The Space Kidettes
| The Space Kidettes | |
|---|---|
 On-screen title card. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release | September 10, 1966―February 4, 1967 |
| Starring | Chris Allen Lucille Bliss Daws Butler Don Messick Janet Waldo |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Ted Nichols |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
The Space Kidettes is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1966 to 1967, airing 20 episodes that spanned one season.
Due to the episodes being cut down to ten-minute episodes, the original master elements for the series were lost, leaving the syndicated edits as the only extant broadcast quality versions of the episodes.
The series follows small child astronauts, Scooter, Snoopy, Countdown, Jenny Jet and their dog companion, Pupstar, as they form a group known as the Space Kidettes, and have acquired a treasure map which Captain Skyhook and his evil pal Static seek to take from them.
The entire series has been released on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Ted Nichols.
Episodes
| Title | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Moleman Menace" | 1x01 | September 10, 1966 |
| "Jet-Set-Go" | 1x02 | September 17, 1966 |
| "Space Indians" | 1x03 | September 24, 1966 |
| "Swamp-Swamped" | 1x04 | October 1, 1966 |
| "Space Heroes" | 1x05 | October 8, 1966 |
| "Space Witch" | 1x06 | October 15, 1966 |
| "Tale of a Whale" | 1x07 | October 22, 1966 |
| "Space Giant" | 1x08 | October 29, 1966 |
| "Space Carnival" | 1x09 | November 5, 1966 |
| "The Laser Breathing Space Dragon" | 1x10 | November 12, 1966 |
| "The Flight Before Christmas" | 1x11 | November 19, 1966 |
| "Beach Brawl" | 1x12 | November 26, 1966 |
| "Dognapped in Space" | 1x13 | December 3, 1966 |
| "Secret Solar Robot" | 1x14 | December 10, 1966 |
| "King of the Space Pirates" | 1x15 | December 17, 1966 |
| "Planet of Greeps" | 1x16 | December 24, 1966 |
| "Cosmic Condors" | 1x17 | December 31, 1966 |
| "The Space Mermaid" | 1x18 | January 7, 1967 |
| "Haunted Planet" | 1x19 | January 14, 1967 |
| "Something Old-Something Gnu" | 1x20 | January 21, 1967 |
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 10, 1966 on NBC
- United Kingdom and Ireland: October 14, 1969 at 4:55 pm on BBC 1 (as Wacky Races and Space Kidettes)
Cast
- Chris Allen as Scooter
- Lucille Bliss as Snoopy
- Daws Butler as Captain Skyhook
- Don Messick as Countdown, Pupstar and Static
- Janet Waldo as Jenny Jet
In other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Brazilian | Brasinhas do Espaço |
| French | Les Cadets de l'espace |
| Italian | I monelli dello spazio |
| Japanese | 宇宙わんぱく隊 (Uchū Wanpaku-tai) |
| Spanish | Meteogro y los niñonautas del espacio |
