The third season of the stop-motion television series Robot Chicken originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. Season three officially began on August 12, 2007 on Adult Swim, with "Werewolf vs. Unicorn", and ended with "Chirlaxx" on October 5, 2008, with a total of twenty episodes.
The third season was released on the Season Three: Uncensored DVD on October 7, 2008 in Region 1, January 25, 2010 in Region 2 and December 3, 2008 in Region 4.
Overview The third season of Robot Chicken includes many television, movie, commercial, and pop culture parodies, as well as non-sequitur blackouts, all acted out by dolls and action figures. These include Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger investigating illegal immigration with Speedy Gonzales, Slowpoke Rodriguez, and Dora the Explorer; Godzilla taking a rookie out for a Training Day; the crew of Battlestar Galactica facing a threat from the FCC; President George W. Bush receiving a gremlin; the SWAT team finally catching Sonic the Hedgehog for speeding; Big Jim trying to score; Barbie and Yasmin of the Bratz going head-to-head on Exposed; and "Inside the Battlefield" revisiting G.I. Joe and Cobra's battle over the Weather Dominator twenty years later. Other segments feature Spawn facing the Devil with his one true skill—fiddling; Michael Moore investigating what happened to the girls' toys of yesteryear; Crystar the Crystal Warrior getting high; Wonder Woman revealing her revealing arch-enemy; She-Ra struggling to get a moment of peace as Etheria is constantly under attack while she suffers from period pains; Hermey the Elf being terrible at being a dentist; a nerd being stuffed into a locker and transported to the magical and confusing land of Narnia; the Super Friends making way for the Super Pets; Conan the Barbarian explaining "What Is Best in Life" through song; Sylar gaining a new power in a Heroes parody; Bronson Pinchot and Ludacris starring in the Off-Broadway production of "Don't Be Ridiculous"; and the government attempting to contain an outbreak of cooties while the enemies of America are on the run and President Bush becomes... Captain Texas!
Guest stars Many celebrities have guest starred in the third season of Robot Chicken: they include Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mila Kunis, Kelly Hu, Cee Lo Green, Snoop Dogg, Kristin Chenoweth, Tahmoh Penikett, Katee Sackhoff, Joss Whedon, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ginnifer Goodwin, Rachael Leigh Cook, Donald Faison, Seth MacFarlane, Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Candace Bailey, Kevin Connolly, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Kaler, Skeet Ulrich, Masi Oka, Mark Hamill, Adrianne Palicki, Abraham Benrubi, Amy Smart, Billy Dee Williams, Matthew Lillard, Jean Smart, Alex Borstein, Nathan Fillion, Joel McHale, Robin Tunney, Emma Caulfield, George Lowe, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario López, Lark Voorhies, Dennis Haskins, Dustin Diamond, Zachary Quinto, Clark Duke, Michael Chiklis, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chris Evans, Ludacris, Julian McMahon, Master P, Matthew Wood, Linda Cardellini, John C. McGinley and Sir Mix-a-Lot.
Episodes
DVD release Title Release date Episodes Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 "Season Three: Uncensored" October 7, 2008 January 25, 2010 December 3, 2008 41-60This two disc boxset includes all 20 episodes from Season 3 in production order. This DVD is uncensored except for the "Cat in the Hat" sketch from the episode "Endless Breadsticks" on Disc 1. It also has the "Law & Order: KFC" sketch intentionally censored in the episode "Tapping a Hero". This DVD has special features such as deleted scenes and animatics. It also includes commentary for all of the episodes and has "Chicken Nuggets" commentary for episodes 1 and 3-5. The bonus features also include a gag reel and audio takes.
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