Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind

Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind
Premiere date	October 6, 1979
Run time	21:25
Starring	Don Messick Casey Kasem Heather North Pat Stevens Frank Welker Lennie Weinrib Stan Jones Ginny Tyler
Director(s)	Don Jurwich (voices) Alex Lovy (voices)
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"Strange Encounters of a Scooby Kind" is the third episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on October 6, 1979 on ABC. It was voice directed by Don Jurwich and Alex Lovy.

A remote motel in the woods is losing business due to alien activity nearby.

Memorable quotes

Shaggy: Hey! Hey, if you wanted bait, get a worm. Who volunteered us?
Scrappy: Well, you didn't want to miss all the action did you?
Scooby: Yes.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Harris	Don Messick
Alien	Ginny Tyler
Harris's superior (voice only)	Frank Welker
Scrappy-Doo	Lennie Weinrib
Scooby-Doo	Don Messick
Shaggy Rogers	Casey Kasem
Daphne Blake	Heather North
Velma Dinkley	Pat Stevens
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Mr. Moss	Stan Jones
Tessie	Ginny Tyler
Mule	Unavailable
Arresting cop	Don Messick

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Blue Pine Motel
    • Police station
    • Nuclear Laboratories (mentioned)
  • China (mentioned)
• The Moon
• Jupiter (mentioned)
• Venus (mentioned)

Objects

• Geiger counter

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 6, 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	Στενές Επαφές Τύπου Σκούμπι	Close Contacts of the Scooby Kind

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • December 1982: Guild Home Video releases Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Cassette 1 on VHS.
  • 1983: Guild Home Video releases Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Disc 1 on LaserDisc.
• In the United States:
  • April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.