Space Goofs
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Space Goofs (original title:Les Zinzins de l'espace) is a French animated series first aired in 1997. In the UK, it premaired on Channel 4 under the name "Home to Rent" and It also premiered under its original moniker on Nicktoons UK on 5th November 2005 at 9:30am.
The series also served as the basis of an adventure game titled Stupid Invaders.
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[edit] Plot
Five extra-terrestrials, Etno, Gorgious, Stereo, Candy and Bud, go to vacation together in space. They have an accident and crash in planet Earth. Forced to hide from humans, they take shelter in an old abandoned house and Etno creates a mutating machine that can change their bodies so they can go out sometimes.
The aliens have two goals: return to their home planets and chase away anybody who tries to establish themselves in the house.
[edit] Characters
- Etno Polino: short and purple with red lips, Etno is the nerd and the brains of the group. A scientific genius, he creates all sort of machines. In the original French version, he speaks with an English accent.
- Bud Budiovitch: tall and orange with a long neck, Bud is lazy and naive. He is a television addict and spends most of the time sitting in front of it and drinking soft drinks.
- Candy Caramella: small and green with a wrinkled forehead, Candy is very effeminate and acts as the "woman" of the group, despite being male.
- Gorgious Klatoo: fat and blue with a heavy chin, Gorgious is the grumpy and brutal one. He is very greedy and his hobby consists of eating and bullying the others.
- Stereo Monovici: two-headed and red, Stereo acts as two people since each head has its own mind. "He" doesn't have a defined personality. He does not appear in the show on Nicktoons UK.
[edit] Reaction
- The series has been a hit in France, in particular due to its absurd, slapstick and tongue-in-cheek slightly politically incorrect humor.
[edit] Stupid Invaders
An adventure game based on Space Goofs titled Stupid Invaders (a pun on Space Invaders) was released in 2000 by UbiSoft. The plot centers around the aliens and their attempts to return to space. All the main characters of the series are playable through the course of the game.
Stupid Invaders was developed by Xilam for Windows and Mac OS, and ported to the Dreamcast by Titanium Studios.[1]
[edit] Trivia
- The theme song 'Monster Men' is performed by Iggy Pop
- In one of the episodes, there is a rocking horse of Oggy, from the fellow Gaumont Film Company show Oggy and The Cockroaches.
[edit] Airing History
[edit] USA
- FOX (1997-1999)
- Fox Family Channel
[edit] UK
- Channel 4
- Nicktoons UK (2005-)
