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* TrollingCreator: There's no way the uncut version of "Fire Ant" (that is, Space Ghost crawling after an ant for 10 minutes) could be seen as anything but this.

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There's no way the uncut version of "Fire Ant" (that is, Space Ghost crawling after an ant for 10 minutes) could be seen as anything but this.

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Old Shame is an IUEO trope. Reclassifying.


* CreatorBacklash: It's commonly believed to be this to Mike Lazzo, who went on record saying that the show is "dead to him". Really, he's just done all he wanted to with the property and doesn't wish to return to it outside of the occasional cameo appearance. It is strange at the same time though, considering this is the show that jumpstarted the entire Cartoon Network into more than a rerun farm.



* OldShame: It's commonly believed to be this to Mike Lazzo, who went on record saying that the show is "dead to him". Really, he's just done all he wanted to with the property and doesn't wish to return to it outside of the occasional cameo appearance. It is strange at the same time though, considering this is the show that jumpstarted the entire Cartoon Network into more than a rerun farm.

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Talking To Himself is now a redirect to Talking To Themselves. Reclassifying.


* ActingForTwo: C. Martin Croker voices Zorak and Moltar (though his voice was pitched down electronically for Moltar's lines).



* TalkingToHimself: C. Martin Croker voices Zorak and Moltar (though his voice was pitched down electronically for Moltar's lines).
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* NamesTheSame: Seasons 3 and 4 each have an episode named "Switcheroo". Both have different premises.
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it wasn't adult swim yet


** The episode "Baffler Meal" features outdated, preliminary versions of the WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce, as the episode was originally written back in 1999. However, as Adult Swim felt there was too much focus on the Aqua Teens rather than the Space Ghost gang, the script got rejected. [[note]][[RecycledScript Bits and pieces of the script would get reused in the episode "Kentucky Nightmare"]].[[/note]] Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, who wrote the episode, didn't want the Aqua Teens to go to waste so they put them in their own series, which became successful enough that Adult Swim eventually allowed the crew to finish "Baffler Meal".

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** The episode "Baffler Meal" features outdated, preliminary versions of the WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce, as the episode was originally written back in 1999. However, as Adult Swim it was felt that there was too much focus on the Aqua Teens rather than the Space Ghost gang, the script got rejected. [[note]][[RecycledScript Bits and pieces of the script would get reused in the episode "Kentucky Nightmare"]].[[/note]] Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, who wrote the episode, didn't want the Aqua Teens to go to waste so they put them in their own series, which became successful enough that Adult Swim eventually allowed the crew to finish "Baffler Meal".

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the opening was cut before the episode was broadcast


** "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).
** 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.

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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).
** 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.
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*** Fellow alumni Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy (playing as Tom Servo in-character) also recorded interviews, but they were not used.
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* InMemoriam: "Sharrock," a tribute to musician Sonny Sharrock.

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* InMemoriam: "Sharrock," a tribute to musician Sonny Sharrock.Sharrock who had composed music, including the theme, for the show.
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TRS cleanup


* WriterRevolt: "Joshua" was the last episode written for the 1997 season, which was the longest season of the show. By this time, the writers were exhausted, so they didn't even bother to come up with a plot or do traditional interviews, and instead opted to write a series of sketches, with the motif tying it all together being a paid program starring Space Ghost. Despite their cranky mood (or perhaps because of it), "Joshua" ended up being one of the funniest episodes of the series, thanks to its SomethingCompletelyDifferent style, mixed with quite a bit of SelfDeprecation and DeconstructiveParody.

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* WriterRevolt: "Joshua" was the last episode written for the 1997 season, which was the longest season of the show. By this time, the writers were exhausted, so they didn't even bother to come up with a plot or do traditional interviews, and instead opted to write a series of sketches, with the motif tying it all together being a paid program starring Space Ghost. Despite their cranky mood (or perhaps because of it), "Joshua" ended up being one of the funniest episodes of the series, thanks to its SomethingCompletelyDifferent unusual style, mixed with quite a bit of SelfDeprecation and DeconstructiveParody.
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** "Glen Campbell": The audio from ''TheSimpsons'' clip at the beginning was removed, along with a line from Space Ghost ("Which one is Homer again? The baby?"), and an additional audio clip of Mr. Burns after the credits.

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** "Glen Campbell": The audio from ''TheSimpsons'' ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' clip at the beginning was removed, along with a line from Space Ghost ("Which one is Homer again? The baby?"), and an additional audio clip of Mr. Burns after the credits.

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Moving some trope on here to the YMMV page.


* 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".



* IAmNotSpock: Creator/JoelHodgson is not pleased with Space Ghost confusing him with his character 'Joel Robinson'.

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* IAmNotSpock: Creator/JoelHodgson is not pleased with Space Ghost confusing him with his character 'Joel Robinson'.'[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Joel Robinson]]'.



* OlderThanTheyThink:
** The two Bangladesh guys Mujibur and Sirajul, briefly featured in "Hungry", actually were previously featured in recurring segments on ''Series/LateNight With David Letterman''. Hence why they keep exclaiming "Hi, Dave!"
** The "Hoona Igna Chowa Neha" line in "Fire Ant" was actually said in an old ''Dino Boy'' episode.

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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=] 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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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.



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

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



* TheOtherDarrin: A variation: Gary Owens, the voice of WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost in the original 1960s cartoon, is used by the current Space Ghost's former mentor, Warren, as a replicant so he could have Space Ghost on his own show. Gary is rendered as an image of Space Ghost over a boiling cauldron that occasionally blinks into his real face. The real Space Ghost, feeling that Warren violated their trust as mentor and student, confronts him and Gary to reclaim his identity.

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A variation: Gary Owens, the voice of WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost in the original 1960s cartoon, is used by the current Space Ghost's former mentor, Warren, as a replicant so he could have Space Ghost on his own show. Gary is rendered as an image of Space Ghost over a boiling cauldron that occasionally blinks into his real face. The real Space Ghost, feeling that Warren violated their trust as mentor and student, confronts him and Gary to reclaim his identity.



* 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). There's also the three Mommentary episodes, which is just Kentucky Nightmare ''again'' but with various commentaries over it.
** ''Very noticeable'' during "Baffler Meal", where Willie Nelson only gets 4 or 5 lines, all recycled from "Kentucky Nightmare".

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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). There's also the three Mommentary episodes, which is just Kentucky Nightmare "Kentucky Nightmare" ''again'' but with various commentaries over it.
** ''Very noticeable'' during "Baffler Meal", where Willie Nelson only gets 4 or 5 lines, all recycled from "Kentucky Nightmare".
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* ThrowItIn: Between takes, George Lowe was complaining about how some fruit baskets he bought around Christmas time were 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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Between takes, George Lowe was complaining about how some fruit baskets he bought around Christmas time were received by people at Creator/CartoonNetwork. When putting the show together, they decided to use this bit during the intro for ''Fire Drill''.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As it was created as a BackdoorPilot (but broadcast after the series' launch), the episode "Baffler Meal" features outdated, preliminary versions of the WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce just 'cause.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As it was created as a BackdoorPilot (but broadcast after the series' launch), the WhatCouldHaveBeen:
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episode "Baffler Meal" features outdated, preliminary versions of the WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce just 'cause.WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce, as the episode was originally written back in 1999. However, as Adult Swim felt there was too much focus on the Aqua Teens rather than the Space Ghost gang, the script got rejected. [[note]][[RecycledScript Bits and pieces of the script would get reused in the episode "Kentucky Nightmare"]].[[/note]] Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, who wrote the episode, didn't want the Aqua Teens to go to waste so they put them in their own series, which became successful enough that Adult Swim eventually allowed the crew to finish "Baffler Meal".
*** Speaking of which, the episode originally featured a fourth Aqua Teen named Napkin Lad, who was meant to promote cleanliness but got killed by Zorak who poured water on him. He ended up being scrapped from the episode since the crew wasn't sure if they wanted him in the episode at all. Napkin Lad would eventually make a sole appearance in an episode of the [=ATHF=] series as a spy.
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* ColbertBump: It's likely the show got this from Turner Home Entertainment attaching a mini-episode with SG interviewing Creator/JimCarrey at the end of the VHS release of ''Film/TheMask''.
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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).

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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). There's also the three Mommentary episodes, which is just Kentucky Nightmare ''again'' but with various commentaries over it.
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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}} (which had been switched between being cut and left-in during subsequent broadcasts).

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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}} (which had been switched between being cut and left-in during subsequent broadcasts). The completely uncut version shows up on [adult swim]'s website from time to time though.



* OldShame: It's commonly believed to be this to Mike Lazzo, who went on record saying that the show is "dead to him". Really, he's just done all he wanted to with the property and doesn't wish to return to it outside of the occasional cameo appearance.

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* OldShame: It's commonly believed to be this to Mike Lazzo, who went on record saying that the show is "dead to him". Really, he's just done all he wanted to with the property and doesn't wish to return to it outside of the occasional cameo appearance. It is strange at the same time though, considering this is the show that jumpstarted the entire Cartoon Network into more than a rerun farm.

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