Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys Episode Guide
| Episode Yes, We Have No Bananas Broadcast Date September 7, 1996 |
Writer Gordon Bressack and Rob Hudnut Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Charlie, a NASA-trained chimp shot into orbit in the early 1960s, accidentally gets thrown beyond the solar system where an advanced alien race mistakes him for a representative of Earth's dominant species. He is given intelligence, the rank of Captain, a ship and a mission -- to defeat the evil Nebula, who seeks to absorb the universe into himself ("Check -- it's an ego thing"). Captain Simian, with some help from the Orbitron (the repository of the advanced alien race's science and wisdom), recruits a crew of monkeys (Gor, Shao Lin, Spydor and Splitzy) from Earth. They seem pretty happy about it all...until Rhesus 2, Nebula's "creation", shows up, firing his Brain-blaster with mindless glee. | |||
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| Quote "The higher a monkey climbs, the more you can see of its behind." Saint Bonaventure 1217-1274 | |||
| Episode Yes, We Still Have No Bananas Broadcast Date September 7, 1996 |
Writer Gordon Bressack and Rob Hudnut Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Things do not get any better for the Space Monkeys so they take to the air, but their inexperience, and the fact that their ship is designed for humans, results in their initial defeat. It doesn't help when Gor breaks the Orbitron either! Simian sends the others back to earth via a wormhole, but they screw up and get lost in time and space. They return only moments later to rescue Simian from certain death and reveal that they were forced to re-live the '70s! Now, with their monkey-customized ship, operating as an experienced team, under a capable leader...they'll be lucky if they survive the episode. | |||
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| Quote "No monkey is an island..." John Donne 1572-1631 | |||
| Episode Ape-lien Broadcast Date September 14, 1996 |
Writer Pamela Hickey and Dennys McCoy Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Spydor beamitrons aboard an alien "coconut", which hatches, unleashing a vicious alien creature. As the creature comes into contact with each of the monkeys, it incorporates their DNA, becoming more and more ape-like, leading to a toenail-biting chase through the ship. | |||
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| Quote "For monkeys rush in where angels fear to tread." Alexander Ape | |||
| Episode The Monkey Has Landed Broadcast Date September 14, 1996 |
Writer Mark Seidenberg and Gordon Bressack Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary The crew lands on what appears to be Earth, but the planet is covered with jungle growth. They meet Lilith, the sole inhabitant, a charming and intelligent female monkey, who steals Simian's heart. While Simian believes he has come home, the others are suspicious and with good reason. Where is everybody? What's the deal with the mysterious Lilith? And why do they discover a huge statue of...Rhesus 2? | |||
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| Quote "If you can't be with the ape you love, love the ape you're with" Cheetah | |||
| Episode Gorilla My Dreams Broadcast Date September 21, 1996 |
Writer Martin Olson and Gordon Bressack Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Intercepting a message between Nebula and Rhesus 2, the Space Monkeys head to a distant galaxy, investigating a mysterious planet where GLOP could be generated. The Space Monkeys meet the ancient Gryxlpyx, who claims to be the guardian of a sleeping giant who, according to legend, is actually dreaming the galaxy. Rhesus 2 arrives to make the giant "dream up" some GLOP and, in the ensuing battle, we discover the surprising truth of the legend. | |||
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| Episode Gormongus! Broadcast Date November 2, 1996 |
Writer Nick Sagan Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary Gor and Spydor are kidnaped by Apax, an inter-galactic fight promoter who wants Gor to be his next champion. But Gor, like Ferdinand the Bull, won't fight, to Apax's exasperation. While the rest of the crew arrives to the rescue, Apax uses a rare isotope he has perfected to turn Gor into a fighting monster, Gormongus! The good news: nothing can stop Gormongus! The bad news: nothing can stop Gormongus! | |||
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| Quote "Kinguering Congs their titles take." William Archibald Spooner | |||
| Episode Splitzy's Choice Broadcast Date September 21, 1996 |
Writer Pamela Hickey and Dennys McCoy Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary While escaping angry Blethorians (and the only thing to do when confronted with angry Blethorians is escape from them), the ship is damaged, leaking flux, the "glue" that holds the ship together. As the Primate Avenger comes apart, so does the crew: Simian and Shao Lin explore a strange, new planet in search of new flux and must survive an encounter with a humongous Sand Monster; Spydor and Gor have a falling out; and worst of all, the bickering Splitzy and Dr. Splitz find a way to separate into two monkeys. The Space Monkeys better get it together before the ship blows apart! | |||
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| Quote "He ain't heavy, he's my monkey." Monkey Rooney | |||
| Episode Invasion of the Banana Snatchers Broadcast Date November 9, 1996 |
Writer Gordon Bressack and Beth Slick Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary The Space Monkeys finally find some bananas, or did these bananas find them? The giant alien bananas "eat you up and spit you out." Spydor, Splitzy and Gor are captured and replaced with efficiency-obsessed clones. Simian and Shao Lin narrowly escape and must not only find a way to release the crew and shut down the huge intergalactic "clean-up" corporation that "recruited" them, but there's still all that paperwork! | |||
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| Quote "A banana in the hand is worth two in the foot." Proverb | |||
| Episode Repo Ape Broadcast Date October 5, 1996 |
Writer Pamela Hickey and Dennys McCoy Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Captain Simian receives an old coded message from NASA and takes the Primate Avenger in search of the decoder that was on board his original capsule. They are drawn to a seemingly lifeless metal junkyard planet by a magnetic anomaly, but the planet is really a machine -- Matrix, who wants to "de-construct and assimilate" the monkeys. As Matrix learns from the monkeys, he becomes alive. The crew, with the help of Gormongus, defeats the living machine and escapes the hold of the magnetic anomaly. The message from Earth? We're not telling! | |||
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| Quote "The real problem is not whether machines think but whether monkeys do." B.F.D. Skinner | |||
| Episode Lawnmower Ape Broadcast Date November 16, 1996 |
Writer Alan Swayze and Gordon Bressack Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary Splitzy repairs the cerebrotron and gives Gor increased intelligence. Meanwhile, Rhesus 2 builds the ultimate robot, Lobiathan, and attacks a mining colony. The Space Monkeys need Gor's strength to defeat the robot and save the universe, but Gor may have become too smart for their own good! | |||
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| Quote "Cogito Ergo Thumb." Magilla Descartes | |||
| Episode Monkey in the Middle Broadcast Date November 23, 1996 |
Writer Gordon Bressack Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary While trying to stop Rhesus 2 from stealing gravitons from a cosmic storm, Simian gets a glimpse into another universe, where he encounters Vog, a one-dimensional alien. Back on the ship, everyone thinks Simian has gone coconuts when he claims to keep seeing the invisible alien. As Rhesus 2 attacks, Shao Lin must decide whether Simian is capable of commanding the ship. | |||
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| Quote "A monkey must be a little mad if he does not want to be even more stupid." Montaigne | |||
| Episode The Apes of Wrath Broadcast Date February 1, 1997 |
Writer Richard Mueller and Gordon Bressack Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary Rhesus 2 tricks the crew into replacing their Holo-boon generator with one he can control. The new Holo-boons, led by the evil Holo-boon 3462/83B, organize a fascist takeover of the ship. The prancing 3462/83B proves disloyal even to Rhesus 2 and seems invincible. It all comes down to the Captain's desperate plan, involving timing, precision, cunning and Muzak! | |||
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| Quote "I came, I saw, I ate a banana." Holo-boon 3462/83B | |||
| Episode Plan Ape From Outer Space Broadcast Date November 30, 1996 |
Writer Lynn Mills & Jimmy Huston and Gordon Bressack Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Running from a space shark and nearly out of fuel, the Space Monkeys ride a meteor through a wormhole. On the other side, they discover that the meteor is about to hit a planet. They try to warn the alien-wary inhabitants, but the universal translator is broken! Despite repeated attempts to communicate, they cannot convince the inhabitants of their peaceful intentions. So, to save the paranoid planet...they invade! It's the attack of the Alien Space Monkeys! | |||
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| Quote "A fool may talk, but a wise monkey speaks." Ben (Zippy) Jonson | |||
| Episode Mind Over Monkey Broadcast Date February 8, 1997 |
Writer Martin Olson and Gordon Bressack Director Joe Pearson | ||
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| Summary Rhesus 2 plants a psycho-neutron annihilator bomb on the Primate Avenger, probably the worst kind of neutron annihilator there is! The bomb can destroy all life forms, and projects illusions to protect itself from being discovered. The monkeys must conquer monsters drawn from their own deepest fears if they are to find the bomb, save the ship and get back to that game of Holo-Chess! | |||
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| Quote "We have nothing to fear but a psychotic monkey with a bomb" Franklin D. Rhesus | |||
| Episode Monkey Puzzle Man Broadcast Date January 25, 1997 |
Writer Pamela Hickey and Dennys McCoy Director Joe Pearson | ||
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| Summary Spydor embroils the Space Monkeys in a brawl between a mysterious and charismatic alien space pirate, Lago Thrix, and the cyberpunk Blackhole Gang. Simian reluctantly grants Lago passage to his home world, and on the journey, Lago impresses Dr. Splitz, Spydor and Shao Lin with his talents, while Splitzy, Gor and Simian are jealous. What exactly are Lago's talents (did he have a tail when we first saw him?) and is he somehow linked to Rhesus 2 and Nebula? | |||
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| Quote "Never give a monkey an even break or smarten up a chimp." W.C. Veldts | |||
| Episode Planet of the Humans Broadcast Date February 15, 1997 |
Writer D.C. Fontana Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary The Space Monkeys land on a planet where humans are primitive and warlike (imagine the chances of that!) and two stranded alien creatures are undergoing a rite of passage. While one of the young aliens, Larnus, befriends the monkeys, his brother, Tronus, joins with the humans to capture them. As the monkeys seem outnumbered, the adult aliens arrive to pass judgment on their young and reveal a world where evolution doesn't quite work the way you might expect. | |||
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| Quote "Is man an ape or an angel. I, my lord, I am on the side of the angels." Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881 | |||
| Episode Felonious Monks Broadcast Date March 1, 1997 |
Writer Christy Marx Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary The Space Monkeys take a "shortcut" through a wormhole and get caught in a sub-space speed trap. The Primate Avenger is towed to an asteroid where the monkeys stand trial -- all except Shao Lin, who refuses to leave the ship. It's a good thing too, because the judge turns out to be none other than Apax, the intergalactic con-artist, who throws them into prison where deadly Rolpenoids stand guard. Now it's up to Shao Lin to break her friends out of jail and bring Apax to real justice. | |||
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| Quote "No man is above the law and no monkey is below it." Theodore Roosejungle | |||
| Episode Little House on the Primate Broadcast Date February 22, 1997 |
Writer Laraine Arkow and Marlowe Weisman Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Searching for a "place to hang", the Space Monkeys explore a blue jungle planet. Meanwhile, a microscopic ship of alien Kwellian pioneers is also looking for a home, and they too find the perfect place to settle... Spydor's rear end! Simian and the others shrink down to Kwellian size to convince the intruders to go elsewhere; but while they battle static cling, fleas and angry aliens, Rhesus 2 arrives and kidnaps Spydor to pluck his brain. Will the Space Monkeys be able to save Spydor's brain?? (not to mention his... well, we won't mention it.) | |||
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| Quote "...Thus every monkey in his kind, is bit by him that comes behind." Jonathan (Bonzo) Swift | |||
| Episode The Maltese Monkey Broadcast Date April 19, 1997 |
Writer Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy and Gordon Bressack Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary Having sustained damage battling a Dunconian Destroyer, the crew lands on the planet Maltese. The Maltesian motto is "trust no one" and with good reason: Gor returns from a mysterious outing with Spydor during which the Orbitron was stolen from them. Worse, the broken Orb is now spouting a binary code that could be disastrous in the wrong hands. So the crew follows the Orbitron's trail through a noirish world of alien gangsters and molls where nothing is what it seems. Not even some monkeys.... | |||
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| Quote "I distrust a closed-minded monkey." Sidney Greenfeet | |||
| Episode Rhesus Pieces Broadcast Date May 3, 1997 |
Writer Gordon Bressack and D.C. Fontana Director John Fox | ||
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| Summary The Primate Avenger is captured by the mysterious Glyph, a masked entity with powerful robots and weapons. The Glyph has a matter to settle with Nebula and asks the Space Monkeys to help him. The Space Monkeys trick Rhesus 2 into leading them to Nebula, but the Glyph's weapon blasts Rhesus 2 into several large chunks. Dr. Splitz must now reconfigure Rhesus 2 to find the secret of Nebula's whereabouts. But, in the final battle, with the Space Monkeys caught in the middle, we discover that the Glyph has a secret of his own. | |||
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| Quote "No Ape is Wise Enough By Himself." Titus Moncius Plautus 254-184 B.C. | |||
| Episode Escape From the Plant of the Apes Broadcast Date April 26, 1997 |
Writer Laraine Arkow and Marlowe Weisman Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary The Primate Avenger is attacked by a giant floating botanical garden. The alien plants turn the monkeys' own jungle against them and kidnap Gor to be their gardener. Dr. Splitz shoots the plants with a Psycho-Neural Interceptor to sever their vege-telepathic link, but the plants shoot the beam back and it causes Simian and Shao Lin to switch minds! How will the monkeys escape the wrath of the angry plants, fight intelligent tumbleweeds, Venus fly traps and giant aphids and free Gor? And what if Simian or Shao Lin have to go to the ba--...! Never mind. | |||
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| Quote "For one sweet ape who will the vine destroy." William Shakespeare, The Ape of Lucrece | |||
| Episode A Clockwork Orang Broadcast Date May 10, 1997 |
Writer Gordon Bressack and Rob Hudnut Director David Schwartz | ||
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| Summary What the Space Monkeys need are a few good androids to take over for them in defending the universe. But all Dr. Splitz can do is make a friend for Gor out of twine and paper clips: a cute little orangutan android named Isaac. When the crew goes in search of more advanced machines on Cyber 1, the monkeys discover the planet is run by the former computer, Matrix, who believes he has created life -- a whole civilization of robots. Will the monkeys escape this cybernetic nightmare... and is Isaac more monkey or machine?? | |||
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| Quote "Love virtue...She can teach you how to climb." Milton | |||
| Episode Surf Monkeys Must Dive! Broadcast Date May 17, 1997 |
Writer Laraine Arkow and Marlowe Weisman Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Responding to a gravitational disturbance in the Caelin system, the Primate Avenger is shot down and sinks to the bottom of the vast pink ocean covering the planet. But the monkeys don't drown for a very peculiar reason. Now these underwater monkeys must stop the two warring factions on the planet before they destroy their own world. That is, if they can survive a totally wild battle on surfboards, a sea quake and the molten lava racing for the downed Primate Avenger. Cow-a-monkey-bunga, dude! | |||
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| Quote "Underwater apes shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, and talk..." Monkey Shipton 1641- | |||
| Episode The Mandrill Who Knew Too Much Broadcast Date June 7, 1997 |
Writer Gordon Bressack Director John Fox and Joe Pearson | ||
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| Summary (Part 1 of 3) Nebula has figured out how to recreate the planet of the " ", and get his hands on the GLOP generator. The Space Monkeys rush to the scene, but the situation gets critical when Shao Lin falls gravely ill. Mandrax, a mysterious mandrill with unimaginable powers, shows up and intervenes before the Space Monkeys can retrieve the generator. But is he a good monkey or a bad one? | |||
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| Quote "On what tail dare he aspire? What the foot dare seize the fire?" William Bubbles Blake 1757-1827 | |||
| Episode Ape-pocalypse Now! Broadcast Date June 14, 1997 |
Writer Gordon Bressack Director David Schwartz and Joe Pearson | ||
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| Summary (Part 2 of 3) Nebula has the GLOP generator, now why doesn't he use it? A component is missing -- something Nebula needs from the Primate Avenger. Attacked by the ganglia, the Space Monkeys are snared in Rhesus' energy net. Simian, oddly, turns monkey tail and flees. The monkeys are captured by Rhesus 2 and Nebula and are about to be tortured. Will they be saved by their captain, or is Simian a coward? No? Then why is he relaxing in a jungle paradise while his crew faces unimaginable awfulness?? | |||
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| Quote "No man is a hero to his monkey" Anne Bigtoe Cornuel 1605-1694 | |||
| Episode Ape-pocalypse... A Little Later! Broadcast Date June 21, 1997 |
Writer Gordon Bressack Director Bradley Rader | ||
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| Summary Simian is stranded on a distant planet, lost in a world of illusion, while Nebula tightens the noose around the other Space Monkeys. A visit from the mysterious mandrill Mandrax clears his mind, but will Captain Simian be too late to save his crew? And will the climactic battle with Nebula keep the intergalactic madman from using the final component he needs to destroy the universe? As a matter of fact -- NO! But that might not be a bad thing... | |||
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| Quote "The Moving Toe writes and having writ, Moves on..." The Rubaiyat of Omon Keyyam | |||
Terms Atmatron -- Device that gives off air for one hour. Bananatron -- Computer that be carried around that can analyze whatever it's pointed at. Beamitron -- Coin-shaped thing that can pick up anything and release it later. Spydor has six; every other crew member has one. Cerebrotron -- Machine that boosts intelligence. Dazzling -- An attack maneuver that didn't work. Flux -- Sticky stuff that holds the ship together. Ganglia -- Rhesus 2's robots. GLOP -- Stands for Gravi-Luminous Orbifolding Positron. Nebula needs a GLOP generator to take control of the universe. "Gotta get that thing fixed" -- What Captain Simian often says about the Orbitron; he never does. Holo-boon -- A weak holographic baboon. Insta-Vine -- Pocket-size tube that shoots out a strong vine to swing from. Magna-Ball -- Floating toy of Gor's that was mysteriously destroyed. Peel-off -- Sequence in which the ship splits into five parts. PitComm -- Underarm radio used by the crew. Psy-Fighter -- Rhesus 2's spaceship. Speed Peeler -- Small auxilary spaceship. "Strangely soothing" -- How the Captain describes hold music and elevator music. VidScreen -- The big monitor in the front of the Primate Avenger. Zargonian Gravitramp -- An intergalactic trampoline. "........." -- The advanced alien race that recruited the crew. |
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