Sleeper

Sleeper
Premiere date	June 28, 1995
Run time	12:45
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Matt Harrigan
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Sleeper" is the sixth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the sixteenth overall. It aired on June 28, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written by David Greenberger and Matthew Maiellaro.

Space Ghost wants to uncover the mystery of wrestler Hulk Hogan's secret identity, and abandons the uncooperative musician Slash.

Memorable quotes

Hulk: I wish Lassie was my pet.
Space Ghost: Me, too. But Ted Turner won't let us have any pets in the studio, ever since Banjo. Banjo!
Zorak: Ted Turner? Who's that?

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
God
Hulk Hogan	Himself
Zorak's sister
Queen Elizabeth II
Lassie
Ted Turner
Banjo
Jane Fonda
Slash	Himself

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs
• WCW (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (mentioned)
  • United States (indirectly mentioned)
    • California (mentioned)

Objects

• Power bands

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music

The music was composed by Sonny Sharrock and Eddie Horst. The musicians were Sharrock, Lance Carter, Horst, and Alfrieda Gerald.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: June 28, 1995 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Zorak mentions the soap drama Melrose Place.
• Space Ghost's pet, Banjo, was had appeared in "Banjo."
• Hulk mentions a TV series he worked on called Thunder in Paradise, which was canceled after one season.
• When the Cartoon Network logo appears at the end, Space Ghost saying "Hey."

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.