The Irate Pirates

The Irate Pirates
Premiere date	November 6, 1982
Run time	11:05
Starring	Scott Menville Julie McWhirter Dees Patty Maloney Shavar Ross Peter Cullen
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"The Irate Pirates" is the first part of the seventh episode of The Little Rascals season one, and the sixteenth episode overall. It aired on November 6, 1982 on ABC. It was voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

A treasure map, found by Spanky on the beach, leads the kids to a small remote island in hopes of finding treasure, but they are unaware that a pair of adult male pirates are watching and following them.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Pete the Pup	Peter Cullen
Darla Hood	Patty Maloney
Alfalfa	Julie McWhirter Dees
Porky	Julie McWhirter Dees
Spanky	Scott Menville
Buckwheat	Shavar Ross
Pirate #1	Unavailable
Pirate #2	Unavailable

Organizations

• Little Rascals

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Greenpoint
        • Beach
    • Pacific Ocean
      • Island

Vehicles

• S.S. Buckwheat
• Pirate ship

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 6, 1982 on ABC
• Germany: September 10, 1999 on Junior (first segment on channel)

Behind the scenes

• This episode is believed to be loosely inspired by the Robert Louis Stevenson book Treasure Island.
• This is the only time Darla wears a swimsuit in this series.
• Pirates were also featured in the Our Gang short Shiver My Timbers.
• There is no swordplay in this episode, due to laws in which weapons and violence were not allowed to be depicted in Saturday morning cartoons.

Errors

• At the beginning of this segment, Darla and Alfalfa were laying on the beach near the foot of a cliff. Isn't this practice dangerous for young children? What if there was to be a landslide in the area?

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Die Schatzinsel	Treasure Island

Home availability

• Not available. 😥