The Ransom of Scooby Chief

"The Ransom of Scooby Chief" is the sixteenth and final episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on January 5, 1980 on ABC. It was directed by Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols, Don Jurwich, and Alex Lovy.

Characters

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Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Annie's residence
 * Grocery store
 * Paris Warehouse
 * Subway station
 * California (indirectly mentioned)
 * Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
 * Hollywood
 * Japan (mentioned)

Objects

 * Nothing of importance

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine
 * Carl and Tony's delivery truck
 * S.S. Stewart

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: January 5, 1980 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title and partially the story is a reference to O. Henry's story The Ransom of Red Chief, published in 1907.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
 * August 13, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * September 23, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! on DVD.