Editing Aqua Teen Hunger Force (section)

===Development===
{{see also|Space Ghost Coast to Coast}}
[[File:ATHF-Baffler Meal.jpg|thumb|left|280px|The prototype designs of [[Meatwad]], [[Master Shake]] and [[Frylock]].]]
The three main characters—Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad—were originally created for an episode of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' called "Baffler Meal", where they were the corporate mascots for the fictional fast-food chain "Burger Trench". The original versions of the trio were prototypes that resembled the future characters, but both Master Shake and Frylock differed in appearance, personality, and voice from their ultimate design.<ref name="baffler">{{Cite AV media |title=Audio commentary for "Baffler Meal"; Volume Two |medium=DVD}}</ref> The original name "Teen Hunger Force" refers to the squad's mission to conquer hunger in teens.<ref name="BafflerDialogue">{{Cite AV media |title=Spoken dialogue in "Baffler Meal"; Volume Two |medium=DVD}}</ref>

"Baffler Meal" went through a number of drafts<ref>{{cite web |first=Myke|last=Johns|date=July 20, 2015 |title='Aqua Teen Hunger Force' Creators Talk Cancellation, Weirdness |url=https://www.wabe.org/aqua-teen-hunger-force-creators-talk-cancellation-weirdness/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507003553/https://www.wabe.org/aqua-teen-hunger-force-creators-talk-cancellation-weirdness/ |archive-date=May 7, 2018 |access-date=May 29, 2018 |publisher=WABE}}</ref> but was not animated or produced until after the series became popular. Instead, the ''Space Ghost'' episode was initially rewritten as "Kentucky Nightmare", while the trio, along with Carl, debuted in "[[Rabbot]]", the pilot episode of ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''. A full season consisting of 16 episodes, including "Rabbot", was put into production shortly thereafter. The series was one of Adult Swim's most popular shows.<ref name="dvd">{{Cite AV media |title=Audio commentary |medium=DVD}}</ref>

In early episodes, the trio was identified by Master Shake as the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, which solved crimes for money. After a few episodes, this premise and the characters' use of the name were dropped. The premise was a trick that had been added to appease [[Cartoon Network]] executives, who "didn't want to air a show about food just going around and doing random things".<ref name="dvd" /> In the show, Frylock says they stopped fighting crime because "that wasn't making us a whole lot of money".<ref name="ep_kidney">Spoken dialogue in Kidney Car</ref>