Trivia / Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters

• April Fools' Day: [adult swim] famously announced they would air the entire movie on this day, over a week before its theatrical release. And they did... in a very small box in the corner during regular programming, with the sound switched to the rarely-used SAP channel and full-screen ads during their scheduled programs, obscuring the entire screen pointing to where the movie was playing.
• As Himself: Legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart voiced himself.
• Channel Hop: This film, based on a series produced by [adult swim] was distributed by First Look Studios rather than Warner Bros. theatrically. WB handled the DVD release, however.
• Creator Killer: The Boston Bomb scare resulted in head of Cartoon Network Jim Samples stepping down and being replaced by Stuart Snyder, who became infamous for briefly incorporating live-action shows onto the channel.
  • The controversy also killed any chance of further theatrically-released films based on Cartoon Network properties, which had previously been attempted and shot down by the financial failure of The Powerpuff Girls Movie in 2002. Future movies based on CN properties were either released Direct to Video or as TV movies, such as Regular Show: The Movie, Steven Universe: The Movie, and the movies for Ben 10 and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies is the closest thing to a theatrical CN film released since^note Though it is based on a show made by Warner Animation and DC Entertainment, not an in-house Cartoon Network production and even then that film failed to to make a impact, though an Adventure Time theatrical film was in the works before falling into Development Hell.
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Carl's girlfriend Linda (actually Dr. Weird in disguise) is voiced by Matt Harrigan.
• Deleted Scene: Several, plus an entire "deleted movie" included on the DVD (which is basically an earlier draft of the film in animatic form).
• Deleted Role: The band Cameo were originally supposed to make... well, a cameo. You can see remains of this in the music video for "I Like Your Booty (But I'm Not Gay)," which features rotoscoped footage of frontman Larry Blackmon.
• No Budget: With a budget of only $750,000, this movie takes the crown as the cheapest animated movie released to theaters. Even though the movie made less than $5 million in theaters, it still made its budget back several times over.
• Viral Marketing: There was a guerrilla marketing campaign that involved putting up what were essentially Lite-Brites, showing images of Ignignokt and Err Flipping the Bird, around a number of US cities. It ended up being mistaken for a terrorist plot.
• What Could Have Been: A sequel entitled "Death Fighter" was due to follow, but never materialized. Dave Willis hinted at a 2015 release, but the show's cancellation that year meant it never saw the light of day. While a sequel would eventually materialize as Aqua Teen Forever Plantasm, it is unknown if it was related to "Death Fighter" or not.