Made by Spumco, the same creators behind Ren and Stimpy, the Nicktoon infamous for crossing the line when it comes to content in a show aims at kids, The Ripping Friends is a cartoon that aired on Fox Kids in its final year, before the block became the FoxBox, which was loaded with anime dubbed by 4Kids.
Crag, Slag, Rip, and Chunk are the Ripping Friends, four brothers who are blessed with superhuman strength and muscles. Based in RIPCOT, the four have to fight evildoers where they strike, all crazy villains like the living wad of gum known as The Indigestable Wad, Flathead the spine-stealing invertibre, and even Citracett, the evil dictator of Euroslavia.
Yeah, it's strange how this cartoon was given the okay to air on Fox Kids, especially considering how controversial Ren and Stimpy had become when Nickelodeon aired it. The Ripping Friends look like they could be good friends of Powdered Toast Man, as despite being superheroes, they are actually not very bright sometimes (with Crag, the leader, being the only smart one). Also, the humor is on par with the cat and dog duo, as there is a lot of humor that only adults will get and some gross stuff (in fact, two episodes would not air on Fox Kids and would not air until the series was re-run on Adult Swim due to content Fox felt was in bad taste because of the 9/11 attacks, which caused the first episode to be delayed). Only lasting thirteen episodes due to the episodes being expensive to make, the show is a fun, humorous take on superheroes, as the characters are crazy, and the voice actors all have fun voicing the insanity-fuelled adventures. And the animation is great.
Crag, Slag, Rip, and Chunk are the Ripping Friends, four brothers who are blessed with superhuman strength and muscles. Based in RIPCOT, the four have to fight evildoers where they strike, all crazy villains like the living wad of gum known as The Indigestable Wad, Flathead the spine-stealing invertibre, and even Citracett, the evil dictator of Euroslavia.
Yeah, it's strange how this cartoon was given the okay to air on Fox Kids, especially considering how controversial Ren and Stimpy had become when Nickelodeon aired it. The Ripping Friends look like they could be good friends of Powdered Toast Man, as despite being superheroes, they are actually not very bright sometimes (with Crag, the leader, being the only smart one). Also, the humor is on par with the cat and dog duo, as there is a lot of humor that only adults will get and some gross stuff (in fact, two episodes would not air on Fox Kids and would not air until the series was re-run on Adult Swim due to content Fox felt was in bad taste because of the 9/11 attacks, which caused the first episode to be delayed). Only lasting thirteen episodes due to the episodes being expensive to make, the show is a fun, humorous take on superheroes, as the characters are crazy, and the voice actors all have fun voicing the insanity-fuelled adventures. And the animation is great.