if you know me you know i'm a huge sci-fi nut from dystopian futures to alien worlds to even
bringing dinosaurs back to life any amount of sci-fi has my interest when growing up i always
took fascination with cartoons that would play around in this genre so who else but disney would
come to that need once more and deliver on to us lloyd in space at the start of 2001.
coming to us from the creators of recess joe and salibahir and paul germain shifted their focus
from the playground to the stars where we would follow lloyd nebulon a 13 year old alien boy and
his life on the intrepidville space station but what makes this show more interesting is that
it is still a slice of life story as lloyd deals with at-home family issues as well as your average
school problems from school work to bullies so in a way it's still a lot like recess but with
its own unique spins on everything so for today let's take a look at what lloyd in space was see
what happened to it and find out just why i and maybe by extension you barely remember this show
so sometime in the future after world war ii jeez just the thought of that sounds awful we find a
collaborative universe between alien species and even humans which are just aliens i guess
to the other species lloyd of the verdigreen race of aliens lives with his sister francine
and his mother commander nora lee who like her name suggests is the commander of intrepidville
a single mother who balances her job with raising kids giving her a hard balance of
being strict and being caring disney in a lot of their shows live action or cartoon
heck even in big theatrical movies had a focus on single parent or divorced parents
or parents who passed away or even parents just being absent quite often in their works
i think for the majority of them it added a more character depth aspect that allowed more viewers
to resonate with a lot of friends growing up had separated parents and this vertical offered
something beyond the script to lay attachment to for lloyd's school life he's not the most popular
while having a nice friend group consisting of a human named eddie his overall best friend who
usually is the catalyst for more off-beat shenanigans that result in lloyd getting in
trouble douglas the smart one of the group he's also just literally a brain a member of the aptly
named cerebellian species kurt a member of the blobulon species is the less than smart one-eyed
purple giant who has the same voice of patrick star so it often feels like the same character
perhaps slightly less dangerous than patrick can get lloyd and his friends are still often
picked on as the dorks of the school resulting in them constantly being bullied by rodney a forearm
jock who is the team captain of the school's crush ball team while an equal opportunist bully picking
on most of the students at the school he has been the main thorn in lord's side causing him
trouble ever since the first grade so as you can see it's just like regular school but in
space sorry couldn't help myself don't go away lloyd in space will be right back on tune disney
and now back to lloyd in space right here on tune disney but the show takes these relatable stories
and experiences adding on to them with that sci-fi angle still giving you more fantastical adventures
but still rooting its heart within the characters aside from being aware to green lloyd is just like
your average teenager he has wants and dreams and crushes as well specifically brittany who is the
captain of the cheerleading squad throughout the series we see that she also likes lloyd but keeps
it on the dl so she doesn't get lumped in as a dork and outcasted by her friends school really
was a cutthroat world sometimes i forget that the show premiered as a part of disney's one
saturday morning programming block surprisingly receiving higher ratings than even disney was
expecting which quickly propelled the show to have more episodes ordered by the network throughout
its run the show lasted four seasons with a total of 40 episodes well really 39 the episode picture
perfect never aired nor has been found as it now remains a piece of lost media although it did
apparently air only in asia in late february of 2003. we do have a synopsis though a new kid named
derek transfers to the school quickly becoming the most popular kid in the school due to how talented
of a photographer he is everyone seems to like him aside from lloyd who has some worries about
why he needs to take all these pictures sounds pretty interesting maybe one day it will resurface
or not as a lot of lost media stays under the rumor category forever or maybe it was just
an exclusive episode to that region based on the handful of episodes not being allowed to air over
there while maybe not having some heavily standout moments to make you always think of the show
some episodes would tackle more serious topics ahead of its time as well as some fun halloween
content you know since this video is coming out during the season is halloween an intergalactic
holiday what is space candy like this is why i can't sleep at night hey dude you're not
making a lloyd in space video anytime soon right i literally have it coming out monday bruh i have
one coming out saturday so when i mentioned some episodes tackle some topics that you wouldn't find
in a majority of cartoons or kids tv at the time well my friend janiak jr just covered one of those
set episodes over on his channel and funny enough those discord messages are how we both found out
we are making videos based on the same property his video is linked in the description down below
if you'd like to go over and show his content some love he always makes great work for me what
i remember the most specifically are the character designs i think it was that middle ground of the
recess and lilo and stitch look that helped keep the character of lloyd locked in my brain
as well as a lot of the look of the supporting cast like i mentioned the sci-fi setting is what
gravitated me more towards this show back when it came out personally over the team's other show
recess while i do enjoy recess overall the appeal of taking these relatable stories and placing
them in an unfamiliar environment resonated with me more while getting lost into a well-written
character can work in any setting something about showing me something i can't experience with said
well-written character adds that deeper layer for me to connect with the show maybe some of you
experience that too hopefully i'm not alone in that but regardless the show left me with
nice memories that weren't strong enough to recall the entirety of the show but gave me
that wanting to come back to it and see it all again the thing i can easily see why a lot of
people may remember this show in a very loose way like i did is because it didn't have those
moments that had it step above the rest there are so many cartoons from this era that are imprinted
to perfection in our minds so it wasn't easy to jump to the front of the line when looking back
at the shows and cartoons you loved the most when growing up while the characters may have been more
unique than most shows disney had a lot more wider known alien related properties take center stage
almost in a way burying lloyd to the back of your mind and talking of course stuff like
lilo and stitch and even treasure planet now you may be different this could be your favorite show
and you don't just barely remember it you know everything there is and that's great to hear that
this show did leave that impression on some out there the show ultimately came to an end in 2004
after disney's one saturday morning programming block was cancelled on abc they ended up moving
the show to tune disney to continue on when it did end it didn't even hit that disney 65 episode
limit role they've had for so long which a few shows as well never reached that limit either
despite having a good sized or even large viewing audience it had a short second life after that
continuing on toon disney showing reruns of the show until the emperor's new school a spin-off
show based upon the emperor's new groove movies ended up taking the spot i am sure we will cover
that show here on the channel sometime soon lloyd in space was a fun look back on a show that i feel
doesn't get enough love recess always seems to be remembered more while lloyd would bring over a lot
of the same talented people to create that show as recess was coming to an end something that would
help is getting lloyd in space on disney plus and at the time of this video it unfortunately
two years after launch has not been put on the service as of making this video along with a
myriad of other shows like this from this era that haven't made it there either i think lloyd
would find a nice third life on disney plus if it were put on there giving it a chance to reach
back out to people who did watch the show when it aired and hopefully passing that enjoyment to
new audiences just discovering it it's a nice easy going show that still deserves to be mentioned in
the grander conversation about cartoons from the early 2000s while not reinventing the wheel it's a
nice twist on the already familiar which allows you to connect with the characters while still
experiencing something new to keep your interest but let me know if you have seen the show before
as well as your thoughts on it since i feel not too many people remember the show or if they do
just not the specific stories and plots within the show make sure to hit the like
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