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List of The Jetsons episodes
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The following is a list of episodes for the Hanna-Barbera 1960s animated show The Jetsons:
Season 1 (1962-1963)
- In the original closing credits, George came home and tried to walk Astro, the family dog, but when Astro noticed a cat by the electronic dog walk, Astro began to chase it and George got caught into the dog-walk. Astro and the cat both looked on as George cried "Jane, stop this crazy thing!" This was a counterpart to The Flintstones' closing credits in which the saber-toothed cat Baby Puss puts Fred Flintstone out for the night. This ending was parodied in an episode of Animaniacs and Family Guy.
- Season 1 contained a laugh track, which was removed when the episodes were released for syndication in 1984. The syndicated episodes were also "updated" with a re-recorded theme song, episode title cards, and a new closing sequence (see "Season 2," below). The title cards and the closing sequence featured the character of Orbitty, who did not appear in any of the original episodes.
- The 24 1960s episodes were released on DVD in 2004 with the laugh track, original closing sequence, and original opening theme intact. However, the DVD release still featured the 1980s "Orbity" title cards.
| # |
Prod. |
Airdate |
Title |
Notes |
| 1 |
V-01 |
September 23, 1962 |
"Rosey the Robot" |
The Jetsons take Rosey the robot maid into their home, just in time to wreak havoc with a visiting Mr. Spacely. |
| 2 |
V-02 |
September 30, 1962 |
"A Date with Jet Screamer" |
Despite George's best efforts, Judy wins a date with Ricky Nelson-esque pop idol Jet Screamer who sings Judy's contest entry song, "Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah-ah!" (originally voiced by Howard Morris and later performed by the Violent Femmes) which, despite its meaning in the song as "I love you", actually means "meet me tonight".[1] |
| 3 |
V-03 |
October 7, 1962 |
"Jetson's Nite out" |
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| 4 |
V-04 |
October 14, 1962 |
"The Space Car" |
George and Jane are mistaken for bank robbers when their car is switched with the real crooks'. |
| 5 |
V-05 |
October 21, 1962 |
"The Coming of Astro" |
The Jetsons adopt Astro, who must compete with an electronic counterpart for a place in the home. |
| 6 |
V-06 |
October 28, 1962 |
"The Good Little Scouts" |
George reluctantly takes Elroy's scout troop on a trip to the moon-and promptly gets lost! R.U.D.I.'s only 1960s appearance. |
| 7 |
V-07 |
November 4, 1962 |
"The Flying Suit" |
The rivalry between Spacely Sprockets and Cogswell comes to a head with the invention of a suit that can fly. |
| 8 |
V-08 |
November 11, 1962 |
"Rosey's Boyfriend" |
Rosey finds a beau in Henry Orbit's mechanical assistant. |
| 9 |
V-09 |
November 18, 1962 |
"Elroy's TV Show" |
First George and then Mr. Spacely become over-enthusiastic stage parents for their sons when Elroy lands his own TV show. When Jane tunes to Elroy's frequency, Elroy states, "My mother's tuning to my frequently." First George and then Mr Spacely get pounded by a robot; when George advises Spacely to give up TV, Spacely replies with the classic: "What and Give up show business? Never!". |
| 10 |
V-10 |
November 25, 1962 |
"Uniblab" |
George is fuming at having to work under electronic "yes man" Uniblab. |
| 11 |
V-12 |
December 2, 1962 |
"A Visit from Grandpa" |
George's feisty grandfather is embroiled in a paternity scandal. |
| 12 |
V-11 |
December 9, 1962 |
"Astro's Top Secret" |
Astro is given the third degree when Cogswell suspects him to be party to a new Spacely Sprockets invention. |
| 13 |
V-13 |
December 16, 1962 |
"Las Venus" |
On his second honeymoon, George divides his time between taking Jane out and wooing a big sprocket contract. |
| 14 |
V-14 |
December 23, 1962 |
"Elroy's Pal" |
Elroy is enamored of TV superhero Nimbus the Great, who may not be as great as he seems. |
| 15 |
V-15 |
December 30, 1962 |
"Test Pilot" |
George voluteers for hazard duty, testing an "indestructible" jacket. |
| 16 |
V-16 |
January 6, 1963 |
"Millionaire Astro" |
Astro, née "Tralfaz," is caught in a custody battle between the Jetsons and millionaire J.P. Gottrockets. |
| 17 |
V-17 |
January 13, 1963 |
"The Little Man" |
George is shrunk down to six inches high in a machine for shrinking and enlarging parcels. When he tries to re-enlarge himself he finds out the machine is broken and needs a new cog, which is only made by Cogswells Cogs. George sneaks into the Cogswell plant to steal a new cog. He is caught by Mr. Cogswell under a glass, but escapes. He takes a cog and installs it in the machine and re-enlarges himself. |
| 18 |
V-18 |
January 20, 1963 |
"Jane's Driving Lesson" |
Jane takes to driving, and unwittingly (and unknowingly) becomes a crook's moll. |
| 19 |
V-19 |
January 27, 1963 |
"G.I. Jetson" |
George, Henry Orbit, and Mr. Spacely are drafted into a two-week stint in the U.S. Space Guard; George finds himself under the command of his mortal enemy "Sgt" Uniblab! |
| 20 |
V-20 |
February 3, 1963 |
"Miss Solar System" |
George fakes working late to judge a beauty pageant. |
| 21 |
V-21 |
February 10, 1963 |
"Private Property" |
Spacely hand George a blueprint with a property line divided between both Cogswell Cogs and Spacely Sprockets. Later retitled "No Space for Sprockets". |
| 22 |
V-22 |
February 17, 1963 |
"Dude Planet" |
Burnt out on housework, Jane takes a retreat at a futuristic dude ranch. Note: Astro didn't appear in this episode, however he was replaced by an un-named cat. |
| 23 |
V-23 |
February 24, 1963 |
"TV or Not TV" |
When George and Astro witness the shooting of a crime tv show they think they've witnessed a real robbery and they go into hiding to keep from being shot for knowing too much. |
| 24 |
V-24 |
March 3, 1963 |
"Elroy's Mob" |
Elroy accidentally gets a report card mix-up and gets an "F" so when his dad punishes him he and Astro run away and join a mob. Note: This episode featured a sort-of crossover with The Flintstones; A boy in Elroy's class has a TV Wristwatch which is showing part of a Flintstones episode, before it is confiscated by the teacher. |
Season 2 (1985)
- For the 1980s incarnation of the show, new characters were introduced, including Orbitty (the Jetson family's alien pet), Spacely's inventive brother Orwell and George's work computer, R.U.D.I. (the "Referential Universal Digital Indexer," who appeared in one of the original 1960s episodes).
- The opening credits featured a rerecorded version the Jetsons theme song, which features the use of synthesized drums to create percussion typical of 1980s music.
- The closing credits are static picture captions (like most of Hanna-Barbera's shows of the time). This format replaced the original credit sequence described above when the 1960s episodes were rebroadcast.
| # |
Prod. |
Airdate |
Title |
Notes |
| 25 |
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September 16, 1985 |
"Elroy Meets Orbitty" |
Elroy finds a pink rock on an asteroid that hatches into Orbitty, a spring-legged asteroid creature. |
| 26 |
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September 17, 1985 |
"Rosey Come Home" |
Rosey is thought that she is not needed anymore, so she runs off and almost is crushed in a car destroyer until George and the family make her realize that she is a part of the family. |
| 27 |
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September 18, 1985 |
"Solar Snoops" |
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| 28 |
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September 19, 1985 |
"Judy's Birthday Surprise" |
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| 29 |
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September 20, 1985 |
"SuperGeorge" |
The Jetsons buy a Thinko machine that breaks out a wish giving George superpowers for a day OTHER WISHES: Jane and George's wish that they can be served, Judy's wish that she can be a winner of the Teen Star of the Year awards, Elroy's wish was never displayed and Astro's wish that dogs (including him) would acting like humans and humans would act like dogs. |
| 30 |
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September 23, 1985 |
"Family Fallout" |
Jetsons vs. the Spacelys--a spoof of Family Feud Spacely tries to unmercifully cheat and intimidate the Jetsons (He even angers Jane by his taunting of George, where she confronts him by saying he had lunargitis {laryngitis}. He pretends that he doesn't know what she is talking about but she coldly replies "I think you know very well WHAT I am talking about MISTER Spacely!") but is stopped by Rosie, when she discovers that RUDI is being used to cheat for him. The Jetsons win a new Foodarackacycle (which they needed since their old one was near broken), whilst the Spacelys, to his shock, receive a lifetime supply of Cogswells Cogs. |
| 31 |
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September 24, 1985 |
"Instant Replay" |
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| 32 |
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September 25, 1985 |
"Fugitive Fleas" |
A rock band of fleas take refuge on Astro to escape a carnival. |
| 33 |
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September 26, 1985 |
"S.M.A.S.H." |
Jane can drive, and accidently crashes Mr. Spacely's car, which causes him to gleefully take it out on George, making him a virtual slave, until it was discovered that a piece of silverware was caught in the accelerator, whereupon the tables are turned and a furious and humiliated Spacely becomes the servant of George. |
| 34 |
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September 27, 1985 |
"Dog Daze Afternoon" |
George and Jane accompany Mr. Spacely to a business convention where they hope to show off the company's lastest invention, the E.X.I.T. (EXecutive Instant Teleporter). Meanwhile, Judy is in charge of the household as Elroy tests his own invention, a dog trainer, in hopes of earning money helping the neighborhood dogs to better behave themselves. But a mixup of program discs causes near disasterous results on both sides that could lead to George's firing and Elroy having to look for all the missing dogs. |
| 35 |
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September 30, 1985 |
"One Strike You're Out" |
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| 36 |
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October 1, 1985 |
"Mother's Day for Rosey" |
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| 37 |
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October 2, 1985 |
"Sno Relative" |
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| 38 |
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October 3, 1984 |
"Dance Time" |
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| 39 |
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October 4, 1985 |
"Jetson's Millions" |
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| 40 |
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October 7, 1985 |
"Judy Takes Off" |
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| 41 |
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October 8, 1985 |
"Grandpa and the Galactic Golddigger" |
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| 42 |
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October 9, 1985 |
"Winner Takes All" |
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| 43 |
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October 10, 1985 |
"The Wrong Stuff" |
After winning a school science contest, Elroy is invited with the family to view a space shuttle launch. But he gets more than he bargains for when he and Astro get aboard the shuttle and get launched into deep space. They're able to return to Earth, but are significantly changed in terms of age. |
| 44 |
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October 11, 1985 |
"The Mirrormorph" |
The Jetsons contend with a transmuting alien called the Mirrormorph who can become an exact duplicate of that person, but remains mute. |
| 45 |
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October 14, 1985 |
"The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane" |
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| 46 |
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October 15, 1985 |
"High Moon" |
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| 47 |
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October 16, 1985 |
"Future Tense" |
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| 48 |
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October 17, 1985 |
"Hi-Tech Wreck" |
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| 49 |
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October 18, 1985 |
"Little Bundle of Trouble" |
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| 50 |
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October 21, 1985 |
"Far-Out Father" |
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| 51 |
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October 22, 1985 |
"Elroy in Wonderland" |
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| 52 |
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October 23, 1985 |
"The Swiss Family Jetson" |
After Spacely fires George yet again, he goes and transfers them to Outer Moongolia. There the family tries to make do, until Spacely is again forced to eat crow and brings them back home. |
| 53 |
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October 24, 1985 |
"Rip-Off Rosey" |
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| 54 |
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October 25, 1985 |
"Team Spirit" |
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| 55 |
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October 28, 1985 |
"Fantasy Planet" |
Parody of Fantasy Island With all the problems the Jetson family have, they decide to take a trip to Fantasy Planet. The host has each family member in capsules to live out their fantasies.
GEORGE: Boss of Jetson Sprockets! JANE: Queen of an asteroid where she does absolutely nothing. JUDY: Pop-star (naturally) ELROY & ASTRO: Super hero team.
They realise their fantasies aren't that glamourous, they use a device to end their fantasies.
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| 56 |
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October 29, 1985 |
"The Vacation" |
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| 57 |
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October 30, 1985 |
"Space Bong" |
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| 58 |
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October 31, 1985 |
"Haunted Halloween" |
The curator of a museum takes a special interest in Orbitty wanting to make him his special project in time for Halloween. Will the Jetsons lose their pet alien to the curator's scheme? |
| 59 |
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November 1, 1985 |
"Astro's Big Moment" |
Mr. Spacely assigns George to be the judge for the annual dog show. But this leads to a very stressful situation for him as his family wants him to make Astro the winner, as well as the boss wanting him to insure his wife's poodle comes out on top, and even a mobster gets into the act by making George choose his mutt as the top dog. What choice will George make? |
| 60 |
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November 4, 1985 |
"A Jetson Christmas Carol" |
Based on Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" |
| 61 |
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November 5, 1985 |
"Robot's Revenge" |
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| 62 |
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November 6, 1985 |
"To Tell the Truth" |
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| 63 |
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November 7, 1985 |
"Judy's Elopement" |
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| 64 |
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November 8, 1985 |
"Boy George" |
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| 65 |
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November 11, 1985 |
"The Century's Best" |
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Season 3 (1987)
| # |
Production |
Airdate |
Title |
Notes |
| 67 |
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September 1, 1987 |
"ASTROnomical I.Q." |
Game show host Wink Martindale voices Wink Martiandale |
| 68 |
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September 8, 1987 |
"9 to 5 to 9" |
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| 69 |
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September 15, 1987 |
"Invisibly Yours, George" |
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| 70 |
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September 22, 1987 |
"Father/Daughter Dance" |
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| 71 |
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September 29, 1987 |
"Clean as a Hound's Tooth" |
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| 72 |
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October 6, 1987 |
"Wedding Bells for Rosie" |
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| 73 |
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October 13, 1987 |
"The Odd Pod" |
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| 74 |
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October 20, 1987 |
"Two Many Georges" |
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| 75 |
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October 27, 1987 |
"Spacely for a Day" |
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