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** The original airing of "Warren" had the episode play '''three times'''.
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** "The World Premiere Toon-In" (aka "President's Day Nightmare"): For copyright reasons, all the cartoons featured on the show were cut for the DVD release. Only the wraparounds are shown. The Creator/HBOMax version restores the cartoons, but cuts the line stating the special was being broadcast on CN, Creator/{{TBS}} and Creator/{{TNT}}.

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** "The World Premiere Toon-In" (aka "President's Day Nightmare"): For copyright reasons, all the cartoons featured on the show were cut for the DVD release. Only the wraparounds are shown. The Creator/HBOMax version restores the cartoons, but cuts the line stating the special was being broadcast on CN, Creator/{{TBS}} and Creator/{{TNT}}.Creator/{{TNT}} (which had been switched between being cut and left-in during subsequent broadcasts).



** "Explode": An announcement at the very end of episode from the late BBC DJ JohnPeel, stating that the Ghost Planet will now explode (hence the title of the episode...) was removed.

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** "Explode": An announcement at the very end of episode from the late BBC DJ JohnPeel, John Peel, stating that the Ghost Planet will now explode (hence the title of the episode...) was removed. This has also been restored on HBO Max.



** For a time, the unedited versions of the above (as well as the episodes not on DVD) could be obtained through the Adult Swim's "Create Your Custom DVD!" feature, but now that the Adult Swim Store has shut down, the only legal option is to buy the episodes via iTunes.

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** For a time, the unedited versions of the above (as well as the episodes not on DVD) could be obtained through the Adult Swim's Swim Store's "Create Your Custom DVD!" feature, but now that the Adult Swim Store has shut down, the only legal option is to buy the episodes via iTunes.
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** "The World Premiere Toon-In" (aka "President's Day Nightmare"): For copyright reasons, all the cartoons featured on the show were cut for the DVD release. Only the wraparounds are shown.

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** "The World Premiere Toon-In" (aka "President's Day Nightmare"): For copyright reasons, all the cartoons featured on the show were cut for the DVD release. Only the wraparounds are shown. The Creator/HBOMax version restores the cartoons, but cuts the line stating the special was being broadcast on CN, Creator/{{TBS}} and Creator/{{TNT}}.
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** The entirety of "Fire Ant" has rarely aired on TV since its premiere. {{Justified| Trope}}, as Space Ghost literally spends ''10 minutes'' of the uncut episode ''chasing an ant through various backdrops''. The versions on Creator/HBOMax and Creator/AdultSwim are the edited versions as well but the uncut version is available on DVD and is easy to find on various video websites.

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** The entirety of "Fire Ant" has rarely aired on TV since its premiere. {{Justified| Trope}}, as Space Ghost literally spends ''10 minutes'' 10 minutes of the uncut episode ''chasing ''doing nothing but chasing an ant through various backdrops''. The versions on Creator/HBOMax and Creator/AdultSwim are the edited versions as well but the uncut version is available on DVD and is easy to find on various video websites.
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* OldShame: To Mike Lazzo, who considers the show to be dead to him.

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* OldShame: To It's commonly believed to be this to Mike Lazzo, who considers went on record saying that the show is "dead to be dead him". Really, he's just done all he wanted to him.with the property and doesn't wish to return to it outside of the occasional cameo appearance.
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** The entirety of "Fire Ant" has rarely aired on TV since its premiere. {{Justified| Trope}}, as Space Ghost literally spends ''10 minutes'' of the uncut episode ''chasing an ant through various backdrops''. The versions on Creator/HBOMax and Creator/AdultSwim are the edited versions as well but the uncut version is available on DVD and is easy to find on various video websites.
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** Joel Hodgson of ''[=MST3K=]'' fame created a new intro for the series, but it went unused. It was later included as a special feature on the second DVD set.
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* IAmNotSpock: Joel Hodgson is not pleased with Space Ghost confusing him with his character 'Joel Robinson'.

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* IAmNotSpock: Joel Hodgson Creator/JoelHodgson is not pleased with Space Ghost confusing him with his character 'Joel Robinson'.
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* BizarroEpisode: Intentional for the first few years. Every seventh episode or so was supposed to be weird.

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* BizarroEpisode: Intentional for the first few years. Every seventh episode or so was supposed to be weird. Notable examples include "Story Book House", "Woody Allen's Fall Show", "Brilliant Number One"/"Brilliant Number Two", "Joshua", "Warren", "Curses", "Girl Hair", and "Flipmode".

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* EditedForSyndication: The series did not have much in the way consistent run times, with episodes often being anywhere between ten to twenty minutes in length. This means that syndicated episodes are often shortened to eleven minutes, stretched out to fill a half hour block or just removed from the rerun cycle.



** "Chambraigne": Al Roker was originally part of the Chambraigne commercial. He was replaced on the [=DVDs=] by George Lowe (though some would argue that was an improvement because... it's George freaking Lowe)

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** "Chambraigne": Al Roker was originally part of the Chambraigne commercial. He was replaced on the [=DVDs=] by George Lowe (though some would argue that was an improvement because... it's George freaking Lowe)Lowe).
** For unknown reasons, the live action opening of "Baffler Meal" where Space Ghost gets indebted to Burger Trench is cut out of all reairings and official releases. This means there's no context for the "Two steamed buns!" voice in Space Ghost's head or the band that appears in the end.
** The musical episode "Boatshow" had a few of its song shortened for syndication which is also the version sold on iTunes. Most notably is the last song which was cut to only the final verse.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/ClayMartinCroker came up with the idea to have Zorak and Moltar as Space Ghost's workers.
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** You can find the episode "The Mask" on the VHS release of that movie, which it was originally made for; it follows the film. (Or, you can just watch it on Website/YouTube.)

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** You can find the episode "The Mask" on the VHS release of [[Film/TheMask that movie, movie]], which it was originally made for; it follows the film. (Or, you can just watch it on Website/YouTube.)
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** While it was in pre-production, [[Series/FantasyIsland Hervé]] [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Villechaize]] was in negotiations to co-star as a sidekick of Space Ghost. Sadly, he killed himself before anything happened.

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** While it was in pre-production, [[Series/FantasyIsland Hervé]] [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Villechaize]] Creator/HerveVillechaize was in negotiations to co-star as a sidekick of Space Ghost. Sadly, he killed himself before anything happened.

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* NoBudget: And how! Adult Swim's budget for original programming, much less for an adult cartoon, was basically nonexistent. One article from 1994 claims its budget was ''raised'' to 30,000 dollars an episode; many modern animated shows hit ten or twenty times that. Watch any given episode and it's really not hard to see why. Frequently lampshaded.

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* NoBudget: And how! Adult Swim's budget for original programming, much less for an adult cartoon, was basically nonexistent. One article from 1994 claims its budget was ''raised'' to 30,000 dollars $30,000 an episode; many modern animated shows hit ten or twenty times that. Watch any given episode and it's really not hard to see why. Frequently lampshaded.
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** You can find the episode "The Mask" on the VHS release of that movie, which it was originally made for; it follows the film. (Or, you can just watch it on YouTube.)

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** You can find the episode "The Mask" on the VHS release of that movie, which it was originally made for; it follows the film. (Or, you can just watch it on YouTube.Website/YouTube.)



* MissingEpisode: ''Copa Toon", a series of specials done for Latin American audiences during the [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup 2002 FIFA World Cup]] and the 2003 Copa America where Space Ghost interviewed several sports personalities were considered lost for more than a decade until the episodes were uploaded to YouTube in 2015. The episodes were unique because they were recorded in both English (with the original cast) and Spanish, yet the interviewee's lines remained in Spanish in both dubs.

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* MissingEpisode: ''Copa Toon", a series of specials done for Latin American audiences during the [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup 2002 FIFA World Cup]] and the 2003 Copa America where Space Ghost interviewed several sports personalities were considered lost for more than a decade until the episodes were uploaded to YouTube [=YouTube=] in 2015. The episodes were unique because they were recorded in both English (with the original cast) and Spanish, yet the interviewee's lines remained in Spanish in both dubs.
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** The "Hoona Igna Chowa Neha" line in "Fire Ant" was actually said in an old ''Dino Boy'' episode.
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* RecycledScript: "Kentucky Nightmare" and "Baffler Meal" are virtually identical in concept: Space Ghost sells out to a fast food company/failing liquor chain (Baffler Meal/Kentucky Nightmare respectively), which injects obnoxious advertising into the show, and Music/WillieNelson is the guest. However, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that "Kentucky Nightmare" was intended to replace "Baffler Meal", which had been shelved (but got made several years later anyway).
** ''Very noticeable'' during "Baffler Meal", where Willie Nelson only gets 4 or 5 lines, all recycled from "Kentucky Nightmare".
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* NoBudget: And how! Adult Swim's budget for original programming, much less for an adult cartoon, was basically nonexistent. One article from 1994 claims its budget was ''raised'' to 30,000 dollars an episode; many modern animated shows hit ten or twenty times that. Watch any given episode and it's really not hard to see why. Frequently lampshaded.
-->'''Zorak:''' Look, every time I move my arm, it costs the Cartoon Network forty-two bucks!
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* ThrowItIn: Between takes, George Lowe was complaining about how some fruit baskets he bought around Christmas time were recieved by people at Creator/CartoonNetwork. When putting the show together, they decided to use this bit during the intro for ''Fire Drill''.

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* ThrowItIn: Between takes, George Lowe was complaining about how some fruit baskets he bought around Christmas time were recieved received by people at Creator/CartoonNetwork. When putting the show together, they decided to use this bit during the intro for ''Fire Drill''.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The earlier seasons, since it was a late-night show on Cartoon Network with most of what would become the trademark Adult Swim style, including references kids wouldn't necessarily get, but without any vulgarity.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The earlier seasons, since it was a late-night show on Cartoon Network with most of what would become the trademark Adult Swim style, including references kids wouldn't necessarily get, but without any vulgarity.
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* OlderThanTheyThink: The two Bangladesh guys Mujibur and Sirajul, briefly featured in "Hungry", actually were previously featured in recurring segments on ''Series/LateNightWithDavidLetterman''. Hence why they keep exclaiming "Hi, Dave!"

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* OlderThanTheyThink: The two Bangladesh guys Mujibur and Sirajul, briefly featured in "Hungry", actually were previously featured in recurring segments on ''Series/LateNightWithDavidLetterman''.''Series/LateNight With David Letterman''. Hence why they keep exclaiming "Hi, Dave!"
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* OlderThanTheyThink: The two Bangladesh guys Mujibur and Sirajul, briefly featured in "Hungry", actually were previously featured in recurring segments on ''Series/LateNightWithDavidLetterman''. Hence why they keep exclaiming "Hi, Dave!"


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** Debatable for "Sharrock" as well. Yes, it was meant as a tribute to then-recently-deceased Sonny Sharrock, but ''literally nothing happens in the episode''. The second half is literally just a "Please stand by" screen while Sharrock music plays.
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* FridayNightDeathSlot: Its slot for many years. Oddly, this may have been beneficial for it, as being on late on Friday nights meant it could get away with certain content in the pre-Adult Swim days. It also didn't cost very much to make so it wasn't like Cartoon Network was going to cancel it even if it didn't pull in huge ratings.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Supposedly, the cow's rant at the end of "Lovesick", where it criticizes tons of things about the show, is based on real complaint letters from viewers.
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** The [=GameTap=] episodes died with the service.
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** Some moments (such as Space Ghost suddenly babbling incoherently in the middle of a sentence and declaring "Oops, too many cokes") are obvious line flubs on George Lowe's part that were kept in.
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* DecendedCreator: C. Martin Croker, in addition to voicing both Zorak and Moltar, also animated most of the new animation sequences that appear in the series.

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* DecendedCreator: DescendedCreator: C. Martin Croker, in addition to voicing both Zorak and Moltar, also animated most of the new animation sequences that appear in the series.

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* CreatorCameo: To an extent. C. Martin Croker, in addition to voicing both Zorak and Moltar, also animated most of the new animation sequences that appear in the series.


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* DecendedCreator: C. Martin Croker, in addition to voicing both Zorak and Moltar, also animated most of the new animation sequences that appear in the series.
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* MissingEpisode: ''Copa Toon", a series of specials done for Latin American audiences during the [[TheWorldCup 2002 FIFA World Cup]] and the 2003 Copa America where Space Ghost interviewed several sports personalities were considered lost for more than a decade until the episodes were uploaded to YouTube in 2015. The episodes were unique because they were recorded in both English (with the original cast) and Spanish, yet the interviewee's lines remained in Spanish in both dubs.

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* MissingEpisode: ''Copa Toon", a series of specials done for Latin American audiences during the [[TheWorldCup [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup 2002 FIFA World Cup]] and the 2003 Copa America where Space Ghost interviewed several sports personalities were considered lost for more than a decade until the episodes were uploaded to YouTube in 2015. The episodes were unique because they were recorded in both English (with the original cast) and Spanish, yet the interviewee's lines remained in Spanish in both dubs.

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