History WesternAnimation / SpaceGhostCoastToCoast

** The "Flipmode" episode is a frequently manic and ridiculous episode, brought on by a gas leak that makes everyone high and helium-voiced, complete with guest Busta Rhymes regularly breaking out into uncontrollable peals of giddy laughter. Then in the middle of all the nonsense Space Ghost suggests they "go outside and do the show in the woods." Cut to Space Ghost, Zorak, Moltar, and Busta Rhymes awkwardly standing around a campfire, looking dejected and miserable.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Simultaneously played with and averted in an episode featuring guest Creator/MattGroening of WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons.
--> '''Space Ghost:''' Greetings citizens! My guest tonight will be cartoonist and creator of the popular "Simpsons" TV franchise empire, Matt Groening.\\
''[Note: Space Ghost has pronounced Groening's often mispronounced surname "GRAY-ning" correctly]''\\
'''Zorak:''' ''Groening.''\\
'''Space Ghost:''' What?\\
'''Zorak:''' It's pronounced ''Groening.''\\
'''Space Ghost:''' That's what I said.\\
'''Zorak:''' No you didn't. You said ''Groening.''\\
'''Space Ghost:''' I know, I said- I SAID GROENING!\\
'''Zorak:''' ...What?\\
'''Space Ghost:''' I said: I said Groening!\\
'''Zorak:''' Oh...well...[[AdoptionDiss you're adopted]].

What happens when you take stock footage from a [[TheSixties 1960s]] action cartoon, have the people responsible imbibe some fine hallucinogens, and re-use it in a nonsensical talk show spoof? You'll get something like ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', one of the earliest outputs of Ghost Planet Industries (now known as [[Creator/AdultSwim Williams Street Productions]]) and Creator/CartoonNetwork's first fully produced original series.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: "Urges" has Zorak driven to return home for mating season, despite the fact that [[OutWithABang female locusts devour the head of the male while mating.]] When he finally hooks up with someone, they turn out to be a crossdressing male locust who's part of an underground support group and keeps Zorak occupied until his urge to mate passes.

* {{Retcon}}: Zorak had repeatedly explicitly stated in the first few seasons that he was a locust. Later on they realized he was supposed to be a mantis and retconned him as one.

* JerkAss: '''Everyone'''. Zorak is a CardCarryingVillain who eats his nephew off-screen and likes to KickTheDog whenever possible. Space Ghost is a supremely insecure SmallNameBigEgo whose self-absorbed paranoia leads him to callously disregard basically everyone else around him, and takes it UpToEleven in the episode "Pavement", in which he is allowed to write the script, to the point of plainly declaring that ViewersAreMorons. Moltar is probably the ''least'' assholish of the three, approaching OnlySaneMan, but he still enjoys seeing Space Ghost suffer and laughs at violent TV.

* TwinkleSmile: A common gag when Space Ghost smiles at the camera. Taken UpToEleven in "Untitled" when he and Erik Estrada exchange twinkle smiles [[AudibleGleam to the tune of]] "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

* KillEmAll: "Untitled" ends with the cast ''exploding.''

What happens when you take stock footage from a [[TheSixties 1960s]] action cartoon, have the people responsible imbibe some fine hallucinogens, and re-use it in a nonsensical talk show spoof? You get something like ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', one of the earliest outputs of Ghost Planet Industries (now known as [[Creator/AdultSwim Williams Street Productions]]) and Creator/CartoonNetwork's first fully produced original series.

** It aired between 1994 and 2004; it was the longest-running show on Creator/CartoonNetwork until ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' passed it in 2009, which was itself passed by ''Ninjago'' in 2021. (though, "Coast to Coast" technically ran longer, if you count the GameTap-produced webisodes).

** It aired between 1994 and 2004; it was the longest-running show on Creator/CartoonNetwork until ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' passed it in 2009, which was itself passed by ''WesternAnimation/Ninjago'' in 2021. (though, "Coast to Coast" technically ran longer, if you count the GameTap-produced webisodes).

** It aired between 1994 and 2004; it was the longest-running show on Creator/CartoonNetwork until ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' passed it in 2009 (though, "Coast to Coast" technically ran longer, if you count the GameTap-produced webisodes).

* LivingProp: To varying degrees, the members of Zorak and the Original Way-Outs who aren't Zorak. Christy (the drummer) gets a few close-ups while playing the drums and of course an actual name, and the guy with the trumpet gets to say a couple of lines, but the guitarist does nothing but stand around throughout the entire series.

* BrickJoke: In "Sweet for Brak", Zorak talks about trying to launch his own show, ''Blood Dumpster''. Which, according to SG, is twenty-two minutes of a guy being chased down a tunnel by a Zorak playing a KnifeNut. [[spoiler:After SG makes a deal with Yogi to get on a sitcom, he ends up on an episode of ''Blood Dumpster'', pursued by Zorak. Who took his advice about putting his character in a wheelchair to make him "sympathetic"]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** The "Sharrock" episode, which is really a tribute to the music of Sonny Sharrock and Lance Carter. They even featured Thurston Moore, guitarist for the alternative rock Music/SonicYouth, under the pretense that it's Fred Cracklin.
** The episode "Table Read", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which consists entirely of the voice actors (in live-action) rehearsing the script at a conference table]]. The script was an early draft of the very next episode.
** "Brilliant Number Two" is literally a re-airing of "Brilliant Number One" but with different subtitles and audio mixing.
** "Joshua", which is a mock infomercial for how to "take advantage of the power of the Space Ghost". It also includes some fake behind-the-scenes footage.
** "Warren" completely forgoes the talk show format in favor of Space, Zorak and Moltar going on a trip to investigate the existence of a Space Ghost replicant.
** "Story Book House" doesn't feature the main characters at all, and features Kirk the Storyteller reading a book version of two old episodes while a sketch artist draws the action.
** In a similar vein, "Woody Allen's Fall Project" presents scenes from five previous episodes, acted out in live action.

What happens when you take stock footage from a [[TheSixties 1960s]] action cartoon, have the people responsible imbibe some fine hallucinogens, and re-use it in a nonsensical talk show spoof? You get something like ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', one of the earliest outputs of Ghost Planet Industries (now known as [[Creator/AdultSwim Williams Street Productions]]) and Creator/CartoonNetwork's first fully produced original series. ''Coast to Coast'', which had 104 episodes produced between 1994 and 2008 [[note]] Not counting the ''Copa Toon'' episodes made specially for Latin America during 2002 and 2003 [[/note]] on a fairly sporadic basis, ostensibly followed the talk show career of titular former superhero Tad Ghostal (better known as ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'') as he interviewed various celebrity guests -- but the episodes usually degenerated into Space Ghost bickering with Zorak and Moltar (two former enemies of Space Ghost who SG forced to become his band leader and director respectively) or some other off-the-wall craziness.

** WesternAnimation/{{Birdman}} makes two oddly contradictory appearances[[note]]One episode is filmed to look like Space Ghost's pilot, with the producers vaguely threatening that if he doesn't shape up, they'll replace him with Birdman. However, the second is set up to be ''Birdman''[='s=] pilot and ends with them letting him go (he can't host a late-night talkshow because of his solar powers) and hiring Space Ghost to replace him (to Zorak and Moltar's horror).[[/note]] before getting [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw his own show]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''WesternAnimation/TheNewMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'', another comedic talk show hosted by animated characters.

* TheScrooge: In "A Space Ghost Christmas":

* RealityEnsues: The "Flipmode" episode is a frequently manic and ridiculous episode, brought on by a gas leak that makes everyone high and helium-voiced, complete with guest Busta Rhymes regularly breaking out into uncontrollable peals of giddy laughter. Then in the middle of all the nonsense Space Ghost suggests they "go outside and do the show in the woods." Cut to Space Ghost, Zorak, Moltar, and Busta Rhymes awkwardly standing around a campfire, looking dejected and miserable.
-->'''Busta Rhymes:''' I just think that this is, this... this, you know, this, the way the events have occurred in the last year has been really disastrous for, not just people, but, you know, entertainment and, you know, many other things on the whole, and... I think that if we don't start...\\
'''Space Ghost:''' ''[talking over Busta Rhymes]'' I'm not getting a single good idea... let's go back inside where the gas is!\\
''[cut to Busta Rhymes, back inside, giggling uncontrollably]''

** In "Cahill", Space Ghost attempts this again on Zorak, but then when lightning strikes he 'continues' counting after three in fear.