Urges

Urges
Premiere date	October 20, 1995
Run time	16:29
Music composed by	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst
Writer(s)	Nell Scovell Joel Hodgson
Animation director(s)	C. Martin Croker Jon Schnepp
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"Urges" is the eighth and final episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast season two, and the eighteenth overall. It aired on October 20, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Nell Scovell and Joel Hodgson.

Zorak is desperate to get off the show due to his mating season, so he tries to trick Space Ghost into believing he has already interviewed TV star Catherine Bach and singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet.

Memorable quotes

Moltar: Every seven years it's the same thing: Mantis mating season.

Space Ghost: Looks like Zorak's made a love connection.

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
Carl	Unavailable
Space Ghost	George Lowe
Catherine Bach	Herself
Zorak's mother
Gino Vannelli
Matthew Sweet	Himself
Steve Allen
Arthur Godfrey
Dan Aykroyd
Female mantis	Unavailable
Elizabeth Barret Browning
Ted Turner
Jonny Quest	N/A
Hadji	N/A
Bandit	N/A
Muttley	N/A
Igoo	N/A

Organizations

• The Original Way Outs
• Three Dog Night (mentioned)

Locations

• Ghost Planet
  • Studio
• Earth (indirectly mentioned)
  • South Africa (mentioned)
    • Africa (mentioned)
  • Atlantic Ocean (mentioned)
• Zorak's planet

Objects

• Power bands
• TV Today
• Sonnets from the Portuguese (mentioned)
• Harmony (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Phantom Cruiser

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, Alfrieda Gerald, and Dave Willis.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 20, 1995 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• The sitcom That Girl is parodied at the beginning of the episode when Zorak points out a female mantis by saying "That girl!" who has a black wig resembling the title character, Ann Marie, before the scene cuts to the theme song which also sounds similar to That Girl, then the end credits feature a pink kite with the caricature of which was used as a logo for the series.
• Space Ghost mentions The Dukes of Hazzard and the characters, Daisy Duke and Boss Hog.
• Space Ghost and Catherine allude to her show African Skies, although that had already ended a year before this episode was aired.
• Matthew mentions the film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
• Over the Cartoon Network logo during the end credits, the repeated line is of Zorak saying "It's not funny" followed by Space Ghost laughing.

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.