The Head: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Head is the story of Jim, a trade-school student in New York City who awakens one morning to find that his cranium has enlarged to mammoth proportions. A week later, out bursts Roy, a little purple alien with an odd sense of humor who has taken up residence in Jim's head. Roy needed a place to stay to adapt to the Earth's environment while on a mission to save the world from a power-hungry alien named Gork. Aiding Jim and Roy are Jim's girlfriend, Madelyn; his personal physician, Dr. Richard Axel; and a group of "human anomalies". The theme of the story is to reinforce the value of diversity, tolerance, acceptance of differences, and working together to solve problems.

Series details

• Title: The Head
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1994-12-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-03-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: MTV
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7/10
• TVMaze ID: 4221

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-12-19; final listed air date 1995-01-30; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1996-02-06; final listed air date 1996-03-19; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Head on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.