Droopy's Deep Sea Mystery

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Droopy's Deep Sea Mystery
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Premiere date September 11, 1993
Writer(s) Stewart St. John
Director(s) Robert Alvarez
Gordon Hunt (voices)
Title card
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"Droopy's Deep Sea Mystery" is the first episode (part one) of Droopy, Master Detective season one. It aired on September 11, 1993 on Fox's Saturday morning block Fox Kids. It was written by Stewart St. John, and directed by Robert Alvarez.

A mermaid hires Droopy and Dripple to get back her father's stolen gold shell from fish rockstar Matoona.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Dripple: Pop, she has a tail! What is she exactly?
Droopy: An adolescent fantasy, son.

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Dripple Charlie Adler
Droopy Don Messick
Glitter Goldfin Unavailable
Matoona Unavailable
Operator (voice only) Unavailable
Glitter Goldfin's father Unavailable
Jellyfish Charlie Adler


Locations

Objects

  • Golden shell

Vehicles

  • Matoona's tour bus
  • Droopy's minisub

Production

Development

Filming

The copyright date was 1993.

Music

The main title theme and score were composed by Gary Lionelli, with the former having lyrics written by Joseph Barbera.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: September 11, 1993 on Fox

Behind the scenes

  • Glitter, Matoona, and the king are parodies of Ariel, Ursula, and King Triton, respectively, from The Little Mermaid. Matoona is also a parody of Madonna.

Errors

  • Droopy reads from a piece of paper that Matoona has gone to "The Slippery Eel Club," but the sign on the building simply says "Slippery Eel."

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

  • Not available. 😥

References