Rod Rocket

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p><i>Rod Rocket</i> was originally produced by True Line, a small Los Angeles animation studio which subcontracted it to the newly formed Filmation Associates created by <a href="/facts/Lou_Scheimer/1500PCEC">Lou Scheimer</a> and <a href="/facts/Hal_Sutherland/IoLVEArv">Hal Sutherland</a> in 1963.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Scheimer and Sutherland had met while working at <a href="/facts/Larry_Harmon/EWrwf7a5">Larry Harmon</a> Productions on the made-for-TV <a href="/facts/Bozo_the_Clown/7bS8d7Rl">Bozo the Clown</a> and <a href="/facts/Popeye/CFL71y6V">Popeye</a> cartoons. They produced the series for SIB Productions, a Japanese company.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="plot">Plot</h2>
<p>A boy named Rod Rocket and his best friend, Joey, are sent by wise codger Professor Argus on an exploratory mission in a spaceship called the Little Argo. He waits for them at home with his teenage granddaughter, Cassie. While in space, Rod and Joey constantly battle two bumbling <a href="/facts/List_of_cosmonauts/HUD1W17H">cosmonauts</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="voices">Voices</h2>
<p>The voice cast included:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Sam_Edwards/HPuNUUeT">Sam Edwards</a> - Rod Rocket and Joey</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hal_Smith_(actor)/81lrWKEF">Hal Smith</a> - Professor Angus</li>
<li>Pat Blake - Cassie</li></ul>
<h2 id="episodes">Episodes</h2>
<ul><li>"Slave Labor in Space"</li>
<li>"The Lava Trap"</li>
<li>"Lost in a Lunar Mist"</li>
<li>"Lights On"</li>
<li>"The Acid Test"</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129009/"><i>Rod Rocket</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081205034550/http://www.toontracker.com/rodrock/rodrock.htm"><i>Rod Rocket</i></a> at Toon Tracker</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 241. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved March 14, 2020. <a href="0-8108-1557-5" target="_blank">0-8108-1557-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Scheimer, Lou; Mangels, Andy (2012). Lou Scheimer: Creating the Filmation Generation. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 38–39. <a href="/wiki/TwoMorrows_Publishing" target="_blank">/wiki/TwoMorrows_Publishing</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Rod Rocket at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. <a href="http://toonopedia.com/rodrockt.htm" target="_blank">http://toonopedia.com/rodrockt.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Rod Rocket at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. <a href="http://toonopedia.com/rodrockt.htm" target="_blank">http://toonopedia.com/rodrockt.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 685–686. ISBN 978-1476665993. <a href="978-1476665993" target="_blank">978-1476665993</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 516. ISBN 978-1538103739. <a href="978-1538103739" target="_blank">978-1538103739</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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