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''Mr. Meaty'' is a "children's" show, ages eight and up, debuting on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/{{CBC}} in 2006. It's about two teenagers, Josh and Parker, who work in a mall at a fast food restaurant called, well, Mr. Meaty. Josh is snarky, tall, often scheming to get money, get girls to notice him, or just in general. Best Friend Parker is a lovable moron who's also ThePollyanna and is incredibly nice. They work for Mr. Carney, the thawed out (but not completely, as he still looks like a frozen corpse) Texan CEO of Mr. Meaty. They also have to deal with a roving gang of "Gangsta" kids, a group of [[AlphaBitch Libbys]] named the Ashleys, and other general weirdness that pops into their store.
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-->'''Josh:''' Nice going, Parker! We were supposed to go two weeks into the future, not six hundred years!
-->'''Josh:''' Nice going, Parker! We were supposed to go two weeks into the future, not six hundred years!
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''Mr. Meaty'' is a "[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids children's]]" "children's" show, ages eight and up, debuting on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/{{CBC}} in 2006. It's about two teenagers, Josh and Parker, who work in a mall at a fast food restaurant called, well, Mr. Meaty. Josh is snarky, tall, often scheming to get money, get girls to notice him, or just in general. Best Friend Parker is a lovable moron who's also ThePollyanna and is incredibly nice. They work for the thawed out (but not completely, as he still looks like a frozen corpse) Texan CEO of Mr. Meaty. They also have to deal with a roving gang of "Gangsta" kids, a group of [[AlphaBitch Libbys]] named the Ashleys, and other general weirdness that pops into their store.
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''Mr. Meaty'' is a "children's" "[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids children's]]" show, ages eight and up, debuting on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/{{CBC}} in 2006. It's about two teenagers, Josh and Parker, who work in a mall at a fast food restaurant called, well, Mr. Meaty. Josh is snarky, tall, often scheming to get money, get girls to notice him, or just in general. Best Friend Parker is a lovable moron who's also ThePollyanna and is incredibly nice. They work for the thawed out (but not completely, as he still looks like a frozen corpse) Texan CEO of Mr. Meaty. They also have to deal with a roving gang of "Gangsta" kids, a group of [[AlphaBitch Libbys]] named the Ashleys, and other general weirdness that pops into their store.
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* TheAtoner: "Flinga Flonga" shows the main duo's childhood bully, Brent Butcher, has long since mellowed out and gotten a job at the burrito place across from them. He honestly means it when he says he was misguided, and tries to make things right with Parker by giving him back his beloved robot toy. This throws a wrench in their revenge plans, as they already made a birthday cake for him meant to thoroughly humiliate him for all the dirty tricks he did when he was younger.
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''Mr. Meaty'' is a "children's" show, ages eight and up, debuting on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/{{CBC}} in 2006. It's about two teenagers, Josh and Parker, who work in a mall at a fast food restaurant called, well, Mr. Meaty. Josh is snarky, tall, often scheming to get money, get girls to notice him, or just in general. Best Friend Parker is a lovable moron who's also ThePollyanna and is incredibly nice. They work for the thawed out (but not completely, as he still looks like a frozen corpse) Texan CEO of Mr. Meaty. They also have to deal with a roving gang of "Gangsta" kids, a group of [[AlphaBitch Libbys]] named the Ashleys, and other general weirdness that pops into their store.
[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids Take note of those quotation marks around the word "children's."]] Parents, this is a ''very'' oddball show.
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* AlphaBitch: Ashley.
* AscendedToCarnivorism: An unusual human variation occurs when a group of soy centric vegetarians are supposed to eat their new employee, as part of a plan that even they don't really understand. This is mostly because their "circle of life" chart makes no sense and is ''really'' confusing.
* BadBoss: Mr. Carney.
* BadFuture: Josh and Parker accidentally end up in one in "Suburb of the Apes." While attempting to time travel 2 months to get a new game console, they end up in the year 2676, where a race of baboons have taken over the planet and the mall is [[RuinsOfTheModernAge an overgrown ruin]] littered with human skeletons.
--> '''Parker:''' I said I could make a time machine, I never said I was good at math!
* BeamMeUpScotty: Parker says this line in the episode "Back Seat Driver".
* BerserkButton: Parker seems to have a new one for every episode.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: After years of emotional repression, Parker turns into a monstrous {{Jerkass}}.
* {{Brainwashed}}: The hypnotized customers and partially Mr. Wink, the manager who was given an electric chip, turning him mean, bitter, and robotic.
* BigEater: Parker.
* BodyHorror: When Parker turns into a girl.
* BrattyHalfPint: Several of the kids usually seen hanging around the mall qualify.
* ButtMonkey: Josh, usually due to Parker's or his own stupidity. Parker has his moments as well.
* ChestBurster: The lizard-face alien dressed as a new employee in "I Love Lizzy" is implied to be a facehugger alien type, as she traps Parker in a snot-like web and promises him that once she impregnates him with her eggs everything will be fine...until they hatch and burst out of his chest.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Josh, often due to his own selfishness.
* CrapsackWorld: It has shades of this, as many manners of dangerous or supernatural threats do exist and the adults rarely do anything else but contribute to the madness that inhabits the mall and beyond.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Wedgielor, a demon that gives people wedgies, is defeated and seemingly destroyed when he himself receives a wedgie...''from Parker!'']]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Josh, who has been barred from getting his license for the better part of his life as a result.
* DumbBlonde: Ashley 2.
* ExactWords:
** One episode had the Parker try to be the new Josh, leading to a contest by the two, with Doug as the judge. The first two rounds had this trope in effect. (The third was a wrestling match; Doug had run out of ideas for challenges, and decided to settle it 'the old fashioned way'.)
*** The first round had the boys try to get rid of all the hungry customers. Josh simply tossed them free meat. Parker [[{{Gasshole}} knocked them out with a massive fart.]] Doug gave the round to Josh since A) Josh didn't 'get rid of them' so much as 'knock them into a state of semi-consciousness', and B) they were still gonna be hungry when they woke up.
*** The second round had the boys get the most girl's numbers. While Josh worked up the charm, Parker... [[CuttingTheKnot grabbed a phone book.]] Doug allowed it, since technically, it had ''all'' the girls numbers.
** After Josh frees the demon Wedgelor, he promises him one wish. Josh wishes he had a big strong body, which Wedgelor gives... but leaves his head small and dinky.
* FatIdiot: Parker, on several occasions.
* {{Gasshole}}: Parker.
* GrandFinale: Extremely rare for a Nicktoon; especially their comedies, but Mr. Meaty had one. The special ''Dream of the Dead'' ties up every loose end, sets the duo towards their successful future shown in ''Geezers'', and notes that they never return to the titular fast food restaurant again until they become rich enough to buy it out solely for the purpose of shutting it down. Also half the town's brains are eaten by the zombified Bugosi, but no one notices this.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: An lizard-faced alien dressed as a new employee tries to attract the duo so she can impregnate them with her eggs.
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** Josh and Parker, especially on Parker's side.
** Ashley and Ashley 2 may also count.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Wedgelor can only be defeated by being given a wedgie.
* ICallHerVera: Doug's baton is known as Sarah Jane.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Doug, the mall cop, seems to like hanging out with the boys.
* {{Jerkass}}: Josh can be this sometimes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Josh can be incredibly selfish and is not above taking advantage of or ditching Parker, but he always comes around to make up for it in the end and is shown to value their friendship.
* KarmicTransformation: When Josh insults a magical unicorn, the unicorn turns him into a pink horse but with his head remaining human.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The boys are often on the receiving end of this for their antics; In "Moochmaster P" Parker mooches off of everyone, prompting him to eat a raw burger containing a tapeworm that steals his food. In "The Fries That Bind", Josh slacks off at work and causes Parker to quit, leaving himself at the mercy of an angry crowd when he refuses to do his job properly.
* MacGyvering: Parker made a time machine out of a microwave, jumper cables, and sausages.
* MeaningfulName: Edward Carney's last name is a pun on "carne," the Spanish word for "meat."
* MegaCorp: Arguably the Mr. Meaty fast food chain, which is controlled by Edward R. Carney, the founder who was previously cryogenically frozen and will not rest until man, woman and child has a Mr. Meaty meal 5 times a day.
* OnlySaneMan: Brittney, easily the most fair and sensible of everyone in the mall.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Wedgelor, a wedgie demon found in a muscle powder can.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Doug.
* SaltAndPepper: Josh and Brittany. Brittany is very level-headed and advice-savvy and smarter than Ashley and Ashley 2. In the episode Big Greasy Musical, Parker says Josh always talks about liking Brittany. In later episode, she's outright called Josh's girlfriend, and Josh gets jealous when he thinks another guy is after her. [[spoiler: In the episode's end, he confesses he acted crazy out of jealousy, because he loves her. His feelings are reciprocated.]]
* [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In A Muscle Powder Can]]: Wedgelor.
* ShipTease: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Goth Girl]] and Brittany, whom Josh is stated to like in one episode. She becomes his girlfriend in a later episode.
* ShoutOut:
** The behind the counter ordering system is an [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration LCARS Display.]]
** There's a group of snobby girls [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} all named Ashley]].
** Parker and Josh's favorite movie, ''Star Raiders'', is an obvious nod to ''Star Wars''.
** Likewise, the episode "Suburb of the Apes" is one to ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''.
* SkewedPriorities: Often seen with many of the characters, Josh in particular.
* StableTimeLoop: In ''Suburb of the Apes'', when the boys bring some future monkeys with them to beat up some bullies, Josh wonders if these are the same monkeys who overthrow humanity. [[SkewedPriorities Parker is more interested in getting a new game console.]]
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: When Doug is injured, Parker takes over and it takes two seconds for the power to go to his head.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Almost OnceAnEpisode.
* VerbalTic:
** Britney frequently opens up with "Basically" when she speaks.
** Ashley and Ashley 2's constant scoffing.
* WeirdnessMagnet: The two boys.
* ZombieGait: Josh and Parker hypnotize customers into becoming zombies. The zombies substitute "meat" for brains.
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''Mr. Meaty'' is a "children's" show, ages eight and up, debuting on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/{{CBC}} in 2006. It's about two teenagers, Josh and Parker, who work in a mall at a fast food restaurant called, well, Mr. Meaty. Josh is snarky, tall, often scheming to get money, get girls to notice him, or just in general. Best Friend Parker is a lovable moron who's also ThePollyanna and is incredibly nice. They work for the thawed out (but not completely, as he still looks like a frozen corpse) Texan CEO of Mr. Meaty. They also have to deal with a roving gang of "Gangsta" kids, a group of [[AlphaBitch Libbys]] named the Ashleys, and other general weirdness that pops into their store.
[[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids Take note of those quotation marks around the word "children's."]] Parents, this is a ''very'' oddball show.
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!! This series provides examples of:
* AlphaBitch: Ashley.
* AscendedToCarnivorism: An unusual human variation occurs when a group of soy centric vegetarians are supposed to eat their new employee, as part of a plan that even they don't really understand. This is mostly because their "circle of life" chart makes no sense and is ''really'' confusing.
* BadBoss: Mr. Carney.
* BadFuture: Josh and Parker accidentally end up in one in "Suburb of the Apes." While attempting to time travel 2 months to get a new game console, they end up in the year 2676, where a race of baboons have taken over the planet and the mall is [[RuinsOfTheModernAge an overgrown ruin]] littered with human skeletons.
--> '''Parker:''' I said I could make a time machine, I never said I was good at math!
* BeamMeUpScotty: Parker says this line in the episode "Back Seat Driver".
* BerserkButton: Parker seems to have a new one for every episode.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: After years of emotional repression, Parker turns into a monstrous {{Jerkass}}.
* {{Brainwashed}}: The hypnotized customers and partially Mr. Wink, the manager who was given an electric chip, turning him mean, bitter, and robotic.
* BigEater: Parker.
* BodyHorror: When Parker turns into a girl.
* BrattyHalfPint: Several of the kids usually seen hanging around the mall qualify.
* ButtMonkey: Josh, usually due to Parker's or his own stupidity. Parker has his moments as well.
* ChestBurster: The lizard-face alien dressed as a new employee in "I Love Lizzy" is implied to be a facehugger alien type, as she traps Parker in a snot-like web and promises him that once she impregnates him with her eggs everything will be fine...until they hatch and burst out of his chest.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Josh, often due to his own selfishness.
* CrapsackWorld: It has shades of this, as many manners of dangerous or supernatural threats do exist and the adults rarely do anything else but contribute to the madness that inhabits the mall and beyond.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Wedgielor, a demon that gives people wedgies, is defeated and seemingly destroyed when he himself receives a wedgie...''from Parker!'']]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Josh, who has been barred from getting his license for the better part of his life as a result.
* DumbBlonde: Ashley 2.
* ExactWords:
** One episode had the Parker try to be the new Josh, leading to a contest by the two, with Doug as the judge. The first two rounds had this trope in effect. (The third was a wrestling match; Doug had run out of ideas for challenges, and decided to settle it 'the old fashioned way'.)
*** The first round had the boys try to get rid of all the hungry customers. Josh simply tossed them free meat. Parker [[{{Gasshole}} knocked them out with a massive fart.]] Doug gave the round to Josh since A) Josh didn't 'get rid of them' so much as 'knock them into a state of semi-consciousness', and B) they were still gonna be hungry when they woke up.
*** The second round had the boys get the most girl's numbers. While Josh worked up the charm, Parker... [[CuttingTheKnot grabbed a phone book.]] Doug allowed it, since technically, it had ''all'' the girls numbers.
** After Josh frees the demon Wedgelor, he promises him one wish. Josh wishes he had a big strong body, which Wedgelor gives... but leaves his head small and dinky.
* FatIdiot: Parker, on several occasions.
* {{Gasshole}}: Parker.
* GrandFinale: Extremely rare for a Nicktoon; especially their comedies, but Mr. Meaty had one. The special ''Dream of the Dead'' ties up every loose end, sets the duo towards their successful future shown in ''Geezers'', and notes that they never return to the titular fast food restaurant again until they become rich enough to buy it out solely for the purpose of shutting it down. Also half the town's brains are eaten by the zombified Bugosi, but no one notices this.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: An lizard-faced alien dressed as a new employee tries to attract the duo so she can impregnate them with her eggs.
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** Josh and Parker, especially on Parker's side.
** Ashley and Ashley 2 may also count.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Wedgelor can only be defeated by being given a wedgie.
* ICallHerVera: Doug's baton is known as Sarah Jane.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Doug, the mall cop, seems to like hanging out with the boys.
* {{Jerkass}}: Josh can be this sometimes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Josh can be incredibly selfish and is not above taking advantage of or ditching Parker, but he always comes around to make up for it in the end and is shown to value their friendship.
* KarmicTransformation: When Josh insults a magical unicorn, the unicorn turns him into a pink horse but with his head remaining human.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The boys are often on the receiving end of this for their antics; In "Moochmaster P" Parker mooches off of everyone, prompting him to eat a raw burger containing a tapeworm that steals his food. In "The Fries That Bind", Josh slacks off at work and causes Parker to quit, leaving himself at the mercy of an angry crowd when he refuses to do his job properly.
* MacGyvering: Parker made a time machine out of a microwave, jumper cables, and sausages.
* MeaningfulName: Edward Carney's last name is a pun on "carne," the Spanish word for "meat."
* MegaCorp: Arguably the Mr. Meaty fast food chain, which is controlled by Edward R. Carney, the founder who was previously cryogenically frozen and will not rest until man, woman and child has a Mr. Meaty meal 5 times a day.
* OnlySaneMan: Brittney, easily the most fair and sensible of everyone in the mall.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Wedgelor, a wedgie demon found in a muscle powder can.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Doug.
* SaltAndPepper: Josh and Brittany. Brittany is very level-headed and advice-savvy and smarter than Ashley and Ashley 2. In the episode Big Greasy Musical, Parker says Josh always talks about liking Brittany. In later episode, she's outright called Josh's girlfriend, and Josh gets jealous when he thinks another guy is after her. [[spoiler: In the episode's end, he confesses he acted crazy out of jealousy, because he loves her. His feelings are reciprocated.]]
* [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In A Muscle Powder Can]]: Wedgelor.
* ShipTease: [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Goth Girl]] and Brittany, whom Josh is stated to like in one episode. She becomes his girlfriend in a later episode.
* ShoutOut:
** The behind the counter ordering system is an [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration LCARS Display.]]
** There's a group of snobby girls [[WesternAnimation/{{Recess}} all named Ashley]].
** Parker and Josh's favorite movie, ''Star Raiders'', is an obvious nod to ''Star Wars''.
** Likewise, the episode "Suburb of the Apes" is one to ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''.
* SkewedPriorities: Often seen with many of the characters, Josh in particular.
* StableTimeLoop: In ''Suburb of the Apes'', when the boys bring some future monkeys with them to beat up some bullies, Josh wonders if these are the same monkeys who overthrow humanity. [[SkewedPriorities Parker is more interested in getting a new game console.]]
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: When Doug is injured, Parker takes over and it takes two seconds for the power to go to his head.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Almost OnceAnEpisode.
* VerbalTic:
** Britney frequently opens up with "Basically" when she speaks.
** Ashley and Ashley 2's constant scoffing.
* WeirdnessMagnet: The two boys.
* ZombieGait: Josh and Parker hypnotize customers into becoming zombies. The zombies substitute "meat" for brains.
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