The Soup Celebrates 500 Episodes - Our Top 5 'Side Dishes,' Including Mankini And Lou The Dog

By Megan Masters

Mankini

Mankini Mankini Nearly as a big a Soup staple as McHale himself, Mankini brings a warm weirdness to each and every bit he's in. And truth be told, he rocks a string bikini better than most!

Mankini

Nearly as a big a Soup staple as McHale himself, Mankini brings a warm weirdness to each and every bit he's in. And truth be told, he rocks a string bikini better than most!

ERW

ERW Matt the Intern We challenge you to name one other person who could strut onto a stage and take a (fake) bullet as gracefully (and hilariously) as The Soup's shirtless and oiled-up "intern." (Soup-y disclaimer: He's been a pretty outstanding boyfriend to TVLine's Meg Masters for the past five years, too.)

Matt the Intern

We challenge you to name one other person who could strut onto a stage and take a (fake) bullet as gracefully (and hilariously) as The Soup's shirtless and oiled-up "intern." (Soup-y disclaimer: He's been a pretty outstanding boyfriend to TVLine's Meg Masters for the past five years, too.)

Lou-the-Chihuahua-the-soup-414211_400_270

Lou-the-Chihuahua-the-soup-414211_400_270 Lou The Soup's furry little mascot has the audience in the palm of his... paw. His adorable howl has even become synonymous with the series, and is echoed by the audience at every live taping.

Lou

The Soup's furry little mascot has the audience in the palm of his... paw. His adorable howl has even become synonymous with the series, and is echoed by the audience at every live taping.

makeover_the_soup_courtney_stodden

makeover_the_soup_courtney_stodden "Courtney Stodden" Who knew that a dramatic reading of a promiscuous teen's Twitter feed would lead to one of the show's most memorable characters in nearly a decade?

"Courtney Stodden"

Who knew that a dramatic reading of a promiscuous teen's Twitter feed would lead to one of the show's most memorable characters in nearly a decade?

SoupStarWarsNerds

SoupStarWarsNerds The Nerds They're geeky, they're horny and they somehow manage to make any bit they're a part of that much better.

The Nerds

They're geeky, they're horny and they somehow manage to make any bit they're a part of that much better.

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