If there’s a line in the sand when it comes to good taste, then Drawn Together would happily shift it with a pissing contest as it went above and beyond to give television censors an aneurysm with its antics. The fact that Metalocalypse can do this while also adding one of the most awesome soundtracks in history to its background, an epic tale of ancient gods and a ton of cameos on the side from rock royalty? Well that’s just metal. Every episode of Metalocalypse is essentially an examination of five idiots attempting to fit into a world that can barely contain them, with devastating results coming about by the time the end credits roll. Instead, the members of Dethklok are finely-tuned instruments of death metal, able to bring entire nations to their knees with a single song and in turn unable to perform basic tasks such as shopping for groceries when their personal chef is introduced to the business end of helicopter blades. Metalocalypse is that idea taken to the the extreme, albeit with a band of misfits whose collective intelligence could barely power the mind of a single functioning adult. Rock stars have long since been the new gods of humanity, with many a band using their influence to create a quasi-religious experience for their fans and establishing a cult of personality along the way. With a recent one-shot revival on Netflix, some of the most quotable lines of all time and a style that no other cartoon could ever hope to imitate, Invader Zim still stands as a unique slice of miraculous mayhem. There’s the sheer body horror of Dark Harvest wherein the alien Zim attempts to blend in with humanity by stealing organs, the utter insanity of a lice infestation taken to the extreme and a Xmas episode that ends with the patron saint of Silly season ifts becoming humanity’s greatest nemesis as it hibernates amongst the stars, gathering power and waiting for a chance to strike back across the eons. It’s a show that was years ahead of the curve, forecasting how reality would take a turn into the stupid and apathetic while also being home to some of the funniest adventures ever committed to a TV screen. Spearheaded by Johnen Vasquez and a crew of misfit writers, Invader Zim is both visually grotesque and magnetically monstrous to watch. You might as well kick this list off with a classic fusion of dark humour, design and animation, and that’s a bill that Invader Zim fits perfectly.
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