History Series / RockyJonesSpaceRanger

The show starred Richard Crane as [[TheHero square-jawed]] Rocky Jones; Scotty Beckett as PluckyComicRelief "Winky"; Sally Mansfield as [[TheChick Vena Rey]]; Robert Lyden as TagalongKid Bobby; and Maurice Cass as [[TheProfessor Professor Newton]]. Other regulars and semi-regulars included Rocky's boss, Secretary Drake, and [[BigBad frequent villain]] Queen Cleolanta (she prefers the title "Suzerain"), along with her primary henchman Atlasan; Atlasan's wife Trinka also plays an important role in one arc.

* TheChick: Vena

* BrownNote: The Nagato Siren in "Rocky's Odyssey".

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Queen Cleolanta

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Ken the Casa 7 controller]] in "Manhunt In Space"

* FanNickname: Atlasan; Joel and the 'bots call him [[ComicBook/YTheLastMan "Ampersand"]].

* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: It'd be hard to find a truer example than Rocky.

* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: Oh goodness yes.

* NotableOriginalMusic: Tom and Crow's serenade to Gypsy, "Under a Gyp-Gyp-Gypsy Moon", which very nearly degenerates into a BawdySong before Joel pulls the plug.

DefeatMeansFriendship: Atlasan; later on, [[spoiler:Cleolanta]].

* TheWikiRule: [[http://rockyjones.wikia.com/ Over here]].

* ComicBookAdaptation: Space Adventures, Issues 15, 16, 17, and 18. This seems to be a Type 2 or 3 adaption (at time of writing, this Tropers is still working through the TV series.)
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Atlasan; later on, [[spoiler:Cleolanta]].

* TranslatorMicrobes: The [[{{Zeerust}} ticker tape machine]] used in "Rocky's Oddesy" to communicate with Bovarro the Positan.

The show starred Richard Crane as [[TheHero square-jawed]] Rocky Jones; Scotty Beckett as PluckyComicRelief "Winky"; Sally Mansfield as [[TheChick Vena Rey]]; Robert Lyden as TagalongKid Bobby; and Maurice Cass as [[TheProfessor Professor Newton]]. Other regulars and semi-regulars included Rocky's boss, Secretary Drake, and [[BigBad frequent villain]] Queen Cleolanta (she prefers the title "Suzerain"), along with her primary henchmen Atlasan and Lasvon; Atlasan's wife Trinka also plays an important role in one arc.

* GravitySucks: Surprisingly averted in "Crash of the Moons," in which the bad guys trap spaceships in orbits around their planet.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Trinka easily slips past the inattentive guard to reach Rocky and Winky.
** However, it's also subverted later in the episode, when this self-same guard checks in on Winky and Rocky; Winky pretends to be asleep, but the guard can't help but notice that Rocky is missing.

* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: the aforementioned Cold Light device works by reversing the principle that mirages are caused by the desert's intense heat ''distorting the light itself''.

* MinimalistCast: How many people work at the Office of Space Affairs? As far as we see, its Secretary Drake and his assistant. Other worlds [=HQs=] fare little better.

* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: the so-called "[=VisioGraph=]".
** Also crosses over with MagicalSecurityCam, but more the former than the latter.

* FanNickname: Atlasan; Joel and the 'bots call him [[{{Y The Last Man}} "Ampersand"]].

* BrownNote: The Nagato Siren in "Rocky's Oddesy".

* HeelRealization: Torvac in "Rocky's Oddesy" comes to see how horrible the [[BrownNote Nagato Siren Song]] is. In his defense, he himself was also under its influence.

* MinimalistCast: How many people work at the Office of Space Affairs? As far as we see, its Secretary Drake and his assistant. Other world [=HQs=] fare little better.
** In "Manhunt In Space", there's only ONE guy who runs the control room. Though, to be fair, there seems to be only three landing pads for ships, as Joel and the Bots are keen to point out.

A 1954 ScienceFiction TV series, following the adventures of the titular hero and his group of friends. The program was a TelevisionSerial, its episodes arranged into definitive story arcs (commonly three episodes each, though there were a few stand-alone episodes scattered in as well), a number of which have been edited together into movie format. Two such {{Compilation Movie}}s, "Manhunt In Space" and "Crash Of The Moons", were featured on ''MysteryScienceTheater3000''; several others are available on DVD.

* [[LockedInARoom Trapped In A Bomb Shelter]]: "Oh, this is like that ''PerfectStrangers''/''FamilyTies''/''FullHouse'' episode where they get locked in the basement!"

* TranslatorMicrobes: The [[{{Zeerust}} ticker tape machine]] used in "Rocky's Oddesy" to communicate with Bovarro the Positan.* UnexplainedRecovery: The space pirate Griff, in the first storyline of the series, is a spy for the evil Ophecians entrenched in the Space Rangers ranks. Rocky finds out about the traitor Griff and disposes of him via magical DeusExMachina button, [[{{Recap/RockyJonesBeyondTheMoon}} which causes him to explode]]! But by [[Recap/RockyJonesMenaceFromOuterSpace the next episode]], Griff is all better and being a villain.

* "Manhunt In Space"

* MinimalistCast: How many people work at the Office of Space Affairs? As far as we see, its Secretary Drake and his assistant.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: It's implied, if not outright stated, that most of the series takes place in -- and thus that the United Worlds are confined to -- our solar system. Let's see: in addition to our nine planets (one of which got DemotedToExtra), we also have Fornax, Casa 7, Pah, and Ophecius, not to mention the Gypsy Moons; and Ophecius is stated to have a number of allies as well.

* "[[Recap/RockyJonesCrashOfTheMoons Crash Of The Moons]]"

* "[[Recap/RockyJonesMenaceFromOuterSpace Menace From Outer Space]]" (aka "Bobby's Comet")

** FemmeFatale: Cleolanta's not quite evil enough to qualify as TheVamp.

* UnexplainedRecovery: The space pirate Griff, in the first storyline of the series, is a spy for the evil Ophecians entrenched in the Space Rangers ranks. Rocky finds out about the traitor Griff and disposes of him via magical DeusExMachina button, [[{{Recap/RockyJonesBeyondTheMoon}} which causes him to explode]]! But by [[Recap/RockyJonesMenaceFromOuterSpace the next episode]], Griff is all better and being a villain.

The show starred Richard Crane as [[TheHero square-jawed]] Rocky Jones; Scotty Beckett as PluckyComicRelief "Winky"; Sally Mansfield as [[TheChick Vena Rey]]; Robert Lyden as TagalongKid Bobby; and Maurice Cass as [[TheProfessor Professor Newton]]. Other regulars and semi-regulars included Rocky's boss, Secretary Drake, and [[BigBad frequent villain]] Queen Cleolanta (she prefers the title "Suzerain"), along with her primary henchmen Atlasan and Lasvon; Atlasan's wife Trinka also plays [[TheMessiah an important role]] in one arc.

* TheMessiah: Trinka, somehow, someway, becomes a spokesperson for her people during the mass exodus. "This is Trinka -- your friend!"

* ShownTheirWork: The series seems to have had writers who knew something about space as multiple scientific theories come into play. For example, there's the previously mentioned [[AvertedTrope aversion]] of GravitySucks, as well as in one episode it is pointed out that two moons orbit around each other, which is a theory as to how Pluto has its moon, Juno.

* "[[Recap/RockyJonesBobbysComet Menace From Outer Space]]" (aka "Bobby's Comet")

* UnexplainedRecovery: The space pirate Griff, in the first storyline of the series, is a spy for the evil Ophecians entrenched in the Space Rangers ranks. Rocky finds out about the traitor Griff and disposes of him via magical DeusExMachina button, [[{{Recap/RockyJonesBeyondTheMoon}} which causes him to explode]]! But by [[Recap/RockyJonesBobbysComet the next episode]], Griff is all better and being a villain.

* "Menace From Outer Space" (aka "Bobby's Comet")

** FemmeFatale: Cleolanta's not quite evil enough to qualify as TheVamp. Nonetheless...

* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: the aforementioned device works by reversing the principle that mirages are caused by the desert's intense heat ''distorting the light itself''.

** In the first story arc, Newton Observatory is a place on Ophecious, but in the second story arc, it is on Earth. Either there are two identical observatories, one on each planet, or the location inexplicably moved ''between planets''.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://rockyjones.wikia.com/]]

* ShownTheirWork: The series seems to have had writers who knew something about space as multiple scientific theories come into play. For example, there's the previously mentioned [[AvertedTrope aversion]] of GravitySucks, as well as in one episode it is pointed out that two moons orbit around eachother, which is a theory as to how Pluto has its moon, Juno.

* UnexplainedRecovery: The space pirate Griff, in the first storyline of the series, is a spy for the evil Ophecians entrenched in the Space Rangers ranks. Rocky finds out about the traitor Griff and disposes of him via magical DeusExMachina button, [[{{Recap/RockyJonesBeyondTheMoon}} which causes him to explode]]! But by the next episode, Griff is all better and being a villain.

'''Joel:''' ...Servo, c'mon; we've got "blankacrükensnorken" sign.\\

* IGotBetter: The space pirate Griff, in the first storyline of the series, is a spy for the evil Ophecians entrenched in the Space Rangers ranks. Rocky finds out about the traitor Griff and disposes of him via magical DeusExMachina button, [[{{Recap/RockyJonesBeyondTheMoon}} which causes him to explode]]! But by the next episode, Griff is all better and being a villain.