A Close Encounter with a Stranger Kind

"A Close Encounter with a Stranger Kind" is the first episode (part one) episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season two, and the seventeenth (part one) overall, although it originally aired as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. It aired on November 8, 1980 on ABC. It was directed by Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols, Don Jurwich, and Alex Lovy.

Little green men abduct Shaggy while he and the Doo cousins are camping.

Characters

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Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Forest
 * Outer space

Objects

 * Nothing of importance

Vehicles

 * UFO

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

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 8, 1980 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a reference to the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Speilberg.
 * The Mystery Machine is absent.
 * This is the first time real aliens and space travel appear in the world of Scooby-Doo.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 20, 2008: Warner Home Video releases The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume One on DVD.