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Photo Finish
	; The Thing pounds his own chest to intimidate a rampaging ape at the zoo.
Premiere date	November 24, 1979
Run time	11:33
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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For the Dexter's Laboratory episode, see Photo Finish (Dexter's Lab).

"Photo Finish" is the twelfth episode (part one) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on November 24, 1979 on NBC.

If you've seen the past 22 episodes, you'll know what this episode is about: The boys enter some contest; this time the best animal photo at the zoo, and Spike does all the cheating he can think of to win, instead of Benjy or Ronald.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Ronald Radford	John Erwin
Betty Harkness	Marilyn Schreffler
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Spike Hanrahan	Art Metrano
Stretch	Unavailable
Turkey	Michael Sheehan
Zoo director	John Stephenson
The Thing	Joe Baker
Parrot	Unavailable
Ape	Unavailable
Hyena	Unavailable

Organizations

Yancy Street Gang

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Centerville
    - Centerville Zoo

Objects

Benjy's rings

Vehicles

Ronald's car
Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: November 24, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

Warner Bros. owns the show, while Disney owns the characters, making it difficult to release this episode onto DVD.

References

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-:''For the ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' episode, see [[Photo Finish (Dexter's Lab)]].''
+:''For the ''[[Dexter's Laboratory (TV series)|Dexter's Laboratory]]'' episode, see [[Photo Finish (Dexter's Lab)]].''
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 |caption= [[The Thing]] pounds his own chest to intimidate a rampaging ape at the zoo.
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-'''"Photo Finish"''' is the twelfth episode (part one) of ''[[The Thing (segments)|The Thing]]'' season one. It aired on November 24, 1979 on [[NBC]].
+'''"Photo Finish"''' is the twelfth episode (part one) of ''[[The Thing (segments)|The Thing]]'' season one, and came as a segment of ''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Thing]]''. It aired on [[November 24]], [[1979]] on [[NBC]].
-If you've seen the past 22 episodes, you'll know what this episode is about: The boys enter some contest, this time the best animal photo at the zoo, and Spike does all the cheating he can think of to win, instead of Benjy or Ronald.
+If you've seen the past 22 episodes, you'll know what this episode is about: The boys enter some contest; this time the best animal photo at the zoo, and Spike does all the cheating he can think of to win, instead of Benjy or Ronald.
 ==Detailed summary==
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 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Hyena
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-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ape
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 ==Vehicles==
-* Ronald's car
+* [[Ronald Radford's car|Ronald's car]]
 * Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles
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 ===Filming===
 ==Music==
+The score was composed by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
 ==Release==
 Dates are in order of release:
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+[[Category:Fantastic Four]]
 [[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
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