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''This girl's built for outer space!"''|[[Theme Tune]]}}
''This girl's built for outer space!"''|[[Theme Tune]]}}


A Canadian cartoon about a middle school girl named Betty Barrett who doubles as a Galactic Guardian, fighting evil on the other side of the universe while no one notices her lengthy absence. The series lasted from September, 2004 to January, 2008. A total of 78 episodes in three seasons.
A Canadian cartoon about a middle school girl named Betty Barrett who doubles as a Galactic Guardian, fighting evil on the other side of the universe while no one notices her lengthy absence when she finds out she's an alien. The series lasted from September, 2004 to January, 2008. A total of 78 episodes in three seasons.


Season 3 (Subtitle Mission: Earth) mixes things up by having the Galactic Guardian headquarters relocated underneath Betty's hometown.
Season 3 (Subtitle Mission: Earth) mixes things up by having the Galactic Guardian headquarters relocated underneath Betty's hometown.
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* [[Costume Copycat]]: In "Cosmic Comicon" a bunch of people are dressed like Betty and there's a [[Running Gag]] where Sparky keeps mistaking them for her. He even mistakes a coat rack with a costume hanging on it for her.
* [[Costume Copycat]]: In "Cosmic Comicon" a bunch of people are dressed like Betty and there's a [[Running Gag]] where Sparky keeps mistaking them for her. He even mistakes a coat rack with a costume hanging on it for her.
** [[Up to Eleven]]: When Betty tries to talk to him, he asks her who she is.
** [[Up to Eleven]]: When Betty tries to talk to him, he asks her who she is.
* [[Cute Alien Girl]]: Betty, who claims however that she came from space.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: How mean Penelope and her friends are varies from episode to episode.
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: How mean Penelope and her friends are varies from episode to episode.
* [[Denser and Wackier]]: ''Mission Earth'' has a number of gags that are cartoonier than anything the previous seasons ever did.
* [[Denser and Wackier]]: ''Mission Earth'' has a number of gags that are cartoonier than anything the previous seasons ever did.
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** Parodied when DeGill is in the shower and they blur out his crotch.
** Parodied when DeGill is in the shower and they blur out his crotch.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Beatrixo and Auntie Matter's father was an alien. This also makes Betty's mom a quarter alien and Betty an eighth alien.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Beatrixo and Auntie Matter's father was an alien. This also makes Betty's mom a quarter alien and Betty an eighth alien.
* [[Human Aliens]]: Betty, Beatrixo, Auntie Matter, Atomic Roger, Paloma, Juanita and Pandora.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: The episodes "When Worlds Collide", "The Ghost Ship of Aberdeffia", "Night of the Living Mummies", and "Trick or Creep".
* [[Halloween Episode]]: The episodes "When Worlds Collide", "The Ghost Ship of Aberdeffia", "Night of the Living Mummies", and "Trick or Creep".
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Betty's mom
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Betty's mom
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* [[Likable Villain]]: Incidentally, there are some villains that are portrayed as likable to the fans.
* [[Likable Villain]]: Incidentally, there are some villains that are portrayed as likable to the fans.
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Betty, in an episode where she swings by her knees on a trapeze.
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Betty, in an episode where she swings by her knees on a trapeze.
* [[Magical Girl Warrior]]
* [[Masquerade]]
* [[Masquerade]]
* [[Mooks]]: The Bloodmonks
* [[Mooks]]: The Bloodmonks