Minoriteam

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Minoriteam is an animated television series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The pilot episode premiered on November 6, 2005, with new episodes included in the Sunday Line Up beginning March 19, 2006 and ending in July 2006. No further new episodes are planned at this time.

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[edit] Tagline

Fighting for all people of color, except white people, unless they are Jewish.

[edit] Plot

The plot of the show revolves around five superheroes, each of which is based on a racial or ethnic stereotype, who join forces to fight against a bunch of villains who are mostly discriminatory concepts. The show's artwork is largely a homage of Jack Kirby ("King Kirby" is thanked in the show's end credits), while the animation style parodies the limited animation of the Marvel Super Heroes Show of 1966. The opening tag declaring that Minoriteam is broadcast "FULLY COLORED" is both a racial reference and an homage to the "IN COLOR" or "IN TECHNICOLOR" line opening many old cartoons.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Minoriteam

[edit] Dr. Wang, Chinese Human Calculator

Dr. Wang, Chinese Human Calculator is the big-brained leader of the Minoriteam. He is paraplegic. He has a terrible personality and powerful mental abilities. He also owns and operates a laundromat where he charges extra to get your clothes back from the machines. In addition, he has faked accidents to obtain legal settlements and is a compulsive gambler. He has no known non-stereotypical real life. In the episode, "The Assimilator", Dr. Wang gives the team "tea" to drink and then tells them that it is his urine. His depiction as a Chinese, however, leans more to the stereotype of Manchurian Chinese, mostly with his mustache and queue, which otherwise makes his design reminiscent of Dr. Fu Manchu.

[edit] El Jefe

El Jefe is an overweight, moustached Mexican who fights crime with the Leafblower 3000, the deadliest weapon in the entire universe, and his mask is a Sombrero pulled halfway down his face with eye holes cut in it. In his non-stereotypical real life, Richard Escartin is the handsome billionaire CEO of his own oil company. El Jefe is also 1/18th Viking.

[edit] Fasto

Fasto a green-masked, T-shirt and cut-off jeans-clad African-American who is known as “the fastest man that ever was.” In addition to this he seems to have the power to seduce or charm all white women in the immediate area. In his non-stereotypical real life, Landon K. Dutton is a bookish and bespectacled Professor of Women's Studies. He vigorously pursues sexual relationships with what he calls "booty" (especially white women), but is uninterested in exclusive relationships. His father is a space-alien from the planet Blackton, which was destroyed by Balactus.

[edit] Jewcano

Jewcano a white-bearded, massively muscular man in a yamulka and a Star of David leotard with the powers of the Jewish faith and the fiery fury of an erupting volcano (after being knocked into a volcano accidentally by Dr. Wang). He is always screaming at the top of his lungs. In his non-stereotypical real life, wimpy young accountant Neil Horowitz dates Minka, Fasto's statuesque black younger cousin and loves soul food. Jewcano is also the member of Minoriteam who spends the most time in his civilian garb.

[edit] Non-Stop

Non-Stop an Indian convenience store owner who is immune to bullets and fire due to his lead-lined skin. His non-stereotypical self, Dave Raj is an ex-professional skateboarder, a talent which comes in handy when flying on his magic carpet. While not fighting crime Dave sometimes smokes a hookah. He sometimes says "Krishna give me strength!" when surprised, and his magic word to transform into his bearded, bare-chested, turban-clad alter ego is "Abrakazoom!".

[edit] White Shadow

The five heroes team up to fight characters who are mostly racial stereotypes, including a collective of villains comprising numerous, over-the-top Caucasian stereotypes.

The White Shadow organization, the "most evilest organization known to Man", is based in Corporate City. Its mission is to promote white supremacy and racism and oppress minorities. Its most important members appear in almost every episode. They are:

[edit] The White Shadow

The White Shadow is the leader of this organization of supervillains which is named after him. He has a one-eyed golden helmet in the shape of the Illuminati Pyramid. His racist personality and purple robe are reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan.

[edit] The Corporate Ladder

The Corporate Ladder is a green-caped, pipe-smoking ladder with a stool at the top who is impossible to scale/climb (unless you're white and was born into a rich heritage); this mimics the beliefs of some who see corporations as difficult to scale for minorities. He frequently makes fun of White Shadow's leadership. He has had gambling problems in the past and his life's goal was to become a minion. He was also responsible at one point for sending the White Shadow and several members of the organization to prison.

[edit] Racist Frankenstein

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"Body of a monster, mind of a racist." Though his name is a direct reference to Frankenstein's monster, he is a closer parody of the depiction of Solomon Grundy from the Superfriends animated series, mocking Grundy's heavy southern accent, monstrous appearance, and tendency to refer to himself in the third person with poor grammar. Dresses like the stereotype of a WASP, usually in a yuppy-style pink sweater. Hates black people and even black-colored objects. He is blond and has blue skin. His catchphrase is the recurring threat, "Racist Frankenstein hit blacks with hands!"

[edit] The Standardized Test

The Standardized Test is a robot-like man with an eraser on his head and a costume patterned off a scantron test form. His form refers to the stereotype that standardized tests are biased against minorities.

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Dirty Cop:A police officer composed of mud; the stereotype of cops who persecute minorities, especially blacks.
  • The Plant: A plant that plants drugs and such on innocent minorities.
  • Gorilla with Knife Hands: "A $400,000 gorilla with knives for hands."
  • Hot, Stuck-Up Bitch: A hot white chick who doesn't put out.
  • Scab: An anthropomorphic scab who is a scab; a stereotype of those who replace workers on strike ("I'm just tryin ta feed my kids.").
  • Seamus McFisty-Cuffus: An Irish stereotype who is shown to be drinking constantly, fighting and racist towards the Chinese.
  • The Black Coq: A man in a black rooster suit who has the ability to hypnotize people. A disgruntled former restaurant owner, he hypnotized the women of Corporate City to overeat and become fat until Jewcano beat him. After that he became despondent and was taken in by White Shadow out of pity. "Coq" is French for "chicken", but in a play on words, it is a homophone of "cock", which also means chicken, but is also used to refer to penis (a recurring theme in the episode of the same name). The stereotype he represents is that white women are more attracted to black men because their penises are purportedly larger than white men's.
  • Billy the Italian American: An Italian stereotype who is obsessed with his car.
  • Loophole: A lawyer who serves as legal counsel to the White Shadow. He is a long rope shaped like a noose.
  • Steven Skullbird: A skull-headed bird
  • Master Snake: An anthropomorphic cobra
  • Clones of Larry Bird:
  • Tom Severson:
  • Squid Hitler:
  • Ninja Mike: A man who hates ninjas.
  • Hans the Sausage King:
  • White Rapper:
  • Mark Marcus: an art dealer.
  • Master of Tremendous Class: The keeper of the secret airline class that is beyond first-class.
  • Half Pint: A midget circus clown killed by mimes in the 1980s. He dealt with circus people for the White Shadow.

[edit] Other Adversaries

[edit] El Yo

El Yo is El Jefe's father, who is ashamed of his son selling out and terrorizes everybody (even the minorities) for all being shameful.

[edit] Balactus

Balactus is a black stereotype version of Galactus who plans on destroying the Earth. He represents black crime.

[edit] Episode Guide

[edit] Pilot: 2005

Episode Production Title Airdate Description
00 100 "Operation Blackout" November 6, 2005 The Minoriteam set out to rescue Sebastian Jefferson after The White Shadow kidnaps him. His plan is to stop black businesses from gaining power. The Minoriteam does battle with The Corporate Ladder and The Standardized Test along the way.

[edit] Season 1: 2006

Episode Production Title Airdate Description
01 105 "Tribe & Prejudice" March 20, 2006 After the Shysta Gumfat Indian Reservation Parking Lot Tribe's construction of a new casino is halted, due to it being built on a Pilgrim burial ground, the Minoriteam is called in to investigate. Upon searching the catacombs beneath the construction site they soon discover the true plan set forth by the White Shadow and his army of Zombie Pilgrims.
02 104 "El Dia Gigante" March 27, 2006 Corporate City holds a lifetime achievement award in honor of El Jefe. During the ceremony, El Jefe's father and famous wrestler, El Yo attacks the team with a giant salsa puking Piñata. After Fasto and Jewcano are captured, it's up to El Jefe to confront his father and defeat him in a grueling wrestling match.
03 106 "Heaven Can Wait" April 3, 2006 After a racist bomb blows Fasto right past black Heaven and lands him in Nordic Heaven (Valhalla), El Jefe is the only one, with his 1/18 Viking blood, to go and save Fasto from the dead Nordic women.
04 103 "His Story" April 10, 2006 The White Shadow uses a celestial object called the White Hole to travel back in time and try to prevent Minoriteam from coming into existence. With help from a Stephen Hawking-like character, the team goes back also to try to stop it. They visit: the Mayans, the ancient Egyptians and Moses, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War battle field at Petersburg, Eskimos crossing the Bering Straits, the Sistine Chapel, etc..
05 102 "Tax Day" April 17, 2006 The White Shadow, the "most evilest organization known to Man", is audited by the IRS, an organization "even more evilest". After years of shady schemes and poor funds he finds his own corporation is in trouble. Jewcano learns the White Shadow's secrets. Special Guest Voices Peter Graves and Dicky Barrett.
06 101 "Illegal Aliens" April 24, 2006 The Minoriteam is abducted by other-worldy creatures who wish to learn more about stereotypes. Back on Earth, the White Shadow and company get a little bored without the Minoriteam to fight. Special Guest Voice Kevin McDonald.
07 107 "And Justice For Some" May 1, 2006 The White Shadow tricks the Minoriteam in to entering a mirror world where everything is backwards. The team is quickly put on trial for not being racist. Inspired by Through the Looking-Glass.
08 109 "Women's Suffrage" May 8, 2006 One woman holds the key to saving summer when questionable weather forecasting becomes deadly. Minoriteam discriminates against her as badly as one would expect the White Shadow to do.
09 110 "Space Driftin'" May 15, 2006 An interdimensional space hippie comes and shows Dr. Wang what life would be like if he never existed. A spoof of It's a Wonderful Life.
10 111 "Universal World Games" May 22, 2006 It is said in the book of prophecies that if the Bahamas win 69 gold medals in the Universal World Games, the world will come to an end. This leads White Shadow and his minions into using their 'powers' to try to win the games. In order to stop them, Minoriteam must disguise themselves as Chekbanian athletes to keep the White Shadow from destroying the world.
11 112 "FOG" June 5, 2006 A grape-flavored fog turns everyone's worst nightmares into reality.
12 108 "The Internet" May 29, 2006 The White Shadow has a new secret weapon – a tool known to technology aficionados as the Internet. The Minoriteam must stop him before he uses deadly search engines to uncover their true identities.
13 113 "Evilfellas" June 12, 2006 As far back as he can remember, Corporate Ladder always wanted to be a minion. Follow his rise from a step-stool in White Shadows boardroom to a full-blown minion. The episode is a parody of Casino and Goodfellas told as 1980s flashbacks.
14 114 "Landon In Love" June 19, 2006 Fasto's loyalties are put to the test when his mild-mannered alter ego, Landon, is romantically pursued by a beautiful fellow professor who hates Fasto. While Fasto shirks his crime-fighting responsibilities to go on a date as Landon, an incomplete Minoriteam tries to capture a criminal, "Gold Digger" aka "Maria", who coincidentally, relies on super-speed to rob banks.
15 115 "Le Black Coq" June 26, 2006 Every villain has a back-story, and one-time successful restaurant owner John Le Coq is no exception. Watch as, in exciting flashback form, White Shadow recounts the rise and fall of The Black Coq to his visitor, the devil. Racist Frankenstein gets his head stuck in the Corporate ladder.
16 116 "Tremendous Class" July 3, 2006 Fasto, Jewcano, and Dr. Wang take off for a first-class vacation paid for in part by a settlement from a fake accident staged by Dr. Wang. They discover a flight section far beyond first class where White Shadow & his friends are living it up. They adopt disguises which are mostly rich minority stereotypes to crash it. Meanwhile, Nonstop makes the mistake of attempting to pass airport security in full costume. He is arrested and searched supposedly because he looks like a terrorist. El Jefe does not appear in the episode because in his normal life as a CEO, he was attending a child's birthday party and in any case would have been able to afford Tremendous Class for himself.
17 117 "The Assimulator" July 10, 2006 The White Shadow introduces the Assimulator, a villain who can transform into anything he touches. He is sent out to destroy the Minoriteam by turning them against each other and to steal Dr. Wang's secret tea, which is believed to be where he gets his intelligence. As he meets the members, he befriends them and shakes their hands, thereby copying their powers. Later they confront him, but Assimulator proves to be a challenge since he has all their powers. The Assimulator is a parody of the Super Adaptoid. Dr.Wang's "tea" turns out to be his urine.
18 118 "Behold Balactus, Part 1" July 17, 2006 The White Shadow awakens an intergalactic evil: Balactus, destroyer of worlds. Why did WS unleash the most powerful black being in the Universe? "Three (sic) words, black on black crime." But Balactus tells WS that he will destroy ALL of the Earth. As Minoriteam fights in vain to stop him from destroying Earth, Fasto learns about his true past, and investigates a mysterious can of black-eyed peas.
19 119 "Behold Balactus, Part 2" July 24, 2006 The White Shadow and Minoriteam team up but fail to stop Balactus. Fasto's father's spirit emerges from the can of black-eyed peas and summons 3 other spirits from his home planet, Blackton (destroyed by Balactus), who tell Fasto that he can use his black rage to run faster than light to go back in time and learn the true name of Balactus. He does so and uses that name, "Leslie Ira ...", to impel Balactus to leave Earth just as Balactus is about to destroy it. Fasto goes to the "Projects of Solid-tude", also from the can of black-eyed peas, but they have already suffered urban decay.

[edit] Cast

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