Judy Takes Off

Judy Takes Off
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Premiere date	October 7, 1985
Run time	22:04
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl Frank Welker Mel Blanc Didi Conn Barry Gordon
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Mark Young
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"Judy Takes Off" is the fourteenth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the thirty-eighth overall. It aired on October 7, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Mark Young, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

George tries to get Judy away from the dangers of teenage boys by sending her to her wallflower cousin Melissa for a few days, but doesn't count on Melissa becoming a wild child.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Debbie	Unavailable
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Mr. Dymaxian	Unavailable
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Mr. Spacely	Mel Blanc
Mrs. Spacely	Jean Vander Pyl
Astro	Don Messick
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Scotty Skymaster	Unavailable
Detective Lenny Laser	Barry Gordon
Melissa	Didi Conn
Maxie	Unavailable
Einstein	Unavailable
Pinhead	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Crabby Nebulas

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Spacely residence
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • The Planetoid Pup
      • Demolition Destructo Derby
      • Chamber of Cosmic Commerce
• Saturn (mentioned)
• Jupiter (mentioned)

Objects

• Visaphones

Vehicles

• Flying car
• Supersonic Jet Booster Scooter

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 7, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Maxie is nicknamed Mad Maxie in reference to the film Mad Max. The sequel Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome had been released the same year as this episode.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 11, 2011: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 2 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.