History Series / Vintergatan

In the year of 2009, another sequel was made, taking place nearly twenty years after the original -- ''Vid Vintergatans Slut'' ([[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant don't laugh]] -- it means ''At The End Of The Milky Way''). It features Mira, all grown up, and not at all like her younger, more adventurous self -- these times, she's a surly, middle-aged woman. She also has a daughter named [[TomboyishName Billie]], who fondly remembers the stories her mother used to tell her when she was small, about space and travels and aliens, which she always assumed was just stories. When she visits her childhood home, however, she finds a spacesuit hidden away, and a [[HumanAliens rather human-looking alien]] named Pax (from the planet Ypsagon) visits her and takes her to her spaceship, claiming she's sent from Peo and mistaking her for Mira. They pick up a reluctant Mira after this, and they finally get to have all the adventures in space Billie always wanted but Mira turned her back to, as they set off to defeat a TerribleTrio (consisting of The Count, The Professor, and [[OddNameOut Lennartsson]]). It kept continuity in mind, and it ''was'' written and directed by the same fellow who did the original 5A and 5B. It ended on a SequelHook, so it looks this ''isn't'' [[JustForPun the end of the Milky Way]].

* PokemonSpeak: The siblings from Fillione, Five, Seven and Three, who can only speak their respective names.
** Played for laughs occassionally, such as when Five plays board games, tries to solve a sudoku, and ''recites a telephone number''.

* LargeHam: The Count. Later on, however, he shifts into a MagnificentBastard.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Black holes do not work as quick jumps through space.
** Made a bit more frustrating that it's ''Alien'' who suggests this. He's supposed to ''know'' these things.

''Vintergatan'' (''The Milky Way'') is a term used commonly when talking about the ''Vintergatan''-universe in general - a number of series produced by Sweden's {{SVT}}.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Peo notices that his pipe is missing, he immediately confronts the others, believing that one of them is the thief. This causes Mira to do a nervous AsideGlance and then get unreasonably bitchy afterward.

* AnimalStereotypes: Lennartsson is a traditional example of a rat (and looks the part, too, with a gray hood and a whisker-like moustache), while the Professor is a female example of a bird of prey. She seems to have a ''golden hawk'' somehow attached to her forehead. Subtle.

* CannotSpitItOut: Pax, regarding her affection for Crona, an easy-going groovy guy from Ypsagon. Her hair turns yellow in his presence, signifying embarassment.

* GodJob: [[spoiler: Gaia is a title for the one responsible for watching over the universe. Peo and Ulla becomes Gaia in the end of 5B.]]
* GreenAesop: The mission in 5A was to gather lifeforms from other worlds which could help clean up the pollution on Earth so Earth could be concidered for admission into the intergalactic council.

* ConspicuousCG: Particularly apparent in ''Vid Vintergatans Slut''.

* UnPerson: [[spoiler: When Irina's space shuttle was lost in space, the Soviet staff deemed the operation a failure and opted to never talk about it again, presumably destroying all records of her mission and very existence.]]

!!This show contains examples of:

* OnlyOneName: Played straight and averted -- the original four ''were'' given last names in 5B (making them Glen Johnson, Henrik Gjöres, Mira Ardiles and Peo Persson), but they're still mostly referred to by their first names.
* TranslatorMicrobes: Present all through the series, usually in form of the truthperculator, then subverted in one episode of ''VVS'', where Peo is, indeed, seen speaking an alien language with, well, an alien, complete with subtitles for us non-alien watchers. (Of note: One odd thing is that towards the end of the conversation, Peo says 'Zavidal' -- the typical greeting for Crona from Ypsagon, who the alien looks nothing like. So either there's a group of planets tightly bunched together with different species living on them, but sharing the same language, or [[FridgeBrilliance the exhausted, rushed, and desperate Peo tried to act cheery, but a clear sign of his distress was him messing up the languages]].)
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Henrik and Glen constantly believe that the other is the one Mira's in love with. She doesn't think too much about it herself.
* VillainsOutShopping: Villains are frequently seen engaged in harmless activities. In one episode 'the mutants' are out getting backrubs, and The Count in ''VVS'' frequently plays with his Playmobil figures.

!!Episodes of this show contains examples of...

* ActionGirl: The reason that Mira comes along in the first place is to convince Glen and the others that she can be one of these. Really, though, she's a fairly normal girl -- but she evolves somewhere along the series, with the magic of CharacterDevelopment.
* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: Averted, for the most part. Fillione and Zinnij, which are earth-like are stated by the computer to be "A lot like your planet, Earth".
* AnimalStereotypes: Lennartsson is a traditional example of a rat (and looks the part, too, with a gray hood and a whisker-like moustache), while the Professor is a female example of a bird of prey. She seems to have a ''golden hawk'' somehow attached to her forehead. Subtle.
* BadBoss: Peo's former boss, the chief of the taxi service. Peo still has nightmares about this guy. Not too strange as the chief ''hits his employees in the head with an axe'' when he is displeased with them.
* CannotSpitItOut: Pax, regarding her affection for Crona, an easy-going groovy guy from Ypsagon. Her hair turns yellow in his presence, signifying embarassment.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Once an episode. Done very well.
* CharacterDevelopment: Every main character gets some.
* ConspicuousCG: Particularly apparent in ''Vid Vintergatans Slut''.
* CoolOldGuy: Peo after his character development. Notice the difference between the two pictures at the top.
* DirtyCoward: Lennartsson shows elements of this in the final episode, softly leaning out of screen when [[spoiler:Pax shows up and things go to hell]]. Fortunately, [[LampshadeHanging he's called on it]] just before the Count and Professor face down the heroes in the main staircase [[spoiler: where he doesn't show up anyway, having snuck away to where Lucci escaped]].
* EarthShatteringKaboom: The doomsday planet.
* EmotionlessGirl: Irina. It's explicitly pointed out in this dialogue:
-->'''Henrik''': But--don't you have any feelings?!
-->'''Irina''': Cosmonauts don't ''have'' feelings, Henrik!
* EvilLaugh: Seems to be more a formality than anything else in ''VVS''. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d (without a single word of conversation, too!) when the more traditional villains, the Count and the Professor, were recapping their plan with Lennartsson, and the two finished off with a bout of evil laughter. Lennartsson -- likely not used to the traditions -- failed to join them, resulting in the two going silent and glaring at him until he raised his voice in a lackluster giggle, causing the two to continue again.
* {{Filler}}: ''The damn Zonkophone calls''. Let me explain -- the characters got 'Zonkophones' at the start of the series, kind of like cellphones but looking like oval rocks. In any case, the plot of the series was fairly simple, but they had a lot of episodes to fill -- so children called the Zonkophones and helped the characters out with their own personal things to fill time. (Not to mention the characters seemed to drop ''everything'' and focus on their conversation with the children, leading to many a frustrating moment.) Inventive? Certainly. Annoying as hell? Very much so.
** In ''Vid Vintergatans Slut'', they thankfully didn't get the Zonkophones. It still kept the spirit of Filler, however, with conversations between Pax and Mira on the ship. Made more frustrating since it actually led to some CharacterDevelopment, but it was minor (and forced by the plot later on in any case), and the fact that this installment was ''far, far shorter'', with ten half-hour episodes instead of the forty-fifty of 5A and 5B. They didn't really ''have'' much time to fill in the first place.
* GodJob: [[spoiler: Gaia is a title for the one responsible for watching over the universe. Peo and Ulla becomes Gaia in the end of 5B.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Clockwise from top: Peo, Henrik, Mira, Glenn.]]

The ''Vintergatan'' series was originally a show created for the mornings of summer vacation, airing at nine-o'-clock every morning for around sixty days in the year 2000. It began with ''Vintergatan 5A'' -- a children's science-fiction comedy show that was about three youngsters and one oldster -- PluckyGirl Mira, TheSmartGuy Henrik, the [[SoulBrotha black-and-American]] Glenn, and a ''very'' GrumpyOldMan by name of Peo. To summarize, they thought they were going to camp, all of them riding in the same cab (with Peo as the driver). They suffered an unfortunate AlienAbduction. They found themselves on a spaceship -- but before long, it went dark, and a holographic screen appeared. An alien (who, quite simply, called himself '[[ShapedLikeItself Al]][[SomeCallMeTim ien]]') began speaking to them, asking them if they would go on a quest that would change the world forever...and, in an actual aversion of a ButThouMust situation, gave them the choice to deny. Mira cast the deciding vote, and leaned toward refusing...but after Glenn sighed, saying he should have known she would back down -- after all, she is a ''girl'' -- she agreed anyway, and the adventure began.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Mira, Henrik, and Glenn are clad in the primary colors. Peo is simply in his cab driver's uniform, but then, Alien didn't expect him to be beamed along. Irina has an orange cosmonaut suit.

* FiveTokenBand: Four, but still -- Mira, a Hispanic youngster, Henrik, a Swedish youngster, Glenn, a black, American youngster, and Peo, a Swedish oldster.

* OnlyOneName: Played straight and averted -- the original four ''were'' given last names in 5B (making them Glenn Johnson, Henrik Gjöres, Mira Ardiles and Peo Persson), but they're still mostly referred to by their first names.

* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Henrik and Glenn constantly believe that the other is the one Mira's in love with. She doesn't think too much about it herself.

* ActionGirl: The reason that Mira comes along in the first place is to convince Glenn and the others that she can be one of these. Really, though, she's a fairly normal girl -- but she evolves somewhere along the series, with the magic of CharacterDevelopment.

* SoulBrotha: Glenn. The guy was as much pure coolness as you could fit into a children's show. To show how much, I will describe this scenario. Glenn in space, finding a jukebox. He erupts "Oh, space-funk!" and begins grooving along.

* TalkingToHimself: Peo and Captain Zoom, near the end of ''VVS''.

In the year of 2009, another sequel was made, taking place nearly twenty years after the original -- ''Vid Vintergatans Slut'' ([[IThoughtItMeant don't laugh]] -- it means ''At The End Of The Milky Way''). It features Mira, all grown up, and not at all like her younger, more adventurous self -- these times, she's a surly, middle-aged woman. She also has a daughter named [[TomboyishName Billie]], who fondly remembers the stories her mother used to tell her when she was small, about space and travels and aliens, which she always assumed was just stories. When she visits her childhood home, however, she finds a spacesuit hidden away, and a [[HumanAliens rather human-looking alien]] named Pax (from the planet Ypsagon) visits her and takes her to her spaceship, claiming she's sent from Peo and mistaking her for Mira. They pick up a reluctant Mira after this, and they finally get to have all the adventures in space Billie always wanted but Mira turned her back to, as they set off to defeat a TerribleTrio (consisting of The Count, The Professor, and [[OddNameOut Lennartsson]]). It kept continuity in mind, and it ''was'' written and directed by the same fellow who did the original 5A and 5B. It ended on a SequelHook, so it looks this ''isn't'' [[JustForPun the end of the Milky Way]].

* [[XMeetsY X Meets Y Meets Z]]: WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo (minus the dog) meets the Quest for the Holy Grail meets Franchise/StarTrek.

The ''Vintergatan'' series was originally a show created for the mornings of summer vacation, airing at nine-o'-clock every morning for around sixty days in the year 2000. It began with ''Vintergatan 5A'' -- a children's science-fiction comedy show that was about three youngsters and one oldster -- PluckyGirl Mira, TheSmartGuy Henrik, the [[SoulBrotha black-and-American]] Glenn, and a ''very'' GrumpyOldMan by name of Peo. To summarize, they thought they were going to camp, all of them riding in the same cab (with Peo as the driver). They suffered an unfortunate AlienAbduction. They found themselves on a spaceship -- but before long, it went dark, and a holographic screen appeared. An alien (who, quite simply, called himself '[[ShapedLikeItself Al]][[SomeCallmeTim ien]]') began speaking to them, asking them if they would go on a quest that would change the world forever...and, in an actual aversion of a ButThouMust situation, gave them the choice to deny. Mira cast the deciding vote, and leaned toward refusing...but after Glenn sighed, saying he should have known she would back down -- after all, she is a ''girl'' -- she agreed anyway, and the adventure began.

In the year of 2009, another sequel was made, taking place nearly twenty years after the original -- ''Vid Vintergatans Slut'' ([[IThoughtItMeant don't laugh]] -- it means ''At The End Of The Milky Way''). It features Mira, all grown up, and not at all like her younger, more adventurous self -- these times, she's a surly, middle-aged woman. She also has a daughter named [[TomboyishName Billie]], who fondly remembers the stories her mother used to tell her when she was small, about space and travels and aliens, which she always assumed was just stories. When she visits her childhood home, however, she finds a spacesuit hidden away, and a [[HumanAliens rather human-looking alien]] named Pax (from the planet Ypsagon) visits her and takes her to her spaceship, claiming she's sent from Peo and mistaking her for Mira. They pick up a reluctant Mira after this, and they finally get to have all the adventures in space Billie always wanted but Mira turned her back to, as they set off to defeat a TerribleTrio (consisting of The Count, The Professor, and [[OddNameOut Lennartsson]]). It kept continuity in mind, and it ''was'' written and directed by the same fellow who did the original 5A and 5B. It ended on a SequelHook, so it looks this ''isn't'' [[IncrediblyLamePun the end of the Milky Way]].

* TranslatorMicrobes: Present all through the series, usually in form of the truthperculator, then subverted in one episode of ''VVS'', where Peo is, indeed, seen speaking an alien language with, well, an alien, complete with subtitles for us non-alien watchers. (Of note: One odd thing is that towards the end of the conversation, Peo says 'Zavidal' -- the typical greeting for Crona from Ypsagon, who the alien looks nothing like. So either there's a group of planets tightly bunched together with different species living on them, but sharing the same language, or [[FridgeBrilliance the exhausted, rushed, and desperate Peo tried to act cheery, but a clear sign of his distress was him messing up the languages.]])

* [[XMeetsY X Meets Y Meets Z]]: ScoobyDoo (minus the dog) meets the Quest for the Holy Grail meets Franchise/StarTrek.

* CanNotSpitItOut: Pax, regarding her affection for Crona, an easy-going groovy guy from Ypsagon. Her hair turns yellow in his presence, signifying embarassment.
* CliffHanger: Once an episode. Done very well.

* CMOTDibbler: Benke Bengtsson. It doesn't help that, the way they make it look, ''the only store in the galaxy is owned by him''.

* EvilLaugh: Seems to be more a formality than anything else in ''VVS''. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] (without a single word of conversation, too!) when the more traditional villains, the Count and the Professor, were recapping their plan with Lennartsson, and the two finished off with a bout of evil laughter. Lennartsson -- likely not used to the traditions -- failed to join them, resulting in the two going silent and glaring at him until he raised his voice in a lackluster giggle, causing the two to continue again.

* TalkingToYourself: Peo and Captain Zoom, near the end of ''VVS''.
* TerribleTrio: The Triumvirate of ''Vid Vintergatans Slut''. An interesting example in that none of them is the leader -- The Count seems to take this position at first, but he only supplies the money and can't assist the project in any other way, The Professor has the brains, but absolutely no social competence and thus frequently alienates and reprimands the fifoons working for her, and Lennartsson seems out of place, nearly like he doesn't have any use, but turns out to be a bit of TheManBehindTheMan; he's the one who rallies the fifoons, and, all-in-all, has a slightly better hand with people and the workings of their minds. Since the Count is an arrogant pedantic who wants everything to be the same, and the Professor is an arrogant genius who wants people to appreciate her for her intelligence (despite the fact that she treats them like mud), Lennartsson is the only one with real social competence. However, him being TheManBehindTheMan gets him a good position -- he's the one to throw the first [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder backstab.]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Lucci, Lennartsson's pet (who he keeps in his purse, talks to and ''feeds earthworms''), is at first only seen as a pair of glowing red eyes. [[spoiler: In some quite spectacular NightmareRetardant, it's revealed to be a white worm-thing. But then, it could intentionally resemble another [[FreudWasRight white, worm-shaped object I can think of...]]]]

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Due to problems with copyright regarding the music, the original series has never been released on DVD. SVT, however, have been kind enough to show reruns from time to time.
* DawsonCasting: The main characters are mentioned to be "around 13", but the actors were in their late 20's at the time of recording.

* WordOfGod...: ...has commented on this page. Of course, it could be an impostor or a fraud, but since he's a bit more closely tied to his fanbase than other writer-directors, it's more likely than, say, Michael Bay complimenting his fanclub.
* YouLookFamiliar: Peo and Captain Zoom were played by the same actor. This is never remarked on aside from the occassional 'You look a lot like Peo'[[spoiler: aside from in the end of ''VVS'', where it's used for a PaperThinDisguise by Zoom as Peo. It works for long enough.]]

* FanNickname: Lenny 'Råttan' ('The Rat') Lennartsson.

* VillainsOutShopping: Villains are frequently seen engaged in harmless activities. This troper distinctly remembers 'the mutants' being out getting backrubs in one episode of either 5A or 5B, and The Count in ''VVS'' frequently plays with his Playmobil figures.

* FanNickname: This troper has found "Lenny 'Råttan' ('The Rat') Lennartsson" bouncing about. She's quite fond of it.

''Vintergatan'' (''The Milky Way'') is a term used commonly when talking about the ''Vintergatan''-universe in general.

The Count, who had previously appeared a rather humorous, bumbling aristocrat, gained about ten times the creepiness in that moment.

In the year of 2009, another sequel was made, taking place nearly twenty years after the original -- ''Vid Vintergatans Slut'' ([[IThoughtItMeant don't laugh]] -- it means ''At The End Of The Milky Way''). It features Mira, all grown up, and not at all like her younger, more adventurous self -- these times, she's a surly, middle-aged woman. She also has a daughter named [[TomboyishName Billie]], who fondly remembers the stories her mother used to tell her when she was small, about space and travels and aliens, which she always assumed was just stories. When she visits her childhood home, however, she finds a spacesuit hidden away, and a [[HumanAliens rather human-looking alien]] named Pax (from the planet Ypsagon) visits her and takes her to her spaceship, claiming she's sent from Peo and mistaking her for Mira. They pick up a reluctant Mira after this, and they finally get to have all the adventures in space Billie always wanted but Mira turned her back to, as they set off to defeat a TerribleTrio (consisting of The Count, The Professor, and [[OddNameOut Lennartsson]]). It kept continuity in mind, and it ''was'' written and directed by the same fellow who did the original 5A and 5B. It ended on a SequelHook, so it looks this ''isn't'' [[AWorldwidePunomenon the end of the Milky Way]].

!!This show contains examples of...

In the year of 2009, another sequel was made, taking place nearly twenty years after the original -- ''Vid Vintergatans Slut'' ([[IThoughtItMeant don't laugh]] -- it means ''At The End Of The Milky Way''). It features Mira, all grown up, and not at all like her younger, more adventurous self -- these times, she's a surly, middle-aged woman. She also has a daughter named [[TomboyishName Billie]], who fondly remembers the stories her mother used to tell her when she was small, about space and travels and aliens, which she always assumed was just stories. When she visits her childhood home, however, she finds a spacesuit hidden away, and a [[HumanAliens rather human-looking alien]] named Pax (from the planet Ypsagon) visits her and takes her to her spaceship, claiming she's sent from Peo and mistaking her for Mira. They pick up a reluctant Mira after this, and they finally get to have all the adventures in space Billie always wanted but Mira turned her back to, as they set off to defeat a TerribleTrio (consisting of The Count, The Professor, and [[OddNameOut Lennartsson]]). YourMileageMayVary on how good it is, but at least it kept continuity in mind, and it ''was'' written and directed by the same fellow who did the original 5A and 5B. It ended on a SequelHook, so it looks this ''isn't'' [[AWorldwidePunomenon the end of the Milky Way]].

* [[XMeetsY X Meets Y Meets Z]]: ScoobyDoo (minus the dog) meets the Quest for the Holy Grail meets StarTrek.

In the year of 2009, another sequel was made, taking place nearly twenty years after the original -- ''Vid Vintergatans Slut'' ([[IThoughtItMeant don't laugh]] -- it means ''At The End Of The Milky Way''). It features Mira, all grown up, and not at all like her younger, more adventurous self -- these times, she's a surly, middle-aged woman. She also has a daughter named [[TomboyishName Billie]], who fondly remembers the stories her mother used to tell her when she was small, about space and travels and aliens, which she always assumed was just stories. When she visits her childhood home, however, she finds a spacesuit hidden away, and a [[HumanAliens rather human-looking alien]] named Pax (from the planet Ypsagon) visits her and takes her to her spaceship, claiming she's sent from Peo and mistaking her for Mira. They pick up a reluctant Mira after this, and they finally get to have all the adventures in space Billie always wanted but Mira turned her back to, as they set off to defeat a TerribleTrio (consisting of The Count, The Professor, and [[OddNameOut Lennartsson]]). YourMileageMayVary on how good it is, but at least it kept continuity in mind, and it ''was'' written and directed by the same fellow who did the original 5A and 5B. It ended on a SequelHook, so it looks this ''isn't'' [[IncrediblyLamePun the end of the Milky Way]].