Khyber: The Animated Series

Khyber: The Animated Series is a Flarlandian animated television series airing in on FBC 3 from April 23, 2013 to 2016 that moved to Channel 14 in 2016 and serves as a fictionalization of Khyber Waterman's life. The series was announced following the popularity of The Khyber Entertainments.
On March 8, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a fifth season, expected to air in June. A feature film, Khyber: The Animated Film, is scheduled for a theatrical release on July 27, 2018.
Halfway through the fourth season, it became a co-production with Ajakoo Johnson-Roberts' production company Intense.
Following Khyber's resignation from the presidency of Couch Slave Entertainment, the series was now made entirely by CSE.
==Premise==
Khyber Waterman is a Flarlandian merman superstar, living in a somewhat standard house in Warley. He is known to have a superiority complex to Rhett and Arrow.
In season 7, Khyber has oficially left working at Couch Slave, but hilarity still ensues.
==Characters==
===Main===
*Khyber Waterman: Self-determined "leader" of his trilogy. He has a really big ego, to the point that he sometimes gets a little selfish.
*Rhett Waterman
*Arrow Waterman
===Recurring===
*Kalajani Whitchester: A "deformed" clone of Khyber Waterman who appears in his room. Khyber Waterman inspired his personality on Senor Cardgage, a Homestar Runner character.
*The Controller: A television controller (supposedly representing FBC 3 (and in later seasons, Channel 14) who sees the existence of Khyber's show as a threat to the channel. He gives Khyber a series of difficult challenges in order to give Khyber his show and life back.
*Eileen Bewes: Still alive (and kicking) and gave up her career in spying, Eileen isn't remotely interested in gaining Rhett's heart again.
==Episodes==
The series has 26 episodes in each season. Almost every episode is divided into two segments like a conventional television series. The episode guide given here corresponds to the Flarlandian airdates rather than the production order. Also listed are the ratings in number of viewers in millions.
===Season 1===
*1: The Checkout (April 23, 2013)
Khyber is looking for avocados and tomatoes in order to make a special dinner, only to be interrupted by supermarket staffers who are complaining about the quality of the products offered. (2.01)
*2: Human Food (April 23, 2013)
*5: Khyber Squared (May 3, 2013)
Khyber duplicates himself in order to do a hundred tasks while the real Khyber doesn't feel bothered to do anything in particular. (1.59)
*15: Khyberman (July 2, 2013)
Khyber is bewitched by a curse that makes him able to fly on his back. It is later revealed that the curse generated Khyberman, a depraved superhero that exists in Khyber's imagination and is believed to be real, as Rhett and Arrow can see him. (1.74)
*27: Books (October 2, 2013)
Khyber and Arrow are the only people invited to appear on Rhett's Upper Class High Profile Book Club. (1.59)
*31: Staring at the Future (October 30, 2013)
Khyber Waterman is stuck static for 30 years only to find out that in 2043, Flarland became a country dominated by Jim Shank, a monopolist dictator, and that all merpeople were forced to move back to the underwater world. He then begins a journey to find Rhett and Arrow, until he finds out that Rhett is a king of an underwater realm and that Arrow is lonely in Rhett's castle. It is later revealed that it was a dream. (1.25)
*34: Christmas Wrapping (December 4, 2013)
Per Arrow's idea, Khyber begins observing Christmas at the end of every month, with specially-themed Christmases for each of them. However, things get awry by the time of Khyber's birthday. (1.43)
*39: Tom R. Toe (February 5, 2014)
Rhett and Arrow get annoyed when Khyber is repeating madcatlady's song "Tom R. Toe" on loop. (1.76)
*49: Dreams (April 23, 2014)
The dreams of the main characters are revealed: Rhett is the owner of a library; Khyber plays Quest For Agatah on an emulator; Arrow is a leading actor in a Daehanian period drama where she is complaining about her unacquainted love; back to Khyber where his relationship with Arrow turns sour with redubbed footage from Team KRA.
===Season 2===
*29 (81): Viva la Obesidad
Khyber, Rhett and Arrow's eating habits go haywire and have to deal with a medical check-up. (2.22)
*30 (82): Pardon my Humanity
After gaining legs, Khyber, Rhett and Arrow discover the ups and downs of being human. (1.98)
*48 (100): Sound Out
*51: Khyber's Year-End Spectacular (Not Really)
===Season 3===
*10: Together in Aesthetic Dreams (October 21, 2015)
Khyber is addicted to a vaporwave cover of one of his favorite 80s songs, To Love or Hate Someone, and becomes a vaporwave producer. (1.53)
*21 (125): Garbage Sale (January 14, 2016)
Khyber attends a "garbage" sale and gives his thoughts on its patrons to Cory. This episode was inspired by garage sale, a Strong Bad E-Mail, with the title being pronounced like and being a reference to said sbemail. (1.16)
*32 (136): Khybish
Khyber sets up a whole new language, Khybish (technically a mixture of English with Pakifan, Hayastelari and rare slang that got out of use) but the plans are backfired by the Flarlandian government.
*33: Fan Club
Khyber starts a fan club for the series. Everybody is overwhelmed to see their biggest fan come by surprise.
*46: Do The Cimpoi
Khyber Waterman sees a clone of Sandu Ciorba, Sandu Waterman.
*53 (157): Life is the Most Important (October 10, 2016)
In a redub of the Team KRA episode "Divide and Conquer", Khyber Waterman investigates a mischevious stranger who apparently gives nonsensical information on the case. This was the last episode to premiere - and air - on FBC 3. (1.12)
===Season 4===
From this season onward, all premiere episodes were shown on Channel 14 instead. The reason why this change was made was due to Khyber leaving the FBC due to "ideological differences". Also in this season is Khyber's new home, claimed by himself to be "better" than his old one.
*1: New Home, New Life
Khyber, Rhett and Arrow move to the new home, with Khyber as its owner.
*2: Decemberween (October 27, 2016)
*5 (162): Channel Surfing Volume 1 (November 26, 2016)
In this installment of Channel Surfing, The Controller installs cameras to Khyber, Rhett and Arrow's daily lives.
*15 (172): Search for Midnight (March 10, 2017)
In preparation for Daylight Savings, Khyber tries to investigate for the missing hour, only to be found in October. (0.98)
*20: Employee of the Month 2017 (April 28, 2017)
In a recreated, updated and condensed version of Team KRA episode "Employee of the Month", Khyber is forced to work at a video game store. In this version, the store relies on old games (for Khyber to recycle some jokes from the aforementioned episode). (0.93)
*21: Charisma Avocado (May 5, 2017)
One of Khyber's avocados is possessed by his Huascan fans.
*25: H4XX0RZ (June 23, 2017)
Khyber Waterman's house is hacked by a network of hacked computers known as The Hackers. As a countermeasure, Khyber will install H4XX0RZ.exe on his computer and send it to the hackers. (1.02)
*26: FLARLANDIANA! (June 30, 2017)
Khyber must save Flarland from another "old-style" Nashlandian invasion. This episode was perceived as controversial shortly after release, when a video of Khyber defending Flarland over Nashland sparked anger among Nashlandian expats. (1.02)
*To Love or Hate Someone: The Vaporwave Saga (August 2017)
A four-parter inspired by Khyber Waterman's vaporwave song.
*33 (190): Khyber of 1967 (September 15, 2017)
The Controller's argument with Khyber about 60s cartoons leads to Khyber, Rhett and Arrow being sent to a 1967 version of their series, complete with limited animation. This debuted as part of a Vintage Week on UWB. (1.04)
*36 (193): Channel Surfing Volume 2 (October 6, 2017)
In this installment of Channel Surfing, Khyber is doing a cooking show that ends up becoming a show about gardening for men; a kids show about cooking and how it's so fun; Rhett talks about how his romance with Eileen was left unfinished.
*46 (213): Three in One (December 8, 2017)
Khyber, Rhett and Arrow become one for one day and discover the ups and downs of being merged together. (0.93)
*52 (209): Channel Surfing Volume 3 (June 25, 2018)
In this installment of CHannel Surfing: Punjabi Rider, a low-budget Indian adaptation of Knight Rider, starring Sub as Michael Knight and Khyber's computer as KITT, who are trying to find a way to rescue a soap opera star in Chennai from being stolen by a competing company; an ad for Warleyworld Amusement Park featuring the lack of attractions available; a dull sitcom starring Khyber, AJ, Cory and Rhett where they are all kleptomaniacs; Khyber and Arrow in a show similar to a local channel's key entertainment program singing for an audience of four people; an ad for Pot Watermelon starring Khyber; part 2 of the sitcom featuring AJ as Khyber's enemy. (0.54)
===Season 5===
*3+4: Khyber Wickedness 1&2 (July 20, 2018)
Khyber Waterman is the key actor of a film made by AJ, Khyber Wickedness. This episode is a clear reference to the animated film that was yet to be released at the time this episode premiered.
*15+16: Khyber A (December 21, 2018)
Story mostly set in 2013. Khyber Waterman is confrontated with the shutdown of Channel A and threatens to keep the channel running in 2014. AJ steals the channel from him and infuriates Khyber. Once Khyber resumes the license, he is informed that Channel A will shut down. This episode premiered as part of the Channel A at 25 celebrations and alludes to the fifth anniversary of its shutdown.
*17: Captain Alex's Year-End Showdown (December 31, 2018)
Khyber watches Captain Alex yet is confronted by Rhett and Arrow's constant bickering over his preferences.
*19: Eighties. (February 4, 2019)
After watching an episode of Private Investigator Esquire (a series from 1985), Khyber Waterman goes back into the 80s (with Arrow seeing the decade as it was for the first time) to see if the 80s were worth it or not. This episode debuted weeks before on Voice of Flarland's Flarland U channel.
*25 (234): The Chaff (March 18, 2019)
The Controller threatens to cancel K:TAS. In order to avoid the show from being cancelled, Khyber scrutinizes a few deleted scenes that never made it. It is revealed that one of Sandu Waterman's songs was made by Khyber just to annoy The Controller.
*34 (243): The Day Serwaah Came (May 27, 2019)
Not satisfied with her brother's growing charisma, Serwaah decides to move to Khyber's home for an undetermined period. First episode of The Serwaah Arc.
*46 (255): The Viewers Decide (August 19, 2019)
Khyber initiates a live televised debate with AJ about Serwaah's "six to eight weeks" in Khyber's house before Serwaah and AJ reconcile. (0.42)
===Season 6===
*4 (265): Mr. Sir
Part 1 of the Copy and Trust four-part miniseries. Khyber visits Richard Richardson in Cromartie.
*Khyber the Explorer (November 14, 2020)
The Controller takes Khyber to a pre-school series that he made, with awkward results, leading to the series becoming more about prostitution and leading to a mob of angry parents. Khyber is then hunted but then blames everything on The Controller, where in a reversal of roles at the end of the episode is then scrutinized by everybody.
*Quiz Bannings Quick (December 19, 2020)
A new session of Quiz Me Quick is underway, this time Khyber has to tackle the main characters of Bannings.
===Season 7===
*12 (325): 2 Mice 1 Cat (August 2, 2021)
*24 (337): CS (October 23, 2021)
Khyber is invited for an interdimensional party at Couch Slave while still being banned from working there. (0.16)
===Season 8===
*4/5 (369/370): If You Don't Buy, There's No Show (February 20, 2023)
Khyber tries to make his series more profitable by trying to make it more attractive to a broader audience also by selling merchandise. The episode pokes fun at the frequent low ratings the series gets, the downfall of linear television and the flaws of the Flarlandian and international media landscapes.
===Miscellaneous===
*Flash is Dead! (2016)
Khyber, Rhett and Arrow are all aware that their world is collapsing when they realize that they have four years to make the switch to another animation program. Made for the show's official YouTube and Facebook accounts.
*Khyber of Ngamiben (September 12, 2017)
*Ask Khyber Waterman (September 12, 2020)
*Late Puberty of Khyber Gomez (April 1, 2021)
==Reviews==
==Production==
According to Couch Slave data given to the official forums, episodes take two to three months to finish, with the brainstorming sessions for each episode sometimes taking longer than the script.
Recently episodes take longer to produce, especially due to disagreements and creative divergences between writers and artists working at CSE. The last new episode aired in December 2021.
The series is scheduled to have an eighth season soon. Khyber Waterman has already complained about how the constant production of the show causes a burnout of his image.