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FISHCENTER
Fishcenter Live is a daily "Aquarium based theme call in show on adultswim.com." It is a web show that airs at 4pm EST with reruns starting at 7pm EST, and centers around the fish tank at the midtown Atlanta Georgia Adult Swim offices in the Williams Street Studios. The Fishcenter Live crew consists of four hosts, Matt Harrigan, Max Simonet, Dave Bonawits, and | Andrew Choe. The show involves fish scoring points over a week through Coin Quest and other games that award bonus points to individual fish.

The hosts encourage people to call in and ask fish related questions, but the calls often veer off into the absurd and are generally not fish related. Several repeat callers have adopted personalities and call in periodically. They often try to get the callers to submit content in the form of video or photos for the show in return for 'Fishcenter' apparel.

A large part of the show involves on-screen Photoshop animations done by Max. The animations range from the callers and their names to 'Telestrator| telestrations' during the various games and segments. Photoshop is also used to manipulate images and content sent in by viewers.

The Fishcenter logo is a spoof of the SportsCenter logo, utilizing the font Eurostile with a red circle behind the text.

The Fish
As of January of 2015, there are 9 fish in the marine fishtank.
 * Mimosa is a tropical striped Formosa Wrasse, also know as a Formosan Coris Wrasse or Queen Coris Wrasse . "Underdog"
 * Greenberg is a Bird Wrasse
 * Tang is an Blue Tang
 * Ol' Blue is a Bermuda blue angel fish
 * Sir Squirt is a Reef Triggerfish, also known as the State fish of Hawaii Humuhumunukunukuapua`a
 * Dottie is a clown triggerfish and was added to the tank at the end of November 2014
 * Th'lump is a puffer fish that was named as part of a viewers choice naming contest
 * Mammoth is a Harlequin Tuskfish
 * Hamburger is a Zebra Moray eel

Scenario
A rapid fire news rundown style show featuring a cat and a dog trying to shout over each other while discussing topics of the day.

4 to 5
Frequently in the first half of the show, a video is played that is a spoof of Dolly Partons "9 to 5". In the Fishcenter version it is modified to say "4 to 5" (The hour that Fishcenter is actually live) and is about host Andrew Choe. It references, among other things, the length of his commute, his aging, and his erect nipples. "Working 4 to 5, Choe is working at Fishcenter. Barely getting by, and he isn't getting thinner."

Likerowave
This was a bet between Matt and Max over the ownership of an old used microwave. Matt tried to sell the microwave to Max for various diminishing sums, and finally settling on getting 500 'Likes' on Facebook, hence the name 'Likerowave.' When the Facebook page received 500 likes on January 14th 2015, they had a celebration and Max heated up a half eaten burrito as his first use. The burrito unknowingly was also home to several ants

Choa Pet
A simulated terracotta Chia Pet bust of Choe is placed on the screen, and then they Photoshop animate various hair styles onto the 'Choa Pet.'

Sub Par
A small yellow submarine is placed on screen which fires pixel torpedoes across the tank. The sub is purported to be a French naval vessel and melancholy french music is played in the background during the game. The sub is controlled by one of the hosts and every fish that is hit loses 5 points per hit. A popular strategy is to target the highest scoring fish in order to help a fish outside of the top 3.

Fish Fry
Fish Fry is similar to the classic game hangman, but uses a fish in a frying pan instead of the traditional hanging man. For each incorrectly guessed letter, a piece of the fish is revealed in the frying pan. If the puzzle is solved, the winner may elect which fish he wants to receive the bonus points earned.

Eel Snake
Similar to the Nokia snake game, Eel Snake places a 3 segment brown eel on screen. Once the player starts the game, the eel automatically moves until it strikes itself or the edge of the screen. For every coin the eel collects, it gains a segmented section and moves faster in succession. At the end of the game the player may indicate which fish they wish to award the points to, with one point being awarded for each coin collected. Upon losing, "You Kept it Eel" displays on the screen and the animation stops.

Arr Sham Boe
The two currently highest scoring fish compete in a version of Rock, Paper, Scissors but instead select from Brain coral, a treasure map, or a cutlass by swimming behind the graphic overlaid on the tank. The scoring mechanic works as follows: Treasure map beats brain coral, brain coral beats cutlass, and cutlass beats treasure map. The fish select their choice sequentially with the top scoring fish going first. Each option can only be selected once, two fish cannot select the same item in the same round to avoid the occurrence of ties. The first fish to win three rounds loses 25 points from their total overall score.

Puttin' on the Wits
This is a minigame during round 3 of Coin Quest. A wheel is spun at the begining of the round and lands on one of the hosts names. Whichever host is selected has to tell a shamefull story and then they choose the coin placement for the round. A spoofed version of "Puttin' on the Ritz" is played to signal the start of the segment with the word "Ritz" swapped out for "Wits," a reference to Dave Bonawits' last name.

Coin Quest
Coin Quest is a daily three round game played throughout the show, and is the primary mechanic for fish to score points on the show. During the game, three coins are placed on the screen and the fish are awarded a point for swimming behind the coin. Round one lasts 60 seconds and all the coins are worth one point. Round two is 60 seconds long and one of the coins is swapped out for a negative value coin that results in the fish striking the coin losing one point. Music is played while the timer runs, Cotton Eyed Joe is one of the tracks frequently played.

At the beginning of the third round, a wheel is spun with the hosts name on it and the one selected by the spin chooses the coin placement for the round. In addition, after placing the coins they have to tell a shameful story. The third and final round replaces the negative coin with a bonus coin worth 5 points.

At the end of each round the overall score is tallied, and then carried over cumulatively throughout the week. At the end of the week, the fish with the highest points total is crowned the "King of the Tank".

The coins are arranged differently in the first two rounds depending on the day of the week:
 * Monday: The three coins are arranged in a 'M' formation
 * Tuesday: The three coins are arranged in a 'T' formation
 * Wednesday: The three coins are arranged in the form of an 'H,' for hump day
 * Thursday: The three coins are arranged in an inverse 'T' formation
 * Friday: Coins are arranged in an 'F' or reverse 'F' formation

Fishcenter Trivia
The first trivia challenge was the Fishcenter team (the Fishcenter Cute Butts) vs the Evansville Taint Smashers, a team made up of various callers. Zack White, a production coordinator for Adult Swim, was the trivia host as a non-biased party. There were 9 questions worth 10 points each, with a bonus question with a 4 part answer worth 40 points. The Evansville Team came from behind and won by answering all 4 bonus questions correctly with the Fishcenter team answering 3 parts of the bonus question wrong, resulting in a loss of 30 points.

Fish Tank Choe
The two highest scoring fish of the week compete on Fridays in Fish Tank Choe, a modified version of Tic Tac Toe. A tic tac toe box is placed in the center of the fish tank and the fish in second place selects first, and then the first place fish goes. The first fish to connect three in a row is the winner and is crowned King of the Tank for the week.

If a fish is evasive and doesn't choose a square after a prolonged period of time, 60 seconds is placed on the clock and if the time expires and the fish hasn't chosen, they pass on their turn. This is to compensate for fish who won't swim into the play field.