A Close Encounter with a Stranger Kind
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| A Close Encounter with a Stranger Kind | |
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| Premiere date | November 8, 1980 |
| Starring | Don Messick Casey Kasem |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Director(s) | Don Jurwich (voices) Alex Lovy (voices) |
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"A Close Encounter with a Stranger Kind" is the first part of episode one of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season two, and the seventeenth overall, although it originally came as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. It aired on November 8, 1980 on ABC. It was voice directed by Don Jurwich and Alex Lovy.
Little green men abduct Shaggy while he and the Doo cousins are camping.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Forest
- United States
- Outer space
Objects
- Nothing of importance
Vehicles
- UFO
Production
Development
Filming
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: November 8, 1980 on ABC
Behind the scenes
- The episode title is a reference to the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg.
- The Mystery Machine is absent.
- This is the first time real aliens and space travel appear in the world of Scooby-Doo.
Errors
Critical reception
In other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Greek | Η Απαγωγή του Σκούμπι | Scooby's Kidnapping |
Home availability
- In the United States:
- May 20, 2008: Warner Home Video releases The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume One on DVD.
