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The Aquabats Super Show! is an American action-comedy musical superhero television series that aired from March 3, 2012 to January 8, 2014 on the now defunct The Hub Network, and has since became an independent web series on YouTube since September 2019. It is based on the real life comedy rock band known as the Aquabats, in their fictionalized superhero adventures of saving the world while getting into strange mishaps along the way. The show is heavily influenced by campy television series from the 60s and 70s as well as Japanese tokusatsu. It was created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, who also created the children's television series Yo Gabba Gabba!. After its cancellation the series was revived for YouTube after a successful Kickstarter campaign. Throughout its run it received positive reviews from critics and had a high viewership rating, and went on to get a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Series.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) To get the elephant out of the room, the show's overall style is delightfully different and helps it stand apart from other shows that were around at the time. It decides to look backward for its overall feel rather than trying to fit in with modern times and in the process creates a show that feels a bit timeless in a way. By combining the old campy nature of shows such as the 1960s Batman, having musical numbers between moments like in The Monkees, as well as having a more sitcom like environment (Minus the cliche laugh track), it makes a show that, while it is very odd to watch at times, is also one that you are consistently entertained by and almost never has any sort of dull moment. At the same time it also makes the show entertaining for both younger and older audiences, as younger ones will be entertained by the series' action and comedic moments, while adults will appreciate it more for its overall style and high absurdity factor.
 * 2) Good grasp at the original source material, which may be seen as unsurprising considering the band's full involvement with the show's development and creation. The Aquabats! band itself is known for having stage shows during their concerts,
 * 3) Similar to the movie Grindhouse, between each episode of the show there is a fake advertisement dispersed, often advertising an in-universe product or referencing the current or previous episode. TBA
 * 4) Hilarious and memorable dialogue from the characters, such as:
 * 5) * I summon the duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!
 * 6) * Don't look at me!
 * 7) * Getting emotional!
 * 8) * This is my personal property!
 * 9) * Thead fo eye gnitaolf.
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Bad Qualities

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Reception

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Trivia

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Comments

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