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(More customer reviews)For those of you who never seen Galaxy High it's essentially a teen sitcom show much like Saved by the Bell or Square Pegs, only it's a cartoon... in space... with aliens... and a LOT better. Essentially you get the same elements in both like addressing teen issues (peer pressure, classes, etc), providing satire on HS cliques, and even giving a positive message now and then. The differences (aside from the aliens and such) is in the writing and execution.
Being a cartoon gives Galaxy High the flexibility to make what would be a standard cliche writing for other shows into something funny. Dealing with a bully on Boy Meets World is one thing. Dealing with a bully that's a 7 foot pink alien chicken called "The Beef" is another. I'll bet even money that they used that name for the sole purpose of plugging the one liner, "Where's the Beef" on the show (and old Wendy's commercial cliche from the 80's). Anyway what's I'm trying to say is the episode plots (or lessons) might be standard fare, but the stuff they write and animate around it makes up for it in spades.
This DVD will have the first seven episodes of the series on it, including Here's the episode list:
1 - Welcome to Galaxy High: The debut (or pilot) episode that sets the entire premise up for you. Two high school earthlings become exchange students in an intergalactic high school. Love the one liners.
2 - Pizza Honor: Doyle (human) has to deliver a pizza to a haunted planet. My favorite lines are from the Beef and Roland ("Killer mushrooms!!" "Vampire penguins!!!")
3 - The Beef who would be King: The Beef rules a fatty planet as "the High Cholesterol", but ends up with a surprise of a coronation.
4 - Where's Milo?: Milo (alien buddy) disapears after getting everybody mad at him. I think the title is a play on the Where's Waldo books.
5 - Those Eyes, Those Lips: Booey (airheaded girl alien with a head like a light bulb) is desparate to get Mick Maggers tickets and gets the gang into all sorts of mayhem to find some.
6- Doyle's New Friend: Don't remember this one, but I think Doyle teams up with some person to mess up some school dance.
7 - Dollars and Sense: Aimee (human girl) gets all caught up with a rich alien who puts her in the high life, but money doesn't buy everything.
I have been waiting a long time for this DVD to come up. Some really good episodes are on this and the price is pretty decent for about two and a half hours of content. No extras, but these sorts of shows never have them. Don't expect any digital remastering though. This is one of those shows the studio hasn't given much attention too, but maybe if this disk and volume 2 sell good maybe they will opt for making a better transfer next time around.
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Nerdy Aimee and popular Doyle get transfered up, way up to Galaxy High!It's school where strange creatures from all over the universe go to school side-by-side.But with misfit classmates like Milo De Venus, Booey Bubblehead and Beef and the Bonk Bunch, you can't be too cool for school without a supply of liquid nitrogen.Aimee finds her self Miss popularity, but Doyle is relegated to the nerd pile for the first time ever!
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