Elroy Jetson
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Elroy Jetson | |
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Species | Human |
Gender | Male |
Affiliation | Rosie Astro Orbitty Henry Orbit |
Occupation | Elementary school student |
Father | George Jetson |
Mother | Jane Jetson |
Sister(s) | Judy Jetson |
Grandfather(s) | Great-grandfather, Montague Jetson |
Marital status | Single |
First appearance | TJ: "Rosey the Robot" (1962) |
Played by | Daws Butler (1962-88) Patric Zimmerman (1990) Jeff Bergman (2001) Tom Kenny (2004} Trevor Devall (2017) |
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Elroy Jetson is one of the main characters of the Jetsons animated franchise. His voice was originated by Daws Butler.
Elroy is the second child and only son of the George & Jane. He and his family live in Orbit City in the distant year of 2062.
Character description
Elroy is a child prodigy, and is very intelligent for a kid of his age. He attends at Little Dipper School, where he studies space history, astrophysics and star geometry. Elroy is fond of anything that involves gadgets and robotics, and is at one time, an active member of the Space Cub Troop. He is a good, mild-mannered child, and is the one who befriended his family's two pets, Astro and Orbitty. For Astro in particular, the two go along as best friends.
Appearances
TV series
- The Jetsons
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
- 2.5 "Back to the Present"
- Teen Titans Go!
- 8.24 "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" (no lines)
- Jellystone!
- 2.1 "Meet the Jetsons" (no lines)
Movies
- The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
- Rockin' with Judy Jetson
- Jetsons: The Movie
- The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
Specials
- Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (no lines)
- The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (no lines)
Shorts
- Spümcø shorts
- 1.1 "Father & Son Day"
- 1.2 "The Best Son"
- "Everyone" (no lines)
- "The Jetsons" (no lines)
- "Jane's Birthday"
Comics
Books
Video games
Theme park rides
Biography
His Boy Elroy
Elroy in the Funny Books
Marvel's Laff-A-Lympics
Development
Gallery
- Main article: Elroy Jetson/Gallery
Toys and merchandise
- Main article: Elroy Jetson/Toys
Behind the scenes
- In an interview with The Wichita Eagle, Daws Butler cited his four sons – David, Don, Paul, and Charles – as influence for his portrayal of Elroy, citing them as "technical performers" for the role. They apparently offered ideas about Elroy's portrayal to their father when Butler worked at his home studio.[1]
In popular culture
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- Main article: List of pop culture references to Jetsons
- In the Full House episode "The First Day at School," Danny has bought a Jetsons lunch box for Stephanie's first day of kindergarten. Joey makes the flying car sound effects as he takes it to her. He then pretends to be George saying hello to Jane, Elroy, and Astro.
- In the film Boyz n the Hood, Doughboy makes fun of Dooky by calling him Elroy Jetson after he talks about the existence of God and how he would have to have made the sun, moon, and stars.
- Roxie calls Miles Elroy Jetson in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch episode "Beach Blanket Bizarro."
- In The Fairly OddParents TV movie Channel Chasers (part 1), Timmy zaps himself into the world of The Futurellis, in which Timmy is dressed like Elroy and drives a flying car.
- In the George Lopez episode "Leave It to Lopez," George dreams that his family is now the Jetsons living in Orbit City. His son, Max, is naturally Elroy.
- In the Gilmore Girls episode "Introducing Lorelei Planetarium," Lorelei quipped that Christopher's new flat screen TV is something out of The Jetsons, even adding, "Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy," from the theme song. She also gets confused by thinking Elroy might be called Leroy, but Christopher says she was correct the first time.
- Elroy (along with his family) appears as a painting in Kanye West's animated music video for "Heartless."
- When West performed the song live on stage in the Saturday Night Live episode "Hugh Laurie/Kanye West," with the music video playing behind him with the scene of Elroy chosen against the other members of the family.
- In the DTV movie Futurama: Bender's Game (cut as part 2 when aired as part of the TV series), Rosie has been sent to the HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots for killing Astro and possibly Elroy for being dirty, only referring to the latter by name.
- In "Episode 18" (series 7) of the UK BBC One game show Pointless, the first round of questions that fell into the "Cartoon" category is Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, with host Alexander Armstrong showing an image of several of them together. The contestants have to be able to pick out all the obscure characters that 100 anonymous public people had been able to guess. Neil picked Elroy, which three of the anonymous public had been able to guess correctly, adding to their 100 points, which is actually bad because the lowest points win, and points aren't taken down for winning, because his partner, Gary, had picked Judy despite not being in the photo, costing them the 100 points they start with. Yes, it's confusing.
- In the Teen Titans Go! episode "Robin Backwards," Boy Beast, a Bizarro World counterpart to Beast Boy, is a dog who can transform into any boy in the world, including the Bizarro version of Elroy.
- In the Wander Over Yonder episode "The Cartoon," Dominator watches The Mystery Kids Mysteries, which includes a green dog called Soosy Du, who has somewhat of a resemblance to Soos Rodriguez from Gravity Falls, while wearing a hat and collars similar to Elroy. Mavis, one of the kids who own Soosy, also dresses like Elroy's sister, Judy.
- For the 2021 Halloween special of Live with Kelly and Ryan, Art Moore, one of the show's executives, was dressed as Elroy.
Drawn Together
- Main article: Drawn Together
- "Foxxy vs the Board of Education:" Elroy is one of the children captured by Hans.
- "A Tales of Two Cows:" Live Action Cow kills Elroy alongside his family. Rosie can be seen carrying his corpse.
Family Guy
- Main article: Family Guy
- "Brian in Love:" We get to see what happens after the closing titles, when George eventually finds his way back inside the house after being left screaming for Jane on the treadmill, with bruises and a torn shirt. He excuses Elroy to leave, so he can chastise Jane for not hearing his cries for help. Jane can only apologize, although she is not forgiven. MacFarlane voices Elroy.
- "From Method to Madness:" Peter thinks it's fine for Stewie to go into acting at such a young age because he thinks Elroy turned out okay. But Elroy has grown up to become a poor drunk. He gets taken out of a bar by its bouncer and put into a taxi driven by another former child star Bamm-Bamm. The bouncer tells Bamm-Bamm to take Elroy home, but he wants to go to Astro's grave, instead. Elroy and Bamm-Bamm later attended one of Stewie's terrible one-man shows. MacFarlane voices Elroy.
- "Something, Something, Something Dark Side": Among the probes shot out of the Star Destroyer is Elroy in his pod on his way to Little Dipper School. This is accompanied by the "His boy, Elroy" part of the theme song.
The Simpsons
- Main article: The Simpsons
- "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner:" A video at the Out-of-Date Futureland exhibit describes what an alternate futuristic 1994 will be like, where families drive. The son somewhat resembles Elroy.
- "My Fare Lady:" There are two opening sequences, with the second being a parody of the opening sequence to The Jetsons, with Bart, who resembles Elroy, is shot off in a pod to Spacefield Elementary like Elroy is shot off to Little Dipper.
References
- ^ MeTV Staff (October 13, 2023). "Daws Butler's sons helped him become Elroy Jetson". MeTV.