The Thing and the Treasure Hunt

"The Thing and the Treasure Hunt" is the eighth episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on October 27, 1979 on NBC.

Benyj's gang follows a treasure map into the town's cove, with the Yancy Street Gang on their trail.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ronald Radford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benjy Grimm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wayne Morton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stretch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike Hanrahan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Art Metrano
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Eagle
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 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Demolition guy #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Demolition guy #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank teller
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Demolition guy #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Demolition guy #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank teller
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Anchor Inn
 * Crescent Bay
 * 1st National Bank
 * The Alps (mentioned)
 * Matterhorn (mentioned)
 * Asia (mentioned)
 * Mount Everest (mentioned)

Objects

 * Benjy's rings
 * Dynamite

Vehicles

 * Ronald's dingy
 * Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles
 * Seadog

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 27, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * The bank president resembles a darker-haired version of Mr. Carswell, from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Jeepers, It's the Creeper."
 * The bank president also calls the 1st National Bank the 1st City National Bank.
 * Turkey's eyes are visible when he falls.

Errors

 * Benjy gets hot under the collar when Betty flirts with him, despite the fact he's technically an adult in a teenager's body.
 * The name on the boat says The Seadog, yet the lifebuoy says S.S. Seadog.
 * The Yancy Street Gang are riding the motorcycles in the bank.

Home availability

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