Original title
Out of This World
Released
9/17/1987
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production companies
MCA Television, Bob Booker Productions
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
96
Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in syndication from September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991. During its first season, the series was originally part of NBC's Prime Time Begins at 7:30 campaign, in which the network's owned-and-operated stations would run first-run sitcoms in the 7:30-8 pm time slot to counterprogram competing stations' game shows, sitcom reruns and other offerings. Out of This World was rotated with the original series Marblehead Manor and She's the Sheriff, a syndicated revival of the 1983 sitcom We Got It Made, and a television adaptation of the play You Can't Take It With You. NBC ended the experiment after the 1987-88 season due to the low ratings put up by three of the series, with Out of This World being one of the two that was renewed. After its first season the series was largely moved to weekend time slots, where it remained until its cancellation following the fourth season.
After thirteen years of keeping Evie's identity from her, Donna is forced to reveal the truth at her thirteenth birthday party when Evie exhibits a special, alien power that enables her to freeze time. Evie learns she's half alien and that her father is from the planet Antareus--not a CIA agent as her mother has been telling her all along. She is given her father's gift of the cube, a genetic device which allows her to speak to her father on Antareus. Although anyone can hear her father over the cube, her father can only hear Evie.
Evie misuses her new power to win a gift certificate and a basketball game. Her father grounds her by taking away her power for a week as punishment.
Evie is plagued by a bad dream about becoming a monster when she grows up.
Evie's mother feels a bit neglected because Evie is spending so much time talking with her father.
Evie has a free throw contest with the new boy in school. She falls in love with him instead and ends up losing the contest.
Beano has been given a day of honor by the mayor. After gleaping him into a tuxedo, she mistakenly thinks she turned him into the mayor's dog. Attempting to reverse the change, she gleaps the dog to look like Beano.
Evie is accepted into the young astronauts program after winning an essay contest and Donna is shocked to find that Evie knows so much about science and outer space. After accidentally playing one of Evie's tapes while cleaning her room, she discovers that all the information in the essay actually came from Troy.
Evie wishes for a fifties mom while watching a 50's show, "My Favorite Mom", on TV. When the show is not on the next day, she has to live another 24 hours with a 50's mom.
It's reelection time for the mayor of Marlowe and his competition is other than Charles Nelson Reilly.
Evie wishes that she could understand a baby she's babysitting. When lightning strikes, the little boy starts talking to her.
Beano and Donna try to help an overweight child at Evie's school by trying to get Jackie Gleason to come to the opening of Beano's diet clinic.
Donna and Beano's mother comes for a visit and she falls in love with Kyle.
Donna is happy and has put a heart around the date on the calendar. Evie is suspicious.
A crystal egg left by Troy causes people to tell the truth. It causes havoc when it accidentally goes off.
Evie and Donna try to find a woman for Beano in the personals section of the newspaper. After Evie replaces Beano's photo with Kyle's, Beano's date shows up.
Evie dislikes the new boy in school. Donna encourages her to be nice to him until she meets his dad who is just as bad.
When it's time to make a movie out of Kyle's old TV show character, he learns the new writers only want him in the movie so they can write him out and replace him with a young woman.
Russia thinks there is a nuclear research lab in the Garland house. They send Donna and Beano on a fake trip to Hawaii while one of their spies disguises herself as Donna to try and take her place and try to find the secret weapon which is causing power surges.
Donna and Beano's mother visits again. When she sees Buzz dancing with Donna, she mistakes Buzz for Troy.
Evie gets the measles...Antaerian style. Evie, Donna, and Beano have to prevent the doctor from learning the truth.
After returning from San Francisco, Evie discovers the cube is missing!
Donna thought she invited the new minister's daughter, Leslie, to meet Evie. It turns out Leslie is a boy who dresses like a punk and plays music she does not like.
When Chris becomes infatuated by an older woman, Evie wishes she was older.
Evie's secret is revealed when Lindsey sleeps over and accidentally hears Evie's father trough the cube.
Evie is turning 14 and her birthday gift from her father is four wishes.
After hearing about how her parents met, Evie decides to gleep herself back in time. But when she ruins their meeting, Evie has to arrange their meeting.
The time has finally come for Donna when she opens up her new catering business called "Donna's Delights", but when Evie accidentally gleaps the cookies for one of Donna's parties into space cookies, that put people to sleep, it is up to Beano to try and get the cookies before anyone eats them.
Kyle discovers that, Jim, his old buddy from high school is coming for a visit and Kyle is determined to shape himself up to impress Jim after remembering how Jim always had everything that he didn't, but when Jim gets to the house, Kyle realizes he is handicapped.
It's the night Evie has been waiting for, her first, real date alone with Chris, but when Chris kisses her for the first time, Evie gets the wrong idea and thinks that they are a couple.
A visiting prince is coming to Marlowe and everyone is anxious to meet him except Evie, until she finds herself attracted to him, but if sweeping Evie off her feet, with his good looks and charm, wasn't enough- the prince asks Evie to marry him.
When Donna discovers that her old beau, Rob Jamison, is coming to Marlowe for their class reunion, she invites him over to the house hoping that they can catch up and reminisce on old times, but when Evie catches him kissing her mother, it misleads Evie to believing that her mother no longer loves her father.
Evies grandfather from outer space visits. He wants to take Evie home with him to meet her dad. Will Evie choose to stay?
Evie, Donna, Beano, and Kyle decide to take a vacation, but on thier way, they get lost in a western ghost town and meet two men who claim that they run the town but are really counterfeiters, and when Evie, Beano, and Donna find out what they are up to, the counterfeiters kidnap them, and it is up to cowboy Kyle to rescue them.
There's a new boy in town named Elroy who everyone thinks is a nerd, and when Evie feels sorry for him, she accepts his invitation to go to the "Sock Hop" so that he won't feel disliked.
A talent agent spots Chris at the "Goodie Goodie" and wants him to pose as a surfing model, but Chris declines, so Evie convinces him to go for it, but when Chris becomes popular with the ladies, Evie realizes that convincing him to go for it was a big mistake.
After Lindsay puts her favorite tape into Evie's stereo, the tape and the stereo both get ruined, and when the girls both refuse to pay each other back for the damages, they take it out in student court.
The father/daughter dance is coming up and Evie decides that she doesn't want to take her uncle Beano anymore after realizing that she has a great father, and when a school girl picks on Evie for never bringing her father to the dance, Evie gleaps up a really cool dad to impress everybody.
Evie decides to get a job and is hired as a waitress at the "Goodie Goodie", but when she uses her powers to help her on the job and becomes waitress of the month, she causes and old, experienced waitress to lose her job.
Evie decides to run for class president, but when she wishes that she had someone experienced in politics to guide her, she accidently gleaps up Abraham Lincoln.
Evie and the gang decide to go to Hollywood for a vacation, and while Evie and Lindsay go on an adventure to look for Tom Cruise, the rest of the gang have some adventures of their own.
While Evie is stuck at home, writing a petition to end school uniforms, she is missing Billy Sullivan's birthday party, so she decides to split herself in two to be at two places at the same time, but doesn't realize that after midnight she can't rejoin herself.
Beano feels unattractive when all the women he likes keep rejecting him, so Evie gleeps his cologne into a love potion that will attract women everywhere he goes.
After Evie finds Beano's old childhood bike in the garage, Beano flashes back and starts to wish that he was a kid again, but when Evie gleeps Beano into a ten year old, he not only becomes a child but also a huge annoyance.
Evie is determined to win the mother/daughter pageant after a school snob, Cissy, brags about how easily she will win, but after Cissy messes up the finale of her and her mother's act, Evie purposely sabotages her and Donna's act so that Cissy and her mother will win.
After an electric shock, Evie can see the future. But when she makes an ominous prediction, Evie and her mom find themselves fighting for their lives.
Kyle accidently slips on Donna's kitchen floor after she has waxed it and is told by the doctor to stay off his feet for 24 hours, so asks Donna and Evie if they can take care of him for a day, but when he realizes how good he has it at the Garland house, he pretends that he is still injured so that he won't have to leave.
When Donna goes out of town for the night, Lindsay suggests having a party and the house gets trashed. Evie gleeps it clean but her mom's favorite clock is missing. To buy a new one, she caters a bridal party for some wild librarians.
Troy contacts Evie after discovering that Anterius has the power to send creatures through outer space, so sends an Anterian dog to show Evie how it works and lets Evie keep him for the weekend.
Evie is turning 16 and Troy, once again, has another spectacular gift for her. Troy gives Evie a list of ten powers to try out throughout the day and she has until midnight to decide which one of the ten powers that she would like to keep.
When Donna refuses to buy Evie a new dress for a senior party at the Ritz Marlowe, Evie gleaps up the dress so that she can look stunning, but doesn't realize that there is going to be a major gleap out at midnight which will reverse the gleap that she made.
Beano decides to act as a magician for an amateur's night, but when he uses Evie as an assistant to try out a ""Disappearing Act"" on Donna, Donna disappear's into another dimension because of Evie's powers, and when Donna starts to reappear, the only thing that comes back is her head.
Buzz claims that he and his frog, Farley, need some space from each other, so asks Donna to take care of him for a while, but when Evie discovers that Chris is going behind her back to spend time with Lindsey, she gleaps Farley into a handsome young man to try and make Chris jealous.
When Evie gets the Antarean flu, her powers go out of control, and when Kyle happens to witness Evie's powers in action, he believes that there is a ghost in the Garland house so hires a woman to drive the ghost out, but after the woman leaves, Evie and Donna discover that there really is a ghost in the house.
Its time for Evie to take her driver's license test and ends up getting a very strict and mean driving instructor who will be giving the test, and when he puts too much pressure on her to parallel park, she uses her powers to help her pass the test.
Evie has a crush on the new gymnastics coach, Scott Gold, and uses her powers to help her make the gymnastics team just so she can spend time with him.
When Evie finds a Anterean hair restorer that her grandfather, Zelik, left behind, Beano decides to market it to make himself rich, but after trying it out on Kyle, Chris, and Buzz, thier hair turns into beehive hairdo's.
Evie's grandfather, Zelik, is back to visit and wants to take Evie around the world as a gift, but when Donna refuses to let Evie go, they sneak out in the middle of the night to go on their journey- little do they know that things aren't going to go as smoothly as they planned.
A popular guy at school is suddenly interested in Lindsay and Evie can't figure out why, until he reveals to Evie that the only reason he is going out with Lindsay is so she will give him the answers to the upcoming history finals.
Lindsay is crushed when she is dumped by the man who was suppose to take her to the sophmore dance at school, and when Evie feels bad that Lindsay won't be going, she gleaps herself to look like a man so that Lindsay can have a date for the dance.
As class president, Evie must find a way to raise money for the school and gets an idea from Kyle to put on a benefit concert, and not only does he give Evie the idea, he also plans on helping her get, rock group, the ""Fine Young Vegetarians"" to be the guest performers, but when they can't make it, Evie gleaps Beano's rock collection into the rock group so that she won't have to let the school down.
When Donna goes to her night school class, Evie promises that she will stay home and study for her upcoming finals, but when Lindsay persuades Evie to go out to the ""Goodie Goodie"" instead, Evie ends up being the one millionth customer, and when she discovers that her picture will be on the front page of the paper, she must keep the paper away from Donna the next day so that she won't know that Evie went out instead of staying home.
Beano must babysit his girlfriend's baby boy, Billy, but doesn't realize that Billy is a little menace, and when he goes to a game and sticks Billy with Evie, she gleaps him into a 30 year old so that she can understand him.
Evie is tormented by a commercial jingle for a mouthwash company, while Donna rushes to prepare for her commercial on live TV. Throughout the day, the twins that appear in the ad show up to sing part of the jingle again and again as Evie is discussing her retainer with her friends. Evie is confused as to how they keep showing up, so she and Donna turn to Troy for help, and he concludes that the word "mouth" triggers the jingle, she also complains about her retainer so she takes them out, and puts them back in when they leave for the studio. Troy leaves a message saying that the twins appearances were caused by the material in her retainers. Donna then goes on TV for her commercial, but her nervousness causes the word "mouth" to be spoken and the twins to appear and interrupt her, causing her to rhyme the rest of the ad. Buzz then hires the twins to be part of his new commercials.
Evie accidentaly gleaps Donna's ivy into a woman named Inga, and when Kyle meets her, he falls in love and wants to marry her.
Evie is thrilled when Chris invites her to his senior prom, but when Chris becomes the new supervisor at ""Chicken in a Basket"", he is forced to work on the night of the prom.
Kyle is a little frightened when having to proove to his cowboy buddies that he is strong enough to do anything, so wishes that he were as hard as a rock, but when Evie tries to help him, she accidently gleaps him, literally, as hard as a rock.
Evie is getting love letters from a secret admirer but can't figure out who it is, and when the time finally comes for Evie to finally meet him, he ends up being Lindsay's 12 year old brother.
Evie and Chris must do a marriage project for school that teaches them about family financing, but when Chris shows no interest into thier project, Evie gleaps Chris into a more responsible husband.
evie gleaps up a diamond necklace for her mom when she finds out that it is anterian mother's day
It's reelection time and Kyle is once again running for mayor, but starts to feel like his position is undeserved when no one else will run against him, so when Donna decides to help Kyle, by running for mayor, she not only becomes well appreciated by the town of Marlowe, but she wins the election.
New Mayor Donna tries to convince new Police Chief Kyle to not let friends off when violating laws so he arrests Donna for passing a bad check when he hits her for a parking violation. Meanwhile, a 'Junk Food Burglar' is rampaging Marlowe.
When Chris gets rejected from the college of his choice, he decides to enlist into the marines, but once he does, he realizes how much he would rather be in school than in the marines.
There's a new guy in town and Evie makes a date with him so she can show him around Marlowe to make him feel welcome, but when Chris comes back to Marlowe, after transfering to ""Marlowe Community College"", Evie tries to hide from Chris so that he won't know that she is seeing someone else.
It's Donna and Troy's anniversary, once again, and this time, Troy decides to do something really special for her, so asks Evie to buy a music box, so that he can put a special song in it for Donna, but while attempting to put the song in the music box, he accidentaly shrinks Evie.
When Donna is bribed by a man who wants the land in Marlowe that she is giving away, she decides to take him to court to punish him, but when she gets overwhelmed with stress, she wishes that she could just forget about everything for a while, and when Evie tries to help her, she accidentaly gives Donna amnesia.
Donna's television show, ""Meet the Mayor"", is scheduled to be cancelled after failing to pull in viewers, so the gang put together a telethon to keep the show on the air, and when Evie and Lindsay try to do a mind reading trick for entertainment, the trick doesn't fool anyone, so she asks Troy to give her the power to read minds.
Donna hires Peter to put in new shelves for the kitchen, but while he's there, things start mysteriously disappearing in the house, and on thier way home, Donna and Evie catch Peter talking to Troy through the cube and discover that Peter is really an alien from Anterias as well as Evie'e guardian angel.
Donna's old friend, Sandy, is coming to visit, but Donna isn't too thrilled after remembering how Sandy was so much more popular than her and how she took the guy that Donna liked back in high school, and when Evie starts to spend all her time with Sandy, Donna feels that Sandy is now taking away her daughter.
Evie's Uncle Mick has returned home to Marlowe after being on the road with his band, and when Evie discovers that he is a talented guitar player, she asks him to help her make a music video for her school project, but instead Chris takes Evie's music video and submits it to a talent search contest.
When Kyle must take a plane to New York for a police convention, Evie discovers that he is afraid to fly, so Donna and Evie create a ""fear of flying"" program to help Kyle overcome his fear, but when Evie pretends that the are taking off, the house really does take off because of Evie's powers.
While Mick is out of town for a week, he allows Evie and Lindsay to stay at his apartment so that they can see what it's like to live together before they go away to college, but only after a few hours alone, the girls start to disagree.
When Chris decides to enter a dance contest with another woman, Evie gleaps herself into a fantastic dancer to get Chris back, but because of a gleap intensification, her powers become ten times thier normal strengh and she becomes so light on her feet that she starts to float in the air.
Donna is conned into buying a alarm system for the house, and when she and Evie realize that it was a scam, they come up with a plan to try and get thier money back.
Lindsay decides to be a student officer just to goof off and skip classes and persuades Evie to be her partner in crime, but when Lindsay dicovers that there is a thief stealing food from the cafeteria, she suddenly becomes serious about her postion and tries to catch the culprit, only Evie cathes him instead, and the thief ends up being Jeff.
Evie decides to take part in the student exchange program and let's a young latin boy stay with her, and when she discovers that that his whole life is all work and no play, she teaches him to have a little fun by taking him to play baseball.
Evie's grandmother sends her a check in the mail, for $200, that is suppose to go toward her college fund, but Evie spends the money on a jacket instead, and in order to keep Donna from finding out that she spent the money instead of putting it in the bank, she enters a contest titled ""My Mom and Why I Love Her"" to try to win the money back.
Evie volunteers to tutor a 22 year old high school student so that he can get his diploma, but he ends up being a rough, tough, motorcycle biker named ""Moose"", and when his girlfriend, Velma, finds out that she is spending time with him, she warns Evie to stay away from him....or else.
Chris decides that he wants to go to school to be a doctor but he just can't afford it, so gets a job as a car salesman to help him pay for school, and when Evie discovers that Chris just can't sell anything, she gleaps him into the best car salesman in the entire place.
Evie and Lindsay sneak into the hospital and pretend to be candy stripers after they discover that thier favorite soap star will be staying there, but instead of getting his autograph, they end up getting trouble.
Evie tries out for the role of Juliet for the town play, only Lindsay gets the part instead, so Donna assigns Evie as the understudy, but when Lindsay gets carried away about being Juliet, Evie gets angry and gleaps her into a poodle.
Evie becomes Donna's new mayor's assistant, but when Donna won't give Evie any responsibilty to do the job, Evie gleaps herself into Donna to sign a concert permit when Donna is not around to do it herself, but it only causes problems when the citizens of Marlowe don't approve of the performer.
It's Evie, Kyle, and Mick vs. Donna, Lindsay, and Buzz in a popular game show titled ""Stump Your Neighbor"", but while Donna and Kyle are fighting to win for their pride, the rest of the gang are just looking to win a new Ferrari.
Evie accidentally makes three dates for the same night, but rather than disappointing anyone, Evie decides to juggle her dates by teleporting herself from place to place throughout the night.
Evie breaks her curfew, once again, for the third weekend in a row and Donna gets furious at Evie for making her worry, but Evie just can't understand why her mother worries so much when she stays out late, until one night when Donna goes out, gets locked in Kyle's apartment and dosen't come home.
When Kyle reveals to Evie and Donna that he never graduated from high school, Donna informs him that in order to keep his job as police chief, he must go back to high school to get his diploma, but when he does, he accidentaly gets Evie in trouble for cheating on her history final when in fact he was the one cheating.
Evie celebrates her eighteenth birthday with her mom and her dad uses a matter transferance unit to come as well (it looks like a outline of him with light accenting the outline) this episode ends with evies mom getting tranported to antares when she steps into the unit to turn it off and troy trapped on earth because donna used it .....the end of the series
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