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Main Characters
» George Jetson :: George is the husband of Jane Jetson and the father of teenage daughter Judy and elementary school aged son Elroy. George was also the grandson of Montahue Jetson, who would sometimes visit the family. George lived with his family in the Skypad Apartments in Orbit City, in a future with the traditional trappings of science fantasy depictions of American life in the future: robot servants, flying saucer-like cars, moving sidewalks, etc. Indeed, all the buildings were set on giant poles, and resembled Seattle, Washington's Space Needle; the ground almost never seen. George was an employee at Spacely's Space Sprockets, a manufacturer of "sprockets" and other high tech equipment. His boss was Cosmo G. Spacely, who was noted for being both short in height and in temper, and usually treated his employees (particularly George) in a rather tyrannical fashion. George's job primarily required him to repeatedly push a single button (or on occasion a series of buttons) on a computer (named RUDI in the 1980s series of Jetsons episodes). Often, Mr. Spacely would fire George in a fit of anger, only to hire him back by the end of the same episode. Physically, George is a rather slim man of average height with short red hair and a cartoonishly large nose. His personality was that of a well-meaning, caring father, but often was befuddled and stressed out by the problems of both his work and family lives. As The Jetsons was partially based on the comic strip Blondie, George himself was probably based on that strip's lead character, Dagwood Bumstead. George's most famous catchphrase is "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!" seen at the end credits of the 1960s Jetsons episodes, but was also known for frequently uttering the phrase "Hooba-dooba-dooba!" to express wonder or astonishment. George O'Hanlon was the voice actor who did George's voice in both the sixties and eighties version of the cartoon series. O'Hanlon last did the voice for George Jetson in Jetsons: The Movie, which was released posthumously. The current voice of George Jetson is Jeff Bergman, who voiced George (and also Mr. Spacely) in some parts of the movie after O'Hanlon's death, and also voiced George for the cameo in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Shaggy Busted" and Spumco's two Jetsons cartoons: Father & Son Day and The Best Son. In the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Back to the Present," George was voiced by Wally Wingert.
» Jane Jetson :: George's spouse. Always looking for a new look and finding ways to make life as pleasant as possible for poor George. Dials a great dinner daily, for example beetle juice and lunar locks. She's a member of the Galaxy Women Historical Society. Enjoys the work of Leonardo de Venus and Picasso Pia. Loves to go shopping at Mooning Dales.
» Judy Jetson :: Judy was voiced by Janet Waldo in the original television series, and by Tiffany for Jetsons: The Movie. Judy is a typical (some might say stereotypical) teenager of the future. Judy appears to be about sixteen years old. Her life revolves around fashion, boys, shopping at the mall and having endless phone conversations. She is a student at Orbit High School (as seen in the opening credits). She wears a hip, sixties-style outfit (the series premiered in 1962) and black shoes. She has not changed her regular clothes since the show's premiere. Despite her age, she has white hair which is likely an attempt to portray platinum blonde or bleached blonde hair. Judy is a huge fan of pop singer Jet Screamer, and once won a date with him by accidentally submitting her younger brother Elroy's secret code as a song titled "Eep, Op, Ork, Ah-Ah".
» Elroy Jetson :: George's son. He's about 10 years old and a genius in all space sciences. Attends Little Dipper School. Straight-A student studying space history, astro physics and star geometry. Won't do anything wrong. Devoted to space adventures with Nimbus the Great on television and playing with his Nimbus zoom-bot. Watches House of the Planet on television with Judy.
» Astro :: Astro was designed by Iwao Takamoto, and originally voiced by Don Messick. In the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Back to the Present", Astro was voiced by Wally Wingert. Astro was found by Elroy in the fourth Jetsons episode, "The Coming of Astro". When Elroy, Jane and Judy proposed keeping the dog to George, he was against it. To try and stay out of the "doghouse" with his family, he got an electronic dog. The electronic dog was supposed to be the new hairless, non-eating, protect your house, way to go. When a cat burglar tried to rob the Jetsons, the electronic dog attacked him (which he did to anyone wearing a mask). Elroy tried waking Astro to get him to stop the burglar as a way to prove himself, but Astro turned out to be more interested in hiding in fear. However, when trying to escape, the cat burglar put the mask on George. The electronic dog then proceeded to chase after George. It was Astro (who was trying to run from the cat burglar) that inevitably caught the criminal (by accident) by crashing into him. This prompted George to decide that the electronic dog was not the way to go. They gave the electronic dog to the police and kept Astro as part of their family.
» Mr. Spacely :: In the original series he was voiced by Mel Blanc. Frank Welker voiced a teenage version of Mr. Spacely in the Jetsons Christmas Carol and Jeff Bergman voiced Spacely in some scenes in Jetsons: The Movie after Blanc's death, as Blanc died during the production of Jetsons: The Movie. This means the character has the distinction of being the last character to be voiced by legendary voice actor Blanc. Spacely is president of 'Spacely Space Sprockets', where George Jetson works. Mr. Spacely is the stereotypical tough boss, constantly yelling at George for his perceived poor work performance. A typical videophone call from Spacely starts with him yelling "Jetson!!!" at the top of his lungs. Mr. Spacely's aggressive behavior is in contrast with his extremely short, rotund stature, and the three hairs combed over his bald head. Not content with making George's worklife difficult, Mr. Spacely often found excuses to get involved in George's personal life, increasing his employee's already high stress level. His capricious habit of attempting to fire George for the slightest offence is another major irritant. Mr. Spacely's wife is the snooty Mrs. Starla Spacely (voiced by Jean Vanderpyl), who henpecks her husband unmercifully. His son is Arthur Spacely (voiced by Dick Beals) and his pet dog, Zero. His mother-in-law is Mrs. Meltdown (voiced by Lauri Johnson). Mr. Spacely's closest (and apparently only) competitor is Henry Cogswell (voiced by Daws Butler), the distributor of 'Cogswell Cogs', and the one person he detests more than George. The character of Chief Epsilon on the Disney cartoon series, Teamo Supremo, bears a resemblance to Mr. Spacely, but is larger in physical size. Fred Flintstone's boss, Mr. Slate, also is distinctly similar in personality to Mr. Spacely (and Slate's original design looked similar to Spacely); their characters parallel one another in many ways (Cogswell resembles Mr. Slate in appearance - possibly they are distant relatives, very distant). Mr. Spacely's appearance was later used for that of Magilla Gorilla character Mr. Peebles when that show debuted in 1964
Other Characters
» Rosie
» Henry Orbit
» Max
» Orbitty
» Mr. Cosgewll
» Mrs. Spacely
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