Photo Finish (The Thing)


 * For the Dexter's Laboratory episode, see Photo Finish (Dexter's Lab).

"Photo Finish" is the twelfth episode (part one) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on November 24, 1979 on NBC.

If you've seen the past 22 episodes, you'll know what this episode is about: The boys enter some contest; this time the best animal photo at the zoo, and Spike does all the cheating he can think of to win, instead of Benjy or Ronald.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * 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"| 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"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zoo director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Parrot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ape
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hyena
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Parrot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ape
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hyena
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hyena
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Centerville Zoo

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: November 24, 1979 on NBC

Home availability

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