The Big Bike Race

"The Big Bike Race" is the eighth episode (part one) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on October 27, 1979 on NBC.

Benjy, Ronald, and Stretch each try to win their school's bike race to be the escort of the race queen, Betty, at prom.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benjy Grimm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wayne Morton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Miss Twilly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike Hanrahan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Art Metrano
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stretch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Checkpoint kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Testy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dotty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Checkpoint kid
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Testy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dotty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dotty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang
 * Pacific Express

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Centerville Park
 * Centerville High School
 * Alaska (mentioned)

Objects

 * Bicycles
 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Express van
 * Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 27, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * Testy and Dotty, who both appear right at the end of the episode, were first introduced as Stretch and Turkey's respective girlfriends in "The Thing and the Queen."

Errors

 * Benjy wants to win the bike race so he can escort Betty to the dance, despite the fact he's not actually a teenager, but an adult trapped in a teenager's body due to a flaw of the rings he wears to be human.

Home availability

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