Difference between revisions of "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo"

Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	September 8, 1984
Starring	Don Messick; Casey Kasem; Heather North; Frank Welker; Marla Frumkin; Michael Kenneth Williams
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tom Ruegger
Director(s)	Oscar Dufau; Rudy Zamora
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 8 April 2024

"Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo" is the first episode of The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries season one. It aired on September 8, 1984 on ABC. It was written by Tom Ruegger, directed by Oscar Dufau and Rudy Zamora, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

Scooby-Doo Detective Agency
NASA (mentioned)

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Station ZPOP
  - Vandereel residence
  - Graveyard

Objects

Crazy rubber
Here Is Your Life, Scooby-Doo book
Scooby's birthday cake
Last Hope Diamond
Fred's ascot
Scrappy's watch computer

Vehicles

The Mystery Machine

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: September 8, 1984 on ABC
United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Χρόνια Πολλά, Σκούμπι-Ντου	Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo

Home availability

In Poland:
- April 9, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Happy Spook-Day, Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
In the United States:
- August 29, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Happy Spook-Day, Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
- August 13, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- September 23, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! on DVD.

References

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-|directors= [[Oscar Dufau]]<br />[[Rudy Zamora]]<br />[[Ray Patterson]] (supervising)<br />[[Gordon Hunt]] (voices)
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+|vodirectors= [[Gordon Hunt]]
 |previous= Wedding Bell BOOs!
 |next= Scooby's Peep-Hole Pandemonium
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-'''"Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo"''' is the thirteenth episode of ''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show]]'' season one, as well as the final overall. It aired on [[September 8]], [[1984]] on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Tom Ruegger]], directed by [[Oscar Dufau]] and [[Rudy Zamora]], and voice directed by [[Gordon Hunt]].
+'''"Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo"''' is the first episode of ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries]]'' season one. It aired on [[September 8]], [[1984]] on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Tom Ruegger]], directed by [[Oscar Dufau]] and [[Rudy Zamora]], and voice directed by [[Gordon Hunt]].
 ==Detailed summary==
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 {{CastBottom}}
+==Organizations==
+* [[Scooby-Doo Detective Agency]]
+* [[NASA]] (mentioned)
 ==Locations==
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 * United States: September 8, 1984 on ABC
+* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]:
 ==Behind the scenes==
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 ==Home availability==
-* In [[Denmark]]:
+* In [[Poland]]:
-** [[April 12]], [[2012]]: ??? releases ''[[Happy Spook-Day, Scooby-Doo!]]'' on DVD.
+** [[April 9]], [[2012]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Happy Spook-Day, Scooby-Doo!]]'' on DVD.
 * In the United States:
-** [[August 13]], [[2019]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo!]]'' on DVD.
+** [[August 29]], [[2017]]: Warner Home Video releases ''Happy Spook-Day, Scooby-Doo!'' on DVD.
-* In the United Kingdom & [[Ireland]]:
+** [[August 13]], [[2019]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo!]]'' on DVD.
-** [[February 23]], 2019: Warner Home Video releases ''Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo!'' on DVD.
+* In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
+** [[September 23]], 2019: Warner Home Video releases ''Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo!'' on DVD.
 ==References==
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 [[Category:ABC]]
 [[Category:Directed by Gordon Hunt]]
+[[Category:Directed by Oscar Dufau]]
+[[Category:Directed by Rudy Zamora]]
 [[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
 [[Category:Scooby-Doo episodes]]
 [[Category:Scooby-Doo]]
-[[Category:The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show episodes]]
+[[Category:The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episodes]]
 [[Category:Written by Tom Ruegger]]