Space Ghost (character)

This article is about the character. For other uses, see Space Ghost.

Space Ghost
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Member of	Association of World Super Men
Affiliation	Blip Jan Jace Zorak Moltar
Occupation	Intergalactic superhero Talk show host
Goals	Keep the galaxy safe from all evil Be the host of his talk show
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
First appearance	SG: "The Heat Thing" (1966)
Played by	Gary Owens (1966-67, 2008) George Lowe (1994-2007, 2024) Michael Berger (2017) Paul F. Tompkins (2021)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Andy Merrill as Space Ghost.
Jellystone!

Space Ghost is a superhero and the main title character of the Space Ghost animated franchise. He is known for being a stoic intergalactic crimefighter, and a goofy talk show host. His voice was originated by Gary Owens.

Character description

Space Ghost's costume consists of white spandex bodysuit and a wispy yellow cape. He wears a black mask, which has white pupils and is connected to his red and black emblem. He also has wrist bands that give him an assortment of energy-based powers, and a belt that grants him invisibility. He also has the ability to fly and perform feats with his super strength. His main mode of transportation is a spacecraft known as the Phantom Cruiser.

Space Ghost is seen as a model superhero who, though aloof at times, does anything to protect his loved ones. A caring and courageous individual, the hero shows comitment to serving justice, no matter what he has to do. At the end of his missions, Space Ghost would remain uncertain if his most recent foe has even survived their last encounter or not.

In Space Ghost Coast to Coast, his personality is shown to be the very opposite of what it originally was. He is characterized as childish, egotistical, rude, very petty at times, and incredibly stupid in some occasions. The series' version of Space Ghost shows pride in himself, but shows no care for Zorak and Moltar, a problem that frequiently causes friction between him and his crew due to their formal rivalry.

Appearances

TV series

• Space Ghost
• Fantastic Max
  • 1.4 "The Big Sleep" (no lines)
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
• Donny & Marie
  • "November 15, 1998"
• The Powerpuff Girls
  • 4.5 "Members Only" (no lines)
• The Brak Show
  • 2.7 "Runaway"
  • 2.8 "The New Brak"
  • 3.6 "Sexy New Brak Show Go"
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  • 2.21 "The Dressing" (corpse; there can only be one!)
• Perfect Hair Forever
  • 1.1 "Pilot"
  • 1.3 "Cat Snatch Fever" (no lines)
  • 1.6 "Woke Up Drunk"
  • 3.1 "Muscular Distraction - A"
  • 3.1 "Muscular Distraction - B"
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold
  • 3.9 "The Space Safarai"
• Teen Titans Go!
  • 1.33 "Sidekick" (photo)
• Jellystone!
  • 1.14 "Bleep!"
  • 2.10 "Vote Raspberry" (no lines)
  • 2.14 "Space Con"
• Teen Titans Go!
  • 8.24 "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" (mentioned)

Movies

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
• Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (poster)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (no lines)

Specials

• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  • #1 "A Space Ghost Christmas"
  • #2 "The Mask"
  • #3 "Le Livre d'Histoire"
  • #4 "Space Ghost Syndication Exclusive Special"
  • #5 "Dark Side of the Ghost Planet Planetarium Tour"
  • #6 "Jonny Quest"
  • #7 "Avatar"
  • #8 "The Room"
  • #9 "The Campaign"
• Cartoon Planet New Years Marathon
• Brak's Extravagant New Year's Eve Cartoon Partay Show Spectacular!
• Brak Presents the Brak Show Starring Brak
• Adult Swim Brain Trust

Shorts

• Earth Ghost

Comics

• Space Ghost (Gold Key Comics)
  • Issue #1A: "Zorak's Revenge"
  • Issue #1C: "The Space Outcast"
• Super TV Heroes
  • Issue #3B: "The Plague of Giants"
  • Issue #6A: "The Sun Master"
  • Issue 7D: "The Mutant Planet"
• Golden Comics Digest
  • Issue #2H: "The Mind Invader"
• Laff-a-Lympics
  • Issue #10: "Now You See Them..." (mentioned)
• TV Stars
  • Issue #3C: "Pilgreen's Progress"
• Space Ghost (Comico)
  • Issue #1: "The Sinister Spectre"
• Cartoon Network Presents Space Ghost
  • Issue #1A: "The Final Defeat of Space Ghost"
  • Issue #1B: "Trapped by the Time-Bot!"
  • Issue #1C: "Heroes in Past and Future Times Face High and Mighty Challenges"
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • Issue #2A: "Rainy Day Fun"
• Cartoon Network Starring
  • Issue #4A: "45 Minutes 'Til Showtime!"
• Space Ghost (DC Comics)
  • Issue #1: "Crucible"
  • Issue #2: "Purge"
  • Issue #3: "Reprisals"
  • Issue #4: "Eclipse"
  • Issue #5: "Venom"
  • Issue #6: "Mortality"
• Future Quest
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • Issue #20: "Space Case"
• Green Lantern/Space Ghost Special
  • Issue #1A: "The Wonders of Space"

Books

• The Sorceress of Cyba-3

Biography

Debut Series

In his debut series, Space Ghost is an intergalactic crime fighter from the Ghost Planet. He fought the forces of evil with his sidekicks Jan, Jace, and their pet monkey Blip.

Space Stars in Your Eyes

Space Ghost's cameo.

Fantastic Cameo

In "The Big Sleep," he is caught up in a traffic jam while traveling in space.

Coast to Coast

In Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Space Ghost retired from his superhero career and became the host of his own talk show. He interviews with various Earth celeberties throughout the series, whom Space Ghost believes to be fellow superheroes. Although, Space Ghost genuinely wants to put on the best talk show he can, the times spent between him and his guests turn out to be very surreal due to Space Ghost's questionable methods as a host. In addition to his general incompetence, he also has little regard for the well-being of others, which in return led to constant befuddling with him and his crew.

Powerpuff Girls Cameo

Space Ghost makes a non-speaking cameo as a member of the Association of World Super Men when they all gather at Mount Neverest.

Space Ghost Sells Out

Space Ghost appears on the November 15, 1998 episode of Donny & Marie, to promote his real album Space Ghost's Surf & Turf. When asked by Donny Osmond if he had a favorite interview, Space Ghost coldly responded it wasn't him. At the end of the interview, Space Ghost sings "Something That Rhymes With Bones," with backing from Donny and Marie. The whole studio audience then got a CD underneath their chairs.

In the Teen Titans Go! episode "Sidekick," Space Ghost is a member of DCUbook (a parody of Facebook), who has posted the message, "BOO."

Gallery

Main article: Space Ghost (character)/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Space Ghost (character)/Toys

Behind the scenes

• According to Hanna-Barbera's 1982 calendar, he was born on April 30th.

In popular culture

• In the Weekend Update sketch in the Saturday Night Live episode "Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum," Rob Schneider contests the FFC's ruling that cartoons aren't educational because a cartoon such as Space Ghost taught him that ghosts are real.
• In the TV pilot Welcome to Eltingville, Space Ghost is mentioned in a trivia contest between Bill and Josh, with the former asking him who designed Space Ghost.
• In The Fairly OddParents TV movie Channel Chasers, Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda are sent into a parody of Space Ghost called Space Spectre. The titular Space Spectre is nowhere to be seen, aside from his face being used as a logo on the Phantom Cruiser-type spaceship and Timmy, Wanda, and Cosmo's uniforms. Timmy, Wanda, and Cosmo are parodies of Space Ghost's sidekicks, Jace, Jan, and Blip, respectively. Timmy calls his armband a ghost gauntlet.
• In the Family Guy episode "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz," Peter's father baptizes Stewie, and says, "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost," with Peter then adding Space Ghost.
• In Kevin Smith's book My Boring-Ass Life, he mentions meeting the "voice" of Space Ghost at Wizard Con 2005, referring to George Lowe, instead of Gary Owens.

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Veronica Mars

• Rob Thomas, who wrote the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "Explode," inserted it as a reference in the following Veronica Mars episodes:
  • "There's Got To Be a Morning After Pill:" It is used as evidence for a witness's 2:30 am whereabouts. Anthony, the witness in question, recalls to Veronica that he was watching Terry Jones talk to Space Ghost about the Monty Python sketch "Spam."
  • "Mars, Bars:" Space Ghost is mentioned by Veronica when she discovers that the episode had actually aired at 3:30 am.
  • "Gods of War:" Two college stoners watch "Explode" in the middle of the day. The episode is near its ending point with Space Ghost impatiently wrapping up.

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