Coneheads
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1The Coneheads are a fictional family of extraterrestrials with conical heads who first appeared in sketches on the TV show Saturday Night Live. Created for the show, the family consists of parents Beldar and Prymaat, and their daughter Connie. They were the subject of the 1993 movie Coneheads, which depicted their struggles to blend in on Earth after a failed mission.
Origin: The characters were created for the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). They made their first appearance on January 15, 1977.
Characters:
Beldar and Prymaat: The parents who crash-land in New Jersey while on a reconnaissance mission from their home planet of Remulak.
Connie: Their daughter, who is born and raised on Earth.
The movie: The 1993 feature film Coneheads expanded on the SNL sketches, showing the family's attempts to live a normal life as suburban Americans while trying to avoid detection from the INS.
Other appearances: The Coneheads have also been referenced in other media, such as the Transformers franchise, where "Coneheads" refers to a group of Decepticons (Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust).
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