The Chicken from Outer Space (1996)

An elderly couple's dog must defend them from a malicious space chicken, bent on conquest by infecting them with mutagenic eggs. First this quiet farm in the middle of nowhere, next, the world!

Director:

John Dilworth

Writer:

John Dilworth

Stars:

Howard Hoffman, Chillie Mo

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Howard Hoffman	...	Courage / Muriel / Farmer / Mouse / Chicken (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chillie Mo	...	Tip

Storyline

An elderly couple's dog must defend them from a malicious space chicken, bent on conquest by infecting them with mutagenic eggs. First this quiet farm in the middle of nowhere, next, the world!

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Plot Keywords:

dog | egg | chicken | laser gun | old couple | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

El pollo del espacio exterior

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cartoon Network, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Stretch Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As a short, this ran onto Cartoon Networks World Premiere Toons show. They ordered a series based on this short (this was not a pilot for the series).

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Connections

Referenced in Mad: Taking Nemo/Once Upon a Toon (2012)

User Reviews

Great animated short

This is a very funny short. There is no dialogue, and the animation is quite unique - especially the way photographs of people are integrated into the animation (possibly the greatest moment, the space chicken shoots his laser, hits a photo of a guy, and it turns out crooked, with the guy's hair standing straight up).

It is too bad they had to go and make a stupid series out of this short. Cartoon Network is almost completely worthless...have to stay up until 4 AM to see anything good, otherwise we just get Cartoon Cartoons.