#captain simian

Yes, their names are super on the nose. They’re a system of two, and are explicitly described and shown as such! Or, described as “alternate personalities”, but this is a 90s kids show so oh well. The two are depicted and treated as their own distinct people, and have a kind of brotherly relationship. They bicker a fair bit (over their very different demeanors…) but they care for each other more than anything. One episode when they were given a chance to get their own separate bodies, the two eventually choose to reunite despite a very real possibility reversing the procedure could KILL them both.

And they’re good guys! They’re protagonists!!!!

"Orbitron, Episode 2"

I'm on another Jeff Bennett kick. Been rewatching CAPTAIN SIMIAN & THE SPACE MONKEYS, & Orbitron's first appearance (before he got damaged) was just so deadpan & sassy I had to draw the expressions I pictured for these lines.

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At the beginning, Chuck had a kind of difficult relationship with Reader. 

Despite being aware of the fact that she's just like him and his crew, an habitant of planet Earth taken without their consent, he can't completely shake off his dislike of humans. He tries to be a good sport, but it's hard when your face reminds him of when he was taken away from his land and forced to participate in some rocket experiments. It will take some time and a lot of trust, but soon Reader will become not only part of the team but a dear friend to him and all of them.

Brain: What about a crossover of your favorite shows from when you were small? A big crossover where the reader is now in possession of some very important information and now has to travel in space with the space monkeys, biker mice, street sharks, and the extreme dinosaurs?