A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing

A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing
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Premiere date	October 13, 1978
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing" is the sixth episode of The Scooby-Doo Show season three, and the thirtieth overall. It aired on October 13, 1978 on ABC.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • Scotland
    • Castle McDuff
    • Loch Ness
    • Jolly Scott Inn

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 13, 1978 on ABC

Everlasting influence

• The Tar Monster is used as a villain in the video game the gang gets sucked into in the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Το Τέρας του Λοχ Νες	The Monster of Loch Ness
Hungarian	A skót szörny meg a szörnyű skót	The Scottish Monter and the Monstrous Scotchman
Portuguese	Encontro com o Monstro	Encounter with the Monster

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 10, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season on DVD.
  • November 9, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series (limited edition) on DVD.
  • November 13, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
  • September 9, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! on Blu-ray Disc.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • November 21, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series on DVD.