Fire Ant

Fire Ant
Premiere date	December 10, 1999
Run time	12:01 22:12 (extended version)
Writer(s)	Dave Willis Matt Maiellaro Jim Fortier Mark Banker
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Fire Ant" is the seventh episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season six, and the seventy-fifth overall. It aired on December 10, 1999 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Dave Willis, Matt Maiellaro, Jim Fortier, and Mark Banker.

Conan O'Brien points out what a lousy talk show host Space Ghost is, who gets distracted and consequentially fails to end the interview properly because of an ant.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Conan O'Brien	Himself
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
George Michael
Dino Boy	N/A
Regis Philbin
Kathy Lee

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• The Sun (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Inviso belt

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1999.

Music

No musicians were credited.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 10, 1999 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Conan mentions The WB, NBC, Fox, and his own talk show at the time, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
• Space Ghost mentions Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny from Looney Tunes.
• There is a cameo from Dino Boy, the title character of Dino Boy in the Lost Valley.
• Special thanks are given to Jay Edwards.
• The extended version, which is ten minutes longer, involves a scene where Space Ghost slowly trails behind the second ant back to his home. Another difference is when Space Ghost leaves Conan, the latter asks Moltar and Zorak if they want to do something with him, but neither of them respond to his question.
  • The extended episode aired in its entirety for Adult Swim's 2023 April Fools broadcast.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 11, 2008: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: From the Kentucky Nightmare DVD on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.