What It's Like Being Alone

30min

Animation

Comedy

A wondrous and fiendishly humorous stop-motion animation series about freak orphans who are desperately trying to get adopted.

Episodes

Cast

Being Alone for Beginners

1. Being Alone for Beginners

30min

26th Jun 2006

Lucy discovers that not only is she an orphan but she is also not a princess.

Do Orphans Dream of Electric Parents

2. Do Orphans Dream of Electric Parents

30min

3rd Jul 2006

After Brian Brain is rejected by like-minded Adopters, he creates robotic parents to fill the void.

An Orphans' Life Indeed

3. An Orphans' Life Indeed

30min

10th Jul 2006

Princess Lucy accidentally clones herself in an effort to find the perfect BFF.

The Perfect Lesson

4. The Perfect Lesson

30min

17th Jul 2006

The Orphans put on a play to prospective Adopters, with disastrous results.

The Poster Child

5. The Poster Child

30min

24th Jul 2006

Aldous has a chance to avoid a deadly curse by being adopted by Corporate Executives.

Fire the Reverend

6. Fire the Reverend

30min

31st Jul 2006

Reverend Gamble mistakes Charlie for the Devil, until the real Satan shows up looking for his son.

Red, White and Orphanage

7. Red, White and Orphanage

30min

7th Aug 2006

After a shiny, new orphanage appears overnight, Brian Brain realizes he wouldn't give up being a free-thinker for all the power and possessions in the world.

Sammy's Episode

8. Sammy's Episode

30min

14th Aug 2006

Sammy is convinced he's being watched by a TV audience, and is consequently diagnosed by Brian Brain as being a megalomaniac.

A Tale of Almost Unbearable Sadness

9. A Tale of Almost Unbearable Sadness

30min

21st Aug 2006

After a bad day, the Orphans try to find true happiness in the hapless forest.

Lucky Lucy/You Got to Know When to Hold'em

10. Lucky Lucy/You Got to Know When to Hold'em

30min

28th Aug 2006

Princess Lucy obsesses over the high she gets from gambling, resulting in dire consequences.

Armie Loves Cigarettes

11. Armie Loves Cigarettes

30min

4th Sep 2006

Armie takes up smoking after idolizing Cool Carl, the only Orphan ever to be adopted from the Gurney.

The Frightful Flu

12. The Frightful Flu

30min

11th Sep 2006

After all the Orphans come down with the flu, a reformed wicked witch, Karen, is hired to get them under control.

Silver Screen Lucy

13. Silver Screen Lucy

30min

18th Sep 2006

Famed A-list Director, Steven Franchise, has the Orphans compete by making films to impress him into adopting them.

First air date

26th Jun 2006

Last air date

18th Sep 2006

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks