Lawsuit

Lawsuit
Premiere date	August 21, 1998
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Man...or Astro-Man?
Writer(s)	Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Lawsuit" is the third episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season five, and the sixtieth overall. It aired on August 21, 1998 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer.

Space Ghost's former teen sidekicks return to sue their mentor for years of mistreatment.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Jace	Matt Harrigan
Jan	Isabel Gonzalez
Blip	Unavailable
Greta Van Susteren	Herself
Doctor Nightmare	Andy Merrill
The Sorcerer	N/A
Parko	N/A
Christy	N/A
Wonder Twins
Cameron Diaz
Flip Orley
Sean Medlock
Brak	Andt Merrill
Gleep
Gloop
William Shatner
Uncle Miranda
Cassandra Peterson	Elvira
Alice Cooper	Himself
Carol Channing	Herself
Fran Drescher	Himself
George Clinton	Himself
Lassie	Herself
David Byrne	Himself
Bill Nye	Himself
Thurston Moore	Himself
Metallus
Tyranor	Unavailable
Dino Boy
Ted Turner
Birdman/Harvey
Birdgirl
Birdboy
Operator (voice only)	Isabel Gonzalez

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs
• Herculoids (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • Nevada (indirectly mentioned)
      • Hoover Dam (mentioned)
  • France (mentioned)
    • Paris (mentioned)
• Amzot (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands
• Inviso belt
• Olestra (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Phantom Cruiser
• Space Coupe

Production

Filming

The footage of Tyranor was reused from the classic Space Ghost episode "Creature King." Except, he technically wasn't a full-fledged villain as the kids make him out to be in this episode, he was actually a pet of Creature King's called Moon Ape.

It was copyrighted in 1998.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Man...or Astro-Man? The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Eddie Horst, Alfrieda Gerald, and Man...or Astro-Man?

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 21, 1998 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Only the title card of the opening sequence is featured.
• On the letter addressed to Space Ghost, his full name is Tad Eustus Ghostal.
• The interviews with Cameron Diaz, Flip Orley, and Sean Medlock happened in "Surprise," "Late Show," and "Joshua," respectively.
• Doctor Nightmare calls Space Ghost a "No talent Hannabarberian."
• Space Ghost mentions the TV series Dawson's Creek, and Perry Mason.
• The fictional TV lawyers, Perry Mason (by Space Ghost), Ben Matlock (by Moltar), and medical examiner, Dr. Quincy (by Zorak), are mentioned.
• Space Ghost says he's sweating like a Trekkie, a term for Star Trek fans.
• Special thanks are given to Kenny Crow and Lisa D. Ellis.
• The Adult Swim website skips this episode, but if it hadn't, it would've been counted as episode 4.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 12, 2005: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: The 1998 Episodes on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.