Lloyd in Space
Lloyd in Space is an animated TV show created by Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain (creators of Recess) and released in 2001. The pilot was written by Ansolabehere, Germain and Mark Drop. The characters were designed by Eric Keyes.
Living far in the future, shortly after the end of World War Nine, Lloyd Nebulon is a green-skinned alien with Yoda-like ears and a single antenna sticking from his head. Lloyd lives in the Intrepidville Space Station along with his psychic sister, Francine, and his mother, Commander Norah Li Nebulon, the Head of Intrepidville. Lloyd attends the Luna Vista School along with his friends: Eddie R. Horton (A ginger-haired American teenager), Kurt Blobberts (an enormous purple blob with a single eyeball and simple intelligence, of a species known as "The Blobullons"), and Douglas McNoggin (a giant brain with arms, feet, eyes and a mouth, of a species known as "The Cerebellians").
A charming aspect of the show is its cheeky, out-of-date, 70's-inspired styling. The space station, Intrepidville is essentially a dilapidated, patched-up American suburb drifting through space. As well as accommodation for six thousand occupants, Intrepidville prizes a shopping centre and a spaceport. Places of interest include the Cinema, Video Arcade and the artificial park. Intrepidville's walls and floors are leaking with fluids from age, and the automatic doors stay open long enough for a visitor to have any appendages crushed. The vehicles, too, reflect this suburb in space idea - even the flying cars have wood paneling on the side.
39 half hour episodes of Lloyd in Space were made in total.
As of April 2006, Reruns of Lloyd in Space no longer air on Toon Disney due to the exspansion of the Jetix lineup.
Characters
- Lloyd Nebulon
- Edward R. "Eddie" Horton
- Kurt Blobberts
- Douglas McNoggin
- Commander Nebulon - Head of Intrepidville. Voiced by April Winchell.
- Dunkirque - The second in command, a tough and obedient servant to Cmdr. Nebulon. Voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
- Larry - The third in command, a purple humanoid who frequently acts childishly.
- Boomer - Mechanic, repairs all spacecraft on Intrepidville. Simple-minded and an heir to his race's throne. Voiced by Diedrich Bader.
- Station - The space station's computer. When activated, he assumes the form of an eyeball attached to a long wire leading from any computer terminal.
- Lou 2000 - Station's bad-mouthed backup system, he picks on Larry.
- Brittany - The snobby girl who has a secret crush on Lloyd(and vice versa,although Lloyd seems to show it more).
- Cindy - The two-headed girl that Lloyd takes to the dance.
- Rodney - The school Bully who picks on nerds.
- Scott - Lloyds dark, mysterious but friendly rival.