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1->''The OSS Oklahoma: A state of the art medium sized vessel in Earth space fleet with a crew of ten officers on the bridge. Currently on its mission: exploring the far reaches of space and supporting the needs of and defending our outposts and bases. The Oklahoma has been voted 'most fun' in the fleet the last three years.''
2-->-- '''Commander Richard Amos, executive officer'''
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4''Outer Space Astronauts'' is a TV series about the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits crew]] of the spaceship OSS Oklahoma and their adventures in space. The show is built on the fact that everyone is hilariously incompetent at their job as well as quite a bit crazy.
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6Everything is (badly) animated, except for the heads of the characters. Those are all played by actors and greenscreened onto the animated bodies. This contributes to the silly feel of the show quite well.
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9!!Outer Space Astronauts provides examples of:
10%% * AliensSpeakingEnglish: It sounds like either directly translated English or painfully forced English.
11%% * AnachronicOrder: Complete with an explanation of what a prequel is
12* AnachronismStew:Pay phones will still be a common sight well into the future apparently and that's just the start.
13%% * AndroidsArePeopleToo: {{Defied| Trope}}
14%% * BearsAreBadNews: Referenced by Johnny and Amos.
15%% * CarpetOfVirility: Security officer Andy
16%% * CutenessProximity: Sunny, first demonstrated with a stray cuddlepuff.
17%% * DeadpanSnarker:Brimley
18%% * TheDitz: Eighty percent of the crew, including the robot!
19%% * DoingItWrong:From the opening cinematic: Efficiency test failed! Try again?
20%% * DressCode:Loosely followed by the Oklahoma's crew.
21%% * DrunkDriver: Referenced in the opening but never actually partaken by any of the characters.
22%% * DrunkWithPower:called out by name by Amos
23* EatingTheEnemy: After the cuddle puff knocks out most of the human crew Kak comes in, mistakes the puff for a snack, and simply eats it.
24* EconomyCast: The state of the art OSS Oklahoma has a crew of ten.
25%% * ExoticEquipment: Kak apparently packed enough tentacles to paint the room under that ChainmailBikini.
26%% * FaceFullOfAlienWingWong
27* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Kak the red-skinned and scantily-clad alien girl who otherwise looks (outwardly) human.
28%% * HopelessWithTech:Kennedy
29%% * HumanoidAliens
30%% * HumansAreWarriors:Subverted, the aliens seem to be much better fighters.
31%% * ICallItVera: The mechanic Pinto's tools
32%% * {{Jerkass}}:Brimely, Kennedy and Captain Ripley.
33%% * LifeEnergy: They have a machine that detects it, not that anyone in the crew actually knows what it is.
34%% * {{Mooning}}: The paint job of delta gamma theta's ship includes a picture of it.
35%% * PassedOverPromotion:Amos
36%% * ThePigPen: Pilot Johnny
37* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Parodied. "These readings are off the chart!" "Well, they're ''on'' the chart; they're just, near the ''top''."
38%% * TheRival: Supposedly the OSS Texas's crew
39%% * RobotBuddy: Kyle 14
40%% * {{Satire}}
41%% * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Part of what makes the captain(s) so sorry.
42%% * ShapedLikeItself
43%% * SpaceIsNoisy: Or as Kennedy points out, it shouldn't be.
44%% * SpikesOfVillainy:The aliens in the first episode and Kak.
45%% * TheStarscream: Dennis Cake during his time on the Oklahoma.
46%% * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: PlayedForLaughs
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