Urges

"Urges" is the eighth and final episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the eighteenth overall. It aired on October 20, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Nell Scovell and Joel Hodgson.

Zorak is desperate to get off the show due to his mating season, so he tries to trick Space Ghost into believing he has already interviewed TV star Catherine Bach and singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet.

Memorable quotes
Moltar: Every seven years it's the same thing: Mantis mating season.

Space Ghost: Looks like Zorak's made a love connection.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Zorak
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Moltar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| C. Martin Croker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Carl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Space Ghost
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Lowe
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Catherine Bach
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Zorak's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Gino Vannelli
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Matthew Sweet
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Steve Allen
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Arthur Godfrey
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Dan Aykroyd
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Female mantis
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Elizabeth Barret Browning
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ted Turner
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jonny Quest
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hadji
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bandit
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Igoo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Elizabeth Barret Browning
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ted Turner
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jonny Quest
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hadji
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bandit
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Igoo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Muttley
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Igoo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Igoo
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * The Original Way Outs
 * Three Dog Night (mentioned)

Locations

 * Ghost Planet
 * Studio
 * Earth (indirectly mentioned)
 * South Africa (mentioned)
 * Africa (mentioned)
 * Atlantic Ocean (mentioned)
 * Zorak's planet

Objects

 * Power bands
 * TV Today
 * Sonnets from the Portuguese (mentioned)
 * Harmony (mentioned)

Vehicles

 * Phantom Cruiser

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1995.

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

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 20, 1995 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The sitcom That Girl is parodied at the beginning of the episode when Zorak points out a female mantis by saying "That girl!" who has a black wig resembling the title character, Ann Marie, before the scene cuts to the theme song which also sounds similar to That Girl, then the end credits feature a pink kite with the caricature of which was used as a logo for the series.
 * Space Ghost mentions The Dukes of Hazzard and the characters, Daisy Duke and Boss Hog.
 * Space Ghost and Catherine allude to her show African Skies, although that had already ended a year before this episode was aired.
 * Matthew mentions the film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
 * Over the Cartoon Network logo during the end credits, the repeated line is of Zorak saying "It's not funny" followed by Space Ghost laughing.

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.