The Thing and the Queen

"The Thing and the Queen" is the third episode (part two) of The Thing season one. It aired on September 22, 1979 on NBC.

Spike works to sabotage Betty's chances of becoming homecoming queen, so his girlfriend can win instead.

Characters

 * 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:#clear"| Miss Twilly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkess
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ronald Radford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Testy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dotty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sophie Hickenlooper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dotty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sophie Hickenlooper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pilot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang

Locations

 * Centerville
 * Centerville High School
 * Yancy Street
 * Yancy Street Gang headquarters
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Ronald's car
 * Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles

Behind the scenes

 * Ronald is the third in his family to be given the name.
 * This episode reveals Spike's surname.
 * Betty seems to sum it up best on why Kelly is always hanging around the group, because they can never find a babysitter (and apparently has no friends her own age), but that still doesn't explain why Benjy is always in the group.

Errors

 * Why is Benjy hanging around with Kelly?
 * In "Junkyard Hijinks", the junkyard at the Yancy Street Gang's headquarters was turned into a park, but is now back to being a junkyard again.

Home availability

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