Rip-Off Rosie

Rip-Off Rosie
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Premiere date	October 24, 1985
Run time	21:59
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	George Atkins
Director(s)	Art Davis Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Alan Zaslove Gordon Hunt (voices)
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'"Rip-Off Rosie" is the twenty-third episode of The Jetsons season two, and the forty-fifth overall. It aired on October 24, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by George Atkins, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, Alan Zaslove, and Gordon Hunt.

After accidentally consuming a bad lugnut, Rosie's personality malfunctions, transforming her into a kleptomaniac.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Astro	Don Messick
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Newsboy	Unavailable
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Roboto	Don Messick
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Albert Einstein (photo)	N/A
Hardware store robot	Unavailable
Robot cashier	Janet Waldo
Cop	Unavailable
Light Fingers Lunar Louie
Robot jeweler	Unavailable
Doctor	Unavailable
Doctor's assistant	Jean Vander Pyl
Female nurse	Jean Vander Pyl
Male nurse	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Purple Planet Pluto Punks (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
    • Spacely Space Sprockets building
    • Moon Mall
      • Sea of Tranquility Crater (mentioned)
      • Spaceys Department Store
      • Moon Burger
      • Robotic General Hospital

Objects

• Voice-activated hair styler
• Visaphone

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 24, 1985 in syndication

Errors

• Judy is supposed to have Di-Di as her diary, but in this episode, she has a digital book.
• The title card says "Rosie", but the box of chocolate-covered metal pieces says "Rosey."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 2, 2009: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 1 on DVD.
  • 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.