''Game Over'' is an American

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, created by David Sacks and produced by Carsey-Werner Productions. The series was broadcast on

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in 2004 and was cancelled after five episodes. ''Game Over'' (the title was inspired by the phrase "

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" that commonly concludes video games) focuses on what happens to video game characters after the game ends and recounted the lives of the Smashenburns, a far-from-ordinary

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an 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, ''

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'' appears on a Got Milk? billboard and creatures from '' Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee'' appear in one of the episodes.

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originally voiced Raquel Smashenburn in the series' unaired pilot episode, but scheduling problems had

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take over the role for the actual series. ''Game Over'' was heavily hyped by UPN before its debut. It generally received positive press on its airing. Due to this, six episodes were produced and aired on a variety of different days; the fourth and fifth episodes were broadcast on April 2, 2004, with the sixth episode ("Monkey Dearest") never aired and only appears on the complete series DVD.

Characters

* Rip Smashenburn (voiced by

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) is a Grand Prix driver who races every day and crashes his car all the time. * Raquel Smashenburn (née Grunkmeyer) (voiced by

) is a covert agent who likes to fights monsters and is vaguely similar to Lara Croft. * Alice Smashenburn (voiced by Rachel Dratch) is a cynical yet socially conscious 14-year-old girl in which she is part of a beach volleyball team. However, instead of wearing a bikini, she wears a hoodie. * Billy Smashenburn (voiced by

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) is a 13-year-old boy who is hoping to become a rapper. * Turbo (voiced by

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) is a purple

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creature and the Smashenburn family's talking 300-pound pet. Turbo robs pawn shops and smokes cigars, and shows an inclination towards teenage girls. * The Changs are a family of Kung-Fu-fighting Shaolin monks who live next door, this includes Dark Princess Chang (voiced by Marie Matiko). * Another Next door neighbor who talks to Rip in first person perspective

Episodes

Home media

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released the series as ''Game Over: The Complete Series'' on

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on June 28, 2005.Game Over - Complete Series
, TVshowsonDVD.com.

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