The 10 Funniest "Robot Chicken" Sketches

This past Sunday Adult Swim's Robot Chicken co-creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich celebrated a landmark: the coveted 100th episode of their Emmy Award-winning show.

Since its premiere in 2005, the stop-motion animation series has encouraged people across the nation to embrace their inner nerd and/or stoner with its fast-paced and boundary-free sketch comedy, featuring an ample supply of skewered familiar toys and pop culture icons. The show's makers, clearly aware of widespread television ADD, recognize that they have limited time to make an impression on fickle viewers. Thus, the sketches range from a few seconds to a couple of minutes, giving the distinct feel of channel surfing without having to do any of the actual work.

Even better, if you're a sucker for dark comedy, it's not uncommon to catch a glimpse of Barney the dinosaur soliciting prostitutes, Cuddles the fabric softener bear getting caressed without consent, or the Tooth Fairy arriving to a house in the midst of a domestic dispute. But where to start? That's where we come in. In honor of the show's recent milestone, we present to you The 10 Funniest Robot Chicken Sketches.

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Who didn't hasn't harbored a cartoon crush on manga artist Naoko Takeuchi's magical-girl creation Sailor Moon and her entourage of interplanetary homegirls? It was only a matter of time before her enemies, too, began to take notice of those scantily clad transformation sequences. In the name of the moon, punish us!

Those who've seen Twilight (or allowed themselves to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to the theater) will agree that this sketch provides a spot-on summation of what one can expect in the first, second, third, and, yes, fourth installments... in just 41 seconds! However, there's something that's a bit off about Kristen Stewart's digital doppelganger. Maybe she's showing a little too much range?

What is it about chickens that makes anything with them involved more entertaining? Created by "Chick Bokbugock," this spoof of the long-running crime drama Law & Order features nearly two straight minutes of Seth Green clucking out the dialogue as detectives Stabler and Benson, re-imagined as poultry, investigate the murder of a bird found in the park. The show's formula is impressively emulated, from the format to the sound effects. The only thing that's notably missing? Ice-T.

Tales of star-crossed lovers are as old as time. But star-crossed plumbers? Not so much. It's funny how no one ever paused to consider the unlikelihood of Mario and Princess Peach's relationship taking flight when we used to live and breathe this game back in the day. Additionally, between her medieval garbs and his '90s dance party overalls (which only lack an airbrushed Donald Duck on the front), the two appear to be living some sort of backwards version of The Lake House.



What would the relationship be like when the plumber finally beats the game and wins his princess? Thankfully, Robot Chicken has eliminated the guesswork and answered that question for us.

The Robot Chicken staff's sometimes-sadistic love of subjecting random cuddly creatures to torture is wonderfully epitomized in this bit, which features an adorable gummy bear enjoying an afternoon frolic. That is, before a few animal traps get thrown into the equation. Like James Franco in 127 Hours, the bear is soon forced to take drastic action; just be glad you didn't have to watch the voice actor chow down on his own arm.

Ladies, take note: For you, Sex And The City might be synonymous with fresh outfits, hot dudes, shoe porn, and candid relationship talk, but this is a fairly accurate depiction of what your man sees when you ambush him with those Tuesday night viewings. "Check, please!"

If you thought Gary's voice sounded familiar, you'd be correct: It's that of Donald Faison, one of many celebs who have lent their pipes to the twisted stop-motion show. In this Star Wars-inspired clip, he makes a vocal cameo as a Stormtrooper tasked with enduring the world's most difficult Bring Your Daughter To Work Day. And you thought spending the day at your parents' place of business was rough.

Of Robot Chicken's neverending list of sketches from 100-plus episodes, the show's co-creator Seth Green has dubbed this spoof starring Voltron, Defender of the Universe, as his very favorite. It's not hard to see why. Just try and hold your shit together while watching an intergalactic dance-off between the renowned robot and his monstrous competition, who lets everyone know he means business the second he sets down his weapon-of-mass-destruction-looking boombox.

In the event that you haven't deduced it already, the creative minds behind Robot Chicken have an unabashed weak spot for Star Wars. Ample shorts have been crafted to pay homage to the legendary trilogy including Luke-Darth dance-offs and Death Star "Yo Mama" jokes. This one goes down in our book as the team's very best.

You know what the best thing was about the original 1776 movie? Nothing. Well, except for the fact that William "Mr. Feeny" Daniels was in it. This, however, is a rehashing of the story behind our nation's independence that we can get behind.

Polar bears! John Hancock doing flying Matrix maneuvers! Lizard-looking Redcoats! Epic '80s fight scene music! We'd love to imagine that the first noteworthy July 4th went down exactly like this. Beats your cousin's lame-ass barbecue, for sure.