Lloyd in Space
Series, 2001, One Saturday Morning, Set in Intrepidville space station
Lloyd in Space is #20 of 22 in release order and #20 of 22 in chronological order in the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons.
The story
Lloyd in Space is an animated television series, created by Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain, and released in 2001 on ABC-TV on Saturday mornings. The pilot was written by Ansolabehere, Germain and Mark Drop. The characters were designed by Eric Keyes.
Lloyd in Space recap
Lloyd in Space (2001) follows Lloyd Nebulon, a 13-year-old green alien growing up on a space station where his mother is in charge. Recess creators Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain made it for Walt Disney Television Animation, and it premiered on ABC's One Saturday Morning on February 3, 2001, running three seasons and 39 episodes until February 2004. Lloyd (Courtland Mead), a Verdigrean, lives on the Intrepidville space station with his little sister Francine, who is telekinetic and telepathic, and his single mother, Commander Nora Li Nebulon (April Winchell), who runs the station. At Luna Vista Middle School, he and his friends are written off as dorks: Eddie Horton (Justin Shenkarow), a red-haired human whose father is a police officer; Douglas McNoggin (Pamela Hayden), a Cerebellian who looks like a brain with limbs; and Kurt Blobberts (Bill Fagerbakke), a huge one-eyed blob whose head comes off. The station's neurotic computer, Station (Brian George), the mechanic Boomer and the popular six-armed cheerleader Brittany Boviak, who secretly likes Lloyd, fill out the cast. Episodes treat middle school worries in a science fiction setting, from time-travel watches and friends fused into a bully to monster outbreaks and space pirates.
Lloyd in Space ending explained
Lloyd in Space ends with "The Ride Along," aired February 27, 2004, in which Lloyd and Eddie spend an evening riding along with Eddie's policeman father and find the job is not what they expected, as Eddie recalls the time his dad caught a pickpocket. It closes the series quietly, with nothing changed on Intrepidville. The show was not renewed after its third season, and no revival has followed.
Ratings
IMDb 6.7/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Teacher's Pet, before House of Mouse.
- Chronological order: after Teacher's Pet, before House of Mouse.
Cast
- Courtland Mead as Lloyd Nebulon (voice)
- Nicolette Little as Francine Nebulon (voice)
- April Winchell as Nora Nebulon (voice)
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Leo Andromedos (voice)
- Brian George as Station (voice)
- Justin Shenkarow as Edward "Eddie" Horton (voice)
- Pamela Hayden as Douglas McNoggin (voice)
- Bill Fagerbakke as Kurt Blobberts (voice)
- Diedrich Bader as Boomer (voice)
- Tara Strong as Good Cindy (voice)
- Mayim Bialik as Bad Cindy (voice)
- Anndi McAfee as Brittany Boviak (voice)
Created by Paul Germain, Joe Ansolabehere.