Kitchen

Kitchen is an American adult animated black comedy series created by Ralf Hat for Kingson. The series follows juvenile delinquents – Vic, Pants, and Chuck, whose daily lives are involuntary caught up within several surreal predicaments, while they struggle to cope within the dysfunctional American City of New Sodom. Featuring a large ensemble cast of characters and continuity, Kitchen nonetheless offers vivid character-driven and plot-driven story lines which combine elements including surrealism, science fiction, slice-of-life, fantasy, farce, slapstick, and social satire. It is also the first original program on the network to be targeted towards a mature audience, and has ultimately helped change the face of the channel evermore. Having its debut on the network on June 7, 1999, the series became one of Kingson's most acclaimed and longest running programs. The result of its rise in popularity spawned a multimedia franchise including video games, a comic book series, and its own feature length film adaption. On September 14, 2016, the series concluded with its thirteen season and went on an extensive hiatus following the creator's decision to temporarily depart from the show.

It has been announced that Kitchen will make a comeback on the Hulu streaming service with a set premiere date of March 12, 2020. Only three new seasons have been currently reported. Reruns as well as new episodes of the revival series will still air frequently on Kingson.

Premise
The series locates itself in the fictional Pacific U.S state of Jefferson, and takes place in the fictional city of New Sodom (a tongue-in-cheek reference to the biblical setting of the same name). As its name would suggest, New Sodom is engulfed with vice, corruption, violence, and civil disobedience, all of which is seen as an everyday cultural occurrence to the city's dysfunctional residents. The show presents the city as the "Worst Place in America", being some kind of promise land for the rejects of the country, including: criminals, mentally disturbed lunatics, mutants, and other denizens who convey socially unacceptable behavior. Admist the total chaos which thrives rampantly throughout New Sodom, the series revolves around three preadolescent friends: Vic, Pants, and Chuck, who might as well be the sanest individuals in their entire city. Their daily lives are constantly intertwined by unconventional situations that they must use their street-smarts to evade. Following their antics, the three's interactions with the countless characters within New Sodom help pave the way for plenty of worldbuilding, character development, and storylines.

Main characters

 * Vic: The main protagonist, Vic is the everyman of the series. The awkward one of the bunch, Vic conveys a timorous, naive mindset overwhelmed by paranoia which gives him a presence of innocence. Having been sheltered in a safe upper middle household all his life, Vic is ignorant to his surroundings and the experiences he faces within the outside world. As a result, he solely relies on the guidance of his friends to survive, no matter how unreliable they (predominantly Pants) can be at times. Not pure, Vic also has his quirks, breaking points and unconventional behavior that can often drive him to insanity in which the atmosphere of the city displays.
 * Pants: The deuteragonist of the series, an unrestrained, irresponsible juvenile criminal and antihero. Born and raised as an orphan in the ghetto, Pants grew up in a life of crime and hostility, which has affected him pathologically. He is a greedy, short-tempered person who expresses a lack of discipline and respect for authority due to his underprivileged upbringing. Being the best friend of Vic, Pants obligates himself to aid and educate Vic how to live life in the "extreme", despite his knowledge and life lessons being heavily flawed. Much of his antics involve him using illegal ways necessary for material gain. He lives in a rundown orphanage with his brother, Tim, and roommate, Chuck.
 * Chuck: Chuck is the tritagonist of the series, who first appeared in the second season's finale. While he was originally intended to be a recurring character in the show, overtime he became apart of the main cast, maintaining a level of importance to the series. Chuck is a superintellegent child genius, and thus the show's voice of reason. He ran away to seek refuge in the city, escaping from government agents who attempted to seize him for his intelligence. He found a home in the orphanage as Pants and Tim's roommate. His remarkable inventions and scientific achievements go unnoticed due to the population's low attention spans, which gives him and his friends a grander opportunity to get away with much of their adventures. Chuck's character helps further drive the science-fiction elements within the show, as well as some of its rare serious moments.

Supporting characters

 * Christine:
 * Macles:
 * Tim: Pants' apathetic ten year-old brother who typically isolates himself from the outside world, and avoids interaction with others.
 * Mr. Henry: The school's drunkard of a math teacher; A depressed, mean spirited, and nihilistic man bruh
 * James:
 * Rachel:
 * John:
 * Eric:
 * Mayor Bigg:

Recurring characters

 * Happy Hal: New Sodom's beloved pop icon.
 * Betty: Mayor Bigg's cynical secretary.
 * Aden and Alex:
 * Principal Gruber:
 * Señorita Eiza:
 * Coach Jim:
 * Mr. Wayne and Mr. Nuts:
 * Dick Hard:
 * Helen:
 * Eugene:
 * Reverend Ugo Shepherd: A charming evangelical Christian preacher who runs a series of megachurches around the Pacific Northwest. Being a gambling addicted materialist, Shepherd comes off as an extreme hypocrite who is unable to admit his own wrongdoings. While he does seem to have good intentions in a few episodes, he is usually blinded by his own wealth and often misinterprets the Bible to excuse his own corporate greed. His character is an obvious satirical reference to Joel Osteen and other American protestant televangelists.
 * Bricks, Lord of Wizards:
 * Jerry and the Vanderbilts:
 * Boss Baldwin: CEO of Happily Handled Studios a film and television company that supplies the entertainment needs of New Sodom.
 * Gel Mibson: A short-tempered film director
 * Galvin:
 * Satan:
 * The Governess: A cruel, abusive old lady who runs the orphanage with an iron fist. Everyone (including Pants) seems to fear her, due to her unhinged aggressive behavior, and harshness. She is killed after slipping on a banana peel in Escape From Jew York. Her vengeful spirit is later married to Satan in the episode Unholy Matrimony, and she is crowned the "true ruler ruler of Hell".
 * El Fappo: An infamous Mexican crimelord who owns Tac-O'Clock, a Mexican-American fast food chain where Rachel works at. Contrary to his criminal activity, Fappo is heavily filled with traditional Catholic morals, and is a welcoming family friend to the McCoy family. He is also the father of Señorita Eiza.
 * Terry the Tree: A manifestation of Pants' maniacal conscience which appears as a combination of his two biggest fears, a tree with chainsaws at the end of his branches. He first appears in the episode, The Lovely Exploits of Terry The Tree, where he controls Pants into committing random killing sprees using subliminal messages within his nightmares. He is then brought into the physical world in Troubled Times With Terry The Tree, where he is dedicated to spread even more chaos and rampage throughout on Pants' birthday.
 * Dan-o-Might: New Sodom's unnoticed and unappreciated superhero
 * Karen: A middle-aged cat lady and witch who lives with her seven hundred cats in a crowded apartment complex right next to the orphanage.
 * Riyuko Hiroshi:
 * CraZ Clan: A street gang that Pants has a mutual alliance with. They supply him with firearms and cash in return for black market material and his services in covering up their crimes. They are rivals with the New Sodom Locos, and have been in an ongoing gang war with time for decades.
 * New Sodom Locos: Possibly the most deadliest street gang in the city, ran by the notorious Kay Nine.
 * Judge Sheriff Action, Law Attorney: New Sodom's feared authoritarian sheriff who is an obvious parody of Judge Dredd. A proud, chauvinistic enforcer of the law, Action takes his job as sheriff to extreme measures and instigates unfair methods as a way he sees fits. He is also a judicial officer, lawyer, investigator, and runs his own insurance agency, Action's Assurance Insurance.
 * New Sodom Police Department: The unreliable police force in the city, who are almost all too corrupt and/or lazy to prevent actual crimes. Instead, they focus their time on smaller insignificant problems, which they over exaggerate just for an excuse to abuse their power.

Other characters

 * The Subterraneans: A race of mutants who dwell underneath the city in the sewers. While some have learned to assimilate within society, the large majority (most of which are hostile) continue to thrive in the darkness. They all seem to have their own customs, government, and religion, all worshiping a nuclear missile buried underneath the Mayor's office.
 * The Deep State Guys: A trio of men in black who work for an unknown government agency, which occupies a military base known simply as Area 69. Their main goal is to hide and prevent any classified information from making it's way into the public. This includes knowledge on aliens, conspiracies, time travelling, and other anomalies.
 * The Vargons:
 * Donz and Monie: John's Jerseyan parents. His father Donz owns a car dealership, while his mother Monie is a hairstylist.
 * Mr. And Mrs. Jakalakalaka: Macles' strict muslim parents, who originate from the fictional Middle Eastern country of Stanistan.