The Journey of Allen Strange

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The Journey of Allen Strange
The cast of The Journey of Allen Strange
Genre	Science fiction Children's television
Running time	22 minutes
Creator(s)	Thomas W. Lynch
Starring	Arjay Smith Erin Dean Shane Sweet Jack Tate
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	November 8, 1997–April 23, 2000
No. of episodes	58
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The Journey of Allen Strange was a television series on Nickelodeon's Snick block of programming for three seasons from 1997 to 2000.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1 2.2 Season 2 2.3 Season 3

[edit] Plot

When a young Xelan alien was trapped on earth, it changed his name to Allen Strange when he met up with a young girl and her family, who eventually adopted him. Allen had extraordinary powers, such as the ability to turn into his alien form- which allowed him to hover. He also had extremely high intelligence and could read incredibly fast by simply placing his hand atop the cover of a book. Allen also had an affinity for canned cheese, and lives in the family's attic in a strange alien coccoon. He also has the ability to bring a mannequin in the attic to life; this "animated mannequin" serves as Allen's Earth father.

Allen was also stated to have "chosen" his skin color to be black when confronted with the task of blending in with society. His naivete on the subject (bringing in plain black posterboards for his Black History Month presentation) sparked a Black History Month episode, featuring Allen learning information about slavery and The Civil Rights Movement.

In the weeks leading up to the series' premiere, Nickelodeon ran a series of teaser ads which would at first appear to be promos for other shows, or for Nickelodeon in general, but then a blue ooze would fill the screen as an announcer said cryptically, "Something strange is coming." The blue ooze would then clear out and the interrupted promo would conclude as if nothing had happened.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

1. Arrival
2. Entry
3. Space
4. Gronpoly
5. Starwalk
6. The Visit
7. Battle
8. The Guardian
9. Collision
10. Compute
11. Rescue
12. Home (1)
13. Home (2)

[edit] Season 2

1. Passage
2. The Day of the Beagle
3. Haunted
4. Pride of the Dolphin
5. Strange Culture
6. Two for the Road
7. The Broken Puzzle
8. Portal (1)
9. Portal (2)
10. The Truth About Lies
11. A Room of My Own
12. Cash Crunch
13. Father & Son
14. A New Leaf
15. Secret of the Deep
16. Dances with Moose
17. Baby on Board
18. Eye of a Stranger
19. Unmasked!
20. Fast Friends
21. Space Bugs
22. All Apologies
23. Strike Out
24. Down the Tube
25. Bust A Move
26. Shadows in the Sky

[edit] Season 3

1. First Day of School
2. Split Decision
3. Mother And Child Reunion
4. Twist Of Fate
5. As The Millennium Turns
6. A Day At The Races
7. Hamilton's Missing
8. Science Friction
9. Blue-Up
10. Out On A Limb
11. A Burp In Time
12. Love Stinks
13. Allen On TV
14. Out To Lunch
15. Bringing Up Baby
16. Heroes
17. Life Of The Party
18. Message From Beyond