Dishonor

"Dishonor" is the second episode of the Dark Water miniseries, which later became the second episode of The Pirates of Dark Water season one. It aired on February 26, 1991 on Fox Kids. It was written by Lane Raichert, Mark Young, and Kelly Ward, and directed by Don Lusk and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

When the secluded nation of the Atani provides shelter and provisions for the crew of the Wraith, Ioz repays their kindness by stealing from them.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ren
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Newbern
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Niddler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Roddy McDowell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spoon Eye
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ioz
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Hector Elizondo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tula
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jodie Benson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Konk
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tim Curry
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lugg brother #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lugg brother #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Earl Boen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bloth
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Brock Peters
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mantus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Peter Cullen
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Constrictus
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pale warrior captain
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| King Obrik
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Primus
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ioz's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mantus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Peter Cullen
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Constrictus
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pale warrior captain
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| King Obrik
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Primus
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ioz's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| King Obrik
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Primus
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ioz's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ioz's mother
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ioz's mother

Locations

 * Mer
 * Island of the Pale Warriors
 * Octopon (mentioned)
 * Janda Town (mentioned)

Objects

 * 1st treasure of Rule
 * Ren's compass

Vehicles

 * Wraith
 * Bloth's scout ships
 * Maelstrom

Development
Additional dialogue was credited to Jim Woodring.

Filming
Roddy McDowell was replaced with Frank Welker for the series proper, who then recorded McDowell's lines for this episode, too.

The episode was copyrighted in 1991.

Music
The music was composed by Tom Chase and Steve Rucker.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: February 26, 1991 on Fox Kids

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * December 19, 1991: Turner Home Entertainment releases The Pirates of Dark Water: The Saga Begins on VHS.
 * March 12, 1992: Image Entertainment releases The Pirates of Dark Water: The Saga Begins on Laserdisc.
 * August 31, 2010: Warner Archive Collection releases The Pirates of Dark Water: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * 1991: First Independent releases The Pirates of Dark Water: The Saga Begins on VHS.