Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind
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Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind | |
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Premiere date | October 6, 1979 |
Run time | 21:25 |
Starring | Don Messick Casey Kasem Heather North Pat Stevens Frank Welker Lennie Weinrib Stan Jones Ginny Tyler |
Director(s) | Don Jurwich (voices) Alex Lovy (voices) |
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"Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind" is the third episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on October 6, 1979 on ABC. It was voice directed by Don Jurwich and Alex Lovy.
A remote motel in the woods is losing business due to alien activity nearby.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Shaggy: Hey! Hey, if you wanted bait, get a worm. Who volunteered us?
Scrappy: Well, you didn't want to miss all the action did you?
Scooby: Yes.
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Blue Pine Motel
- Police station
- Nuclear Laboratories (mentioned)
- China (mentioned)
- United States
- The Moon
- Jupiter (mentioned)
- Venus (mentioned)
Objects
- Geiger counter
Vehicles
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with supervision from Paul DeKorte.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 6, 1979 on ABC
Behind the scenes
- The episode title alludes to the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
- This is the first time Scrappy refers to himself as a Scooby Scout. BTW, there's no such thing.
- Shaggy mentions Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of the first three Star Wars movies.
- Velma says "Jinkies" twice.
- Shaggy says "Zoinks" ten times.
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Greek | Στενές Επαφές Τύπου Σκούμπι | Close Contacts of the Scooby Kind |
Home availability
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- December 1982: Guild Home Video releases Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Cassette 1 on VHS.
- 1983: Guild Home Video releases Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Disc 1 on LaserDisc.
- In the United States:
- April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.