Trivia / Astroblast!

• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Despite making its debut in as tech savvy of a year as 2014, the show quickly became so obscure that it was considered Lost Media for a few years until every episode resurfaced.
• What Could Have Been: The show was going to be very different.
  • The show was originally going to be math-based similar to the book series.
  • In the 2011 pilot, the characters were originally going to wear an orange outfit with two white buttons, a yellow belt with the Astroblast Snack Shack icon on the middle and white shoes similar to their book counterparts. However, the characters would wear color-coded outfits (except for Jet) in the final series so that kids can recognize them.
  • The aliens originally looked different in the pilot. They were blue, they had red eyes and they looked similar to their book counterparts. The aliens would have different designs in the final series.
  • Halley and Sputnik didn't have eyelashes in the pilot and they looked similar to their book counterparts. They would get eyelashes and different designs in the final series.
  • Comet was originally called Apollo in the 2011 pilot similar to his book counterpart. His name was changed to Comet in the final series probably because of The Pajanimals having a character with that name. He also sounded different in the pilot.
  • There were two unused intros of the pilot. The first intro sounded very different and had different lyrics. It can be found on YouTube along with an animation test. The second intro sounded similar to what it would sound like in the final series, but with different lyrics. It can be found on TikTok. The intro also featured Opening Narration which was cut in the final series. The aliens also looked similar to what they would look like in the final series.