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8	''Blaster's Universe'' is a short-lived [[SaturdayMorningCartoon Saturday morning animated series]] produced by Creator/{{Nelvana}} that aired from October 2, 1999 to September 9, 2000 on Creator/{{CBS}} in the USA and Creator/{{Teletoon}} in its native country of Canada. It was based on the [[VideoGame/BlasterSeries Blaster Learning System]] CD-ROM series, as it was reimagined in the late 1990s. The show is in continuity with other games of the era, such as ''Math Blaster ages 5-7''.
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10	Set in the year 2222, it chronicles the adventures of Max Blaster, a bright, impetuous 12 year old boy obsessed with science and space, and his best friend G.C., a cool 12 year old girl who [[HumanoidAliens looks like an earthling but is really an alien]]. Also joining them is a brave and loyal RobotDog named MEL (acronym for Mechanically Enhanced Lapdog). Together, they travel across the galaxy to stop intergalactic villains from destroying their home planet of Omega.
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12	It only ran for one season of 13 episodes, and aired in reruns on the network [=KidsCo=] in international countries like the UK and Australia until the network was canned.
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14	!!''Blaster's Universe'' provides examples of:
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17	* AnimatedAdaptation: It's an adaptation of an edutainment CD-ROM series.
18	* {{Badbutt}}: The main characters, Blaster and GC being kids and MEL being a TeamPet, and each episode has them fight evil.
19	* BaldOfEvil: A rare female example, recurring villain Illitera is completely bald (the reason why is never explained in the series)
20	* BigNo: Major History does it at the end of "You're History" when Blaster defeats him by zapping him with the Bomb-Turned Muggle and making him disappear.
21	* BookDumb: Blaster, only sometimes. Other times, he's a BadassBookworm (or reforms into a BadassBookworm, for that matter).
22	* BrattyHalfPint: Zak in "Math Schmath" is a spiteful student who [[ThePrankster plays pranks on Blaster and GC]] and dislikes math. He tags along with them on their mission however.
23	* CallingYourAttacks: Parodied in one episode, when Blaster, while trapped in a cage, attempts this by holding up MEL pretending him to be a weapon and yelling "FIRE NOSE-CONE!" before popping the dog's nose open.
24	* CassandraTruth: Defied in "Uncool Copycat", when G.C. doesn't believe Blaster when he tries to tell her that he saw two moons around Earth, but then finds out he's right when they discover that an evil artist named Deja Vu is making life-sized copies of everything.
25	* CatchPhrase: Blaster's "What a [[PersonAsVerb blast]]!"
26	* ContinuityOverlap: With the 1999 version of the games.
27	* DaydreamSurprise: Sometimes done by Blaster, for example in "You're History" as a daydream where he and his friends make an escape in their ship from Illitera, and later in "Gym Nausium" as virtual reality where Blaster and GC are challenged by two anthropomorphic deer (who turn out to be MEL and Blaster's dad in real life) in a snowboarding race.
28	* DeadpanSnarker: GC can be bitter and sarcastic towards Blaster sometimes.
29	* {{Duck}}: Happens once in the episode "You're History":
30	--> '''Max''': Yeah! What a blast!\
31	'''Sir Francis Drake''': Quite. ''({{beat}})'' [[OhCrap Heads up, what?!]]\
32	'''MEL''': What? (''extends his head'') Heads ''up''?\
33	'''Max''': (''panicked'') IT MEANS "DUCK"!! (''grabs MEL and ducks with GC as a cannon fires at them'')
34	* EdutainmentShow: Unlike the games, which mainly focused on reading and math (with a few exceptions), the series covers a more broad range of topics. Each episode has a lesson, and topics such as history and science are covered.
35	* EmbarrassingSlide: In "Misplaced Weekend", MEL is showing a montage of all the nefarious things [[VideoGame/BlasterMysterySeries Dr. Dabble]] has done. The last thing he shows is a scantily-clad poodle on the beach. He blushes and asks "How did that get in there?"
36	%%* EvilLaugh: Often done by the villains.
37	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Near the end of "You're History", Major History sends Blaster, GC, and MEL to the Yalta Conference. They bring back the bomb that interrupted the conference.
38	-->'''Blaster:''' We brought you a souvenir, Major!\
39	'''Major History:''' Oh, for me? What is it?\
40	'''GC:''' I thought you'd know, Major! The Yalta Conference was interrupted...?\
41	'''Major History:''' Oh, of course! It was interrupted by a--A BOMB!! ''(cue countdown)''
42	%%* ExpositoryThemeTune
43	%%* FantasticVoyagePlot: "Body Electric".
44	* GodGuise: Happens to Blaster, G.C. and MEL while they're in the planet Moocowzia in "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow".
45	%%* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: GC.
46	%%* HurricaneOfPuns: One of the show's main sources.
47	%%* IdiotHero: Max Blaster has shades of this.
48	* {{Keet}}: Blaster is a cheerful, hyperactive boy.
49	%%* LargeHam: Any of the villains, but Blaster as well.
50	* LastNameBasis: Blaster, but the only characters who know him as "Max" are his parents.
51	%%* LittleStowaway: Zak.
52	* MindOverManners: The plot point of you-know-which-episode-whose-title-is-actually-this-trope's-name.[[note]][[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Mind Over Manners"!]][[/note]]
53	* MockingSingSong: In "You're History", the Major sings "Nya nya, told you I know everything!" at one point.
54	* PluckyComicRelief: Max Blaster, despite being the main character. Also, MEL.
55	* PreMortemOneLiner: "Well, you asked for it. You're history, Major History!"
56	* PunnyName: Max Blaster is obviously a pun on Math Blaster.
57	* RobotDog: Mel, obviously. He still has instances of {{furry reminder}}s, though.
58	%%* SaturdayMorningCartoon
59	* ShoutOut: At the beginning of "A Bridge Too Weak", GC and Blaster have the following conversation:
60	-->'''GC:''' So, what do you want to do today, Blaster?\
61	'''Blaster:''' [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Oh, the same thing we do every day, GC: stop some super-villain's plan to]] ''[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain take over the universe!]]''
62	* ShortRunner: It only lasted from 1999-2000 with one season and 13 episodes.
63	%%* ShorterMeansSmarter: MEL.
64	* SpiritualSuccessor: Let's see...sometime after the show was canceled, Nelvana made [[WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}} another educational science fiction series in which some kids and a robotic animal sidekick go on several adventures to stop a villain from taking over the world. And it even shares the same animation style and logo design.]]
65	%%* TeamPet: MEL.
66	* TitleThemeTune: "Blaster's U-u-u-universe! B-b-BLASTER'S U-U-U-UNIVERSE!"
67	%%* TotallyRadical
68	%%* {{Tsundere}}: G.C. leans onto a Type-B regarding her actions towards Blaster and Mel.
69	* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Max's parents look like him.
70	%%* UnluckyEverydude: Max.
71	%%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Blaster in "Buggin' Out", though he eventually [[FaceYourFears faces his fears]] at the end.
72	* WordSchmord: Episode 10 is "Math Schmath".
73	%%* WorldOfPun
74	* WunzaPlot: An energetic human boy, a no-nonsense alien girl, and a robot dog. They fight crime, [[BadassBookworm but with math, phonics and other education.]]

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