Zorak is a cartoon character and former villain who first appeared in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Space Ghost. Zorak appeared as a large, green mantis and was a foe of the show's titular hero. Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ... The title card from an episode of Space Ghost Space Ghost was one-half of the animated television series Space Ghost and Dino Boy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions; it first aired on September 10, 1966 on CBS. In the series, the hero, Space Ghost, battled villains in outer space. ... For the self-defence technique, see Praying mantis kung fu. ...

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Cartoon Network revived the Space Ghost characters for Space Ghost Coast to Coast, a chat show where the main characters' roles were re-invented. On the new show, Space Ghost had released Zorak from prison but forced him to act as Space Ghost's bandleader. Zorak's villainous mentality remained, and he would heckle his new boss in most episodes. He was initially referred to by Space Ghost as a locust; it wasn't until the seventh episode when a guest mistook him for a grasshopper that he mentioned that he is actually a mantis. He explains that he didn't notice Space Ghost was calling him a locust until Space Ghost brought it up. However, for some reason he referes to himself as "The Lone Locust of the Apocalyse". Image File history File links Space_Ghost_Zorak. ... Image File history File links Space_Ghost_Zorak. ... Cartoon Network is a cable television channel created by Turner Broadcasting and dedicated to showing animated programming. ... Space Ghost Coast to Coast (often abbreviated as SGC2C) is a mostly animated spoof talk show on the cable TV channel Cartoon Network. ... A bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ... Desert locust Nymph of Locust (Schistocera americana) with distinct wing-rudiments Locust from the 1915 Locust Plague For other meanings of the word Locust, see Locust (disambiguation). ... Families Superfamily: Tridactyloidea Cylindrachaetidae Ripipterygidae Tridactylidae Superfamily: Tetrigoidea Tetrigidae Superfamily: Eumastacoidea Chorotypidae Episactidae Eumastacidae Euschmidtiidae Mastacideidae Morabidae Proscopiidae Thericleidae Superfamily: Pneumoroidea Pneumoridae Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea Pyrgomorphidae Superfamily: Acridoidea Acrididae Charilaidae Dericorythidae Lathiceridae Lentulidae Lithidiidae Ommexechidae Pamphagidae Pyrgacrididae Romaleidae Tristiridae Superfamily: Tanaoceroidea Tanaoceridae Superfamily: Trigonopterygoidea Trigonopterygidae Xyronotidae Grasshoppers are herbivorous insects of... Mantis is Greek for prophet. ...

In the original show, Zorak was voiced by Don Messick and spoke in a buzzy monotone meant to evoke his insect-like features. On the Cartoon Network shows he was voiced by animator C. Martin Croker. Croker originally imitated the monotone, but over the years took Zorak's voice in his own direction. Don Messick (September 7, 1926–October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor, one of the most prolific voice actors of the second half of the 20th century. ... Monotone refers to one of: a steady chant like way of speaking on one pitch, or a monotonic function Monotone Records, a record label [1] Monotone (software), revision control software [2] This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... Clay Martin Croker is an American voice actor. ...

Space Ghost Coast to Coast itself spawned two spinoffs, Cartoon Planet in 1995 and The Brak Show in 2001. Zorak appeared in both shows, on the former as a foil for Space Ghost, and on the latter as Brak's trouble-making friend (an homage to Eddie Haskell of Leave It to Beaver). A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Cartoon Planet was an animated variety show that premiered in 1996 on Superstation TBS, and afterwards ran until 1999 on Cartoon Network. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover of The Brak Show DVD The Brak Show is one of Cartoon Networks 15-minute animated series that airs during Adult Swim. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Brak (or Braque) was the title of the kings of the kingdoms of Waalo (or Oualo) and Biffeche on the Senegal River in Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa until the 19th Century. ... Actor Ken Osmond starred as Eddie Haskell in the original TV sitcom Leave It to Beaver Eddie Haskell (also known as Edward Clark Haskell) is a fictional character of the Leave It to Beaver television situation comedy which ran on CBS from October 4, 1957 to 1958 and then on... Leave It to Beaver Cast, (from left) Tony Dow, Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Beaumont, and Jerry Mathers Leave It to Beaver was a situation comedy which ran on CBS from October 4, 1957 to 1958 and then on ABC from 1958 to June 20, 1963. ...

Zorak also appears in a DC comic exploring the origina of Space Ghost. In the comic he is the leader of a carnivorouis race of mantis-like Zorathians, a race of mantis-like humanoids commonly refered to as "bugs". The "bugs" follow the way, under the rule of Lord Zorak, traveling form planet to planet, killing the inhabitants and breeding in the dead. While the majority Zorathians are olive green with two arms (with either hands or pincers), and or hands, Zorak is green with purple markings and has four arms (two with pincers, two with hands) and silver armor. It is implied that he is immortal through some sort of hive mentality and blood connection with all Zorathians in that if Zorak dies, another becomes Zorak with his essence inside them, even becoming an exact dupilcate.