Invasion of the Booby Hatchers

"Invasion of the Booby Hatchers" is the first episode of Laverne & Shirley season one. It aired on October 10, 1981 on ABC. It was written by Tom Swale and Duane Poole.

While guarding a rocket, Laverne and Shirley accidentally get inside and launch it off into space to discover an alien invasion is looming over the Earth, and worse the aliens want their help.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Laverne DeFazio
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Penny Marshall
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shirley Feeney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cindy Williams
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant Squealy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ron Palillo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant Turnbuckle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kenneth Mars
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zarkon
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zarkon's superior
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jules Verne
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gamma-6
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zarkon's superior
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jules Verne
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gamma-6
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gamma-6
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * United States Army

Locations

 * Earth
 * Camp Fillmore
 * Connecticut
 * New Haven
 * Yale University
 * Detroit
 * South Dakota
 * Mount Rushmore
 * California
 * Malibu
 * The Moon
 * Venus
 * Galdaswain

Objects

 * Boo Boo Kitty

Vehicles

 * Army rocket

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is an allusion to the 1958 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (as well as the 1978 remake).
 * Boo Boo Kitty is also from the live-action Laverne & Shirley show.