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A main character has a blacked out tooth, but this is clearly fake and his teeth are not shown being damaged in the show.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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One of a main character's main traits is an obsession with fitness/healthy eating, but this does not stray into the realm of a potential eating disorder and is more a dislike for sugary/sweet foods and a love of produce and exercise, and the character still eats any food he enjoys as he wishes without worrying if it is unhealthy.
In S1E1, the main characters neglect to eat for an extended period of time. The meal skipping is however only due to them playing a very long concert and then going to work without any breaks and not disordered eating.
There are a few scenes of main characters doing what could potentially be called binge eating (most notably in S1E4), but this is not due to a disorder and is just due to the characters' love of food and lack of self control.
In S1E1, the main characters neglect to eat for an extended period of time. The meal skipping is however only due to them playing a very long concert and then going to work without any breaks and not disordered eating.
There are a few scenes of main characters doing what could potentially be called binge eating (most notably in S1E4), but this is not due to a disorder and is just due to the characters' love of food and lack of self control.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Throughout the events of S1E11, a character wants to mutilate/amputate his own arm and repeatedly asks other people to do it for him. He does not actually commit self injury nor does anyone else hurt him, and the character's urge to hurt himself is in the context of the limb having been chemically altered/malformed and possibly painful. His eagerness is still disturbing and concerning despite the context.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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In S1E5, a character/character(s) use mind control abilities on multiple main characters. The characters are mind controlled with the intent of eating them more easily rather than sexually assaulting them, but this takes place in the context of/with connotations of seduction, which could be disturbing or have certain implications.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Throughout the show there are various sequences that could be described as flashing and are possible seizure triggers.
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Are there spiders?
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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In S2E1, a character is experiencing a state of catatonia/severe delusion and disorientation, and exhibits word salad. He is told by another character to "snap out of it". This comment is not meant maliciously and said somewhat in the heat of the moment.
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Are animals abused?
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S3E2 revolves around a man called The Shark Fighter, who fights sharks. He and the main characters fight multiple sharks during the episode. However, the attacking of the sharks is not without reason, as the sharks attempt to eat the main characters as well as a group of children without provocation, as well as unrealistic because said sharks have legs and can walk on land.
In S3E3, a villain kidnaps many cats and attaches them to the side of a large robot. The cats are not harmed otherwise.
In S3E3, a villain kidnaps many cats and attaches them to the side of a large robot. The cats are not harmed otherwise.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there a hanging?
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While there is no actual hanging, there is a scene in S1E7 in which several main characters are set to be hanged at a gallows, and are shown standing with the nooses around their necks.
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Does a car crash?
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In several of the cartoon segments, the main cast's car/vehicle crash-lands in multiple places. The people in the vehicle and the vehicle itself are not hurt or damaged. In S2E1 the vehicle is shown crashed/stranded. However, the actual crash is not shown.
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Is there gun violence?
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In S2E3 a character takes out a gun, however it is not used.
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The villain of S1E1 is an ant creature, and some of his minions are other ants. In the cartoon segments of S1E1 and E2, there are "space bees" (drawn just like regular bees). In the first scene of S2E3, there is a giant (as in larger than human-sized) flea beetle.
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