Arabian Knights (episode)

This article is about The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang episode. For the series, see Arabian Knights (TV series).

Arabian Knights
The Genie goes after the Fonz, Princess Charisma, and Mr. Cool when they try and escape.
Premiere date	November 22, 1980
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"Arabian Knights" is the third episode of The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang season one. It aired on November 22, 1980 on ABC. It was produced by Art Scott, Duane Poole, and Tom Swale.

Fonz and the gang go back to Persia, where they help a princess take back the throne from her wicked uncle, who rules thanks to the help of his genie.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Cupcake	Didi Conn
Ralph Malph	Donny Most
Richie Cunningham	Ron Howard
The Fonz	Henry Winkler
Mr. Cool	Frank Welker
Princess Charisma	Unavailable
Uncle Abdul	Unavailable
Genie	Unavailable

Locations

• Wisconsin
  • • Milwaukee
• Persia
  • Hubbub Highlands

Objects

• Timeband

Vehicles

• Cupcake's time machine ship

Production

Filming

Three directors were credited, including George Gordon, Carl Urbano, and Rudy Zamora. Since Hanna-Barbera were partial to group crediting for their Saturday morning cartoon's entire season, it's unknown if all four of them directed the episode.

Music

The music is composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on Arabian Nights, and loosely based on the folklore tale of Aladdin.
• This episode specifically places Cupcake as coming from the 25th century.
• This is the first time an episode doesn't end in the time machine.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

See also

• "Mystery in Persia", a 1973 episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies
• Arabian Nights, a 1994 TV special