History WesternAnimation / CansWithoutLabels

[[caption-width-right:350:'''''"EAT! THE FUCKING! FAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!"''''']]

* GirlInABox: In Bruce and Karen Ryan's short scene, Bruce opens a can, revealing Karen.

* OverlyLongGag: George, returning from the bathroom, slowly trudging back to the table for about a minute, making sure to make every conceivable funny face on the way. In general the short is padded with a lot of reaction-takes and goofy faces various characters react to the can in the face.

* SceneryCensor: Due to taking off his belt to threaten his nephews, George spend the last minute or so of the short naked from the lower half with the table and cans blocking his shame from view.

* FanDisservice: Halfway through the short, George loses his pants.

* OverlyLongGag: George, returning from the bathroom, slowly trudging back to the table for about a minute, making sure to make every conceivable funny face on the way.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The second George prepares to open another can, Slab and Ernie bolt right the hell out of his house.

[[caption-width-right:350:"EAT THE FUCKING FAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!"]]

->"Here's the rule: once we open this can... we have to eat whatever's in it!"

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The advertisement at the end is not an out-of-nowhere parody, it is an actual ad for a real food truck, as it was a Kickstarter backer reward.

* TheStinger: After the cartoon ends, the DVD version features two Kickstarter backer rewards: an advertisement for Shimmy Shack (a real-life food truck) and a short scene involving caricatures of Bruce and Karen Ryan (voiced by themselves). Both scenes are missing from the [=YouTube=] version.

* EnforcedPlug: At the end of the short, there is a short promotion for Shimmy Shack, a vegan food truck.

* StockFootage: The opening title card for the cartoon is blatantly reused from the ''Ren and Stimpy Show'' episode "Man's Best Friend". As in, it's literally a scan of the title card with a bad attempt at recreating the George Liquor text.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The advertisement at the end is not a out-of-nowhere parody, it is an actual ad for a real food truck, as it was a Kickstarter backer reward.

* PrecisionFStrike: George angrily bellows one when his nephews don't want to eat the face in the can.

* CaptainErsatz: You get one guess [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck who Donald Bastard is based off of.]]

* TheCameo: Donald Bastard (a parody character created by John K) makes a brief appearance late in the cartoon.

* FanDisservice: Halfway through the short, George loses his pants...

* StockFootage: The opening title card for the cartoon is blatantly reused from the ''Ren and Stimpy Show'' episode ''Man's Best Friend''. As in, it's literally a scan of the title card with a bad attempt at recreating the George Liquor text.

->"Here's the rule - once we open this can - we have to eat whatever's in it!"

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: Slab and Ernie succeed in tricking George Liquor into thinking they ate the face out of the can (they actually fed it to Donald Bastard). It backfires on them when George decides to open ''another'' can to feed them with, guessing there will be a foot in it. Slab and Ernie flee the house in terror as the cartoon ends.

* HereWeGoAgain: Slab and Ernie succeed in tricking George Liquor into thinking they ate the face out of the can (they actually fed it to Donald Bastard). It backfires on them when George decides to open ''another'' can to feed them with, guessing there will be a foot in it. Slab and Ernie flee the house in terror as the cartoon ends.

[[caption-width-right:350:"EAT THE FUCKING FACE!"]]

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: George only shows brief surprise upon finding out there's a face in one of the cans. Though given his [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow previous]] [[WebAnimation/TheGoddamnGeorgeLiquorProgram outings]], it's safe to say he's SeenItAll.

* ToiletHumour: When George enters the bathroom, we're treated to the [[SarcasmMode lovely]] sounds of him taking a dump.

* ArtEvolution: While ''WebAnimation/TheGoddamnGeorgeLiquorProgram'' had been animated in a primitive, limited UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash, this short was animated "paperless" traditional style in UsefulNotes/ToonBoom, which Kricfalusi has praised for having better use.

The cartoon stars George Liquor (American) and his nephews Ernie and Slab, who had previously starred in Kricfalusi's web series ''WebAnimation/TheGoddamnGeorgeLiquorProgram''. In this outing, Ernie and Slab are having lunch and inquire as to what all the cans on the table are. George explains that they're cans without labels, which he buys cheap. Things go south when the kids discover how disgusting the contents of the cans are; specifically, a can that Uncle George claimed to be beef stew actually has a human face inside of it. George insists on making them eat it anyway (despite their extreme desire not to do so), and after a fit of anger, he goes off to take a bathroom break, warning his nephews that "that face better be gone" when he gets back. The rest of the short is spent on Slab and Ernie trying to find ways to get rid of the face without eating it.

* EnforcedPlug: At the end of the short, there is a short promotion for Shimmy Shack, a vegetarian food truck.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: A lot of the backgrounds and props are rendered in very basic CGI.

The DVD featuring the finished short and a number of special features, including a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen scrapped]] ''Ren & Stimpy'' short that was supposed to be shown in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', is available from Kricfalusi's online store through his Shopify account [[https://johnkstuff.com/products/cans-without-labels-dvd-1 here]].

* ConspicuousCG: A lot of the backgrounds and props are rendered in very basic CGI.

* ExtremeOmnivore: One the other hand, Donald Bastard ''relishes'' the idea of eating a face from a can.

After release, the short was universally panned by critics and viewers. They cited its incredibly substandard animation (keep in mind, this short was created over almost a decade by a man with FORTY years of animation experience), very sluggish pacing, nonsensical plot (of what little plot there was), lack of humor, and extremely bland, unlikable characters.

Kricfalusi's career had already been on life support for a while, as he had been blacklisted by every cartoon studio he worked for (Nickelodeon, Spike TV, Cartoon Network) because of his penchant for missing deadlines and creating very hostile work environments. This was meant to be his big comeback, but a year before the short's release, a long, massive history of pedophilia, child grooming, and possession of child porn was unearthed. Either this or the short's extremely negative reception would have alone been enough to be a CreatorKiller, but both of them together basically permanently destroyed any goodwill he possibly had left.