Adult Swim TV Shows You Should Watch Based on Your Drug of Choice

Throughout the years, Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim, has become known for providing original TV series that are often described as absurd, surreal, trippy, and weird. It's become their niche, and they've totally run with it, offering viewers great shows such as The Boondocks, Home Movies, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and The Brak Show. Some series have come and gone, but Adult Swim continues to deliver programming that we never knew we wanted, co-signing some of the best minds in unconventional comedy. 

Chances are it'll take some time before you actually find yourself watching Adult Swim TV shows religiously. But, as we all know, sometimes the best way to get introduced to a show, is to be on drugs. We've made a list of some of the popular TV series currently on Adult Swim that you should watch based on your drugs of choice. You need a show to go along with weed, laughing gas, Adderall, cocaine, shrooms, or acid? We've got you covered.

You should watch: The Eric Andre Show

The Eric Andre Show has become one of the most talked about shows on Adult Swim for so many reasons. For one, it's got Eric Andre, a guy whose comedic style is nothing like anything currently out there. Secondly, it's got Hannibal Buress as a co-host, who serves as the chill, stoner foil to Andre's off-the-wall persona. Lastly, it puts guest stars and performers through the worst scenarios. Remember when hardcore punk group Trash Talk made an appearance on the show and had to wear volume-sensitive shock collars while performing? Or how visibly uncomfortable rapper Wiz Khalifa became upon seeing a naked PA?

As a spoof on low-budget public-access talk shows, The Eric Andre Show does a great job of keeping things unpredictable and providing a type of humor that's all over the place, but still manages to pack a punch. So, why acid? Because stuff just happens to randomly occur throughout an episode of The Eric Andre Show, constantly causing you to wonder if you're losing your mind—just like acid.

You should watch: China, IL

Taking place at the University of China, Illinois, aka the “Worst College in America,” where the school's faculty and staff drink on the job and try to avoid teaching altogether, China, IL is deranged but not in a super bloody, satanic way like Mr. Pickles or Superjail! One episode features everyone on campus running away from a large baby, which came about through a failed science experiment. Another episode has God return to Earth to rewrite the Ten Commandments, only to inspire a Beach Boys theme around campus.

The show is hilarious, while providing a social commentary on higher education through a surreal lens. China, IL is one of the more sophisticated shows on Adult Swim—perfect for smoking weed through a fine, wooden pipe that was probably passed down to you by your great grandfather.

You should watch: Loiter Squad

Loiter Squad, a TV series created by Odd Future leader Tyler, The Creator, is Jackass for people who wear Supreme and bucket hats. The show features an assortment of sketches that range from parodying TV series such as The Real Housewives and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, to singing about doing the dirty with a grandma (with Mac Demarco doing guest vocals and guitar). The recurring cast members (most of them Tyler's closest friends) have had moments of comedic gold throughout the series, but some of the best have come from Earl Sweatshirt, whose Joe Budden impersonation and leading role in a skit spoofing Beyond Scared Straight are some of the best moments the show has offered.

Loiter Squad is best for meth heads. The drug will amp you up and probably lead to you trying out the stunts you see on the show.

You should watch: Squidbillies

Squidbillies, a show centered around a family of hillbilly mud squids (the Cuyler family), is dark in almost every way. Early Cuyler, the man of the Cuyler residence, is extremely violent (probably because of abuse he suffered from his father, as well as insecurities he developed in prison). Rusty Cuyler, the son of Early, attempts to impress his father whenever possible but is unsuccessful, and has a child with a woman that is actually his half sister. Lil Cuyler is Early's sister and runs an underground drug operation and occasionally serves as a truck stop prostitute. And this barely touches on all of the other characters and plots within the show.

But in its bleakness, Squidbillies provides biting social commentary. For example, in the episode “The Fine Ol' Solution,” Early attempts to prevent Mexican immigrants from taking grunt labor from American citizens. Squidbillies goes all the way with its dark humor, and a mason jar of moonshine will have you laughing/crying at all of it.

You should watch: The Venture Bros.

Basically an adult Johnny Quest, The Venture Bros. is centered around protagonist Dr. Thaddeus “Rusty” Venture, an under-achieving super-scientist who continues to live in the shadow of his father, Dr. Jonas Venture. As much as Rusty tries to revitalize Venture Industries, a once-leading global corporation established by his father that has deteriorated over the years, he fails to do so. You're bound to feel sorry for Rusty, especially when you realize that his father wasn't the great man he's portrayed to be early on. But aside from that, the show is all jokes.

You have Rusty's two children, Hank and Dean Venture, who've been killed off multiple times only to come back as exact clones that don't remember dying; Brock Samson, the Venture family's bodyguard who literally has a license to kill; and several different villains that want to exact revenge on Rusty. If you prefer your Adult Swim shows to have some depth and narrative but still be enjoyable enough to get high to with your DIY bong, this is the show for you.

You should watch: Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell

This live-action comedy follows Gary, an associate demon who wants to climb the corporate ladder of the underworld, but is too lazy and kind to do so. Kind of like The Office but set in hell, Your Pretty Face has Gary doing everything from encouraging a baseball player to thank the devil (instead of God) after every bunt single, to helping a high school drama class make a musical glorifying Satan.

The concept is silly enough that you'll be inclined to check out a few episodes, and PCP will only make the show's absurdity that much better (or worse, depending on how freaked out you get on PCP).

You should watch: Rick and Morty

Rick, a scientist, and his grandson, Morty, split their time between domestic family life and intergalactic space travel. Sounds too nice to be on Adult Swim, right? Well, Rick is actually a sociopath and alcoholic who usually drags Morty into dangerous and outlandish adventures. Just to give you an idea of how twisted their relationship is, the first episode of the series features Rick and Morty traveling to another dimension to get Mega Tree seeds. In order to pass intergalactic customs, Rick has Morty put the seeds up his butt. DMT is the drug of choice here because it often takes you to places that you probably never wanted to explore in the first place—just like what Rick does to Morty.

You should watch: Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Aqua Teen Hunger Force is basically about three fast food items (Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad) living together in the fictional location of Seattle, New Jersey. But it's what the three get themselves into that keeps viewers coming back for more.

One episode features Meatwad becoming obsessed with a song called “I Want Candy,” by an artist named MC Pee Pants. Turns out that MC Pee Pants is a gigantic, diaper-clad spider, who's using his song to release demons in order to run a global diet pyramid scheme. Snorting some zanies before the show will only make the idea of three anthropomorphic food items living together that much better.

You should watch: Metalocalypse

Metalocalypse follows heavy metal band Dethklok, a group that is so popular that governments and businesses fear them, and fans will literally die for them. The band members are pretty stupid, essentially using their influence and power for their own means. One episode features Dethklok frontman Nathan Explosion become governor of Florida, after fans of the band lynch the former governor for not establishing a holiday for the vocalist. But the best part of the show is arguably its ending, which always features people's faces getting melted because of Dethklok's inhuman shredding.

Even if you're not into metal you can still enjoy Metalocalypse for just how over the top it is, head-banging your cocaine high away until it's time to lay back with an episode of Black Jesus.

You should watch: Mike Tyson Mysteries

Mike Tyson Mysteries features the retired professional boxer solving mysteries with his adopted daughter, Yung Hee Tyson, and a pigeon named, well, Pigeon. Not only are the scenarios Mike and company get into (helping Cormac McCarthy with an unfinished novel, or traveling to the moon in hopes of discovering the universe's biggest secret) great, but Mike really carries the show by not taking himself seriously at all.

Mike Tyson Mysteries is the TV show you never knew you wanted, a modern-day Scooby-Doo! but with Mike Tyson. Sit back and take as many bong rips necessary to have the perfect super high for Mike Tyson's animated shenanigans.

You should watch: Superjail!

Superjail! follows the events that take place in a prison located underneath a volcano (yes, a volcano), with episodes often ending in complete bloodshed. However, unlike Mr. Pickles, which smacks you in the face with carnage as soon as it begins, Superjail! builds up on its chaos, creeping in with alluring and vibrant colors, only to send you on a complete freak out in its final moments. It's kind of like taking shrooms. You'll lose sense of time, quite like the inmates of Superjail!, and before you know it you'll be lying near a pool of your own vomit in the fetal position, your roommate having recorded the entire night.

You should watch: Mr. Pickles

Mr. Pickles is centered around a family (the Goodmans) that owns a dog (Mr. Pickles) that possesses demonic powers and enjoys killing, mutilating, and humping people. He's the canine equivalent to Saw's Jigsaw but much more extreme, punishing those with dark souls and considerable sins in ways that may make you reconsider ever owning a dog again, out of fear that it might be the spawn of Satan. Seriously, in one scene he pops out of a cake with a chainsaw, slices open and decapitates a group of revelers, and dances with their severed heads on his paws.

Granted, the show does offer some respite through Mr. Pickles' relationship with Tommy Goodman, the Goodman family's physically disabled young son. Mr. Pickles is protective of Tommy and will often kill those that try to harm him. But aside from that, Mr. Pickles is 11 minutes of pure chaos best enjoyed on Adderall.

You should watch: Robot Chicken

You know you've said, “Dude, imagine how funny it would be if Pokemon actually talked” when you were high more times than you'd like to remember, only to see such brilliant ideas come to life on Robot Chicken. The show is both a pop culture nerd's fantasy and nightmare, an ADHD rollercoaster that goes through so much in a little amount of time. It's slapstick humor that's straightforward, quick, and in your face. The weed will make you laugh twice as much as you normally would sober, and will serve as a distraction from the fact that your older brother is going to be pissed you stole his weed again.

You should watch: Black Jesus

Once The Boondocks ended many of us were left wondering, would Aaron McGruder offer anymore of his comedic genius to Adult Swim? Fortunately, the answer was yes, with McGruder giving us the bold and controversial Black Jesus, a show about, well, a black Jesus Christ. The live-action comedy features Jesus Christ living in modern-day Compton, as he tries to grow marijuana, help his friends out and spread the type of kindness and love you would expect Jesus Christ to. This Jesus Christ is your homeboy, not the one you were taught to fear in Sunday school. He'll come at you with the Word of God when you're down, only to bring you back up with a 40. The show is laid back and the humor is front and center, perfect for a late night of blunts...and more blunts.