Game Over (TV series)

Game Over is a 2004 American adult computer-animated sitcom created by David Sacks (who would later become president of Nickelodeon Animation Studio), produced by Carsey-Werner Productions, and broadcast on UPN in 2004. It was cancelled after five episodes.

Game Over
The Smashenburn family
GenreAnimated sitcom
Created byDavid Sacks
Voices ofPatrick Warburton
Lucy Liu
Rachel Dratch
Elizabeth Daily
Artie Lange
Marie Matiko
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersDavid Sacks
Dave Goetsch
Ross Venokur
Jason Venokur
Marcy Carsey
Tom Werner
Caryn Mandabach
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesNever Give Up Productions
Venokur Goetsch Venokur
Carsey-Werner Productions
DKP Studios
Release
Original networkUPN
Picture format480i 4:3 (SDTV)
Audio formatDolby Surround 2.0
Original releaseMarch 10 (2004-03-10) –
April 2, 2004 (2004-04-02)
External links
Website

Game Over (the title was inspired by the phrase "game over" that commonly concludes video games) focused on what happens to video game characters after the game ends. The show recounted the lives of the Smashenburns, a far-from-ordinary suburban family that lives in an alternate video game universe.

The show made numerous references to video games and even featured certain game characters as cameos. For example, Crash Bandicoot appears on a Got Milk? billboard whilst creatures from Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee appear in one of the episodes.

Marisa Tomei voiced the character of Raquel Smashenburn in the series' unaired pilot episode, but scheduling problems saw Lucy Liu take over the role for the actual series.[1]

Game Over was heavily hyped by UPN before its debut. The show generally received positive press upon its airing.[2] Despite this, only six episodes were made, which aired on a variety of different days – the fourth and fifth episodes were broadcast on April 2, 2004, and the sixth episode ("Monkey Dearest") was not aired.

Characters
  • Rip Smashenburn, a Grand Prix driver who races every day and crashes his car all the time. (Patrick Warburton)
  • Raquel Smashenburn, a covert agent who fights monsters and is vaguely similar to Lara Croft. (Lucy Liu)
  • Alice Smashenburn, a cynical yet socially conscious 14-year-old. Is part of a beach volleyball team, but wears a hoodie instead of a skimpy bikini. (Rachel Dratch)
  • Billy Smashenburn, a 13-year-old hoping to become a rapper. (Elizabeth Daily)
  • Turbo, their pet, a 300-pound talking doglike creature who robs pawn shops and smokes cigars. (Artie Lange)
  • The Changs, including Dark Princess Chang (Marie Matiko), a family of Kung-Fu-fighting Shaolin monks who live next door.
  • Another Next door neighbour who talks to Rip in first person perspective.

Home media

Anchor Bay Entertainment released all six episodes of the series as Game Over: The Complete Series on DVD in North America on June 28, 2005.[3]

References
  1. Dave Goestch of Game Over Archived 2008-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, UGO.
  2. TELEVISION REVIEW; Video Game Heroes: Just Folks, The New York Times, March 10, 2004.
  3. Game Over - Complete Series Archived 2006-11-16 at the Wayback Machine, TVshowsonDVD.com.
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