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As of 2021 it was being rerun early Sunday mornings on Creator/MeTV as the tail end of their late night Saturday science fiction block.

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Currently being rerun early Sunday mornings on Creator/MeTV as the tail end of their late night Saturday science fiction block.

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* AstralProjection: One of Matthew's powers is to be able to leave his body and travel around incorporeally.
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* Early Installment Weirdness: In the pilot, Matthew was named David. He experienced strange dreams, apparently caused by his guardian, Max, playing with a voodoo-like doll of David. The origin of his powers was never explained in the pilot. David also flashed blue when he was using his powers.
* Human Outside, Alien Inside: Matthew and Shep look human in every way, except they have two hearts.
* Interspecies Romance: Matthew and Pam
* Psychic Powers: Matthew Star reads a girl's mind in "Predictions"
* Second Episode Substitute: In the second pilot, Shep replaces Max as Matthew's guardian.
* Genre Shift: The second half of the series shifts from a sci-fi drama to more of a cop show, in which Matthew and Shep work for the government and no longer attend school.

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* Early Installment Weirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the pilot, Matthew was named David. He experienced strange dreams, apparently caused by his guardian, Max, playing with a voodoo-like doll of David. The origin of his powers was never explained in the pilot. David also flashed blue when he was using his powers.
* Human Outside, Alien Inside: Matthew and Shep look human in every way, except they have two hearts.
* Interspecies Romance: Matthew and Pam
* Psychic Powers: Matthew Star reads a girl's mind in "Predictions"
* Second Episode Substitute: In the second pilot, Shep replaces Max as Matthew's guardian.
* Genre Shift:
GenreShift: The second half of the series shifts from a sci-fi drama to more of a cop show, in which Matthew and Shep work for the government and no longer attend school.school.
* HumanOutsideAlienInside: Matthew and Shep look human in every way, except they have two hearts.
* InterspeciesRomance: Matthew and Pam
* PsychicPowers: Matthew Star reads a girl's mind in "Predictions"
* SecondEpisodeSubstitute: In the second pilot, Shep replaces Max as Matthew's guardian.
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[[caption-width-right:350:He's a high school superhunk... and a secret superhero!]]

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* Interspecies Romance: Matthew is an alien with two hearts while Pam is a human

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* Early Installment Weirdness: In the pilot, Matthew was named David. He experienced strange dreams, apparently caused by his guardian, Max, playing with a voodoo-like doll of David. The origin of his powers was never explained in the pilot. David also flashed blue when he was using his powers.
* Human Outside, Alien Inside: Matthew and Shep look human in every way, except they have two hearts.
* Interspecies Romance: Matthew is an alien with two hearts while Pam is a humanand Pam



* Retool: The second half of the series shifts from a sci-fi drama to more of a cop show, in which Matthew and Shep work for the government.

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* Retool: Second Episode Substitute: In the second pilot, Shep replaces Max as Matthew's guardian.
* Genre Shift:
The second half of the series shifts from a sci-fi drama to more of a cop show, in which Matthew and Shep work for the government.government and no longer attend school.
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->''"Here on Earth, the prince is known as Matthew Star. He is a typical American teenager. He has friends, people who love him. And me, his guardian. I'm the only one who knows how special he is.''

->''Life for us is a series of joys and dangers, for enemy assassins constantly come to destroy us.''

->''Alone, we must survive."''

''The Powers of Matthew Star'' was a sci-fi TV show which aired on Creator/{{NBC}} from 1982-1983.

Matthew Star is a seemingly normal teenage boy whose true identity is E'Hawke, an alien prince from Quadris with super powers. He lives with his guardian, Shep, whose true name is D'Hai.

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* Interspecies Romance: Matthew is an alien with two hearts while Pam is a human
* Psychic Powers: Matthew Star reads a girl's mind in "Predictions"
* Retool: The second half of the series shifts from a sci-fi drama to more of a cop show, in which Matthew and Shep work for the government.
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