Go Away, Ghost Ship

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Go Away, Ghost Ship
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Network CBS
Premiere date December 13, 1969
Music composed by Ted Nichols
Director(s) William Hanna
Voice director(s) Joseph Barbera
Animation director(s) Charles A. Nichols
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"Go Away, Ghost Ship" is the fourteenth episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! season one. It aired on December 13, 1969 on CBS. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Mystery Inc. provides its services to a shipping magnet when its cargo is repeatedly absconded by a ghost pirate captain and his crew.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Shaggy: Well, the seawater's boiling. I wonder what ghosts like in their stew, Scoob?
Scooby: Rains?
Shaggy: Chains! Hey, yeah, ghosts like chains. And... oh, yeah, some ashes from the stove. You know, this could be real good?!
Scooby: Reah! Reah!
Shaggy: Now... what else?
Scooby: Robrebs?
Shaggy: Cobwebs! Uh-huh, delightful! Why didn't I think of that? Wow! Now... did we forget anything?
Scooby: Roap?
Shaggy: Soap?! I hardly use it myself, but why not?

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Freighter captain Casey Kasem
Ghost of Redbeard/C.L. Magnus John Stephenson
Fred Jones Frank Welker
Velma Dinkley Nicole Jaffe
Shaggy Rogers Casey Kasem
Scooby-Doo Don Messick
Daphne Blake Stefanianna Christopherson
Butler N/A
Coast Guard officer John Stephenson


Organizations

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

Production

Development

Joe Ruby and Ken Spears either wrote or story edited, as they were unable to remember what they specifically did past the fifth episode.[1]

Filming

Music

The theme song, "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" was performed by Larry Marks, with lyrics and music written by David Mook, while Ben Raleigh wrote the music, respectively. The rest of the music was composed by Ted Nichols, who was credited as the musical director.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

Behind the scenes

Errors

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  • Before the gang knocks on Mr. Magnus's door and after the first time the butler closes the door, Velma's eyes are missing.
  • As the butler opens the door for the first time, Daphne's eyes drop to her nostrils.
  • When Fred, Daphne, and Velma first board the ship, Daphne's scarf is missing.
  • When Shaggy is walking by Redbeard's portrait, his animation is shaky, making it look choppy.
  • The pirates cast their shadows on Shag and Scooby, who themselves have no shadows.
  • Redbeard hands Shaggy and Scooby a bowl with a spoon, but there are two spoons in the very next shot.
  • When he falls, Shaggy loses his apron but has it again in the close-up.
  • Shaggy's sclerae flash white as he brings up his paper pirate hat to his head. His sclera is also white for a few seconds when he first puts it on.
  • Daphne's lips have no lipstick when Velma and Fred comment on first seeing Skull Island. Just as Daphne turns her head to the others to question it, they return to being pink.
  • The pirate ship is about to enter the cave when the camera cuts away, then cuts back to see the ship farther away than before.
  • When Shaggy is making the paper pirate hat, his leg vanishes from behind the table.
  • When Shaggy is wearing the paper pirate hat, it covers all his hair. When he arrives at the cave, however, his hair is in front of the hat.
  • Neither Daphne nor Freddy moves their lips when they say "moe".
  • When Scooby is leading the gang to the chest, it appears late.
  • There are actually no tire tracks leading to the chest.
  • In one long shot, the treasure chest has straps connected to the open lid. They aren't there in any of the other shots.
  • The first time the Gang rings Mr. Magnus's doorbell, the butler opens the door and tells them no visitors are allowed. The second time, he lets them open the door themselves and allows them to walk straight in, something he is not supposed to do considering Magnus was unwilling to see anybody.
  • Velma somehow mistakes Redbeard's laugh for Freddy's.
  • The flying sword somehow comes right through a closed door, although the solution to the mystery states that the sword is on wires, perhaps in this scene it is really a projection, except the scene ends with a sword stuck in the door, making a very realistic "thunk".
    • Furthermore, the door it gets lodged in was previously closed and skewered by another sword, yet when Shaggy and Scooby run back to it it's open again, with no sword.
  • One henchman has a pistol stuck in his belt, which he never uses. It may have been a dummy, for show.
  • When Scooby and Shaggy are first caught, they are accosted by three pirates, before cutting away to Fred, Daphne, and Velma. When it returns to Shaggy and Scooby, only Redbeard is present.
    • Furthermore, how could Redbeard be at two places at once? First, he is seen by Shaggy and Scooby, and then he locks Fred and the girls up, before cutting back to Shaggy and Scooby. It may be possible, however, that Fred and the girls ran into Redbeard first before Shaggy and Scooby did.
  • Fred reveals his chewing gum without even the need to remove it from a wrapper.
  • Considering that January 10 was supposed to be the next day for them, no daylight in the episode would have to mean the entire episode had taken place within an hour (since the butler mentioned it was 11 PM when the gang came), and they just happened to stop the entire operation one day before its next shipment was due to leave.
  • The password to the secret entrance is "Yum, yum, yum and a liverwurst a la mode", referring to a sandwich that appeared previously in "Scooby Doo and a Mummy, Too," and was seemingly invented by Shaggy and/or Scooby, which makes it even more strange that it was part of the password.
  • Shaggy and Scooby hide in a crate that is only half full of Scooby Snacks boxes, and one box is opened already. Have the pirates been snacking on the loot?
  • Shaggy, Scooby, and Redbeard are almost at the stack of tires when the camera cuts to Velma, yet it takes a while for them to collide.
  • It's unclear whether Mr. Magnus's henchmen are wearing masks throughout the episode or are displaying their true faces. Apparently, they did not seem intriguing enough, as their unspecified reasoning for being there is trivialized by Daphne, simply remarking, "Hired henchmen I guess".
  • Scooby-Doo touches dry ice with his bare paws, a good way to get frostbite. 

Legacy

This episode has been adapted several times in the following decades:

In popular culture

Main article: List of pop culture references to Scooby-Doo
  • In The Drew Carey Show episode "Drew's the Other Man," the scene of Scooby eating a sandwich appears on Drew's TV during the dance montage of Tower of Power's "What Is Hip?"
  • In the Duck Dodgers episode "Surf the Stars," during the 60s-themed montage music of Brian Wilson's "Believe in Yourself" song, Mystery Inc. runs across the screen with Captain Cutler, Redbeard, the Witch, the Creeper, and the Green Ghosts chasing from behind them.
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Marketing and promotion

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Greek Φύγε, Πλοίο Φάντασμα
Το Πλοίο-Φάντασμα 		Go Away, Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship
Hungarian Kalóz kísértethajó Pirate ghost ship

Home availability

References

  1. ^ Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. Scooby Addicts. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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