The Journey of Allen Strange
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| The Journey of Allen Strange | |
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| Format | Science fiction Children's television Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Thomas W. Lynch |
| Starring | Arjay Smith Erin Dean Shane Sweet Jack Tate |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 58 |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Original run | November 8, 1997 – April 23, 2000 |
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The Journey of Allen Strange was a television series on Nickelodeon's Snick block of programming for three seasons from 1997 to 1999.
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[edit] Plot
A young Xelan alien is trapped on earth, and changes his name to Allen Strange after meeting up with a young girl and her family. This family eventually adopts him. Allen has extraordinary powers, including the ability to turn into his alien form, which allows him to hover. He uses his abilities to bring a mannequin in a sporting goods store to life; this "animated mannequin" serves as Allen's Earth father, Manfred. He also possesses extremely high intelligence and can read incredibly fast by simply placing his hand on the cover of a book. Allen has an affinity for canned cheese, and lives in the family's attic in a strange alien cocoon.
Allen states he has "chosen" to be African-American when confronted with the task of blending in with society. His naivety on the subject (bringing in plain black posterboards for his Black History Month presentation) sparked a Black History Month episode, featuring Allen learning information about slavery and The Civil Rights Movement.
In the weeks leading up to the series' premiere, Nickelodeon ran a series of teaser ads which would at first appear to be promos for other shows, or for Nickelodeon in general, when a blue ooze would fill the screen as an announcer said cryptically, "Something strange is coming." The blue ooze would then clear out and the interrupted promo would conclude as if nothing had happened.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1
| # | Title | Airdate |
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| 1 | "Arrival" | November 8, 1997 |
| 2 | "Entry" | November 15, 1997 |
| 3 | "Space" | November 22, 1997 |
| 4 | "Gronpoly" | December 6, 1997 |
| 5 | "Starwalk" | December 13, 1997 |
| 6 | "The Visit" | December 27, 1997 |
| 7 | "Battle" | January 3, 1998 |
| 8 | "The Guardian" | January 10, 1998 |
| 9 | "Collision" | January 17, 1998 |
| 10 | "Compute" | January 24, 1998 |
| 11 | "Rescue" | February 21, 1998 |
| 12 | "Home, Part 1" | February 24, 1998 |
| 13 | "Home, Part 2" | February 26, 1998 |
[edit] Season 2
| # | Title | Airdate |
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| 14 | "Passage" | August 31, 1998 |
| 15 | "The Day of the Beagle" | September 2, 1998 |
| 16 | "Haunted" | September 7, 1998 |
| 17 | "Pride of the Dolphin" | September 9, 1998 |
| 18 | "Strange Culture" | September 14, 1998 |
| 19 | "Two for the Road" | September 16, 1998 |
| 20 | "The Broken Puzzle" | September 23, 1998 |
| 21 | "Portal, Part 1" | September 28, 1998 |
| 22 | "Portal, Part 2" | September 30, 1998 |
| 23 | "The Truth About Lies" | October 5, 1998 |
| 24 | "A Room of My Own" | October 12, 1998 |
| 25 | "Cash Crunch" | October 21, 1998 |
| 26 | "Father & Son" | November 4, 1998 |
| 27 | "A New Leaf" | November 23, 1998 |
| 28 | "Secret of the Deep" | |
| 29 | "Dances with Moose" | |
| 30 | "Baby on Board" | |
| 31 | "Eye of a Stranger" | |
| 32 | "Unmasked!" | |
| 33 | "Fast Friends" | |
| 34 | "Space Bugs" | |
| 35 | "All Apologies" | |
| 36 | "Strike Out" | |
| 37 | "Down the Tube" | |
| 38 | "Bust a Move" | |
| 39 | "Shadows in the Sky |
[edit] Season 3
| # | Title | Airdate |
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| 40 | "First Day of School" | |
| 41 | "Split Decision" | |
| 42 | "Mother and Child Reunion" | |
| 43 | "Twist of Fate" | |
| 44 | "As the Millennium Turns" | |
| 45 | "A Day at the Races" | |
| 46 | "Hamilton's Missing" | |
| 47 | "Science Friction" | |
| 48 | "Blue-Up" | |
| 49 | "Out on a Limb" | |
| 50 | "A Burp in Time" | |
| 51 | "Love Stinks" | |
| 52 | "Allen on TV" | |
| 53 | "Out to Lunch" | |
| 54 | "Bringing Up Baby" | |
| 55 | "Heroes" | |
| 56 | "Life of the Party" | |
| 57 | "Message from Beyond" |
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