Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind

"Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind" is the third episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on October 6, 1979 on ABC. It was voice directed by Don Jurwich and Alex Lovy.

A remote motel in the woods is losing business due to alien activity nearby.

Memorable quotes
Shaggy: Hey! Hey, if you wanted bait, get a worm. Who volunteered us? Scrappy: Well, you didn't want to miss all the action did you? Scooby: Yes.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Harris
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alien
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ginny Tyler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Harris's superior (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scrappy-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lennie Weinrib
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Casey Kasem
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Heather North
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Pat Stevens
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Moss
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Stan Jones
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tessie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ginny Tyler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mule
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Arresting cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Moss
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Stan Jones
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tessie
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ginny Tyler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mule
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Arresting cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Arresting cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Blue Pine Motel
 * Police station
 * Nuclear Laboratories (mentioned)
 * China (mentioned)
 * The Moon
 * Jupiter (mentioned)
 * Venus (mentioned)

Objects

 * Geiger counter

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

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

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 6, 1979 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title alludes to the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
 * This is the first time Scrappy refers to himself as a Scooby Scout. BTW, there's no such thing.
 * Shaggy mentions Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of the first three Star Wars movies.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" twice.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" ten times.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * December 1982: Guild Home Video releases Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Cassette 1 on VHS.
 * 1983: Guild Home Video releases Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Disc 1 on LaserDisc.
 * In the United States:
 * April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.