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Robot Chicken is a stop-motion animated comedy on Adult Swim. Legions of action figures are used to spoof everything from Quentin Tarantino's blood-spattered epics to reality TV to TV bloopers to superheroes. Robot Chicken premiered on February 20, 2005.
My Two Cents
Robot Chicken is brilliant and incredibly unique. Stop-motion animation has been used on TV plenty of times, like in Rankin/Bass productions or MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, but never to skewer pop culture in such a bloody, profane way.
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich have created not only a hilarious animated comedy, but also a barometer of what's hot and what's not in entertainment.
Robot Chicken's versions of Strawberry Shortcake or Santa Claus are twisted and dark, and perfect for late night on Adult Swim. The show is such a hit that celebrities are happy to lend their voices, even to characters they helped make famous, like Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher voicing their Star Wars characters, or Adam West voicing Batman.
Robot Chicken has become one of the cornerstones of Adult Swim's programming.
See also: Guide to Robot Chicken Specials
How is 'Robot Chicken' animated?
A team of artists and technicians create miniature sets, tiny yet elaborate costumes and props and intricate action scenes for sketches skewering popular entertainment, politics and celebrity culture. The parodies are played out using stop-motion animation.
Guest Stars and Voices
Seth Green and a number of celebrities provide voices, including Scarlett Johansson, Burt Reynolds, Ryan Seacrest, Mark Hamill, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mila Kunis, Christian Slater, Phyllis Diller, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman and Macauley Culkin.
Creators
The creators of Robot Chicken are Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. Green is well-known for his acting roles in dozens of movies such as Rat Race and The Italian Job, as well as the hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and as the voice of Chris in Family Guy. Senreich was editor of ToyFare, a magazine about action figures, and then editorial director for all of Wizard Entertainment's publications.
Green and Senreich met through their mutual love of toys and action figures. They hit it off and began discussing a way to bring them to life through animation. After collaborating on a project for Sony's web site, the duo pitched a fast-moving pop-culture sketch show to Adult Swim. Robot Chicken was given the greenlight in spring 2004. The first episode aired in February 2005.
Awards
2015 - Seth Green nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
2015 - Nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
2014 - Nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
2013 - Nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
2013 - Sam Elliott nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
2012 - Nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
2011 - Nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
2011 - Seth Green nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
2010 - Won an Emmy award for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
2010 - Seth Green nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
2007 - Nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
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