Astro

Astro
Rhe rog rof romorrow (The dog of tomorrow)
Species	Dog (Great Dane)
Gender	Male
Member of	Space Mutts in Astro and the Space Mutts
Affiliation	Elroy Jetson George Jetson Jane Jetson Judy Jetson Rosie Orbitty
Occupation	Housepet
Marital status	He was once had an unnamed mate
Children	A litter of unnamed puppies with said mate
First appearance	TJ: "The Coming of Astro" (1962)
Played by	Don Messick (1962-90) Wally Wingert (2004) Frank Welker (2017)
Jetsons: The Movie
The Jetsons

Astro is the pet dog of the Jetsons and one of the main characters of the Jetsons franchise. His voice was originated by Don Messick.

Adopted by the Jetsons family in the year 2062, Astro lives a life as a housepet of theirs. Although a little clumsy and a stress to the family, he remains consistently loyal to those around him, especially his best friend George.

Appearances

TV series

• The Jetsons
• Astro and the Space Mutts
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
  • 2.5 "Back to the Present"

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)

Shorts

• The Jetsons
  • 1.1 "Father & Son Day" (no lines)
  • 1.2 "The Best Son" (no lines)

Comics

• The Jetsons (Gold Key Comics)
• Laff-A-Lympics
  • #11 "The Toys from Tomorrow" (no lines)
• The Jetsons (Harvey Comics)
• The Jetsons (Archie Comics)
• The Flintstones and the Jetsons
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • #8 "Future Shocked"
• The Jetsons (DC Comics)

Biography

The Coming of Astro

Astro made his debut in the fifth episode of the series, "The Coming of Astro," where Elroy first brought him to the Jetsons residence. Elroy states that he was an orphaned puppy and demonstrated him dog tricks to his mother Jane, and older daughter Judy. While the two quickly accept Astro as a sweet pet, Jane is hesistant that her husband George would disapprove on having Astro as their pet, but decides to call him if Elroy takes him out of a walk. However, because George refused to let his family have a pet during a live chat with Jane, the latter devises a plan to convince George that they would have Astro. They first hid the dog until George gets home. But when George arrived, he surprises the family with a nuclear-powered robot dog named 'Lectronimo; He promised that it will keep burglers away from their apartment. After Astro lunges at George, he orders the dog to leave. But Jane insists that he should not let Astro go, and the rest of the family propose on having a contest on which dog can stay. Despite Astro's best efforts, 'Lectronimo wins the contest and Astro is left out of the home, much to Elroy's disappointment. The two dogs are put to the test when a cat burgler showed up in the Jetsons' apartment. 'Lectromino chases him and wakes up the family, but after a mishap involving the bugler switching identities with George to mess with 'Lectromino's programming, Astro captures the cat burgler and George accepts him as their pet, making him a permanent member of the Jetsons family.

Gallery

Main article: Astro/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Astro/Toys

Behind the scenes

• Don Messick would later use Astro's dog-like accent and the phrase "Ruh-roh!" for when he provided the voice of Scooby-Doo during his career.

In popular culture

• Although having no part of the actual movie, Astro, along with George and Jane, was featured on the poster of the 1985 film D.A.R.Y.L. The inclusion of the family may represent something Daryl is missing out on, while Paramount Pictures may have included it as an Easter egg as they had acquired the rights the same year for what became an undeveloped live-action movie.
• An anthropomorphic thug-like dog strongly resembling Astro in the Samurai Jack episode "Episode XCVII." He was voiced by Greg Baldwin, although he didn't sound like Astro.