Robot Chicken
Twenty years of action figures murdering your childhood: Star Wars specials, DC specials, sketches that commit until the pun is structural. 218 episodes on Max.
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Cast & Key People
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Our Review
Robot Chicken (2005) is a animation and comedy series from Adult Swim. Episodes run about 11 minutes. It premiered on February 20, 2005. Viewers rate it 7.8 out of 10. It is currently ended. It runs 11 seasons.
What Robot Chicken Is About
Robot Chicken uses stop-motion animation to bring pop-culture parodies to life in a modern take on the variety/sketch show format.
What to Expect When You Watch
Episodes run about 11 minutes, which keeps the pace tight, spread across 11 seasons and it leans into its animation/comedy roots while leaving room for the quieter character beats.
Performance-wise the series leans on Seth Green, Michael Benyaer and Seth Green to carry the emotional weight, with the rest of the ensemble filling out the world around them.
Cast and Creative Team
Seth Green, Michael Benyaer, Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Michael Benyaer and Seth Green lead the cast.
Key roles include Seth Green as Additional Voices; Michael Benyaer as Jesus Christ; Seth Green as Jesus Christ; Breckin Meyer as Jesus Christ; Michael Benyaer as Santa Claus.
Why It Stands Out
Fans of animation and comedy have a clear reason to give this one a shot. It sits comfortably alongside Adult Swim’s other originals, a 7.8/10 audience score puts it in steady company and it commits to its premise instead of hedging between tones.
Released in 2005 and carried by Adult Swim with the series still ended, it lands hardest with animation and comedy viewers.
How Robot Chicken Compares
If Robot Chicken lands for you, the next stops are Avatar: The Last Airbender, Death Note and X-Men: The Animated Series, which share its animation/comedy lean.
Each of those sits at a different point on the same spectrum, so they make a natural follow-up once you finish the run here.
Where to Stream
Robot Chicken comes from Adult Swim. Check your preferred platform for current availability, since regional rights move around.
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On the whole Robot Chicken is the kind of series that rewards a patient watch, with Seth Green and Michael Benyaer doing the heaviest lifting, a tone that stays true to its animation/comedy roots, It has held up since 2005 and so if the premise sounds like your lane, the execution holds up.
The Bottom Line
Robot Chicken is a safe bet for anyone already inside the animation and comedy lane, the audience score holds around 7.8/10 and so there is little risk in starting it tonight.
Verdict: 7.8/10. Watch it if you want animation/comedy you can settle into.
