The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!

The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco!
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Premiere date	October 13, 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 fourth episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on October 13, 1979 on ABC. It was directed by Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols, Don Jurwich, and Alex Lovy.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Scrappy-Doo	Lennie Weinrib
Scooby-Doo	Don Messick
Shaggy Rogers	Casey Kasem
Daphne Blake	Heather North
Velma Dinkley	Pat Stevens
Fred Jones	Frank Welker

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Hollywood
        • Sundown Boulevard
        • Bill Walker's residence
      • Hollywood Bowl
      • [[Recording studio
      • Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Objects

• Hollywood Sign

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Steve Shimmer's Jeep

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: October 13, 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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Το Φάντασμα της Ντισκοτέκ Ρόλερ!	The Ghost of the Roller Disco!

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.