Millionaire Astro

"Millionaire Astro" is the sixteenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on January 6, 1963 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

A rich man claims to be Astro's legal owner, forcing the Jetsons to go up against him in court for ownership.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gatekeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Rivets
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * 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"| Withers
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.P. Gottrockets
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hal Smith
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Perry Spacen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dogcatcher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.P. Gottrockets
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hal Smith
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Perry Spacen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dogcatcher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dogcatcher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Organizations

 * Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

 * Orbit City
 * Spacely Space Sprockets factory
 * Skypad Apartments
 * J.P. Gottrockets's residence
 * County courthouse
 * Miami (mentioned)
 * Honolulu (mentioned)
 * Riviera (mentioned)

Objects

 * Jury-Vac (voiced by Don Messick)
 * Photo of Jetsons

Vehicles

 * Flying 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

 * This episode elaborates on how Elroy found Astro in "The Coming of Astro", which only showed Elroy arriving with Astro at the apartment.
 * George's workday ends at 3pm (although Spacely is always calling him to do something that is clearly outside of 3pm).
 * This is the first time in an episode (and outside of the closing credits) that George yells "Jane, stop this crazy thing" in reference to the automatic dog walker he gets trapped on.
 * Astro is described as being 5'9" and 115 pounds.
 * Astro's real name before being with the Jetsons, was apparently Tralfaz.
 * Perry Spacen is a reference to the TV character Perry Mason.

Errors

 * It's unclear if Gottrocks was the real owner of Astro, because Astro didn't recognize him and didn't acknowledge that Tralfaz was his real name. It may be because Gottrocks possibly confused him with another dog, or that Astro appeared ignorant because he didn't like the name.
 * Despite being called J.P., the front entrance of his estate says "G.P. Gottrockets."

Everlasting influence

 * In 1997, Landoll's published an adaptation, which was reproduced in 2001 by Golden Books.

Home availability

 * Warner Home Video released this episode was onto DVD in the United States for the first time on May 11, 2004, as part of The Jetsons: The Complete First Season. They released it on May 23, 2017, and then again in The Jetsons: The Complete Series on October 13, 2020.
 * The Warner Archive Collection released the episode onto Blu-ray Disc for the first time, as part of The Jetsons: The Compete Original Series, on September 10, 2019.