An Alien Affair | |
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Season One, Episode Three | |
Air date | April 9, 1986 |
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Summary: The Centurions stumble across an asteroid serving as a prison vessel for an energy dependent creature that successfully stows away on Skyvault, and soon taps into it's power, sending it on a direct course for Earth, where he will be unstoppable.
Science lesson: "Comets and Edmond Halley’s Comet " by Ace.
Curiosities[]
- First episode in the series where the main characters didn't appeared on the episode's title card.
- First episode where the main enemy is not Doc Terror.
- It was the first episode in the series where the Centurions had to fight an extraterrestrial enemy, it would pass several episodes later before fighting against alien threats again.
- It also was the first episode in the series were a Weapon System combination was featured, in this case it was Ace's Skybolt + Orbital Interceptor, However the combination used more of Skybolt's parts unlike the Skybolt-Orbital Interceptor combination used in the rest of the series.
- This episode is a reference to the 1979 film Alien, since both share the same dark, claustrophobic atmosphere involving a space station. Also, its sequel Aliens was released in July 18 1986, three months after this episode was aired.
Error Xtreme: Animation Errors[]
- The first instance of Superhuman Centurions (See below).
- ¿How does the air-required engines of the Skybolt can work IN SPACE?, it's not going to be the only time we will see this error again.
Superhuman Centurions[]
Instances where the Centurions break the rules of physics and human anatomy. Mostly when they shout "Power Xtreme!" in harsh conditions where no ordinary man could survive. We know it's a cartoon, but when you make a science-heavy cartoon, you know something's not right.
- Ace's is able to shout "Power Xtreme!" in space WITHOUT USING A HELMET prior to his Skybolt-Orbital Interceptor equipping for the first time in the series.
Foreign names[]
- Un Nuevo Enemigo (A New Enemy) - Spanish dub.