'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' Signs Caused Panic In Boston 15 Years Ago Monday

The panic on Jan. 31, 2007, was caused by two artists who placed about three dozen signs of a cartoon character making an obscene gesture in and around Boston.

[torotimemaster]

15 years since Boston police overreacted to a viral marketing campaign that occurred in 10 other cities without incident. If only they had put the same effort into keeping the marathon safe

[studiogimli]

they truly were... an aqua teen... hunger force

[robquin]

A led sign of a pixel guy flippin the bird was a bomb.🤣🤣🤣

[ascTastr]

how the HELL do those look like BOMBS!?!??!?

[shikabaneconga]

How about mention the part where the police overreacted and spent tax money detonating an ad..if this happened today no one would think they are bombs, literally no other city where these were deployed thought it was a bomb.

[Bipolar.Baddie]

The artists being forced to apologize and perform community service is embarrassing for Boston. They misidentified a nationwide marketing campaign as a bomb threat with no actual evidence, shut down multiple areas for hours, and then blamed the creators instead of admitting that they believed something mundane was a terrorist attack. Genuinely pathetic

[RyanB]

I remember when this happened and was dumbfounded that apparently no one in the city of Boston recognized these things from Aqua Teen.

[Spicystachegamer]

No wonder they cancelled the episode if they were forced to do community service over a misunderstanding

[zeffirelli]

Wait a minute, the Cartoon Network show aqua teen hunger force? Ain’t it supposed to be for adults more than kids

[darkspyofficial]

This right here began the decline of cartoon Network 2007-2010

[nessdapkboyo]

Hey guys i hope im overreacting but i think this video might be a bomb.

[malachisguides]

.... Promoting aqua teen WAS the community service.

[animalhouse]

And to this day we still laugh at the Boston police.

[StoicWhiz]

Lol i remember hearing about this on opie and anthony

[neutral]

Boston became the laughing stock of the United states for the ridiculousness they made.

[sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl]

the media. a joke in 2007, a joke in 2024.

[monkeycat]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣When I first heard about this, especially when I started watching Aqua teen hunger force nearly a decade ago. I never even knew about this story about how Boston people especially the authorities overreacted. I was like completely shocked by how literally no one knew what aqua teen hunger force really was.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[AdahnFlorence]

Damn can't believe they'd rip off Nicktendo retreading this subject.

[mrcool]

The Chris Benoit of Cartoon Network damn 2007 fucked up the world

[FunnySuitGuy]

Bruh it was for the movie not the show! I hope they news fire this guy!