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Astro's Top Secret
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	December 9, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon; Penny Singleton; Daws Butler; Don Messick; Mel Blanc; Howard Morris; Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Astro's Top Secret" is the twelfth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on December 9, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

After Astro swallows Elroy's flying toy car, Mr. Cogswell gets him dognapped to figure out the secret, as he thinks Spacely will try to put him out of business.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Astro	Don Messick
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Mr. Cogswell	Daws Butler
Harlan	Howard Morris
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Moonstone	Daws Butler
Marilyn	Jean Vander Pyl

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Orbit City
    - Skypad Apartments
      - Jetson residence
  - Moonside Country Club
  - Cogswell Cogs building
  - Spacely Space Sprockets building

Objects

Oral computer

Vehicles

Flying cars

Production

Development

Filming

Aftermath

When The Jetsons originally aired, no title cards were present. They were only added when the series was revived in 1985, and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency when they were all packaged together for The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. Notably, they all include Orbitty, who wasn't in the original series.

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: December 9, 1962 on ABC
United Kingdom and Ireland: September 18, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

Judy is absent.

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	秘密兵器アストロ	Secret Weapon Astro

Home availability

In the United States:
- May 11, 2004: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete First Season on DVD.
- May 23, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete First Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
- September 10, 2019: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: The Complete Original Series on Blu-ray Disc.
- October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
- June 21, 2022: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series on DVD.

References

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-[[File:Jetsons 112 title card.png|thumb|300px|On-screen title card added in 1985.]]
+{{Infobox episode
-'''"Astro's Top Secret"''' is the twelfth episode of ''[[The Jetsons (TV series)|The Jetsons]]'' season one. It aired on December 9, 1962 on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Tony Benedict]], and produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joe Barbera]], the creators of the show and the co-founders of [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]].
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+|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
+|writers= [[Tony Benedict]]
+|directors= [[William Hanna]]
+|vodirectors= [[Joseph Barbera]]
+|previous= A Visit from Grandpa
+|next= Elroy's Pal
+|title_card= [[File:TJ 112 title card.png|300px]]
+}}
+'''"Astro's Top Secret"''' is the twelfth episode of ''[[The Jetsons (TV series)|The Jetsons]]'' season one. It aired on [[December 9]], [[1962]] on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Tony Benedict]] and produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the creators of the series and the founders of [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]].
-After [[Astro]] swallows [[Elroy Jetson|Elroy]]'s flying toy car, [[Mr. Cogswell]] gets him dognapped to figure out the secret, which he thinks [[Cosmo Spacely|Spacely]] will try to put him out of business with.
+After Astro swallows Elroy's flying toy car, Mr. Cogswell gets him dognapped to figure out the secret, as he thinks Spacely will try to put him out of business.
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
 ==Characters==
-In order of appearance:
+{{CastTop}}
+|-
-''Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics''
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[George Jetson]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[George O'Hanlon]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Astro]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Don Messick]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jane Jetson]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Penny Singleton]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Cosmo Spacely]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mr. Cogswell]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daws Butler]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Harlan]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Howard Morris]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Elroy Jetson]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Moonstone]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Marilyn]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
+|-
+{{CastBottom}}
-* [[George Jetson]] ([[George O'Hanlon]])
+==Organizations==
-* [[Astro]] ([[Don Messick]])
+* [[Spacely Space Sprockets|Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc.]]
-* [[Jane Jetson]] ([[Penny Singleton]])
+* [[Cogswell Cogs]]
-* [[Cosmo Spacely]] ([[Mel Blanc]])
-* [[Mr. Cogswell]] ([[Daws Butler]])
-* [[Harlan]] ([[Howard Morris]])
-* [[Elroy Jetson]] (Daws Butler)
-* [[Moonstone]] (Daws Butler)
-* [[Marilyn]] ([[Jean Vander Pyl]])
 ==Locations==
-* [[Orbit City]]
+* [[Earth]]
-** [[Skypad Apartments]]
+** [[United States]]
-*** Jetsons' apartment
+*** [[Orbit City]]
-** [[Moonside Country Club]] (only appearance)
+**** [[Skypad Apartments]]
-** Cogswell Cogs
+***** [[Jetson residence]]
-** [[Spacely Space Sprockets]]
+*** [[Moonside Country Club]]
-*** Spacely's office
+*** Cogswell Cogs building
-*** George's office
+*** Spacely Space Sprockets building
 ==Objects==
@@ Line 41: / Line 73: @@
 * Flying cars
-==Development==
+==Production==
-When ''The Jetsons'' originally aired no title cards were present. The were only added when the series was revived in the 1980s, and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency. Notably, the all include [[Orbitty]], who wasn't in the original series.
+===Development===
+===Filming===
+===Aftermath===
+When ''The Jetsons'' originally aired, no title cards were present. They were only added when the series was revived in [[1985]], and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency when they were all packaged together for ''[[The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (syndication block)|The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera]]''. Notably, they all include [[Orbitty]], who wasn't in the original series.
+==Music==
+The music was composed and conducted by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
+==Release==
+Dates are in order of release:
+* United States: December 9, 1962 on ABC
+* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[September 18]], [[1963]] at 6:05 pm on [[ITV]]
 ==Behind the scenes==
@@ Line 51: / Line 95: @@
 ==Critical reception==
 ==In other languages==
 {| class="wikitable"
@@ Line 58: / Line 101: @@
 ! Meaning
 |-
-|
+| '''Japanese'''
-|
+| 秘密兵器アストロ
-|
+| Secret Weapon Astro
 |}
 ==Home availability==
-*
+* In the United States:
+** [[May 11]], [[2004]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[The Jetsons: The Complete First Season]]'' on DVD.
+** [[May 23]], [[2017]]: Warner Home Video releases ''The Jetsons: The Complete First Season'' (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
+** [[September 10]], [[2019]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[The Jetsons: The Complete Original Series]]'' on Blu-ray Disc.
+** [[October 13]], [[2020]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[The Jetsons: The Complete Series]]'' (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
+** [[June 21]], [[2022]]: Warner Home Video releases ''The Jetsons: The Complete Series'' on DVD.
 ==References==
 <references/>
+[[Category:1962]]
+[[Category:ABC]]
 [[Category:Directed by Joseph Barbera]]
 [[Category:Directed by William Hanna]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
+[[Category:Jetsons (franchise)]]
+[[Category:Jetsons episodes]]
 [[Category:The Jetsons episodes]]
+[[Category:Written by Tony Benedict]]