Series synopsis
Spaceballs: The Animated Series is an American animation comedy kids television series that premiered on G4 on November 21, 2008. It ended on March 7, 2009. It was created by Thomas Meehan, Mel Brooks. It stars Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga, Rino Romano and Tino Insana.
Spaceballs: The Animated Series, also known as Spaceballs: The Series, is an animated television series that premiered in 2008 on G4 and Canada's Super Channel, and is loosely based on the parody science fiction film Spaceballs. Similarly to how the original film parodied the original Star Wars films and the Star Trek universe, each episode of the series parodies a different film or other aspect of popular culture, such as the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, or the Grand Theft ...
Premise
Spaceballs: The Animated Series, also known as Spaceballs: The Series, is an animated television series that premiered in 2008 on G4 and Canada's Super Channel, and is loosely based on the parody science fiction film Spaceballs. Similarly to how the original film parodied the original Star Wars films and the Star Trek universe, each episode of the series parodies a different film or other aspect of popular culture, such as the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, or the Grand Theft Auto video games.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Mel Brooks as President Skroob / Yogurt (voice)
- Daphne Zuniga as Princess Vespa (voice)
- Rino Romano as Lone Starr (voice)
- Tino Insana as Barf (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Dark Helmet (voice)
- Joan Rivers as Dot Matrix (voice)
Guest cast
- Dom DeLuise as Pizza the Hutt (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 15 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 15 | November 21, 2008 | March 7, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Revenge of the Sithee Dark Helmet gets knocked out by a robot stripper in Skroobs new casino and recalls his origin story as in a dream. Once a young slave named Pannakin Crybaby, he won his freedom in a NasPodrace, was trained in the Schwartz by Yogurt and fell in love with Princess Harley Van Patten. |
November 21, 2008 |
| 2 |
Grand Theft Starship Lone Starr and Princess Vespa are sucked into a game of 'Grand Theft Starship', leaving the Spaceballs to conquer the known universe. But, missing Lone Starr's opposition, President Skroob and Dark Helmet follow them into the game world. |
November 28, 2008 |
| 3 |
Lord of the Onion Rings Years ago Lonestarr's father stole the One Onion ring from Scroob's father. When Barf finds the Onion Ring stuck in an old couch inside the Eagle 5, Yogurt sends him on a quest to throw the Onion Ring into the deep fryer of Lardor. Meanwhile Skroob orders Dark Helmet to build him a dark army. Unfortunately they end up with a dork army instead. |
December 5, 2008 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | G4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 21, 2008 |
| Last aired | March 7, 2009 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday |