Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm

Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm

Year: 2022

Runtime: 76 mins

Language: English

Echo Score: 69
AnimationComedy

The Aqua Teens—Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad—reunite with their obnoxious neighbor Carl after a brief split, only to discover that the ruthless corporation Amazin, headed by tech billionaire Neil and his brainy sidekick Elmer, threatens their hometown. Together they launch a chaotic battle to take down the corporate menace.

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1

Frylock is recruited to clone a taller Neil

Frylock is summoned to Amazin by owner Neil, who explains he wants to become taller. Neil asks Frylock to repair one of Elmer's stretching machines, but Frylock proposes an alternative: clone a larger version of Neil using DNA splicing. Neil eagerly agrees and sets the plan in motion.

one day Amazin headquarters
2

Frylock survives mugging and gets a new metal shell

That night Frylock is attacked by muggers and badly mutilated. He is rescued by Neil and Elmer, and his old shell is destroyed in the assault. Neil and Elmer give him a new metal shell powered by a crystal, starting his path back to action.

that night City street near Amazin
3

Frylock and Neil form a fragile friendship

During his convalescence, a cautious friendship forms between Frylock and Neil as they work to understand each other's ambitions. Frylock agrees to help with the tall-Neil project, and Neil shares his dream of gaining power and stature. The bond deepens even as tensions simmer under the surface.

during recovery Amazin laboratory
4

Big Neil is created and usurps Neil

After several failed experiments, Frylock splices the DNA of a giraffe and basketball star Shawn Kemp into Neil's DNA, creating an extremely tall clone. The clone declares himself Big Neil and immediately usurps Neil, locking the original inside a wooden box. Neil's ambition is revealed to rely on Frylock's crystal power.

after several failed experiments Amazin laboratory
5

Shake and Meatwad seek shelter at Carl's

Meanwhile, Master Shake and Meatwad arrive at Carl's neighborhood and beg for a place to crash. Carl grudgingly allows them to stay, but only in his backyard. They set up provisional homes inside emptied boxes, hoping to keep out of sight.

soon after Carl's backyard
6

Amazin ships boxes; Shake/Meatwad inhabit empty packages

Amazin launches out a storm of packages to addresses across the country. Carl discovers many of the deliveries are empty and wonders about the company’s motives. Shake and Meatwad convert the empty boxes into makeshift homes in Carl's yard.

soon after Carl's backyard
7

Plant creatures awake from watered boxes

Carl's sprinkler turns on and waters the cardboard 'homes' created by Shake and Meatwad. The watered boxes sprout into plant creatures that attack Shake, Meatwad, and Carl. The threat escalates as the plants begin acting with alarming, sentient aggression.

when sprinkler activates Carl's backyard
8

Amazin secrets revealed: alien enslavement and warnings ignored

Meatwad and Shake manage to contact Frylock at Amazin and attempt to warn him about the plant creatures. He is initially reluctant to listen to their tale of plant monsters. Big Neil and Elmer reveal that the Llama Dolly is a powerful spaceship used to enslave two alien races—the Japongaloids and Fraptaculans.

when Frylock returns Amazin
9

Elmer transforms into plant hybrid; plant army forms

Neil wants to replace the alien workers with Elmer's plant creatures and pushes ahead with synthesizing Frylock's crystal into the plan. Elmer drinks plant seeds and water and mutates into a giant treelike human/plant hybrid, taking command of the growing plant army. With the hybrid leading, the plant threat grows unchecked as the storm looms.

during the plan Amazin laboratory
10

Storm battle; escape to Used Babywipe Mountain

As the storm intensifies, Big Neil orders Elmer's elimination and the use of pesticide to quell the plant uprising. Frylock rushes to Shake and Meatwad to help defend them from the emerging threat. Carl arrives with a car, and the group escapes to Used Babywipe Mountain, hoping to survive beyond the tree line.

during the storm New Jersey, near Amazin / Used Babywipe Mountain
11

Moon mission to kill plant creatures by sunlight

Llama Dolly arrives at Used Babywipe Mountain as part of the plan. Frylock and the two Neils assemble a daredevil mission to fly the ship to the Moon and push it in front of the Sun to deprive the plant creatures of sunlight and stop the invasion. The Moon mission marks the turning point of the battles.

final mission Llama Dolly, then Moon
12

Moon battle; foe defeated; Sun blocked

On the Moon, the Mooninites attack the freighter ship. Frylock frees Neil from his box so he can operate the ship and help fight. They manage to defeat the Mooninites and push the Moon in front of the Sun, cutting off sunlight from the Earth.

space battle Moon
13

Carl's car defense and alien alliance

Carl, Shake, and Meatwad improvise a Mad Max–style car and join the battle against the plant creatures. They have some initial success but soon are overwhelmed by the growing threat. The resistance draws in more alien forces who join the fight.

after Moon event New Jersey roads
14

Neils return; world freezes; Aqua Teens eaten

When the Neils return to Earth, they are brutally killed by the Japongaloids and Fraptaculans. The aliens debate what to eat now that the world is freezing, and they finally decide to devour the Aqua Teens. The planet edges toward a frozen stagnation as the survivors face an uncertain future.

immediately after returning Earth
15

Post-credits tease: Shake becomes vampire bat

In the post-credits scene, a dying Master Shake is bitten by Markula and becomes a vampire bat. He screams with a sly admission: 'I smell a sequel!' The moment teases another adventure to come.

post-credits Post-credits scene

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