The Space Car

"The Space Car" is the fourth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on October 14, 1962, on ABC. It was written by Barry E. Blitzer and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

A mix up causes George and Jane to get into the identical flying car of the bank robber, Knuckles Nuclear.

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"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gloria
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Knuckles Nuclear
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Knuckles Nuclear's moll
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank guard #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank guard #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank manager
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Orbit
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.B.
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Board member #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Board member #2
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Car dealer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's husband
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Car dealer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's husband
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Locations

 * Earth
 * Orbit City
 * Skypad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * 1st National Fly In Bank
 * Molecular Motors
 * Mars

Objects

 * Fooder-Aca-Cycle
 * Visaphone
 * Morning masks
 * Baby gas gun
 * Come Clean

Vehicles

 * Space cars

Aftermath
When The Jetsons originally aired, no title cards were present. They were only added when the series was revived in the 1980s, and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency. Notably, they all include Orbitty, who wasn't in the original series.

Behind the scenes

 * On The Jetsons: The Complete First Season, this is the fifth episode.

Errors

 * When talking through the visaphone, Jane still has to tell George it's her, but this may have be done as a joke more than anything else.