George Jetson

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George Jetson

Behold, the man of tomorrow.
Species Human
Gender Male
Affiliation Mr. Spacely
Rosie
Astro
Henry Orbit
Orbitty
R.U.D.I.
Occupation Digital index operator
Works for Spacely Space Sprockets
Goals Supporting his family
Sleep during his work shift
Father Arthur Jetson[Note 1]
Mother Rosie Jetson[Note 2]
Grandfather(s) Montague Jetson
Marital status Husband to Jane Jetson
Son(s) Elroy Jetson
Daughter(s) Judy Jetson
First appearance TJ: "Rosey the Robot" (1962)
Played by George O'Hanlon (1962-90)
Jeff Bergman (since 1990)
Wally Wingert (2004)

Jetsons: The Movie

"The Jetsons" (Arconic)

The Jetsons (DC Comics)

Jellystone!

George Jetson is one of the main characters and the protagonist of the Jetsons animated franchise. His voice was originated by George O'Hanlon.

George is a middle-class family man from 2062, who works at a manufacturing plant called Spacely Space Sprockets that makes sprockets as a digital index operator, meaning that he spends his time sitting and pushing a button. Legally, he's supposed to work an hour a day, two days a week,[1] but this varies greatly due to his boss, Mr. Spacely, tasking George with many other duties that are way out of his job description.

Character description

“ Oh, boy, what a day. I'm getting punchy from punching all these buttons.
― George Jetson, The Jetsons, "The Coming of Astro" (1962) 		”

Physically speaking, George is a rather slim man of average height with short red hair and a large nose. He wears a white long-sleeved shirt, blue pants with a green belt, and white sneakers.

His personality is that of a well-meaning and caring father. However, he is also a man who gets stressed out by many problems; usually from his work with Mr. Spacely and with his family's needs. George gets very bored with his job fast, and often complains about the heavy workload he does. Due to this, he sometimes sleeps in the middle of his work shift than pressing buttons on a computer. His boss, Mr. Spacely, constantly fires George over every reason he could think of, though he quickly hires him back in end.

While he is an honest father, George can be quite bumbling at times, usually as the one who is at the receiving end of slapstick. He sometimes detests giving affection from his pet dog Astro, and is also a little out of touch when it comes to new trends that his kids, Elroy Jetson and Judy, pick on. Despite this, he is a loving parent and goes out of his way to show respect to his family, especially with his wife, Jane. George's most famous catchphrase is "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!", as heard in the end credits of the 1960s episodes. He also utters the phrase "Hooba-dooba-dooba!" or "Hooba-Dooba!" to express wonder or astonishment.

Unlike Fred Flintstone (who is usually paired up with Barney Rubble), George has no real friends outside of his family, except the occasional conversations he has with Henry Orbit, the apartment handyman; and R.U.D.I., the artificial intelligence at Spacely Space Sprockets.

Appearances

TV series

Movies

Specials

Shorts

Comics

Books

Video games

Theme park rides

Biography

Meet George Jetson

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George Sells Out

Max Young gets caught up in a traffic jam while traveling in space, behind George, Space Ghost, and the Great Gazoo.[2]

Wind-Up Wolf is knocked into space after failing to get the Three Little Pigs, bouncing into the silhouettes of the Jetson family (George, Jane, Elroy, and Judy) who are riding their space car.[3]

George in the Funny Books

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Marvel's Laff-a-Lympics

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The Not So Funny Books

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Development

George was named and modeled after his voice actor, George O'Hanlon.

Gallery

Main article: George Jetson/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: George Jetson/Toys

Behind the scenes

  • As early as 2019, the birthdate of George Jetson was the subject of debate among fans, factcheckers and journalists.[4][5][6] In July 2022, the character resurfaced on social media when fans claimed that his birthday was July 31, 2022. Despite the claim, no official evidence has been found confirming this or any other specific date,[7] although there is some evidence from the show that the year of his birth is 2022.[6]
  • In the episode "Test Pilot," when George was told by Dr. Radius that he "should live to be 150," he exclaimed that he had "110 good years ahead of me." George is stated to be 40 years old based on their dialogue, although in a subsequent episode "Boy George," he later claims to be 38 years old.
  • According to the episode "The Vacation," his family phone number is Venus-1234.
  • While all cameos of George in The Powerpuff Girls are doubtfully him, it is especially sketchy in the episode "Get Back Jojo," where he appears as a stand-in for a parent at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten.

In popular culture

WARNING: The following section contains content that may be seen as mature or offensive to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.
Main article: List of pop culture references to Jetsons
  • Although having no part in the actual movie, George, along with Jane and Astro, was featured on the poster of the 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.
  • In the Mr. Belvedere episode "The Teacher," George and Jane are indirectly referred to when Wesley approval of his parents new outfits makes them look like the Jetsons.
  • In the ALF episode "Pennsylvania 6-5000," the first scene after the show's opening credits, is ALF singing the Jetsons theme song, he remembers George and Judy, but asks Willie for Elroy's name.
  • In the Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures episode "Don't Touch That Dial," Al Jetstone, who dresses like George but is fat like Fred, appears in a spoof called The Jetstones.
  • An excerpt scene from "Uniblab," of Spacely introducing George to Uniblab is used in the 1989 TV special That's Not All Folks - A Tribute to Mel Blanc, after Mel Blanc's death.
  • In the film Alien Nation, Sam Francisco was originally set to be called George Jetson, but three days before filming, Hanna-Barbera restricted it. Despite this, "George" was still kept as a nickname for Sam.
  • In the Day by Day episode "Trading Places," Ross is woken up from a nap in which he was dreaming his family was the Jetsons; his brother was Elroy, sister was Judy, his mother was Jane, and presumably his father was George.
  • In the Saturday Night Live episode "Leslie Nielsen/Cowboy Junkies," Dennis Miller mentions George and Astro in Weekend Update.
  • In the film American Boyfriends, Sandy gets bored with the news and channel hops to the beginning of The Jetsons theme song, with the family leaving Skypad Apartments.
  • In the Saved by the Bell episode "Cream for a Day," Lisa persuades Kelly out of her bathroom by saying there's a new George Michael video on, only to discover that it is George Jetson.
  • In the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "You Asked for It" ("Duck Out of Luck" segment), when the fighter jets target the King Kong-sized Plucky Duck, one jet shoots anything but actual missiles, such as George.
  • In Raven-Symoné's 1991 with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, she said one of the cartoons she watches is "George Jetsons[sic]." She was five years old at the time.
  • In the film Dying Young, when an old black and white TV is found in Victor's house, Victor claims that they are not big TV watchers, only for Victor to surprise Hilary by knowing the shows that their turned on, which includes Jetsons. The episode in particular is the opening of "Astro's Top Secret," in which Astro makes himself comfortable sitting next to George at the apartment.
  • In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "The Big Shot!," Stimpy becomes the co-star of Muddy Mudskipper, where they reenact one of the many chase sequences between Yogi and Ranger Smith, respectively. Muddy tells Stimpy to get his hand out of the picnic basket, while Stimpy spouts out random quotes like "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"
  • In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Interface," there was supposed to be a medical log that featured the stardate from this episode, which included the name Ensign G. Jetson.[8]
  • In the Moesha episode "The Ditch Party," Hakeem calls the Mitchell family the Jetsons, as part of the recurring joke of him referring to the family as popular families, whether they be fake or real. His reason for calling them the Jetsons is that Frank has the same haircut as George.
  • In the movie The Cable Guy, Rick tells Steven that George Jetson is one of the fake names that Chip uses.
  • In The Sopranos episode "He is Risen," Tony wants Carmela to cancel Ralph and Rosalie's Thanksgiving invitation at their house, with the former getting frustrated and comparingly them to George and Jane, and himself to Mr. Spacely, respectively, when saying, "None of this Jetsons shit, them coming over to Mr. Spacely's for dinner."
  • In The Fairly OddParents TV movie Channel Chasers (part 1), Timmy zaps himself into the world of The Futurellis, where he meets Tony Futurelli, an Italian-American robot man, who resembles Tony Soprano from HBO's The Sopranos, but is dressed like George. Tony is afflicted with the same accident George gets while taking his dog for a walk on a floating treadmill, who gets distracted by a cat. He screams out, "Maria! Get me off this crazy thing!"
  • In the George Lopez episode "Leave It to Lopez," George has a bad dream wherein his family is depicted as the Jetsons living in Orbit City, with George naturally dressed up like George Jetson. He comes into the house on a hovering chair just as Jetson does in the end credits, although unlike Jetson, Lopez is having a bad day. When he gets his arm stuck in the vaccu-shredder, he shouts, "Get me out of this crazy thing!" His best friend and coworker, Ernie, is Mr. Spacely.
  • In the King of the Hill episode "Glen Peggy Glen Ross," Peggy asks Bobby to look up in the Guinness World Records to see who has been fired the most times after a string of being fired several times herself, but Bobby says he's pretty sure it's George Jetson.
  • In the Drawn Together episode "A Tale of Two Cows," he's killed by Live Action Cow alongside his family. What's left of him is seen on the treadmill, in reference to the ending scene from the original series. When the gang passes by, Captain Hero references George's famous line by saying, "We need to stop this crazy thing!"
  • In the Gilmore Girls episode "Introducing Lorelei Planetarium," Lorelei quipped that Christopher's new flat screen TV is something out of The Jetsons, even adding, "Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy," from the theme song.
  • George (along with his family) appears as a painting in Kanye West's animated music video for "Heartless."
  • In the opening monologue of the March 2, 2011 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, there is a Kimmel Kartoon sketch with recycled footage from the episodes "Rosey the Robot," "The Space Car," and the Tums Quik Pak commercial of George with audio of Charlie Sheen in his interview with Piers Morgan.
  • In "Episode 18" (series 7) of the UK BBC One quiz show Pointless, the first round of questions that fell into the "Cartoon" category is Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, with host Alexander Armstrong showing an image of several of them together. The contestants have to be able to pick out all the obscure characters that 100 anonymous public people had been able to guess. Nobody chose George, which would've been a score of five. Contestant Gary said it was a toss-up between George and Judy, although Judy wasn't in the image.
  • In the first half of the Mad episode "Total Recall Me Baby/The Asgardians," Douglas Quaid/Hauser jumps across George's spaceship car when he escapes the barbers.
  • In the Steven Universe episode "Greg the Babysitter," when Greg and Sour Cream get stuck on the Ferris wheel, he yells for Rose to "get him off this crazy thing."
  • For the 2021 Halloween special of Live with Kelly and Ryan, Ryan Seacrest was dressed as George.
  • In the Disney+ film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, there is a cosplayer dressed like George at Fan Con, both inside and outside (who may or may not be the same person).
  • George poster bombs D.A.R.Y.L.
    George poster bombs D.A.R.Y.L.
  • Meet Tony Futurelli.
    Meet Tony Futurelli.
  • Meet George Lopez.
    Meet George Lopez.
  • Ryan Seacrest does George.
    Ryan Seacrest does George.

Family Guy

Main article: Family Guy
  • "Brian in Love:" When George eventually finds his way back inside the house after being left screaming for Jane on the treadmill—with bruises and a torn shirt—he excuses Elroy to leave so he can chastise Jane for not hearing his cries for help. Jane can only apologize, although she is not forgiven. Seth MacFarlane voices George.
  • "Meet the Quagmires:" Peter and Brian's tampering with the timeline has caused them to get flying cars, which Brian attributes to Al Gore being in office. The scene then shifts to an authentic take in the opening theme song where George drops off everyone at their destinations, only this time George stops Jane from taking his wallet when she doesn't accept the money he gives her. She says she was just going to buy groceries, but George cries, "Bullcrap!" Immediately after when Peter and Brian discuss how to get Death's attention (who transported them into the past to begin with), Jane's body drops to the ground, with her money falling on top of her dead body and the sound of George's space car swooshing away. Jeff Bergman and Beth Littleford voice George and Jane, respectively.
  • George returns from the treadmill incident in "Brian in Love."
    George returns from the treadmill incident in "Brian in Love."
  • George stops Jane from spending his money in "Meet the Quagmires."
    George stops Jane from spending his money in "Meet the Quagmires."
  • Jane dies on impact in "Meet the Quagmires."
    Jane dies on impact in "Meet the Quagmires."

Full House

Main article: Full House
  • "The First Day at School:" Danny has bought a Jetsons lunch box for Stephanie's first day of kindergarten. Joey makes the flying car sound effects as he takes it to her. He then pretends to be George, saying hello to Jane, Elroy, and Astro, followed by Joey acting out a response from Astro to George.
  • "Star Search:" Danny had Joey as a guest on the former's college talk show, getting Joey to do his Jetsons routine, which begins with Joey making an impression of Mr. Cogswell meeting Mr. Spacely. This fires up Spacely, who fires George, even though the latter tries to say that everything will work out.

The Simpsons

Main article: The Simpsons
  • "Lisa's Wedding:" In the future, Homer has a short-sleeved version of George's shirt, while Bart also wears the same style but in pink.
  • "All Singing, All Dancing:" The couch gag has the floor turn into a treadmill, which Homer gets caught on and yells for Marge to "Stop this crazy thing" ala George Jetson.
  • "Children of a Lesser Clod:" In Homer's basketball fantasy, he jumps into space and knocks a basketball through a planet's ring, but then gets hit in the leg by George's flying saucer, to which he yells, "JETSON!" in the same way George's boss, Mr. Spacely, does.
  • Simpsons Comics #60 - "The Man with Two Wives:" When Smithers asks Homer about his job at the plant, Homer responds by saying that his job is like George's. Later, when his chair spins out of control, he yells, "Smithers! Stop this crazy thing!"
  • "My Big Fat Geek Wedding:" Lenny dresses as George at the bi-mon-sci-fi convention.
  • "Replaceable You:" As the robopets are roaming through town, they stop to watch TVs on display, with The Jetsons playing on it. On it, Rosie explains to George that if she doesn't get her green card (implying that Rosie is an immigrant), she'll be turned back into a washing machine. Spaceship-like cars fly around their Googie-influenced deco house.
  • "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner:" A video at the Out-of-Date Futureland exhibit describes what an alternate futuristic 1994 will be like, where families drive through the sky. The father somewhat resembles George.
  • "My Fare Lady:" There are two opening sequences, with the second being a parody of the opening sequence to The Jetsons. Then, in the first scene, Homer yells, "Marge, stop that crazy thing" when the sound of her working their old printer wakes him.
  • Simpsons Comics One-Shot Wonders #18 - "Future Cop!:" In Chief Wiggum's dream of being a cop in the future, he pulls George over for dropping his son out of the car just as he does in the opening sequence.
  • "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson:" Homer believes the future will be bleak when machines take over, with Carl then imagining himself as George in a Jetsons-like future. He assumes the role of George at the end of the opening sequence where he lands outside the office with his space car that he turns into a suitcase, before lying back in his office chair.

Footnotes

  1. ^ In DC Comics' The Jetsons.
  2. ^ In DC Comics' The Jetsons.

References

  1. ^ The Jetsons: "The Vacation", season 2, episode 30 (1985).
  2. ^ Fantastic Max: "The Big Sleep," season 1, episode 4 (1988).
  3. ^ What a Cartoon!: "Wind-Up Wolf," season 1, episode 23 (1996).
  4. ^ Novak, Matt (January 11, 2019)."Was Jane Jetson a Child Bride?" Gizmodo. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  5. ^ 12 far-out things you never knew about The Jetsons'. Me-TV Network. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Mikkelson, David (June 25, 2021). Was George Jetson Born In 2022?. Snopes.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  7. ^ Hughes, William (July 30, 2022). "Fine, let's think too damn hard about whether George Jetson will actually be born tomorrow". AV Club. Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  8. ^ (2018). "Star Trek TNG Starship Enterprise Screen Used Control Panel A-Grade 06". iCollector. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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