Shown in serial form on MTV as part of the weekly MTV Oddities show, this roughly drawn but well-written cartoon featured small aliens arriving on Earth.
In need of human receptacles to survive, the aliens expand the craniums of their hosts to ludicrous egg-shaped dimensions to use as living quarters.
One such creature is a friendly, purple troll-like alien named Roy, who inhabits the head of a hapless twenty-something New York student named Jim. Roy explains that he’s on the trail of Gork – an alien enemy who’s looking to take over the world.
The unlikely duo develop an odd symbiotic friendship – Roy teaches Jim how to cook and impress babes, and in return, Jim defeats the evil Gork, teaming up with a group of other freaks (the Human Anomalies Support Group) – including a guy named Ray with a lawnmower blade cleaving his cranium (voiced by series creator Eric Fogel), a young Asian man named Chin (Yong-Hong Zhong) who is stricken with long limb syndrome, and a beefy Russian called Ivan with an extra mouth embedded in his chest (voiced by Michael Ruschak) – all the while avoiding the FBI agents on their trail.
Jim/Roy
Jason Candler Ray
Eric Fogel Dr Richard Axel/Pasquale Mendosa
Russ Hexter Ivan
Michael Ruschak Dr Lucas Elliot/Shane Blackman
Frank Gresham Chin
Yong-Hong Zhong Madelyn
Patricia Bibby (1)
Lisa Rubish (2) Oddities Narrator
Dick Rodstein
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Shown in serial form on MTV as part of the weekly MTV Oddities show, this roughly drawn but well-written cartoon featured small aliens arriving on Earth.
One such creature is a friendly, purple troll-like alien named Roy, who inhabits the head of a hapless twenty-something New York student named Jim. Roy explains that he’s on the trail of Gork – an alien enemy who’s looking to take over the world.
