Surprise

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Surprise
Premiere date	June 19, 1996
Run time	14:16
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Andy Merrill Alan Laddie
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker
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"Surprise" is the ninth episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season three, and the twenty-seventh overall. It aired on June 19, 1996 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Andy Merrill and Alan Laddie.

Zorak takes over hosting duties while Space Ghost is stuck in the mailroom; Moltar contacts the Council of Doom for Space Ghost's 30th birthday surprise party.

Memorable quotes

Zorak: Supermodels say the darndest things.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Zorak	C. Martin Croker
Moltar	C. Martin Croker
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Christy	N/A
Vinnie Dombroski	Himself
Black Widow	Judy Tenuta
Jimmie Walker	Himself
Mike Watt	Himself
Mailroom guy	Oliver Nichols
Lokar	Andy Merrill
Dennis Diken	Himself
Pat DiNizio	Himself
Yosemite Sam
Metallus	N/A
Juliana Hatfield	Herself
Ben Folds	Himself
Cameron Diaz	Herself
Superman/Clark Kent
Spider-Man/Peter Parker
Batman/Bruce Wayne
Adam West
Wonder Woman/Diana Prince
Tansut	Don Kennedy
Mark McEwen	Himself
Al Roker
Wes Johnson	Himself
Brak	Andy Merrill
Doctor Robert Bakker	Himself
Matt Talbott	Himself
Judy Tenuta	Herself
Lori Fetrick	Herself
Steve Henneberry	Himself
Method Man	Himself
Jill Cunniff	Herself
Rodney Trevon Oliver	Himself
Reverend Norbert St. Louis	Himself
Les Claypool	Himself
Larry Lalonde	Himself
Bobcat Goldthwait	Himself

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs
• Sponge (mentioned)
• Council of Doom
• The Smithereens
• The Ramones (mentioned)

Locations

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

Objects

• Power bands

Vehicles

• Phantom Cruiser (mentioned)

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1996.

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 19, 1996 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Zorak says "What you talking about, Moltar" in the same way Arnold says "What you talking about, Willis" in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes.
• The mailroom guy has a Ghost Planet Industries logo on the side of his shirt.
• CHiPs-related subjects flash on Moltar's screen, a reference to Moltar's love of CHiPs begun in "CHiPs."
• The mailroom guy refers to Space Ghost as "Space Man" and "Space Master" copying Russell Johnson in "Gilligan."
• Space Ghost's "Hey, how's it going" line is reused at the end of the closing credits.
• Andy Merrill as Brak, C. Martin Croker as Zorak, and Dave Willis as Meatwad and a Moonite, the latter two both from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, provide audio commentary for this episode on DVD releases.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 16, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • October 2, 2007: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume Two on DVD.
  • November 28, 2012: Madman Entertainment releases Space Ghost Coast to Coast: All Talk Collection on DVD.