The Thing and the Captain's Ghost

"The Thing and the Captain's Ghost" is the thirteenth episode (part one) of The Thing season one. It aired on December 1, 1979 on NBC.

Spike dares Ronald (because let's face it, it's been more his show than the Thing's) to spend a night on an abandoned showboat in the swamp, which he then pretends to haunt.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Waiter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ronald Radford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benjy Grimm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wayne Morton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike Hanrahan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Art Metrano
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stretch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Micheal Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Captain Yancy
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alligator
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Micheal Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Captain Yancy
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alligator
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alligator
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang

Locations

 * Centerville
 * Pete's Pizza Parlor

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Ronald's car
 * Centerville Belle

Behind the scenes

 * This episode has been the most Scooby-Doo-ish out of all of them.

Errors

 * Ronald is surprised he has to spend the night, despite the fact that's what Spike dared him to do to begin with.
 * When Stretch tells Turkey to shake the floorboards, his voice is coming out of Turkey.
 * The Centerville Belle ' s name identifying banner pops up out of nowhere for a close up when the Thing pulls it loose.
 * In another close-up, when Benjy leaves the ship, the showboat has its name in red across the wall.

Home availability

 * Warner Bros. own the show, while Disney own the characters, making it difficult to release this episode onto DVD.