YMMV / Space Ghost Coast to Coast

• Adaptation Displacement: Most cartoon fans these days would be more familiar with this incarnation of Space Ghost than the classic cartoon version. In fact, some might think Space Ghost only exists as a talk show host and a superhero parody! It didn't help that these incarnations were the ones featured in Cartoon Network advertisements in the 90's and early 00's.
• Awesome Music:
  • All of the songs in the musical episode "Boatshow".
  • The theme. IT'S AWESOME!
  • The Ghost Planet National Anthem
  • The music Space Ghost dances to in his "solo dance party". IT'S ELECTRYFYING!
  • The music played during Craig McCracken's swimsuit pose and the credits in "President's Day Nightmare".
• Bizarro Episode: Intentional for the first few years. Every seventh episode or so was supposed to be weird. Notable examples include "Story Book House", "Woody Allen's Fall Show", "Brilliant Number One"/"Brilliant Number Two", "Joshua", "Warren", "Curses", "Girl Hair", and "Flipmode".
• Broken Base: The Adult Swim episodes. Fans are divided on whether or not the increased adult humor and swearing benefited the show's last episodes by going more all-out with less restrictions or was largely unnecessary and unfunny. Most fans will agree the Adult Swim episodes were better than the GameTap episodes though.
• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • Zorak eating his nephew Raymond, and Space Ghost's reaction.
    Space Ghost: That's barbaric! ...Is there any left?
    Zorak: Lemme check...Nope.
    Space Ghost: I'm gonna miss that little guy.
  • Space Ghost talking about his one man show "Racism Is Bad" from "Live At The Filmore":
    Space Ghost: Okay, I like how it starts, but we need an ending for "Racism Is Bad", because some races are bad.
  • Pretty much all of "Dreams", from Space Ghost's obsession with parroting Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's "banged a dog up the ass" remark, to filling his coffee mug with his own urine and giving it to Moltar to pour on some children, to Moltar actually saying "shit" uncensored, to the entire premise of the episode being to raise money for "retardos" (not "retarded people." "Retardos.") The whole episode comes off as the Ghost Planet staff not caring if they piss off the censors (which makes sense when you realize it's one of the last episodes to air on Adult Swim.)
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Brak, to the point where he got his own spin-off series in 2001.
  • Moltar became one a few years later thanks to hosting one of Cartoon Network's (and later Adult Swim's) most important programs of all time during its early years.
  • Space Ghost's Grandpa from "Piledriver" is one of the more popular one-shot characters, thanks to being hilariously insane and voiced by Randy Savage.
• Fan-Preferred Cut Content: What was intended as the Cold Open to the "Baffler Meal" was merely a deleted scene in the Season 2 DVD of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Viewers can't understand why it was deleted, given the big part the colonial man working at Burger Trench plays in it.
• Growing the Beard: The show was not received well when it first premiered; the first season was more or less a talk show played straight and had episodes that were slow, stilted, and awkward. It isn't until later in the season that the dialogue began to sound more natural, and vastly improved by the second season. It then began to get more surreal and subversive as the years went on and got funnier after each season.
• Heartwarming Moments: The Captain and Tennille manage to pacify Space Ghost and Birdman, in the midst of a vicious fight, with a performance of "Muskrat Love". Which brings everyone together to sing in harmony.
  • "The Justice Hole" has Dave Thomas giving some encouragement to Space Ghost and acting as a conselor, in wake of his Hostile Show Takeover. Of course, this is then subverted when Zorak, Moltar, and Dave ditch Space Ghost.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • In the episode where Susan Olsen was being interviewed (circa 1996), Space Ghost's evil twin, Chad, asks Susan whether she's related to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. He then goes on about how freaky-looking they both are. In 2004, Mary Kate entered rehab for anorexia.
  • Zorak angrily questioning why Andy Dick is a guest on "Boatshow" becomes brutal after Andy Dick's downward spiral beginning less than two years after the episode aired.
  • This hilarious season 5 promo has Space Ghost yelling at some executives over having his show’s timeslot after Pound Puppies. Nowadays, he is no longer in any position to do such a thing, since former Adult Swim Senior Vice President Mike Lazzo apparently considers him and the show to be an embarrassment.
  • Space Ghost blowing up France at the end of "Anniversary" has become this after the November 13, 2015 Paris attack by ISIS.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Craig McCracken "beating" other Hanna-Barbera animators in a swimsuit contest (the other animators refused to participate) years before his creation would spawn a show that outlasted all of their projects as well.
  • Space Ghost would not be the last masked show host to make a documentary about the alleged connection between bears and sharks.
  • Sadly averted with Moltar claiming that Thom Yorke is making a song about a knife in "Knifin' Around", as the episode aired just shy of a month after Radiohead's "Knives Out" was released.
  • Birdman being portrayed as washed up and unable to hold a job, years before Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.
• Ho Yay: Has its own page.
• Jerkass Woobie: Space Ghost. He's a total jerk, but he's also a socially awkward mess and the butt of Zorak's cruelty. "The Justice Hole" also shows that he desperately craves acceptance from other superheroes.
• Memetic Mutation: "HOONA IGNA CHOWA NEHA! HOONA IGNA CHOWA NEHA!"
• Moment of Awesome:
  • "Untitled" features Moltar fighting Space Ghost and keeping up with him as they exchange blows.
  • Space Ghost gets one in "Warren", when he blasts the titular character. True, Warren was a sentient potted plant, but considering he tried to steal SG's show and was implied to have done terrible things to him, it works.
  • Birdman manages to get a couple in "Pilot" and "Sequel". In the former, he sics Avenger to maul the crap out of the constantly berating Lokar. And in the latter, he dukes it out with Space Ghost without getting curb stomped.
  • The fight between Zorak and the laser-visioned crow in "Eat a Peach" (and the fact the crow held up as long as it did) bears mention.
  • The 2001: A Space Odyssey parody at the end of "$20.01".
• Nightmare Fuel: Now has its own page.
• Older Than They Think:
  • The two Bangladesh guys Mujibur and Sirajul, briefly featured in "Hungry", actually were previously featured in recurring segments on Late Night With David Letterman. Hence why they keep exclaiming "Hi, Dave!"
  • The "Hoona Igna Chowa Neha" line in "Fire Ant" was actually said in an old Dino Boy episode.
• Once Original, Now Common: This show was unlike anything else on the air in 1994 and only got more "out there" as the series progressed. Now almost the entire Adult Swim lineup and cartoons like Family Guy have taken some cues from Space Ghost Coast to Coast and it's more difficult to see what made it so special.
• Spiritual Successor: "Joshua" is basically a full episode treatment of the fake infomercial that appeared after the credits of "Edelweiss".
• Suspiciously Similar Song: A few examples:
  • "Batmantis" features a parody of the Batman theme. Not surprisingly, it's a stock music piece called "Gotham City Hero".
  • "Urges" features a parody of the theme to That Girl. Again, it's a stock music piece called "Which Girl?".
  • The episode "Lawsuit" opens with a musical parody of the opening theme to My Favorite Martian. It's a stock music piece called "The Goofy Alien".
  • "Sweet for Brak" briefly features a sound-alike to the I Dream of Jeannie theme. It's called "Genie in a Bottle".
  • "I've Got a Lot of Snacking to Do" from "Boatshow" is a parody of "I've Got a Lot of Livin' to Do" from Bye Bye Birdie.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: The earlier seasons, since it was a late-night show on Cartoon Network with most of what would become the trademark Adult Swim style, including references kids wouldn't necessarily get, but without any vulgarity.
• The Woobie:
  • Birdman is a complete and utter wreck (having his wife divorce him, has gone to therapy, gambled, and is very desperate to make a comeback). Seriously, he's a guy you just wanna give a hug to (especially if you can relate to him).
  • Jan and Jace. Having been abused by Space Ghost in the past, and never being paid for the reruns, they attempt to sue him but ultimately fail when their lawyer Dr. Nightmare (attorney at law) backs out. Even Zorak and Moltar felt bad for them.

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