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Game Over (TV series)

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Game Over
Image
The Smashenburn family
GenreAnimated sitcom
Created byDavid Sacks
Voices of
ComposerKevin Riepl
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkUPN
ReleaseMarch 10 (2004-03-10) –
April 2, 2004 (2004-04-02)

Game Over is an American adult animated sitcom, created by David Sacks and produced by Carsey-Werner Productions. The series was broadcast on UPN in 2004 and was cancelled after five episodes.

Game Over (the title was inspired by the phrase "game over" that commonly concludes video games) focuses on what happens to video game characters after the game ends and recounts the lives of the Smashenburns, a far-from-ordinary suburban family that lived in an alternate video game universe. The series made numerous references to video games and even featured certain game characters in cameo appearances. For example, the first episode features Crash Bandicoot on a Got Milk? billboard and an extended sequence set in the world of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.

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

Game Over was heavily hyped by UPN before its debut. It generally received positive press on its airing.[2] A total of six episodes were produced; five of these episodes aired over the span of one month, while the sixth never aired and only appears on the complete series DVD.

Characters

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  • Rip Smashenburn (voiced by Patrick Warburton) is a Grand Prix driver who races every day and crashes his car all the time.
  • Raquel Smashenburn (née Grunkmeyer) (voiced by Lucy Liu) is a covert agent who likes to fight monsters.
  • Alice Smashenburn (voiced by Rachel Dratch) is a cynical yet socially conscious 14-year-old girl and part of a beach volleyball team.
  • Billy Smashenburn (voiced by E. G. Daily) is a 13-year-old boy who is hoping to become a rapper.
  • Turbo (voiced by Artie Lange) is a purple walrus-dog creature and the Smashenburn family's talking 300-pound pet. Turbo robs pawn shops and smokes cigars, and shows an inclination towards teenage girls.
  • Sam Chang (voiced by James Sie) and Dark Princess Chang (voiced by Marie Matiko) are kung-fu-fighting Shaolin monks and the Smashenburns' next door neighbors.

Episodes

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No.TitleOriginal release dateProd.
code
0"Pilot"N/A100
1"Meet the Smashenburns"March 10, 2004 (2004-03-10)101
2"Basic Win-stincts"March 17, 2004 (2004-03-17)103
3"All Work and All Play"March 26, 2004 (2004-03-26)104
4"Into the Woods"April 2, 2004 (2004-04-02)105
5"Alice and the C.A.T.s"April 2, 2004 (2004-04-02)102
6"Monkey Dearest"N/A106

Home media

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

References

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  1. ↑ Epstein, David Robert. "Dave Goestch of Game Over". UGO. Archived from the original on January 27, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
  2. ↑ Heffernan, Virginia (March 10, 2004). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Video Game Heroes: Just Folks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Game Over - Complete Series". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved September 8, 2026.
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