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''Space Beasts'' is a collection of stories, some on Furaffinity.Net, and some on Writing.com (in the form of campfires). There are also many scripts that were written on Final Draft that are yet to be published. It's a young series that may very well be an actual cartoon show/movie/web animation/comic book/whatever if the creator is lucky. Its premise is a mix of ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' meets ''[[Bucky O'Hare and The Toad Wars (Comic Book)|Bucky O Hare and The Toad Wars]]'', or, it could be described as [[Cordwainer Smith]] meets [[Mel Brooks]] with a liberal sprinkling from various Broadway musicals and plenty of [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to various other shows and stories the creator loves.

''Space Beasts'' is a collection of stories, some on Furaffinity.Net, and some on Writing.com (in the form of campfires). There are also many scripts that were written on Final Draft that are yet to be published. It's a young series that may very well be an actual cartoon show/movie/web animation/comic book/whatever if the creator is lucky. Its premise is a mix of ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' meets ''[[Bucky O'Hare and The Toad Wars (Comic Book)|Bucky O Hare and The Toad Wars]]'', or, it could be described as [[Cordwainer Smith]] meets [[Mel Brooks]] with a liberal sprinkling from various Broadway musicals and plenty of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to various other shows and stories the creator loves.

The story follows the crew of The Fellowship; they're a motley crew composed of [[Uplifted Animals]] (called Humanimals) along with two humans (One is a former prince named Edward Green who marries the Second-in-Command, Minsk; the other is a homeless waif boy named Ichabod Crane who is adopted by the crew and serves as Team Doctor.) and one alien, (also a former Prince who marries the Captain, Matoaka.) The Humanimals of the crew are Matoaka Redfeather, a unicorn girl; Minsk Flemmingcoff, a mink girl; Bill Brandy, a bull boy; Jim Buckwheat, a squirrel boy; and Bob Buttz, a catfish boy.

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** '''Jim''' and his apple pie.

** '''Marzipan''' got back to Earth after being held captive by the evil Ave Skeksis and his nephew Falco, the first thing she wanted was a hamburger with extra onions

** '''Bill Brandy''' is also quite fond of ice cream, particularly strawberry flavor after being allowed a taste of it after having a [[Near Death Experience]] at eight years old

** '''Bill Brandy''' is also quite fond of ice cream, particularly strawberry flavor after being allowed a taste of it after having a [[Near-Death Experience]] at eight years old

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Subverted with both Ichabod and Marzipan. Ichabod initially thinks he's an orphan but a few months later after he has met Marzipan, he finds out his parents are alive and are coming to see him. At first Ichabod is overjoyed, but quickly remembers that he had an [[Arranged Marriage]] to a human girl, one we conveniently forgot about when he met Marzipan. Ichabod does everything he can to avoid his parents but they quickly track him down and they know about his new engagement to Marzipan and they are none too pleased when they find out their son is engaged to a cat. Ichabod and his family inevitably reconcile but it takes at least half year to do so. Marzipan was kidnapped when she was eight years old after running away from home because of a spat she had with her little sister Emma. For many years Marzipan never knew weather her family was alive or dead, then she received a tip off that her mom, dad and sister were living in the sewers of Viola Streirra the seedy underworld planet. As for the Characters who actually are orphans. (Bill, Jim, Bob, Minsk, Kong and others) They will let you know the the fact they are orphans is NOT convenient.

* [[Cooking Duel]]: Frequently happens when Minsk and Marzipan's rivalry gets out of hand often very silly with matches like Minsk's borscht VS Marzipan's chicken soup, or something like that.

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* [[Food Porn]]: Oh yeah, plenty of this, between having two characters being [[Supreme Chefs]] and almost everyone being a [[Big Eater]] this series is all over this trope like butter on toast (Mmmm! Butter!) Marzipan in particular seems to specialize in classic [[Comfort Food]] New England Clam Chowder never looked so good!

** In one episode where Ichabod is mad at Marzipan, she manages to get him to shut up by promising to make him some tea, her description of the tea is almost as lush as a phone sex actor describing what she is wearing.

* [[Free Love Future]]: Inverted. Nearly everyone in the universe seeks a monogamous marriage. For the Aves, their very biology prevents them from falling in love with anyone other then their first love because when they lose their virginity, their bodies produce a chemical that bonds them permanently to their first mate. For Humans and Humanimals monogamy is encouraged because of the danger of radiation - mutated STDs that are resistant to all antibiotics.

* [[Free-Love Future]]: Inverted. Nearly everyone in the universe seeks a monogamous marriage. For the Aves, their very biology prevents them from falling in love with anyone other then their first love because when they lose their virginity, their bodies produce a chemical that bonds them permanently to their first mate. For Humans and Humanimals monogamy is encouraged because of the danger of radiation - mutated STDs that are resistant to all antibiotics.

* [[Furry Confusion]]: Averted. It is pretty clear that Humanimals are sapient and ordinary regular animals are not.

* [[Furry Fandom]]: in addition to [[Space Beasts]] being a [[Furry Fandom]] series itself, [[Furry Fandom]] exists in-universe as well, sometimes to the annoyance of the Humanimals.

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* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Let's see...We have Human Boy and Cat Girl, Human Boy and Mink Girl, Male Alien Bird Thing and Unicorn Girl, Bull Boy and Human Girl, Human Boy and Zebra Girl, and one case of a Gorilla Boy having a crush on a Dragon Girl (But nothing ever comes of it) In fact of the very few couples in which the members are the same species, Jim Buckwheat and Jordan Celt (Both Red Squirrels) are the only same species couple that feature main characters.

* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Hopper the rockhopper penguin, a figure of legend.

* [[Literal Ass Kicking]]: It's a [[Running Gag]] throughout the series that the universe seems to hate Ichabod's bottom. First and foremost, the standard cure for his wasabi addiction is to be spanked repeatedly until his elf features recede back into his body. Second, Ichabod almost always gets punished whenever he gets arrogant or cocky by some injury to the rear end. If there is something hot in the room, Ichabod will have the bad luck to sit on it; if Marzipan leaves some unfinished sewing project on a chair, Ichabod is bound to get a needle in his butt. Occasionally, Edward or Zander will get spanked or have their asses kicked once in a while.<ref>In a rare example of this trope being played for drama, Zander's behind was [[Added Alliterative Appeal|fiercely flogged for falling]] in love with a genetically engineered animal after he was stripped of his royal birthright.</ref> Ichabod himself lampshades this, wondering why the universe hates his butt so much. Bill and Jim tell him to look on the bright side.

* [[Literal Ass-Kicking]]: It's a [[Running Gag]] throughout the series that the universe seems to hate Ichabod's bottom. First and foremost, the standard cure for his wasabi addiction is to be spanked repeatedly until his elf features recede back into his body. Second, Ichabod almost always gets punished whenever he gets arrogant or cocky by some injury to the rear end. If there is something hot in the room, Ichabod will have the bad luck to sit on it; if Marzipan leaves some unfinished sewing project on a chair, Ichabod is bound to get a needle in his butt. Occasionally, Edward or Zander will get spanked or have their asses kicked once in a while.<ref>In a rare example of this trope being played for drama, Zander's behind was [[Added Alliterative Appeal|fiercely flogged for falling]] in love with a genetically engineered animal after he was stripped of his royal birthright.</ref> Ichabod himself lampshades this, wondering why the universe hates his butt so much. Bill and Jim tell him to look on the bright side.

{{quote| '''Bill''': It could be worse! The universe could hate your groin instead! }}

* [[Love Redeems]]: It certainly did for Falco,the tender kiss of a little blue dragon, turned that bullying [[Jerkass]] Ave into a noble hero.

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* [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]]: Aves are and unusual case, not so much 'Aliens are Nazis' or 'Aliens are Communists' but more Aliens are stuffy Victorian Era prudes. Kind of overlaps with Nazis with their 'No Interspecies Breeding Allowed' policy and their general obsession with 'pure blood'. Can you blame Poor Zander for his [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]] attitude?

* [[Sex Slave]]: Yeah I know, As Squicky as it may be often times Humanimals are born and bred to be sex slaves. Jordan Celt was being 'groomed' to be her Master's concubine until Jim rescued her. Rose the Dragon Girl was captured to be a sex slave.

* [[Shout Out]]: Many, many shout outs, One in particular, within Humanimal culture there is a particular Humanimal Rock Band named you guessed it "[[The Bremen Town Musicians (Literature)|The Bremen Town Musicians]]" and just like in the original Folk Tale, there members consist of a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster. Their popularity among young Humanimals is comparable to the popularity of [[The Beatles]] or [[Elvis Presley]], it is revealed in story that apparently they broke up for a while then got back together again, Falco says he doesn't know why they don't just stay broken up. (He obviously doesn't like them) However he decides to 'cut them some slack' when he sees how popular they are with his Half-Dragon Humanimal Daughter Garuda.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Many, many shout outs, One in particular, within Humanimal culture there is a particular Humanimal Rock Band named you guessed it "[[The Bremen Town Musicians (Literature)|The Bremen Town Musicians]]" and just like in the original Folk Tale, there members consist of a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster. Their popularity among young Humanimals is comparable to the popularity of [[The Beatles]] or [[Elvis Presley]], it is revealed in story that apparently they broke up for a while then got back together again, Falco says he doesn't know why they don't just stay broken up. (He obviously doesn't like them) However he decides to 'cut them some slack' when he sees how popular they are with his Half-Dragon Humanimal Daughter Garuda.

* [[Snakes Are Sexy]]: Beauty Cherrystone a Cobra Girl, is in love with Ichabod and competes with Marzipan for his affections.

* [[Soapbox Sadie]]: Bill's Human girlfriend Samantha Star is notoriously political, particularly when it comes to saving the environment and animal welfare. She also [[Speaks Fluent Animal]].