The 20,000 Drachma Pyramid

The 20,000 Drachma Pyramid
A mummy grips tightly around Ralph, Richie, and Cupcake.
Premiere date	January 3, 1981
Run time	25:44
Starring	Henry Winkler Ron Howard Donny Most Didi Conn Frank Welker
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"The 20,000 Drachma Pyramid" is the ninth episode of The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang season one. It aired on January 3, 1981 on ABC. It was voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Cupcake takes the gang to ancient Egypt, right before Cleopatra's coronation, which is rivaled by the treacherous high priest, Ra.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Cupcake	Didi Conn
Richie Cunningham	Ron Howard
Ralph Malph	Donny Most
The Fonz	Henry Winkler
Mr. Cool	Frank Welker
Cleopatra	Unavailable
Ra I	Unavailable
Ra I's cat	Unavailable
Hath	Unavailable
Guards	Frank Welker
Horus
Mummy	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States (mentioned)
    • Wisconsin (mentioned)
      • Milwaukee (mentioned)
  • Africa
    • Egypt
      • Nile
      • Cairo (mentioned)

Objects

• Timeband

Vehicles

• Cupcake's time machine ship
• Cleopatra's barge

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Behind the scenes

• Ralph compares Hath's size to King Kong's.

Errors

• For some reason, Cupcake isn't jealous of the romance between the Fonz and Cleopatra.
• When Hath first approaches the gang, the first person Cupcake tells to be careful is the Fonz, despite the fact Hath first comes to Richie and Malph.
• Richie's face disappears when he reacts to Ralph falling through the sand.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 5, 2019: CBS Home Entertainment releases The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang: The Complete Animated Series on DVD.