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Robot Chicken: Season 4

19 episodes Premiered Dec 7, 2008
Previously on Robot Chicken

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Robot Chicken Season 3.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (16): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Help Me

Dec 7, 2008

Seth and Matt enlist the help of Joss Whedon, Ron Moore and Seth MacFarlane to get their show renewed. PaRappa the Rapper is facing criminal charges when he takes his teacher's adv

S4·E2 Core

They Took My Thumbs

Dec 14, 2008

A contractor demonstrates the various death traps being built to protect a temple from intruders. Jason Voorhees gets ready for Friday the 13th. Wildman shares some summer fun tips

S4·E3 Core

I'm Trapped

Dec 21, 2008

Homonyms are explained in an educational musical. Vice President Dick Cheney is captured by terrorists and held captive along with Tony Stark. The truth behind James Bond's sex lif

S4·E4 Core

In a DVD Factory

Dec 28, 2008

It's been said that "only" a silver bullet can kill a werewolf, but we'll see about that! Witness the secret origin of Composite Santa Claus. The amount of advance planning Daredev

S4·E5 Core

Tell My Mom

Jan 4, 2009

Joey Fatone gives a pitch for a new sketch featuring himself. Sam Witwicky gets new scooter. The true story is revealed behind Billy Joel's hit single, Piano Man. Annie learns abou

S4·E6 Core

PS Yes, In That Way

Jan 11, 2009

Billy Dee Williams goes shopping. The Peculiar Purple Pie Man gets accused of stealing Black Cherry Pie's black cherry. The Henderson family says goodbye to Harry, and get an unwel

S4·E7 Core

Love, Maurice

Jan 18, 2009

There is an uprising in the kingdom and Babar must fight for his life! Bitten by a radioactive deer, a new superhero is born: Kid Venison! Roger Rabbit makes a deal with O.J. Simps

S4·E8 Core

Two Weeks Without Food

Jan 25, 2009

Zeus decides to spice up "Clash of the Titans" with a monster truck! A young Iron Man fan gets swept up into a battle involving the Avengers and a giant robot. "Star Trek II: The W

S4·E9 Core

But Not In That Way

Feb 1, 2009

A girl's father becomes obsessed with her own favorite anime show: Inuyasha. The Giving Tree has much to give. Punky Brewster discovers boys, leaving Glomer forgotten and alone in

S4·E10 Core

I Love Her

Feb 8, 2009

What would happen if the Monchhichis drew first blood? Criss Angel substitutes for Professor Snape at Hogwarts. What would happen if the Power-Puff girls were on drugs? Freddy Kreu

S4·E11 Core

We Are a Humble Factory

Jul 26, 2009

The creators imagine an alternate ending to Armageddon, what a new Star Trek character might look like, the excitement that is M.A.S.K. And the WWF's new up and coming challenger.

S4·E12 Core

Maurice Was Caught

Aug 2, 2009

Simon Belmont knows what works, Kermit introduces everyone to his cousin and the creators imagine what the new Gone With The Wind Re-make might look like, plus Annie Warbucks celeb

S4·E13 Core

Unionizing Our Labor

Aug 9, 2009

Superman takes it all off, meet the original Dukes of Hazzard, the creators imagine what the new Wii might look like and things come to blows when the Smurfs take on the Snorks.

S4·E14 Core

President Hu Forbids It

Aug 16, 2009

The Batmobile loses its wheel, spend a night with Jack Sparrow, the creators imagine what happens when Chris Hanson can't catch a predator, plus Gyro-Robo adds some depth to D & D.

S4·E15 Core

Due to Constraints of Time and Budget

Aug 23, 2009

Indiana Jones knows when to keep his eyes shut, Transformers morn a fallen hero, the creators imagine what goes on in a Yellow Submarine, plus meet the new Transporter.

S4·E16 Core

The Ramblings of Maurice

Aug 30, 2009

Batman gets a new look at Two Face, G.I. Joe celebrate their years in service, the creators imagine what the next Traveling Pants movie might look like, plus a new Dark Crystal for

S4·E17 Core

Cannot Be Erased, So Sorry

Sep 6, 2009

The creators imagine what the Humping Robot might look like on the big screen, John Connor tests out the new Terminator, Fantasy Island lives up to its name and the Nerd lands some

S4·E18 Mytharc

Please Do Not Notify Our Contractors

Sep 13, 2009

Jason Bourne gets a new identity, the new Bachelor's a beast, the creators take a skewed look at the Holy Grail and meet a character who knows how to speed things along.

S4·E19 Mytharc

Especially the Animal Keith Crofford!

Sep 20, 2009

The creators imagine the origin of the Wuzzles, what Cloverfield's real intention was, a new spin on Hitchcock's Rear Window, plus a super sappy season ender.