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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.

Doctor Wang, using a government small business loan (meant for his grocery store), sets out to assemble a group of men to create the greatest super hero team ever imagined. Instead of scouring the four corners of the world, he goes to the every neighborhood in the city. Using the power of racial stereotypes, they are the MINORITEAM!

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.

CHARACTERS

Minoriteam

• Dr. Wang, Chinese Human Calculator (Dana Snyder) – the leader of the Minoriteam. He is paraplegic. He has a terrible personality and powerful mental abilities. He also owns and operates a laundromat where he charges extra to get your clothes back from the machines. In addition, he has faked accidents to obtain legal settlements and is a compulsive gambler. He has no known non-stereotypical real life. In the episode “The Assimilator”, Dr. Wang gives the team “tea” to drink and then tells them that it is his urine. His depiction as Chinese, however, leans more to the stereotype of Northeast Chinese people, mostly with his mustache and queue, which otherwise makes his design reminiscent of Dr. Fu Manchu.

• El Jefe (Nick Puga) – is an overweight, moustached Mexican who fights crime with the Leafblower 3000, the deadliest weapon in the entire universe. His mask is a Sombrero pulled halfway down his face with eye holes cut in it. In his non-stereotypical real life, Richard Escartin is the handsome billionaire CEO of his own oil company. El Jefe is also 1/18th Viking.

• Fasto (Rodney Saulsberry) – a green-masked, T-shirt and cut-off jeans-clad African-American who is known as “the fastest man that ever was.” In addition, he seems to have the power to seduce or charm all white women in the immediate area. In his non-stereotypical real life, Landon K. Dutton is a bookish and bespectacled Professor of Women’s Studies. He vigorously pursues sexual relationships with what he calls “booty” (especially white women) but is uninterested in an exclusive relationship. His father is a space-alien from the planet Blackton, which was destroyed by Balactus.

•  !Jewcano! (Enn Reitel) – a white-bearded, massively muscular man in a yarmulke (which he can throw like a deadly frisbee a la Wonder Woman’s tiara) and a Star of David leotard with the powers of the Jewish faith and the fiery fury of an erupting volcano (after being knocked into a volcano accidentally by Dr. Wang). He is always screaming at the top of his lungs. In his non-stereotypical real life, wimpy young accountant Neil Horowitz dates Mika, Fasto’s statuesque blackyounger cousin and loves soul food. Jewcano is also the member of Minoriteam who spends the most time in his civilian garb (or merely has his civilian garb shown on-screen more often than his teammates’ garbs).

• Non-Stop (Keith Lal) – an Indian convenience store owner who is immune to bullets and fire because of his lead-lined skin. His non-stereotypical self, Dave Raj is an ex-professional skateboarder, a talent that comes in handy when flying on his magic carpet. While not fighting crime Dave sometimes smokes a hookah. He sometimes says “Krishna, give me strength!” when surprised, and his magic word to transform into his bearded, bare-chested, turban-clad alter ego is “Abrakazoom!”.

White Shadow

The five heroes team up to fight characters who are mostly racial stereotypes, including a collective of villains comprising numerous, over-the-top Caucasian stereotypes.

The White Shadow organization, the “most evilest organization known to Man”, is based in Corporate City. Its mission is to promote racism and oppress minorities. Its most important members appear in almost every episode. They are:

• The White Shadow (Adam de la Peña) – the leader of this organization of supervillains which is named after him. He has a one-eyed golden helmet in the shape of the “Great Seal” pyramid on the U.S. one-dollar bill, what some have considered the Freemasonry/Illuminati Pyramid. His racist personality and purple robe are reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan. Racist Frankenstein is also seen calling him Kevin, which might be his real name.

• The Corporate Ladder (Todd James) – a green-caped, pipe-smoking ladder with a stool at the top who is impossible to scale/climb (unless you’re white and were born into a rich heritage); this mimics the beliefs of some who see corporations as difficult to scale for minorities. He frequently makes fun of White Shadow’s leadership. He has had gambling problems in the past and his life’s goal was to become a minion. He was also responsible at one point for sending the White Shadow and several members of the organization to prison.

• Racist Frankenstein (Adam de la Peña) – “Body of a monster, mind of a racist.” Though his name is a direct reference to Frankenstein’s monster, he is a closer parody of the depiction of Solomon Grundy from the Superfriends animated series, mocking Grundy’s heavy southern accent, monstrous appearance, and tendency to refer to himself in the third person with poor grammar. Dresses like the stereotype of a WASP, usually in a yuppy-style pink sweater. Hates Black people and even black-colored objects. He is blond and has blue skin. His catchphrase is the recurring threat, “Racist Frankenstein hit Blacks with hands!”

• The Standardized Test (Peter Girardi) – a giant robot-like man with an eraser on his head and a costume patterned off a Scantron answer sheet. His form refers to the idea that standardized tests are biased against minorities. He speaks with a robotic, monotonous voice.

Secondary villains featured in some episodes have included:

• Corporate Loophole – An anthropomorphic loop of rope familiar with obscure legal ‘loopholes’ that allow the White Shadow organization to skirt the law.

• Dirty Cop – A steaming turd in a police uniform, a corrupt and often racist policeman.

• The Plant – A talking potted houseplant representing planted evidence, usually seen working with Dirty Cop.

• Steven Skullbird – An eagle-sized bird with a skull head, its name is a parody of Steven Spielberg (its evil intent is not specified).

• Middle-manager Tom Severson (Dana Snyder) – A nebbish, bespectacled, one-armed man portraying a stereotypical bureaucrat.

• Stuck Up Girlfriend (Hope Moore) – A pretty, white, blond, ignorant, spoiled & arrogant young girl (reminiscent of Paris Hilton)

EPISODE LIST

Season 1: 2005-2006