Punch

For the Posse Impossible villain, see Punch.

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Punch
Network	Cartoon Network
Premiere date	September 16, 1994
Run time	11:11
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Billy Aronson Matthew Maiellaro
Animation director(s)	Jeff Doud C. Martin Croker
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"Punch" is the seventh episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season one. It aired on September 16, 1994 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Billy Aronson and Matthew Maiellaro.

After arriving late from his trip to Rome, Space Ghost flirts with model of romance book covers, Cindy Guyer, offends the comedy act of the Jerky Boys, and makes the Wheel of Fortune model, Dian Parkinson, uncomfortable.

Memorable quotes

Space Ghost: That's Zorak. Does he scare you?
Dian: No, he's just a grasshopper.
Zorak: I'm a mantis.
Space Ghost: You're a locust!
Zorak: Look me up! I'm a mantis. Lokar is the locust.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Cindy Guyer	Herself
Fabio
Lorenzo Lamas
Bruce Boxleitner
Patrick Swayze
Justine Bateman
Johnny Brennan	Himself
Kamal Ahmed	Himself
Dian Parkinson	Herself
Bob Barker
Lokar

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs

Locations

• Earth
  • Rome
    • St. Peter's Square
• Ghost Planet
  • Studio

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• Space Cruiser

Production

Development

This was the sixth episode to produce.

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1994.

Music

The score was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst, the latter of whom was also the musical director. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 16, 1994 on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Space Ghost and Zora mention G.I. Joe and Barbie, respectively.
• Universal Television didn't end up producing Cindy's Sea Witch after all.
• Cindy promotes a movie called Mortal Obsession, which doesn't seem to exist either.
• None of the movies Space Ghost and Zorak seem to exist.
• Zorak says "Swayze's brother", as in Patrick Swayze, but he has two brothers.
• Moltar's love of ChiPs began in the appropriately titled episode "CHiPs."
• At the end of the closing credits, Space Ghost says, "Magenta. Now that's a silly word."

Legacy

• Stock footage of Dian Parkinson appears pops up briefly in "President's Day Nightmare."

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 18, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • June 6, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume One on DVD.
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.