Youri, the Spaceman (found Cartoon Network France CGI animated short series; 2002)

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Status: Partially lost

Youri, the Spaceman is a 2002 3D animated series created by Sparkling*, the now-defunct subsidiary company of France-based Sparx* Animation Studios. Produced for Cartoon Network, La Machine, Method Films and FTD, the series consists of 26 three minute episodes chronicling the life of the titular character, an astronaut that has become stranded on the moon.

The series, in general, was considered fairly elusive for some time, with only a handful of episodes being available online, until December of 2014, when MySpleen user ChupaX uploaded a torrent containing a DVDRip of 18 of the 26 episodes (having previously recorded them from Animania HD several years earlier) in trimmed widescreen format, rendering the bulk of the series readily accessible. As of mid 2015, 19 episodes are accounted for; via an episode listing at TV.com, the remaining missing 7 episodes have been identified. They are:

• Episode 2 - Youri wonders how on earth his snug little spot ended up in a Swedish hiking guide.
• Episode 7 - Whenever Youri invites himself to dinner, he likes dressing up as a woman.
• Episode 10 - As soon as the mating season comes round, Youri cannot fathom what his spaceship has going for it that he doesn't.
• Episode 15 - Youri tells himself he hasn't quite yet grasped the sexuality of jellyfish.
• Episode 18 - Night after night, Youri stands in wait, hoping he'll catch the intruder "ransacking" his lounge.
• Episode 20 - Youri realizes it's all very well to be up in the seventh heaven, as long as you know how to get back down again.
• Episode 26 - Youri feels he's probably more suited to psychological dramas than westerns.

A streaming mirror of the aforementioned 18 HD episodes.

An additional episode, sourced from an Australian VHS recording.