Kenny Starfighter

TV Series
1997–2022
28m

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Johan Rheborg in Kenny Starfighter (1997)

Parody Superhero Action Adventure Comedy Family Mystery Sci-Fi

Galaxy hero Penny Starfighter will try to stop Dr. Deo's cruel revenge against humanity. To help them, they have a group of children led by 11-year-old Ester. Will it be enough, or will they... Read allGalaxy hero Penny Starfighter will try to stop Dr. Deo's cruel revenge against humanity. To help them, they have a group of children led by 11-year-old Ester. Will it be enough, or will they need Kenny Starfighter's help?Galaxy hero Penny Starfighter will try to stop Dr. Deo's cruel revenge against humanity. To help them, they have a group of children led by 11-year-old Ester. Will it be enough, or will they need Kenny Starfighter's help?

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7.5/10

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Trivia
Each episode begins with an animated logo for "NDE - Near Deaf Experience - The Next Level in Sound Technology" and a swooshing sound moving from behind the listener to the front, parodying the infamous THX logo and its Deep Note sound.

Quotes
Markus: Remove the cornea and locate the lense. Make sure the eye doesn't burst when you lay the first stitch.
Tyrone: Look, skin dead mice I can handle, but dissect cow eyes, that's my limit.
Burken: But Tyrone, I saw this movie once, there was a guy who was going to operate on an eye, and then when he was about to cut in it, it started following him with its look, so he turned all mad and transplanted it in his forehead so he could use it as an analyzer and zoom in and people like this, "zzz", "zzz"...
Markus: Cut it out, let's do this now so we're rid of this shit, OK?
Burken: OK.
Markus: [opens the box and finds a pack of cards] Whoa! Look!
Markus: Whoa! Look!
Tyrone: Awesome! No cow eyes - no homework!
Sofia: We'll have to give them back tomorrow and say they made a mistake.
Markus: You think these are Slem-Sven's cards?
Burken: No, it's gotta be some kind of game, to test our intelligence!
Tyrone: [sighs, exasperated] Get this: Slem-sven doesn't play games, he plays with dead animals, and sews hats out of them.

Crazy credits
Dr. Deo is credited as 'XX' (episodes 1-4).

Connections
Followed by Kenny Begins (2009)

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Featured review

10/10

"Måste hitta Kenny... måste rädda jorden!"

Such were the words spoken by Thomas Di Leva in what is possibly the cultiest cult show on this planet, or on Mylta for that matter. Johan Rheborg, fresh out of playing money-hungry cynic Percy Nilegård, stereo-loving Uncle Barbro ("There are no shortcuts to the perfect sound!") and the haunting Kaminmannen in "Nilecity" and "Percy Tårar" puts on a blond wig, blue contact lenses, a smooth tan and a suit made out of old Coke cans, and the universe will never be the same...

The show has a solid plot but it's really all in the characters and their reactions to the strange things that are happening around them. The casting director actually managed to find a group of kid actors who *gasp* DIDN'T SUCK! Yes, you might need to take a step back and absorb that for a moment. My favourite is Tyrone, he has a wicked hairdo! The cast is great all around with the aforementioned Rheborg and Di Leva, Lakke Magnusson as a brilliantly sleazy biology teacher ("Hate! Hate! Hate!"), Måns Westfeldt as a very evil, very smelly Dr. Deo, Sten Elfström as a corrupt cop, Camilla Henemark as a hot Evil Nurse and Sten Ljunggren as the school principal (haven't we all suspected our headmaster to be the root of all evil at some point? Seriously?). The kids who play the three unlucky punks who keep stalking Kenny (with painful consequences) are also really funny.

The versatile and great cast wouldn't be anything if it wasn't for the script and characters, though. Luckily, both of these are brilliant. Unforgettable lines, original and disturbing characters, and a tongue-in-cheek, off-the-wall sense of humour make Kenny Starfighter one of the greatest cult shows ever created. Seriously, it has zombies, Hairminators, sarcastic computers, evil teachers, flying vacuum cleaners and buses, flying telephone booths, trading cards with the power to destroy the entire world, and as a bonus, the moon gets turned into a grapefruit! Or is it an orange? A wickedly funny show which deserves respect in my opinion. Naysayers should be pumped full with a syringe of Mähälium - that'll teach 'em!

Oh, and it has an AWESOME theme song. Easily the best of the nineties.

"Fy fan vad bra!"