Hipster

Hipster
Premiere date	October 31, 1997
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst Michael LeFevre
Writer(s)	Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Hipster" is the seventeenth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season four, and the fiftieth overall. It aired on October 31, 1997 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer.

Space Ghost's evil twin, Chad, comes back to take over the show, claiming he got rid of Space Ghost, leaving Zorak and Moltar wondering to what affect.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Space Ghost (photo)	George Lowe
Chad Ghostal	Brad Abelle
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Michael "The Millionaire" Cudahy	Himself
Batman
The Joker
Gomez Addams
Elvira
Sam Butera	Himself
David Lee Roth
Sammy Hagar
Mike Anthony
Cop (voice only)	Ken Osbourn
Sting
Stewart Copeland
Brak	Andy Merrill

Organizations

• Combustible Edison (mentioned)
• Ratt (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Nevada (indirectly mentioned)
      • Las Vegas (mentioned)
    • Pennyslvania (indirectly mentioned)
      • Philadelphia (mentioned)
  • Europe (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1997.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock, Eddie Horst, and Michael LeFevre. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, Alfrieda Gerald, Joe Reda, and Sean O'Rourke.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 31, 1997 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Chad mentions MTV.
• Zorak mentions Louie the Lilac, a villain exclusively made for the 1960s Batman TV series.
• Zorak last wore his Batmantis costume in the episode "Batmantis."
• Chad has apparently stayed in contact with Elvira, who he interviewed in "Switcheroo."
• Zorak mentions the MTV Movie Awards.
• Gag credits include Nathan Cook as Space Ghost's former male secretary, and Michael Lazzo for shoes.
• Special thanks are given to Combustible Edison, The House of Fun, Creative Edge Inc., Blake Eiseman, Doppler Studios, and Scott Balkcom.
• This episode is skipped on the Adult Swim website.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 5, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Three: This Is 1997 on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.