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The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!
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Premiere date	October 13, 1979
Run time	21:25
Director(s)	Ray Patterson; Carl Urbano; Oscar Dufau; George Gordon; Charles A. Nichols; Don Jurwich (voices); Alex Lovy (voices)
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Revision as of 16:38, 10 November 2021

"The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!" is the fourth episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on October 13, 1979 on ABC. It was directed by Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols, Don Jurwich, and Alex Lovy.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Neon Phantom: Grand reopening, hey? I welcome you now to the grand reclosing!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Neon Phantom	Lennie Weinrib
Daphne Blake	Heather North
Shaggy Rogers	Casey Kasem
Scooby-Doo	Don Messick
Scrappy-Doo	Lennie Weinrib
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Velma Dinkley	Pat Stevens
Bill Walker	Lennie Weinrib
Joey Cassette	Michael Bell
Steve Shimmer	Frank Welker
Announcer	Unavailable
Bob Molding
John Travolta
Mick Jagger
Trician

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - California
    - Hollywood
      - Sundown Boulevard
        Sparkles Roller Disco
        
        Bill Walker's residence
      - Hollywood Shop
    - Hollywood Bowl
    - Recording studio
    - Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Objects

Hollywood Sign

Vehicles

The Mystery Machine
Steve Shimmer's Jeep

Production

Development

Filming

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: October 13, 1979 on ABC

Behind the scenes

Hair Grease Fever is a parody of the films Grease and Saturday Night Fever.
The Mystery Machine has the license plate "AC 712."

Errors

Critical reception

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Το Φάντασμα της Ντισκοτέκ Ρόλερ!	The Ghost of the Roller Disco!

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Το Φάντασμα της Ντισκοτέκ Ρόλερ!	The Ghost of the Roller Disco!

Home availability

In the United States:
- April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.

References

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-|image= [[File:.png|300px]]
+|image= [[File:Neon Phantom scares Sparkles.png|300px]]
 |caption=
 |prodno=
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 |writers=
 |directors= [[Ray Patterson]]<br />[[Carl Urbano]]<br />[[Oscar Dufau]]<br />[[George Gordon]]<br />[[Charles A. Nichols]]<br />[[Don Jurwich]] (voices)<br />[[Alex Lovy]] (voices)
-|previous= Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind!
+|previous= Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind
 |next= Shiver and Shake, That's a Demon Snake
 |title_card= [[File:SD&SD 104 title card.png|300px]]
@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
+'''Neon Phantom:''' Grand reopening, hey? I welcome you now to the grand reclosing!
 ==Characters==
 {{CastTop}}
 |-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scrappy-Doo]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Bill Walker|Neon Phantom]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Lennie Weinrib]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Lennie Weinrib]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daphne Blake]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Heather North]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Casey Kasem]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]]
 |style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 |-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scrappy-Doo]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Casey Kasem]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Lennie Weinrib
 |-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daphne Blake]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fred Jones]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Heather North]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Frank Welker]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Velma Dinkley]]
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Pat Stevens]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fred Jones]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Bill Walker]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Lennie Weinrib
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Joey Cassette]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Michael Bell]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Steve Shimmer]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Announcer]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Bob Molding
+|-
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| John Travolta
+|-
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mick Jagger
+|-
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Trician
 |-
 {{CastBottom}}
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 ==Organizations==
 * [[Mystery Incorporated]]
+* [[Nightmare]]
+* [[Sparkles]]
 ==Locations==
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 **** [[Hollywood]]
 ***** [[Sundown Boulevard]]
-***** [[Bill Walker's residence]]
+****** [[Sparkles Roller Disco]]
+****** [[Bill Walker's residence]]
+***** [[Hollywood Shop]]
 **** [[Hollywood Bowl]]
-**** [[Recording studio
+**** Recording studio
 **** [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]
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 ==Behind the scenes==
-* The episode title alludes to the film ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''.
+* ''Hair Grease Fever'' is a parody of the films ''Grease'' and ''Saturday Night Fever''.
-* This is the first time Scrappy refers to himself as a Scooby Scout. BTW, there's no such thing.
+* The Mystery Machine has the license plate "AC 712."
-* Shaggy mentions [[Mark Hamill|Luke Skywalker]], the protagonist of the first three ''Star Wars'' movies.
-* Velma says "Jinkies" twice.
-* Shaggy says "Zoinks" ten times.
 ==Errors==
@@ Line 81: / Line 107: @@
 ==Critical reception==
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Language
+! Name
+! Meaning
+|-
+| '''Greek'''
+| Το Φάντασμα της Ντισκοτέκ Ρόλερ!
+| The Ghost of the Roller Disco!
+|}
 ==In other languages==
 {| class="wikitable"