Mr. Meaty

Mr. Meaty
File:ParkerandJosh.PNG Josh (left)Arthur Holden, Parker (right)Bill Farmer
Created by	Jason Hopley Jamie Shannon
Country of origin	Canada
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Jack Lenz
Running time	12 minutes for episode segment (approx. 24 minutes altogether)
Original release
Network	Canada: CBC U.S.: Nickelodeon
Release	September 22, 2006 – Present (On Hiatus)

Mr. Meaty is a Canadian children's television series, airing on CBC Television in Canada and Nickelodeon in the United States. It started airing on the Nicktoons Network on March 10, 2007. The show features puppets working at a fast food restaurant called Mr. Meaty (a parody of McDonald's and other fast food chains) located inside the Scaunchboro Mall (the name based on the Ontario city of Scarborough). The show began as a series of shorts featured on CBC's The Void and in between Nickelodeon shows. A 15 minute pilot aired on December 30, 2005, which used one of the shorts and part of the episode. On September 22, 2006, the series premiered on American television with two 15 minute episodes. The original shorts can still be found on iTunes and TurboNick. The show sends subliminal messages such as "all animals were meant to be killed and eaten by us", etc. Mr. Meaty has been featured in the August and September issues of Nick Magazine. This show is now also on Nicktoons Network.

Characters

Main article: List of Mr. Meaty Characters

Josh Redgrove: The cashier at Mr. Meaty. Josh enjoys dating girls, even though most girls he talks to don't like him. Some girls he talks to (like Goth Girl) like him at first, but they always ditch him eventually. He severely dislikes his job, and his dream is to make a horror movie (with ninja-zombies) with his friend, Parker. Although he once stated, "Parker isn't exactly the coolest dude in the universe", and frequently seems tired of Parker's "nerdier" tendencies, Josh does seem to have a sincere affection for his friend. He goes as far as to defend him against all the characters in the mall when Parker turns into an insult-wielding monster.

Parker Dinkleman: The fry cook at Mr. Meaty. In almost every episode, his lip quivers when he has an emotion . He has a bit of a weight problem, explaining why he is sometimes referred to as "Porker." He hates this nickname, as shown in "The Fries that Bind." Josh describes him as having a "farting problem". Parker appears to be something of a sci-fi geek and unlike Josh, he loves his job.

Several other characters are seen on the show, but most play very minor roles.

Episodes

Main article: List of Mr. Meaty episodes

Trivia

• The franchise number is 655762 as noted in "The Model Employee".
• In "Suburb of the Apes" the video game system, Game Craze seems to be a parody of next gen systems, the design parodies the Xbox 360, and the scene with Josh and Parker waiting in line seems to be a parody of how people camped in tents awaiting the Wii.
• The restaurant apparently also serves Haggis as shown on one of the boxes in "My Eddie".
• One of the drinks at the soda fountain is called Agent Orange, after the controversial defoliant used heavily in the Vietnam War. The logo even features an army helmet.
• The video camera that characters Josh and Parker use to make a horror movie is a Campax by Moyo.
• Sky's phone number is 555-4444
• In the episode "Nosferateens", while Josh and Parker were fighting the vampire, one can see Hamish in the freezer.
• Eddie, Parker's Yeti is not to be confused with Eddie the Mean Old Yeti, a character from Donkey Kong Country
• "Duke Starkiller" from Space Raiders is a spoof on Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. Duke is similar to Luke, and Luke's original last name was to be Starkiller.
• The menu features, among other gross "foods": Live Man's Tongue 'n' Cheek, Roasted Butt Nuggets, Quail Diarrhea Mush, Bloody Elbow, Live Dolpin's Heart, Stinky Saliva Hot Dog, Toasted Raw Rat Sandwich, Baby Elephant Dung, Stinky Car Smell, Poop Surprise, Vomit Veggies, Booger Burrito, Pee-Pee Sandwich, Poo-Poo Pizza, Dirty Diaper Donuts, Boston Baked Boogers, Freeze Dried Worm Guts, Greasy Dishwater, Shit Burger, Poop Soup, Stinky Taco Surprise, Twice Chewed 'tater Skins, Armpit hair Juice, Hot Lice Pie, Toothpaste Parfait, and Moldy Tennis Shoe Soup.
• In "My Eddie" when Parker is watching Asian TV you can see Master Kindu next to the TV.
• Kalingi is a parody of Klingon of Star Trek.
• Romuloid is a parody of Romulan of Star Trek.
• In "Parkerina" and "Wedgelor", one locker has the name Chip, a reference to Chip 2.6 from "The Model Employee".
• At the beginning of "I Love Lizzie", the I Love Lucy logo is parodied.
• The main characters, Josh and Parker, performed their own version of Crazy Car, but instead of the puppets being voiced by their normal actors, they are voiced by Nat and Alex Wolff, respectively.
• Mr. Carney's name comes from the Spanish term "carnoso" which means "meaty".
• Another Nickelodeon show, Drake and Josh, has main characters with the names "Parker" and "Josh" in their names (Drake Parker and Josh Nichols).

External links

• CBC's Mr. Meaty Page
• Nickelodeon's Mr. Meaty Page