"Space Chicken" is the series premiere of the American animated television seriesBig City Greens, and the first segment of the first episode. "Space Chicken" originally aired in the United States on June 18, 2018, on Disney Channel,[2][3] though it was released on DisneyNow and YouTube ten days prior.[4][5] It is chronologically the second episode following the actual series premiere, "Welcome Home", on Disney+.
In this episode, series protagonist Cricket Green, with the help of his sister Tilly and new friend Remy Remington, attempts to launch a chicken into space to impress his neighbors.[2][6][7]
Shortly after moving to their new home in Big City in "Welcome Home", Cricket and Tilly Green return from a frantic journey that they took on a lawnmower. Their father, Bill, is incredulous as to how they had reached that point: they had first mowed the front yard, then a golf course where they were punted with golf balls, and then the highway. Cricket does not know how he and Tilly — who had enjoyed "see[ing] danger" — returned. Bill tells the kids that the city is vastly different than the country, and that the Greens would all need to make a good first impression.
Cricket interprets making a good impression as wanting to impress his neighbors; he sets out to launch a chicken into space, but his initial attempt proves fruitless. He and Tilly, now joined by local boy Remy Remington, sneak into their Gramma Alice's room to search for her old pantyhose, but are caught and let off the hook by giving her a kiss.
One of Cricket's attempts ends up launching a chicken into the next door café, Big Coffee, infuriating its customers and the barista, Gloria Sato. She demands Bill to not allow his animals roam freely into the building next door, and Bill grounds Cricket to his room for the rest of the day. When Remy asks if he should go with Cricket, he is scared by Bill's disappointment and does so.
While Cricket is grounded, he and Remy discover a rocket that they can use to launch the chicken into space, and sneak out. However, it is a dud, and in a state of panic, he starts to launch all the other chickens into space using the pantyhose, which starts to cause chaos within the neighborhood.
Now out of chickens, Cricket decides to launch the first chicken into space. He whispers to the chicken that he believes in her, and the attempt succeeds. Bill is shocked by the chaos, but is soon impressed when Cricket's stunt manages to make a good first impression on the neighborhood.
Production of Big City Greens began as Country Club, which had been pitched to Disney in 2012. It was greenlit as a Disney XD series in 2016.[8] The series is created by the brothers Chris and Shane Houghton, who originally worked on Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks. Chris Houghton also worked as a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls with Rob Renzetti.[9] The series was later renamed to Big City Greens on July 21, 2017.[9]
"Space Chicken" was directed by Chris and Shane Houghton, storyboarded by Chris Houghton and written by the Houghton brothers. The idea for this episode was conceived by Shane.[10]
Season 1 of Big City Greens is arranged on Disney+ to create a proper continuity.[11] While "Space Chicken" was produced and aired as the first episode on Disney Channel, it is positioned as the second episode segment following "Welcome Home" on Disney+.
Reception
The episode was watched by 0.68 million viewers upon its initial airing.[12]
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