Minoriteam

2005
Minoriteam

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Operation Blackout Nov 06, 2005

The Minoriteam set out to rescue successful black entrepreneur 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.

EP2 Tribe and Prejudice Mar 19, 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.

EP3 El Dia Gigante Mar 26, 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.

EP4 Heaven Can Wait Apr 02, 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.

EP5 His Story Apr 09, 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 Maya, the ancient Egyptians and Moses, Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War battle field at Petersburg, Eskimos crossing the Bering Straits, the Sistine Chapel, etc.

EP6 Tax Day Apr 16, 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.

EP7 Illegal Aliens Apr 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.

EP8 And Justice For Some Apr 30, 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.

EP9 Women's Sufferage May 08, 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.

EP10 Space Driftin' May 14, 2006

An inter-dimensional space hippie comes and shows Dr. Wang what life would be like if he never existed. A spoof of It's a Wonderful Life. Special Guest Voice Chris Elliot.

EP11 Universal World Games May 21, 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.

EP12 FOG Jun 05, 2006

A grape-flavored fog turns everyone's worst nightmares into reality. Non-Stop, who is immune to the fog due to his alter-ego's excessive cannabis use, is the only one who can save the day.

EP13 The Internet Jun 04, 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.

EP14 Evilfellas Jun 11, 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.

EP15 Landon In Love Jun 18, 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.

EP16 Le Black Coq Jun 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.

EP17 Tremendous Class Jul 02, 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.

EP18 The Assimilator Jul 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.

EP19 Behold Balactus (1) Jul 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. Special Guest Voice Michael Clarke Duncan.

EP20 Behold Balactus (2) Jul 24, 2006

Series finale. 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. Special Guest Voice Michael Clarke Duncan.
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Released: 06 November 2005 Ended
Producted By: Williams Street
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://adultswim.com/shows/minoriteam/
Synopsis

Minoriteam is an animated television series on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The pilot episode premiered on November 6, 2005. The series officially started on March 20, 2006, and ended on July 24, 2006, with a total of 20 episodes, over the course of one season. Minoriteam stars a team of five superheroes, each one having his own racial or ethnic stereotype. They join forces to fight against discrimination, such as The White Shadow, Racist Frankenstein and The Corporate Ladder. The Minoriteam is made up of Non-Stop, an Arab convenience-store owner who cannot be shot. El Jefe, a Mexican that fights crime with a leaf blower. Dr. Wang, an Asian human calculator and the leader of the team. Fasto, the fastest man that ever was. Lastly, Jewcano, a man with the powers of the Jewish faith and a volcano.

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ritonobono After hearing that this was created by Adam de la Pena. I decided to give it a chance, and it let me down dearly. I don't get offended by racist humor and I am usually optimistic when I start a TV show. And I think shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies have sub-par animation and are still funny. This one got the sub-par animation thing down, but it forgot to add one thing that made the shows I mentioned above successful and entertaining, good jokes. The series lacks in that particular department as most of the jokes are flat, uninspired and just plain unfitting.Overall, Minoriteam is a brainless, toothless, atrocity and is better off left untouched. I'm glad de la Pena came back with the funny, but short lived Code Monkeys.
funnycomedylover This is terrible, tying Ghost In The Shell:2nd Gig and Tom Goes To The Mayor as the worst Williams Street show EVER. It's boring, terrible to look at, and it just DRAGS on and on and on forever while a funny show like Metalocalpyse feels like 5 minutes for a 11-minute show. It SHOULD BE 22 minutes but that's just another error for Williams Street.What's even worse is that a lot of people are watching this. An Adult Swim bump covering the ratings for the first week of Peewee's Playhouse revealed that the show is second to only Family Guy on a Thursday. GASP. WTF??? This doesn't even signify the ending of bad Adult Swim shows. Coming up next is Assy McGee in November. McGee looks like it only has ONE joke to it and it's developed by Jon Benjamin, who gave voice to the best character, Coach McGuirk, and then there's Frisky Dingo, that's another story.BOTTOM LINE: Minoriteam is a lazy, dull show that tries to be offensive but just winds up to be a chore to watch. You're better off watching what's after it, Moral Orel.
wurmwood The writing is trying to be so irreverent, it actually becomes pointless. The show doesn't need a message, but it needs more then flat endings a one-joke takes on Goodfellas. If they took a page from either Smigel or Parker/Stone and focused on something, literally, anything, it would be a huge improvement. It doesn't have to be political, or even social commentary, (which I think is what everyone expected this to be). Its art style makes it perfect for an attack on the superhero on many levels. And the villains are light-years better than the heroes.One thing about the style - it's not trying to ape Alex Toth's Super-Friends or the '67 DC Filmation cartoons Smigel based his Ambiguously Gay Duo/X-Presidents on. Minoriteam is vintage Silver Age Marvel - Kirby panels but with a Steranko feel. If it's a homage to anything, it's to the '67 Marvel cartoons which were cut-n-paste comic panels, animatic overlay. The opening "In Color" credits is straight from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.In the end, it's a genius idea, but the story execution is weak. The writers need to find a subtext or it's never going to last. Korgoth is a great example of a cartoon working on different levels.
lambiepie-2 What seems to be happening on Adult Swim is that the programming chosen are homages to many animations my generation saw as little kids. Minoriteam is no exception. The Animation is reminiscent of the old justice league cartoons, which makes it even funnier to me..but the joke may escape those who aren't familiar with it. (Or as I refer to it as when that Gosh Awful woman put an end to Saturday Morning Cartoons and we got dumb shows like "Save By the Bell", et al.) The idea of making FUN of stereotypes isn't new. And this is making fun of stereotypes. The only thing I can see is that the joke will run out soon and the offense will begin to kick in. It's a hard line to walk and I wish this guy luck.