Gone Away Gulch


 * For the location itself, see Gone Away Gulch (location).

"Gone Away Gulch" is the second episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on September 15, 1979 on NBC.

On the road to Elville, Ronald's car runs out of gas, getting the gang stuck in the ghost town of Gone Away Gulch.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benjy Grimm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wayne Morton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Professor Harkness
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Night guard
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * 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"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Christopher Columbus
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sandy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Christopher Columbus
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sandy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sandy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Centerville High School
 * Elville (mentioned)
 * Gone Away Gulch
 * Gulch Hotel
 * Yorzen Mine

Objects

 * Benjy's rings
 * Gold

Vehicles

 * Ronald's car

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 15, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * This is the first episode without the Yancy Street Gang.

Errors

 * This episode tries to shed light on why Benjy transforms into the Thing, but only confuses the issue further. It seems to either suggest that Professor Harkness created the rings so that the Thing could transform back into human form, although they could only transform him back into a teenager, or that the Thing has always been his natural form, and that he's for some reason transforming himself into a teenage boy.
 * When Sandy first appears, she has brown fur then at the end of the episode, she has beige fur.

Home availability

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