The Odd Pod

'"The Odd Pod" is the eighth episode of The Jetsons season three, and the seventy-first overall. It aired on November 6, 1987 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Barry Blitzer, and directed by Art Davis, Charlie Downs, Oscar Dufau, Paul Sommer, and Gordon Hunt.

George buys Jane a new plant called the Martian Creeper to win at the annual Garden Club show, but it has a mind of its own and is impossible to get rid of.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jane Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Squeaky
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mrs. Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cosmo Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rosie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Florist
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Lorenzo Music
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Martian Creeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Einstein
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| R.U.D.I.
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Three of the barbershop quartet
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arthur Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dick Beals
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Martian cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Garden Club host
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judges
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| R.U.D.I.
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Three of the barbershop quartet
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arthur Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dick Beals
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Martian cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Garden Club host
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judges
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Garden Club host
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judges
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judges
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Sky Pad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * Spacely residence
 * Far-Out Florists
 * Spacely Space Sprockets building
 * The Garden Club Exhibit Hall
 * Mars

Objects

 * Visaphones

Vehicles

 * Flying cars

Music
The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 6, 1987 in syndication

Errors

 * George says "Far-Out Florists," when the sign says "Far-Out Flowers."
 * "Garden" is spelled "Gahden" on the garden club building.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 13, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 3 on DVD.
 * October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * June 21, 2022: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series on DVD.