Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights
Network	TBS
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Distributor	Turner Program Services
Release date	September 3, 1994
Starring	Don Messick Casey Kasem Eddie Deezen Greg Burson Alan Melvin Jennifer Hale Rob Paulsen John Kassir Charlie Adler Maurice LaMarche Brian Cummings
Executive producer(s):	Joseph Barbera William Hanna Buzz Potamkin
Producer(s)	Gordon Kent
Music composed by	Steve Bernstein
Screenplay by	Gordon Kent Glenn Leopold
Director(s)	Joanna Romersa Jun Falkenstein
Voice director(s)	Gordon Kent
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Arabian Nights is an American animated anthology television special based on the book One Thousand and One Nights. It aired on September 3, 1994 on TBS. It was written by Gordon Kent and Glenn Leopold, and produced and directed by Joanna Romersa, Jun Falkenstein, and Kent.

Scooby and Shaggy have gotten jobs as food testers for a young caliph, but get in trouble when they eat all the food. Shaggy disguises himself as a harem to avoid certain death, which only makes matters worse as the caliph immediately falls in love and wants to marry the cross-dressed Shaggy, so Shaggy tries to put him to sleep by telling him two stories; one of the street urchin Ali-yah Din and her magic lamp (containing Yogi and Boo Boo as genies), and Sinbad the Sailor (aka Magilla Gorilla).

When Time Warner bought Turner Entertainment in the late 1990s, they retitled the special as Scooby-Doo's Arabian Nights for home media, even though all of Scooby (and Shaggy)'s scenes amount to five minutes.

Detailed summary

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Memorable quotes

Boo Boo: But how do you know it's what she wants?
Yogi: Because I'm smarter than the average genie.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Scooby-Doo	Don Messick
Shaggy Rogers	Casey Kasem
Flying carpet cab driver	Brian Cummings
Royal guard #1	Charlie Adler
Royal chef	Greg Burson
Royal dish washer	Nick Jameson
Caliph	Eddie Deezen
Royal guard #2	Brian Cummings
Haman	John Kassir
Princess	Kath Soucie
Sultan	Brian Cummings
Prince	Rob Paulsen
Scribe	Paul Eiding
Lord of the Amulet	Tony Jay
Ali-yah Din	Jennifer Hale
Female townsfolk	Kath Soucie
Yogi Bear	Greg Burson
Boo Boo Bear	Don Messick
Allah
Royal dressmaker	Nick Jameson
Captain	Charlie Adler
Magilla Gorilla	Alan Melvin
Ruhk	Frank Welker
Marty	Unavailable
M. Cyclops	Maurice LaMarche
Baby ruhk	Frank Welker

Locations

• Earth
  • Asia
    • Arabia
      • Caliph's residence
      • Sultan's residence
      • Tomb of Riches
        • Aliyah-Din's
      • Stream of Precious Gems
• The Moon

Objects

• 1001 Arabia Math Problems
• Magic lamp
• Animatronic dragon head (voiced by Frank Welker)
• Golden toothbrush

Vehicles

• Queen Murray
• Captain's boat

Music

The music was composed by Steve Bernstein. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 3, 1994 on TBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Shaggy says "Zoinks" twice.
• Cats is a real musical that the Cyclops wants to see.
• Magilla breaks the fourth wall by mentioning that he's in a cartoon.

Errors

• It's unclear if Shaggy is specifically telling the stories with Yogi, Boo, and Magilla in them, or if they're just for the home-viewing audience.
• In the present, Ali-yah Din and the Prince look about the same age, but in the flashback, he is a child while she is a baby.
• The Tomb of Riches is pretty empty.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • May 22, 1995: First Independent Films releases Arabian Nights on VHS.
• In the United States:
  • 1996: Turner Home Entertainment releases Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights on VHS.
  • May 6, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights on DVD.