The Thing and the Queen

"The Thing and the Queen" is the third episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on September 22, 1979 on NBC.

Spike works to sabotage Betty's chances of becoming homecoming queen, so his girlfriend can win instead.

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"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkess
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ronald Radford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Testy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dotty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sophie Hickenlooper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dotty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sophie Hickenlooper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Centerville High School
 * Yancy Street
 * Yancy Street Gang headquarters
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Ronald's car
 * Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 22, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * Ronald is the third in his family to be given the name.
 * This episode reveals Spike's surname.
 * Betty seems to sum it up best on why Kelly is always hanging around the group because they can never find a babysitter (and apparently has no friends her own age), but that still doesn't explain why Benjy is always in the group, which is probably out of a request from Professor Harkness.

Errors

 * In "Junkyard Hijinks," the junkyard at the Yancy Street Gang's headquarters was turned into a park, but is now back to being a junkyard again.

Home availability

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