Haytruck



Haytruck  is an American animated series created by EliNinja for Nickelodeon. The series centers around 2 friends named Shurly and Nom who live their lives in a mysterious hover-truck of hay (with no known driver) as it rides across the country. The series aired on Nickelodeon in 2000 for a total of 13 episodes and used "On the Road Again" by Willie Nelson as it's theme song. The series was rated TV-G in the United States despite being one of the most violent and unusual Nicktoons since The Ren and Stimpy Show.

Main Characters

 * Shurly (voiced by Cree Summer) is a pink-haired 13-year-old tomboy who refers to the world as "dumb and useless", even though she lives on it everyday. She also speaks in a southern accent which is half sarcastic, half serious, which complicates her "friend", Nom.
 * Nom (voiced by Kenan Thompson) is a 10-year-old upbeat African American boy who is Shurly's "best friend", even though Shurly finds him incredibly annoying and would push him away from her whenever they get too close. He also expresses a love for hay.

Episodes

 * 1) On the Road Again (12/31/1999 (preview); 6/05/2000 (official premiere)) - 2 friends are playing football and end up in a red hover-truck full of hay.
 * 2) Blark (6/12/2000) - a bloody goose who hunted down the souls of many chases the truck as it passes by him.
 * 3) High Five Forever (6/19/2000) - Shurly and Nom do a high five after shooting a possesed weasel, but there hands get stuck together for the entire day.
 * 4) Circle of Death (6/26/2000) - Shurly and Nom witness the beauty of human death and can't wait to be the next in line.
 * 5) Boneless Dog (7/03/2000) - Nom finds an epileptic boneless dog on the road and keeps him as a pet, but to Shurly's dismay.
 * 6) Mini-Cow (7/10/2000) - a psychotic mini-cow pops up from the hay in the hover-truck and tries to kill Nom for some reason.
 * 7) Summermas (7/17/2000) - Shurly and Nom celebrate their favorite summer holiday in the hover-truck, which makes Nom severly homesick.
 * 8) Demon Frogs (7/24/2000) - While Nom is recovering from his severe homesickness, Shurly catches some flesh-eating demon frogs to cheer him up.
 * 9) Nom is A-Okay (7/31/2000) - Nom finally recovers from his sever homesickness and decides to shoot some animals with Shurly.
 * 10) The Faceless Baby (8/07/2000) - Shurly and Nom meet a blood-covered baby who's face was ripped off after some severe parental abuse.
 * 11) Saw Woman (8/14/2000) - a homicidal chainsaw woman tries to kill Shurly and Nom after they steal her golden potato.
 * 12) Above the Stars (8/21/2000) - Shurly and Nom try to contact their deceased relatives by stabbing some animals and putting them next to their ears.
 * 13) Off the Truck (8/28/2000 (series finale)) - Shurly and Nom finally get back to their houses and recall their best memories on the hover-truck.

Trivia

 * A few episodes of Haytruck had been withdrawn from the U.S. for being too disturbing to air on Nickelodeon again. However, those episodes can be seen on the Haytruck: The Complete Series DVD released in 2003.
 * The series was nearly banned from Nickelodeon altogether for it's content after episode 7. However, executives of Nickelodeon gave the series another chance to air all of it's episodes.
 * Despite the series being too disturbing to have reruns on Nickelodeon, reruns of the show were aired on the Nicktoons Network (now Nicktoons) from 2006-2008 for Halloween.
 * Acoording to a 2001 article from the Nickelodeon Magazine. the main characters Shurly and Nom were originally going to be killed in the series finale, but the series creator EliNinja changed his mind for unknown reasons.