Throughout all of this monster bashing, episodes wisely shift their focus to each of the show’s cast members. This keeps stories feeling varied and unique, while it also surprisingly fleshes out these stereotype-like characters. The performances of these unusual crime fighters become quite infectious. There’s also an unusual rhythm and style to the dialogue. It’s at times frenetic and crazy, but at other moments it’s slow and methodical, yet it builds to a pace that works for it and becomes quite entertaining.

Hot Streets also does a good job at making Branski and company all fun characters that the audience wants to spend more time with. Justin Roiland’s random voice is very present here, especially in the lesser background characters from the show. His performance as Chubbie Webbers is also confounding as it should come across as annoying, but it strangely draws you in and becomes one of the best things about the show. Additionally, due to how loose the show’s premise and guidelines are, it feels like there are a seemingly endless supply of stories here. This instantly gives Hot Streets an advantage and a more attractive shelf life than if it was just a grounded police procedural that’s funny.

The series also embraces its crude animation style, rather than hide from it. That being said, there’s still a detailed charm to this look. There’s such a perfect soundtrack and synth-y score to the show too, which also happens to be done by Wysol! All of these aesthetics are punctuated by outrageous, monster-of-the-week crime-related madness.

There are plenty of brilliant ideas here like spine monsters, aliens, mummy outbreaks, murder powder, or ominous rifts in the sky from Snake Gods. Each episode plays into a different trope of absurdity. Hot Streets still tries to make its monsters and gore the focus and it doesn’t flinch from its content. Other moments really focus on Chubbie Webbers’ weirdness and stay on it to the point where it becomes uncomfortable. The show loves to play into these tendencies and to make its audience squirm. Chubbie Webbers is the show’s unpredictable wild card and it pushes this as far as It can go.

Adult Swim is full of animated quarter-hour comedies, but Hot Streets feels like a breath of fresh air. It’s prepared to abandon its crazy storylines or ideas with no notice or consequence, which gives it even more freedom in the end. There are crazy detours that happen in episodes like police badges that turn into light sabers or “outer space” becoming “every space.” Go on a ride with these guys and you’ll soon want Hot Streets to become a regular stop on your commute.