Space Adventure is a series of sci-fi movies, comic books and a canceled TV series. According to Phineas Flynn, it and Stumbleberry Finkbat are the two biggest movie series of all time; it is unclear if he meant literally longest-running or just popular. Like Stumbleberry Finkbat, its special effects were done by Clive Addison. Fans of the series are referred to as Speckies. The franchise has its own theme song.
History[]
There was a Space Adventure film festival, which played all the movies ("Not Phineas and Ferb").
Phineas and Ferb attended a sci-fi/fantasy convention where fans of Space Adventure held an intense rivalry with the "Finkie" fans of Stumbleberry Finkbat. Though Phineas and Ferb spent the convention trying to make peace between the two factions, Phineas was nevertheless lumped in with the Speckies due to his Space Adventure costume. The Speckie leader was Baljeet, opposite Buford on the Finkie side ("Nerds of a Feather").
Not much is known about the movies themselves, other than the various elements and characters seen or mentioned among the Speckies. Though it is unclear how many films there are, there may be many by number (Space Adventure 14). The movie series has likely been around for some time, since a Space Adventure 6 & 3 promotion was seen at the Pharaoh Theater in the Tri-State Area. ("Are You My Mummy?") It is unknown how many Space Adventure movies there are, but there are more than 14.
In Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe, it is revealed that the franchise was also a revered canceled television program, which also had various flaws in the ways it portrayed science. According to the cover of the DVD box set, it lasted seven seasons.
Baljeet worries about a new Space Adventure film after he is invited to audition for a role in the film and thanks to a good impression by the director Katherine Marshall, Phineas, Ferb, Isabella and Buford help him with his acting ability to help him out for a character, only to find out that out the part he was offered was actually for a background extra, not a heroic lead. ("Out of Character")
While Buford is sick in bed, Baljeet shows him his favorite episode of the series, "Gauntlet of Death". ("Space Adventure")
Characters[]
- Captain Dirk Mortenson - The cocky leader of the U.S.S. Minotaur.
- Sophia Sharkboard - The newly appointed intern/navigator of the Minotaur, rather young and naive. Unknown if she is related to Captain Lump Sharkboard.
- Lomond - The security guard of the Minotaur, rather inept at studying the ways of the mystical Schlufbaum's Luck.
- Nosh - The pilot of the Minotaur, an alien creature who speaks only in shrieks.
- Lt. Zarna - The half-Andusian, half-human second-in-command. In Candace Against the Universe, Baljeet implies that she secretly has a crush on Dirk.
- DSL-4 - The robotic guard of the Minotaur.
- Hondu - The engineer of the Minotaur, similar to Scotty on Star Trek.
Other characters mentioned include Captain Lump Sharkboard (featured in Space Adventure XIV) and Almordian Vanksloth.
Known "Speckies"[]
- Baljeet Tjinder - Leader of the Speckies who dresses up as a sloth-like character.
- Phineas Flynn - who dressed up as a character named Lump Sharkboard.
- Irving Du Bois - who dressed up as a robot character.
- Django Brown - who was loading a weapon during To War.
- Ferb Fletcher - though he did not attend the convention in a costume from the movies.
Background Information[]
- The term "Speckies" is a parody of the name commonly given to Star Trek fans, Trekkies.
- Space Adventure is an amalgamation of many popular sci-fi series. It takes inspiration from Star Wars and Star Trek in particular.
- The R2-D2 like robot that Irving dresses up as can project holograms, much like R2-D2 himself.
- Phineas recites a quote from the series "May the luck of Slufbom be with you", a parody of the phrase "May the force be with you." from Star Wars.