Explode

"Explode" is the first episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season three, and the nineteenth overall. It aired on February 2, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Nell Scovell and Joel Hodgson.

Lokar tries to persuade Moltar to defect to his talk show, while Space Ghost interviews Monty Pythonite Terry Jones, and the musician, Glen Phillips, who Space Ghost can't get away from quickly enough.

Memorable quotes
Lokar: Oh, look, it's Captain Cliché. Space Ghost: Where? Lokar: You, you fool.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lokar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Andy Merrill
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Buckley
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sununu
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Powell
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| David Hasselhoff
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Lowe
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Terry Jones
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Eddie George
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Benny Hill
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Queen Elizabeth II
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sarah, Duchess of York
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Prince Charles
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Princess Diana
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Freddie Mercury
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Glen Phillips
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Rex Stardust
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| British announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Peel
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Benny Hill
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Queen Elizabeth II
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sarah, Duchess of York
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Prince Charles
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Princess Diana
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Freddie Mercury
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Glen Phillips
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Rex Stardust
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| British announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Peel
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Freddie Mercury
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Glen Phillips
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Rex Stardust
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| British announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Peel
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| British announcer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Peel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Peel

Organizations

 * The Original Way Outs
 * Monty Python (mentioned)
 * Toad the Wet Sprocket (mentioned)
 * British royal family (mentioned)

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth
 * United States (mentioned)
 * France (mentioned)
 * England (mentioned)
 * London (indirectly mentioned)
 * Bank of England (mentioned)
 * Buckingham Palace (mentioned)
 * Finland (mentioned)

Objects

 * Power bands

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1996.

Music
The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: February 2, 1996 on Cartoon Network; February 9, 1996 as part of "The Dark Side of the Ghost Planet Planetarium Tour;"

Behind the scenes

 * Ultraseven, a character in the Ultraman series, is Moltar's agent.
 * There is a new design for the end credits where they are all put on one page.
 * Over the Cartoon Network logo during the end credits, the repeated line, is of Space Ghost making noises with his hand.
 * After the end credits, a British announcer tells the audience that next on Cartoon Network, Ghost Planet will explode which it does. The screen shows Ghost Planet and Cartoon Network's name in the style of the 1986 BBC logo at the time. This is not included in the DVD release.

Everlasting influence

 * This episode was mentioned in the Veronica Mars episode "There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill." Rob Thomas, the creator of Veronica Mars, wrote this episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 18, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * June 6, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
 * November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.