Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension facts for kids
This page is about the 1998 series Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension. For the 1991-1992 series, see Eerie, Indiana.
Quick facts for kids Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension |
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| Genre | Drama Horror Science fiction Satire Adventure Children's television series Fantasy Mystery |
| Written by | Jim Henshaw Terry Saltsman |
| Directed by | John Bell René Bonnière |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Production location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Global Television Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox Kids |
| Original release | February 7 – May 30, 1998 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Eerie, Indiana |
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension is a spin-off of Eerie, Indiana. This series aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
Contents
Plot
The series revolves around best friends Mitchell Taylor and Stanley Hope. Like earlier Eerie, Indiana residents Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes, they are constantly encountering strange and out-of-this-world phenomena in their hometown. Helping out in their adventures is the mysterious local bartender, Mr. Crawford.
Opening credits narration:
- I do solemnly swear that everything I'm about to tell you is true. A spill of weirdness from another dimension turned my hometown into the center of weirdness for the entire universe. Don't believe me? Just watch.
Cast
- Bill Switzer as Mitchell Taylor
- Daniel Clark as Stanley Hope
- Deborah Odell as Mrs. Taylor
- Lindy Booth as Carrie Taylor
- Bruce Hunter as Edward Taylor
- Neil Crone as Mr. Crawford
Production
Episodes
| Episode Number | Name | Date | Summary |
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| 1. | "Switching Channels" | February 7, 1998 | Mitchell Taylor and Stanley Hope meet and converse with Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes from the first series via television sets all over Eerie. They soon discover that a new series of satellite dishes, which are being installed on every rooftop by a crazy cable man, are starting an inter-dimensional rift. This is causing all of the weirdness from the first Eerie to leak into this one. Both pairs of boys are determined to stop the cable guy and plug the leak in order to save the Eeries of all the dimensions from being literally torn apart. |
| 2. | "The Goody-Two Shoes People" | February 14, 1998 | A new club in town, The Eerie Junior Executives Club, is replacing its members with robotic clones a la The Stepford Wives. |
| 3. | "Standard Deviation" | February 21, 1998 | A woman from the Mad Bureau of Statistics cites Mitchell's family for not being "normal", but the woman turns out to be searching for the extraterrestrials who stole her husband. |
| 4. | "Time Flies" | February 28, 1998 | A coffee machine sold to Mr. Crawford causes time in Eerie to go fast. |
| 5. | "The Phantom" | March 7, 1998 | Mitchell and Stanley think a phantom is haunting the school, but discover that the "phantom" is a shy boy whose lack of self-confidence literally makes him invisible. |
| 6. | "The Young And The Twitchy" | March 14, 1998 | A soap opera star's melodramatic behavior turns everyone in town into soap opera characters. |
| 7. | "Last Laugh" | March 21, 1998 | A gag-writing genius helps Stanley become a master comic, but Stanley's new comic persona turns him into a bully who insults people. |
| 8. | "The Newsroom" | April 4, 1998 | A local newspaper office has a machine that can predict bad news—including a nuclear disaster at the plant in which Mitchell's mother works. |
| 9. | "Little Buddy Beep Beep" | April 11, 1998 | A new Tamagotchi-style toy is taking over Eerie, Indiana, and Mitchell discovers that those who take the best care of Little Buddy Beep Beep become brainwashed slaves to churn out new versions of the toy. |
| 10. | "Perfect" | April 18, 1998 | Mitchell's sister is talked into buying a skin care treatment from a former beauty queen, but the treatment slowly turns her skin plastic. |
| 11. | "Nightmare On Eerie Street" | April 25, 1998 | The legendary Sandman can't sleep so he decides to keep all of Eerie awake with nightmares. |
| 12. | "Mr. Lucky" | May 2, 1998 | Mitchell gains continuous good fortune from winning a wishbone, but there are unexpected results. |
| 13. | "Send In The Clones" | May 9, 1998 | Mitchell accidentally creates a clone of his Dad as a thirteen-year-old from a plant, and has to stop him from blowing up the school with a giant potato and the power of electricity. |
| 14. | "I'm Okay, You're Really Weird" | May 16, 1998 | A motivational speaker has the power to turn everyone in town into immature goofballs. |
| 15. | "The Jackalope" | May 30, 1998 | Mitchell and Stanley find a legendary animal that's being hunted to extinction. |
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