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'''''The Groovenians''''' was a 2002 half-hour CGI television special created by surrealist painter Kenny Scharf. It served as a failed pilot to a potential series that never came into fruition and aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork only twice, the first time being on the Creator/AdultSwim block and the second time being on the "Fridays" block. After a 2003 nomination Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject [[http://www.perkypickle.com/groov-films/ (and an attempt to pitch it to MTV and VH-1)]], the short was never heard from again. The cast features Creator/PaulReubens as the main character Jet, Drena [=DeNiro=] ([[Creator/RobertDeNiro Robert]]'s daughter) as Glindy, Creator/DennisHopper in the dual role of the father and the villainous King Norman and Creator/JeffBennett as Suavo. Music/TheB52s contributed the titular theme while Mutato Muzika composed the music and the "Money Song". Jordan Reichek of ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' fame co-wrote the story, served as the production designer and drew the storyboard.

Jet and Glindy, inhabitants of the planet Jeepers, are two wannabe artists who feel unappreciated by both their parents and the world at large. Their parents seek to enter Glindy in a boring office job, and for Jet to marry Glindy's unattractive sister. But one night, a boy named Nixon gives them a key to Groovenia, a paradise of artistic freedom. Desiring to live in this world, the two run away and set out for Groovenia, eventually saving it from the tyrannical reign of the Normals and the greedy King Norman.

The short can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw9TBDCmlTE here]].
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!!This show contains examples of:
%%* AbhorrentAdmirer: Glindy's sister is this for Jet.
* ActionGirlfriend: Glindy breaks free from the octopus and prevents Jet from marrying her sister. Then later she attacks King Norman for scaring Jet.
%% * AllCGICartoon
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The main characters have green and blue skin.
* AndYouWereThere: Dennis Hopper voices the father and King Norman.
* BigBad: King Norman is the greedy leader of the robot Normals who rule over Groovenia and suppress creativity.
* ChivalrousPervert: Suavo makes it very clear how attracted to Glindy he is upon meeting her. Nevertheless, he's consistently polite and respectful towards her.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Swirly.
* DerangedAnimation: Considering Kenny Scharf's [[https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tok=VCDt7HsCWeliyjCzoICK1Q&cp=8&gs_id=12&xhr=t&q=kenny+scharf&rlz=1C2TSNO_enUS459US459&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=655&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=0QsSUNvFA8Sn6wGs_4GgAQ typical artwork]], this should be expected.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** The scene where Jet sticks the key into Zazzy's "slot".
** Not to mention the brief scene with Glindy meeting her "boss"- represented as [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles a giant tentacle who wraps itself around her]].
%%* FanDisservice: King Norman in a bikini.
%% * FantasyForbiddingFather: Both of Jet's parents count.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Lalasha has the most human-like design out of the three Groovenians, has large breasts, and dresses very provocatively.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The parents and Norman say that you can't just have fun all the time, and you have to take responsibility for your life.
* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: The special is set on two planets called Jeepers and Groovenia with no mention of Earth.
%% * MindScrew: Just...one...long...mind screw.
* MoodWhiplash: "The Money Song" ends on a very goofy tone, with King Norman saying "Money really floats my boooooat" in a drawn out way while swinging a bowler hat and walking off a stage like a vaudeville performer. He follows up the song with a ''surprisingly'' intense EvilLaugh.
%%* MultiBoobage: The Groovian flight attendant.
* PopStarComposer: The B-52s did the title song, while [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Mutato]] [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxter Muzika]] did the background music and the [[VillainSong Money Song]].
* SettleForSibling: Jet's parents attempt to marry him off to Glindy's sister Yelda. Glindy manages to break free and run off with Jet in time.
* ShoutOut: King Norman says in his VillainSong that [[Film/{{Cabaret}} money makes his world go round]].
%% * TakeThatCritics: Some people believe that this is what Scharf was trying to say through his characters.
* TemptingFate: After Glindy says "Could this place get any better?" King Norman and his goons show up.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Lalasha and Swirly, respectively.
%% * TotallyRadical
* {{Tsundere}}: Swirly is very open about her conflicting feelings for Suavo.
%% * VillainSong: "The Money Song".
* VisualPun: When the Groovenians are paying their taxes to the Normals, their "money" consists of a thick, green liquid- they literally have "liquid funds".
* WeWillMeetAgain: Norman vows that he'll be back to get Glindy and Jet. It's possible that if the pilot succeeded, he would have been the main villain of the series.
** Jet's father claims says that Glindy and Jet will be back.
%%* WomanScorned: Glindy's sister after Jet leaves her.
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