Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
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| Created by | Gordon Bressack |
| Developed by | Gordon Bressack Rob Hudnut Gary Hartle |
| Voices of |
James L. Avery, Sr. Jeff Bennett Michael Dorn Jerry Doyle Dom Irrera Maurice LaMarche Karen Maruyama Malcolm McDowell |
| Composer(s) | Thomas Chase Jones Steve Rucker Dale Schacker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 30min |
| Production company(s) | Hallmark Entertainment Monkeyshine Productions, inc. Bohbot Entertainment |
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| Original network |
Telecinco (Spain) Cartoon Network (South America) Kids' WB, ABC3 (Asutralia) Spacetoon (Syria) Cartoon Network (Europe) KBS 1TV, Nickelodeon (South Korea) Italia 1 (Italy) ITV (United Kingdom) |
| Original release | September 7, 1996 – June 21, 1997 |
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys is an American animated television series. The show premiered on September 7, 1996 and ended after 26 episodes on June 21, 1997. It was produced by Hallmark Entertainment, Monkeyshine Productions.inc, and distributed by Bohbot Entertainment and aired as part of a syndicated animation block known as BKN. Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys ran for four years on American and international TV.
The series includes many references and parodies of science fiction films and TV shows, such as Plan 9 from Outer Space. One episode has a creature hatching from an egg and stalking the crew in a manner similar to Alien. Captain Simian and his enemy Nebula were voiced by Jerry Doyle and Michael Dorn who had played the security officers in the sci-fi programs Babylon 5 and Star Trek: The Next Generation respectively. Despite the title only two of the members are monkeys, the others being apes.
During the monkey-manned spaceflights of the 1960s, one rocket veered off course, sending a chimp named Charlie off into the outer reaches of space. After many years, Charlie’s craft was discovered by the most intelligent race in the universe, The " " (pronounced by not saying anything. Then followed with the explanation that their race is so advanced that their name cannot be pronounced or written; only thought. The running joke then had the other space monkeys asking, “The who?”)
Charlie was given enhanced intelligence, weapons, and futuristic technology, along with a charge to protect the universe from the evil Lord Nebula. One of the more unusual villains in cartoon history, Nebula was a half-human, half-black hole who hoped to become a complete black hole, swallow the universe in a “Big Crunch,” then remake it in his own image. His one problem was that, being half human, he was still susceptible to human ailments, such as the common cold and stomach aches.
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