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Master Shake, usually referred to as simply Shake, is one of the four main characters of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The self-proclaimed leader of the Aqua Teens, Shake is self-absorbed, capricious, erratic, and borderline evil. Suffering from a multitude of mental issues, Master Shake is willing to do anything it takes for even a shred of attention.

LOOKS/PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: (this is a human version of Master Shake, not the milkshake version. he is not a milkshake, he is a person. janitor. i’m looking at you. design by @bestosunglass on tumblr and tiktok) Pale skin, 6’4 ft tall, 43 years old, bulky, chubby, bad posture, dark green eyes, eye bags, large greek nose, sharp canine teeth. Black gauges, double helix piercing on right ear with small black ring earrings, black stud snake bites, black barbell eyebrow piercing, short brown hair that comes out in the back (almost mullet-like) but the rest is covered by his hat, neck beard. White backwards facing cap with a large hot pink bendy straw on top, white baggy v-neck hoodie with sleeves rolled up to forearms, yellow dish gloves, somewhat baggy ripped black jeans, hot pink crocs.

PERSONALITY/CHARACTER: Despite many of the points made above, Master Shake’s egotism, entitlement, anger, and vanity are, in actuality, a myriad web of defensive distortion used to mask feelings of deep envy, loneliness, and shame. Holding a profound fear of abandonment and rejection, he compensates for his underlying feelings of emptiness and insecurity with a grandiose persona. Internalizing both an intense superiority and inferiority complex, as well as an unstable, fragmented sense of self, and a lack of impulse control, Shake becomes overwhelmed when faced with anything he perceives as a slight against him. Unable to cope and confused about where they end and where he begins, Shake subconsciously projects his negative emotions onto others around him, turning his disquieted feelings into choleric aggression, leading to his frequent violent outburst of abuse and rage. He uses these to short-circuit unwanted feelings of humiliation and insult, as well as avail any criticism that threatens to fracture his fragile self.

Mirroring his own insecurities, shame, fragility, as well as his feelings of impending rejection onto those around him that he feels entitled in ‘punishing’ allows Shake some level of grounding using them. In addition, Shake has trouble comprehending a split between himself and others,[4] and going along with this, he flip flops rapidly and starkly between liking someone and despising them, [5] often thinking and acting in extremes with little to no gray area.

The worst of it all is the void within himself; its presence grows when he remains unstimulated, giving birth to a dull and unyielding boredom. When Shake becomes bored, his worst self shows; he can and will commit awful acts to distract himself – or cause a reaction in others to become a distraction – in order to escape the dreadful emotions within. From hurting himself to tormenting Carl in “Lasagna”, Master Shake will do anything to feel something besides that. When all else fails, this turns on himself and his boredom becomes self-destructive. Compounded with his anger at his failures – whether real or imagined as he has admitted in “Ezekiel” – this progresses into direct suicidal tendencies.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that Master Shake is a bad person. It would, however, be both objectively incorrect and morally bankrupt to merely brand him with a label as 'True Evil' and throw him into that pile with no further thought. Master Shake suffers a myriad of mental issues cast through a humorous lens, but when removed from the lens of comedy it's clear he is a tragic character in his own way. Education

While it's safe to assume Shake does not possess any college degree, it is unclear if Shake has ever attended formal school. Some of the only mentions of Shake's education come from quick remarks. In "The Cubing," Shake casually mentions hearing one of Dumbassahedratron's jokes in elementary school (though this could be seen as Shake putting down the opposing character's sense of humor rather than a clue that Shake has attended public school). He does fairly consistently know how to read (unlike Meatwad), but he proves to be rather uneducated in many respects.

Oddly enough though, in several episodes such as "Circus", Shake has an unusual interest in the stock market and in "Shake Like Me", appears conscious about his 401k once returned to his usual self. He also proves to know at least a little bit about show business in the episode "One Hundred."

SKILLS/POWERS: Despite his overall stupidity, Shake possesses an exceptional knowledge in cooking. In "Lasagna", he is revealed to make a professional dish of four-cheese lasagna, which he claims to have learned how to make when he traveled to New York. In addition, "Super Sir Loin" shows he seems to be somewhat skilled in cooking food, such as eggs and steak. However, his ability to cook seems to only be used for malicious purposes, such as interfering with Meatwad's diet ("Diet" of Season 3) or torturing Carl ("Lasagna" of Season 8).

In various episodes, Shake is shown to be an avid fan of heavy metal music. He owns two electric guitars and has connections with musicians like Zakk Wylde and Glenn Danzig. His talent at music is often at a beginner level, but in the Season 12 episode "A Quiet Shake," he is telepathically gifted the ability to play guitar professionally.

Aside from his talent in cooking, Shake is shown to know how to operate a helicopter at the end of "Lasagna". He is also skilled in the use of weaponry, ranging from knives to firearms, even if only used for malicious purposes like harming his enemies or committing suicide.

Unlike his brothers Frylock and Meatwad, Shake does not appear to possess any kind of special or remotely useful powers. The only real power that he frequently displays is his ability to rhythmically inflate himself like a balloon and eject some type of thick fluid of inconsistent color through his straw (which does absolutely nothing except splatter on the ground).

Shake can also suck up water through the end of his straw, as shown in the episode, "Bus of the Undead."

On the very last episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever, Shake had the same jewel as Frylock on the bottom of him. And he was going to blast them with his eyes, but it didn't work because his jewel was dying out too.

PAST/BIOGRAPHY: Impulsive, self-centered, vain, insecure, and unstable, Master Shake is both the self-proclaimed leader of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force and arguably its weakest link in terms of cohesion. Best described as a free spirit at the best of times and an active detriment at the worst, Shake repeatedly proves himself to be foolish and one part of the duo of dorks that play off the straight man of their team, Frylock. While not always the case, Master Shake is often the cause of many of the Aqua Teens’ hijinks, exacerbated by his utter lack of self-awareness on top of his greed, misplaced trust, impulses, secondary emotions, and insecurities.

Predictably unpredictable, Master Shake struggles to regulate his emotion. His moods changing from more or less passive to massively exhilarated, hopeless, viciously angry, then back to calm at a moments notice. This trend of instability also transfers into his relationships, namely with his two brothers and neighbor, Frylock, Meatwad, and Carl respectively. Carrying an easily bruised ego and an alarmingly short fuse, Master Shake is effortless to set off. His wrath wildly out of proportion to the situation at hand, he makes his fury known through verbal and physical abuse as well as a ruinous amount of property destruction. More concerned about money, fame, and his fallacious depiction of what he believes love is than the well-being and safety of others and himself, Shake shows a constant childish egocentrism that harms everyone involved.

Desperate for any shred of attention, be it positive or negative, Shake lives to be an embodiment of spectacle. There is no length he won't go to, nor end he won't justify to cultivate some form of attention or acknowledgment. He feels entitled to their attention and feels that they should love and accept him for who he thinks he is – rather than his true self that he is oblivious to. Master Shake carries with him some traits associated with worst types of actors, politicians, and people, all for that sole purpose of attention.

RELATIONSHIPS: While Master Shake doesn’t have any meaningful relationships, even being implied to isolate himself in "IAMAPOD", he has the tendency to become easily and quickly attached to new people, idealizing them to support his needs and mental narrative, sometimes even clinging onto them. Desperate for love and attention, Shake will impulsively jump into a friendship or relationship without any consideration for himself or the person involved. Easily seen through his behaviors and actions is a profound dependency on others. Shake measures his self-worth on how they view him, and relies on them to support the most basic of his self-esteem. His mind reshapes them and their relationships to be wholly beneficial to himself, and this becomes his reality. It's when they contradict the narrative, and worse: his needs, that they become subjects for his ire, or malice.

This cycle is born from his fear of abandonment and rejection, as well as a yearning to protect himself from feelings of shame and disappointment. Master Shake’s immediate reflex when faced with humiliation, inadequacy, or betrayal is to lash out and devalue the one’s he once idolized for breaking the illusion, splitting on them. This usually manifests as outward verbal attacks and assault. Although, it can also manifest internally towards himself, spiraling into a deep depression or mania, ultimately taking form of self-destructive behavior, bursts of self-harm, or suicidality when felt abandoned or rejected.

The natural consequence of these actions and thoughts, of course, begets a specific slew of complicated and unstable relationships; those subjected to his changing whims and temperament don't know why they're treated how they are, and it makes relationships with Shake rocky. This distance with Shake is perceived as yet another negative reaction towards himself and fuels the self-same cycle, while also worsening his self-conscious issues. This pushes him to act out in anger against his family, his friends, as well as objects around him, and even himself, in order to feel something beyond the loneliness inside.

Ultimately, Master Shake wishes to be loved and accepted. Longing for warmth and affection, he is constantly looking for someone who will acknowledge and want him, even rejecting the prospect of a prostitute in favor of pursuing a woman himself in “Vampirus.” However, there’s a fatal flaw in Shake’s desires: his concept of love is fallacious. It’s a sad truth that Master Shake does not understand what true love is, often mistaking obsession and limerence with genuine affection. Shake thinks being loved means being worshiped,and that being worshiped means being accepted or wanted. This self-absorbed misconception applies to how other people view him as well as his own views towards others, confusing his unhealthy infatuation with love as seen in his relationship with “Freda” and “Dusty Gozongas”, both of which he claimed to be in love with after only knowing them for a few days and a few minutes respectively. Master Shake will frequently take, but not often give. When he does give, he gives the wrong things, usually his entire identity to appear more likable or otherwise idealizing someone so much, he tries to ‘adopt’ their personality.

Master Shake’s relationship with Frylock is the most consistent one Shake has, even though it’s not a good or healthy relationship. Frylock demonizes and demeans Shake at almost every opportunity and when he isn’t, he’s either downplaying Shake’s desires or ignoring his existence as best he can. He makes it no secret that he has little patience for Shake and almost no care left for him either, almost always taking Meatwad’s side instead, preferring Meatwad over Shake.

Shake, despite acting as Frylock’s scapegoat, has shown a yearning to become closer with Frylock. He admits this in “Hospice” as well as seeking Frylock’s approval and validation in “The Dudies.” Nevertheless, Frylock’s chronic remoteness and antagonism toward Shake creates a contention point between them. Shake despises Frylock for continuously shattering his illusions of closeness as well as thinking the worst of him no matter what. Shake reflects Frylock’s subtle and not-so-subtle abuse back at him, his projection only causing more anger and distrust from Frylock, creating an endless cycle of passive aggressiveness and not-so passive slights.

Shake’s maladaptive thoughts and behaviors commonly affects Meatwad the most. Shake is seen frequently abusing, tormenting, and bullying the meatball as he is a easy target for Shake’s projections. On top of that, Shake has seemingly built up a resentment of Meatwad as he tend to play the role of ‘Favorite Child’, being preferred over Shake by both Frylock and Carl.

These actions are, however, not one-sided as we’ve seen Meatwad unfairly mistreat and manipulate Shake even without provocation, most notably in “Party All The Time” where Meatwad tricks Shake into getting stung by a swarm of bees and eating a scorpion which later almost kills him. Perhaps worse than that, Meatwad heavily manipulates and exploits Shake’s insecurities and body dysmorphia in “Supermodel” to convince him to undergo dangerous and illegal plastic surgery, mutilating Shake’s body, and then mocking and shaming Shake afterwards.

Despite this, Shake does not hate Meatwad, he’s actually fond of him, he just doesn’t like him all the time. There are multiple instances of the two brothers getting along, bantering together, watching T.V. together, and even playing games together as seen in “Wi-tri” and “Grim Reaper Gutters.” These erratic shifts between liking Meatwad to despising him for no apparent reason are unpredictable and haphazard with seemingly little to no warning or awareness on Shake’s behalf. On the few cases he seems to be aware of his actions, they are predominantly impulsive.

Despite Carl’s apparent disdain for the drink cup, Shake often mistakes their relationship to be closer than it actually is. As seen in “Super Squatter”, Shake dismisses Carl’s boundaries, completely careless to them; believing himself to be entitled to Carl's possessions as two best friends might be. Carl will even abuse Shake’s mostly one-sided friendship with him to order Shake into doing favors for him while also implanting unhealthy ideas and habits inside Shake.

In addition, just like Meatwad and Frylock, Carl is also subjected to Shake’s varying and, at times, volatile mood swings, temper, and projections. In “Laser Lenses”, Shake treats Carl as though he is beneath him, and thus servile to him, demanding Carl buy him food and then bullying him for the entertainment of it and to feel in control.

Nonetheless, the two have bonded partially; notably in “The Dudies” when Shake admits he admires Carl and processes to takes his advice, attempting to win Carl’s approval by mimicking him. This is an example of not only Shake’s unstable sense of self, but also his need for validation and attention from others. Their strongest bonding occurred most recently in “Anubis” when Shake sweetly comforts a crying Carl and reassures him of their friendship

FACTS: In the intros to both Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Aqua Something You Know Whatever he is known as "Shake Zula." This was also mentioned in "Dirtfoot."

Shake knows how to make a dish of lasagna, steak, and duckling a l'orange. It is heavily implied that throughout the series, Shake enjoys cooking to some extent.

Shake also knows how to operate a helicopter at the end of Lasagna.

Although it is unknown if it was truly a brain, The Brain Fairy from the episode of the the same name harvested him of it. This also reveals that he has internal organs, like a heart, veins, and intestines. He is able to continue moving and talking even without the "brain."

Master Shake showed his brain in Intervention.

In multiple episodes, it mentions that Shake is an avid fan of Heavy metal rock music.

Shake is allergic to shellfish.

Shake likes both video and board games.

In " Supermodel", Carl says that he "smells like Almond Joys".

In 2010 during the "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live" tour, series creator Dave Willis confirmed that Dr. Weird is indeed the creator of Master Shake, Frylock, Meatwad, and Chicken Bittle, making them all brothers.

In "Ezekiel", Shake claims that he is 30 or 40 years old (despite acting like a teenager). In "Rabbot Redux", it is mentioned that Shake is almost 40 years old. In Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am, Frylock mentioned that "he was pushing 40".

Shake is not depicted as being religious, but in the episode "Der Inflatable Fuhrer," it is implied that Shake is a Scientologist.

Shake had previously been depicted as a fan of Battlefield Earth (and a collector of 7-11 Cups related to the movie) in the episode "Broodwich".

Shake does not have his own bedroom in the house. The only mention of this in the show was at the end of "Handbanana". It is implied throughout the show he simply sleeps on the chair or the floor in the living room in front of the TV. According to Dave Willis, this is because they forgot to give him a bedroom.

Out of the deaths of the Aqua Teens, Master Shake has the most deaths. Also on that note, Shake has the second most deaths out of all the main characters, beaten by Carl who has the most deaths of all of them.

In The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We Fucking Mean It), it is revealed that Shake has always worn yellow dish gloves.

Shake has expressed extreme fear of vampires many times throughout the show.

Shake has been shown to be a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, becoming drunk after just one beer in "Frat Aliens".

A canonical list of his interests (written by Frylock in “Freda”) include: Master Shake, Master Shake, Attention, Mad stacks of cash, Cable Tv, Making fun of others, Boobs, Butts, Boners (?), Attention, Master Shake, and Explosions (if they’re cool)