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 directed by Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols, 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.