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 |
Director(s) | Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Oscar Dufau George Gordon Charles A. Nichols Don Jurwich (voices) Alex Lovy (voices) |
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"The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!" is the third episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on October 6, 1979 on ABC. It was directed by Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols, 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
- 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 States:
- April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.