The Thing and the Treasure Hunt

"The Thing and the Treasure Hunt" is the eighth episode (part two) of The Thing season one. It aired on October 27, 1979 on NBC.

Benyj's gang follow 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
 * 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"| 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

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

Objects

 * Benjy's rings
 * Dynamite

Vehicles

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

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