Space Goofs (France/Quebec title: Les Zinzins de l'espace, UK title: Home to Rent, German title: Ein Heim für Aliens, Italian title: Space Goofs - Vicini Troppo Vicini, international title: Stupid Invaders) is a French animated series first aired in 2000. It was airing, in Quebec, on Télétoon. In the UK, it premiered on Channel 4 under the name Home to Rent and it also premiered under its original moniker on Nicktoons UK on 5 November 2005 at 9:30am. It was aired on put of the Fox Kids lineup on Fox in the United States.
The series also served as the basis of an adventure game titled Stupid Invaders.
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Plot
Five extra-terrestrials, Etno, Gorgious, Stereo, Candy and Bud, go to vacation together in space. They have an accident and crash in planet Earth. Forced to hide from humans, they take shelter in an old abandoned house and Etno creates a mutating machine that can change their bodies so they can go out sometimes.
The aliens have two goals: return to their home planets and chase away anybody who tries to establish themselves in the house.
Characters
- Etno Polino: Short and purple with red lips and a big nose, Etno is the nerd and the brains of the group. A scientific genius, he creates all sort of machines. In the original French version, he speaks with an English accent. Etno's voice was done by Mark Swift (Mark Waterworth).
- Bud Budiovitch: Tall and orange with a three strands of hair, a long neck and big bloodshot eyes, Bud is lazy and naive. He acts as the teenager of the group which makes him somewhat adolescent. He is a television addict and spends most of the time sitting in front of it and drinking soft drinks. Like Etno Bud is always the last one to panic in a situation. He always come a with the best solution but most of the times no one will listen to him. Bud's voice was done by Lizzie Waterworth.
- Candy Caramella: Small and green with a wrinkled forehead and wearing a polka-dotted apron, Candy is Gay. Candy's voice was done by Richard Jones (Stereophonics).
- Gorgious Klatoo: Fat and blue with a heavy chin and a protruding tooth, Gorgious is the grumpy and brutal one. He is very greedy and his hobby consists of bullying the others and eating. Gorgious' voice was done by Chris Rankin.
- Stereo Monovici: Two-headed and red each head with a slightly long nose, Stereo acts as two people since each head has its own mind. "He" is pretty much the bookworm of the group, yet wastes his intelligence on the most useless information often. Stereo was removed from season two of the show because Jeff Bennet died and several viewers and even xilam studios described him as "a very weak character". Stereo's voices was done by Steve Swift.
Reaction
- The series has been a hit in France, in particular due to its absurd, slapstick and tongue-in-cheek slightly politically incorrect humor.
Stupid Invaders
An adventure game based on Space Goofs titled Stupid Invaders was released in 2000 by UbiSoft. The plot centers around the aliens and their attempts to return to space. All the main characters of the series are playable through the course of the game. The game is notable for deliberately rejecting or distorting some cliched aspects of the adventure genre; standard adventure game tactics such as picking up, talking to or interacting with anything encountered will often result in instant (albeit highly comical) death for the player character and the need to reload, for example, often with no warning.
Stupid Invaders was developed by Xilam for Windows and Mac OS, and ported to the Dreamcast by Titanium Studios.[1]
Trivia
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- From the creator of Oggy and the Cockroaches (Oggy et les cafards in french) : Jean-Yves Raimbaud and Marc du Pontavice
- The theme song 'Monster Men' is performed by Iggy Pop
- In one of the episodes, there is a rocking horse of Oggy, from the fellow Gaumont Film Company show Oggy and The Cockroaches.
- In the episode "Bats in the belfry", Stereo doesn't say a single word in the whole episode but only makes one noise.
- Stereo was removed from season 2 but only appears in two episodes in season 2 (he arrives to rescue the others). In total, he was only seen in 53 episodes and was never seen again. This creates a mild error in the season 2 opening, where the song still mentions " Five little monsters!..."
- In the episode "Venus junior" of season one, Oggy from "Oggy and the Cockroaches" makes a brief cameo appearance on their T.V. set.
- Space Goofs also made appearances on Oggy and the Cockroaches, excluding Stereo.
Airing history
France
- France 3
- 1st season (1996-1998 on the Minikeums show and 2008 on the Toowam show)
- 2nd season (2004-2005 on the France Truc show)
Canada
Quebec
- Télétoon as "Les Zinzins de l'espace" (cancelled)
USA
- Fox Kids (1997-1999)
- Fox Family Channel (Now known as ABC Family)
Italia
- Italia 1 (1999)
UK
- Channel 4 (1991) (Home to Rent Series only)
- Fox Kids (1997-1999)
- Nicktoons UK (2005-2008)
- Nickelodeon UK (2008-)
Malaysia
Latin America
- Magic Kids -1st Season
- Jetix
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