Science Friction (Happy Days Gang)


 * This article is about The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang episode. For the Huckleberry Hound short, see "Science Friction."

"Science Friction" is the twelfth episode of The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang season one. It aired on January 24, 1981 on ABC. It was directed by George Gordon, Carl Urbano, and Rudy Zamora.

In the year 3057, humans are being captured by the Crolacs to work underground.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cupcake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Didi Conn
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ralph Malph
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Donny Most
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Richie Cunningham
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ron Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Fonz
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Winkler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Cool
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alona
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Controller
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Alan Oppenheimer
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Crolac leader
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alona
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Controller
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Alan Oppenheimer
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Crolac leader
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Crolac leader
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Texas (mentioned)
 * Pecos (mentioned)
 * Alona's city

Objects

 * Timeband
 * Controller's bracelets
 * Ralph's petrified frog

Vehicles

 * Cupcake's time machine ship

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the genre "Science fiction."
 * The story seems to be a parody of H.G. Wells's novel The Time Machine.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 5, 2019: CBS Home Entertainment releases The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang: The Complete Animated Series on DVD.