The Tar Monster

The Tar Monster
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Premiere date	October 7, 1978
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"The Tar Monster" is the fifth episode of The Scooby-Doo Show season three, and the twenty-ninth overall. It aired on October 7, 1978 on ABC.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • Middle East
    • Turkey
      • Byzantius

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 7, 1978 on ABC

Everlasting influence

• The Tar Monster is used as a villain in the video game the gang gets sucked into in the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Το Τέρας της Πίσσας	The Monster of the Tar
Hungarian	A szurokszörny	The Tar Monster
Portuguese	Monstro de Breu	Tar Monster

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 10, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season on DVD.
  • November 9, 2010: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series (limited edition) on DVD.
  • November 13, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • June 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
  • September 9, 2020: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! on Blu-ray Disc.