Science Friction (Happy Days Gang)

Science Friction (Happy Days Gang)
Fonzie and his friends get caught by the Crolacs.
Premiere date	January 24, 1981
Run time	25:46
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	George Gordon Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora
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"Science Friction" is the twelfth episode of The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang season one. It aired on January 24, 1981 on ABC. It was directed by George Gordon, Carl Urbano, and Rudy Zamora.

In the year 3057, humans are being captured by the Crolacs to work underground.

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
Alona	Unavailable
Controller	Alan Oppenheimer
Crolac leader	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Texas (mentioned)
      • Pecos (mentioned)
  • Alona's city

Objects

• Timeband
• Controller's bracelets
• Ralph's petrified frog

Vehicles

• Cupcake's time machine ship

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on "Science fiction".
  • It is also named after the 1970 short of the same name of "The Ant and the Aardvark".
• The story seems to be a parody of H.G. Wells's novel The Time Machine.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 5, 2019: CBS Video releases The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang: The Complete Animated Series on DVD.