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"Escape from Leprechaupolis" is the second episode of the first season of the animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and the 2nd episode of the series overall. This episode is the first episode to premiere on Adult Swim, whereas the previous episode, "Rabbot"' first made a stealth debut on Cartoon Network, before its official premiere in September 2001. In the United States "Escape from Leprechaupolis" is rated TV-PG-L and originally aired on September 9, 2001 on Adult Swim.

"Escape from Leprechaupolis" was released on the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume One DVD, on November 18, 2003. In addition to being available on DVD this episode is available on iTunes and the "Build Your Own DVD" feature on Adultswim.com.

Plot
Frylock receives an email telling him to go to the park and step into a rainbow to make him rich, and also to forward the email to 20 other people. Meanwhile Carl is at the park waiting for the rainbow. Three leprechauns, Flargon, Dingle, and Merle, are seen in a nearby forest carrying out a plan to use a rainbow machine to rob people. They spot Carl waiting for the rainbow, and engage the machine, which sucks Carl to the forest, where the leprechauns mug him for his gold chain. Shake and Frylock are swimming in Carl's pool, when Carl comes out of the sky. Carl tells Frylock what happened, and Frylock insists that they investigate. The rainbow appears, and Shake runs into it. Frylock uses his Frydar to find Shake, and Meatwad immediately claims a pair of roller skates and the Bananarama tape. Frylock discovers what the Leprechauns are doing, and Shake takes credit for it as he was there first. When the leprechauns try to use the machine on Frylock, he blows it up. With the machine destroyed, the leprechauns flatly deny doing it, which Shake believes after finding Carl's gold chain. Meatwad explains that they don't need a machine to create a rainbow, since rainbows come from "happy thoughts, dreams, chocolate unicorns, gumdrops, licorice sunsets, and fuzzy gumdrop bears in gumdrop land." The leprechauns escape, which Shake blames on Frylock for "trying to frame them". Shake explains to Carl that the case is unsolved, but is questioned regarding Carl's chain, which is hanging from Shake's straw. Meatwad shushes Shake so he can try to sleep and dream of the rainbow, when a rainbow appears on Carl's house and tears it from its foundation, and bringing it to the leprechauns, crushing them. The episode ends with Carl chasing Master Shake.

Production
Written and directed by series creators Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, "Escape from Leprechaupolis" was rated TV-PG-L in the United States. It originally aired in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim, on September 9, 2001. This episode marks the first episode to premiere on Adult Swim whereas the previous episode, "Rabbot" first made a stealth debut on Cartoon Network, before its official premiere in September 16, 2001.

"Escape from Leprechaupolis" features guest appearances from Scott Hilley and Andy Merrill, who is best known for providing the voice of Brak in Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Planet, and The Brak Show. The shark that appears during Meatwad's speech was originally from the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Kentucky Nightmare", and was later a main character in 12 Oz Mouse. In 2009 Matt Maiellaro stated that "Escape from Leprechaupolis" is his second favorite episode, behind the unaired season five episode "Boston", because it "shows how brave we can be".

Reception
TV.com gave this episode an 8.0, which is considered "Great", and users of the site gave the episode mostly positive reviews as well.

Home release
"Escape from Leprechaupolis ", along with sixteen other episodes from season one, were released by Warner Home Video on a two-disc DVD set in the United States on November 18, 2003, and in region four on April 4, 2007. The set also includes audio commentary for "Rabbot", as well as "Mayhem of the Mooninites" and "Space Conflict from Beyond Pluto".

In addition to being available on DVD "Escape from Leprechaupolis " is available on iTunes and the "Build Your Own DVD" feature on Adultswim.com.