The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld

The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld
Premiere date	September 29, 1979
Run time	21:21
Starring	Don Messick Casey Kasem Heather North Pat Stevens Frank Welker Lennie Weinrib William Woodson
Director(s)	Don Jurwich (voices) Alex Lovy (voices)
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"The Night Ghoul of Wonderland" is the second episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on September 29, 1979 on ABC. It was voice directed by Don Jurwich and Alex Lovy.

In Wonderland's recreation of 19th century London, Velma gets to solve a mystery with the legendary Sherlock Holmes.

Memorable quotes

Shaggy: Sorry, Scrappy! We took a vote, and the cowards win!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Beefeater #1	Unavailable
Night Ghoul of London	Don Messick
Mr. Marino	Frank Welker
Velma Dinkley	Pat Stevens
Shaggy Rogers	Casey Kasem
Scrappy-Doo	Lennie Weinrib
Scooby-Doo	Don Messick
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Daphne Blake	Heather North
Alexander Wallhouse	William Woodson
Mr. Kemper	Don Messick
Sherlock Holmes	Unavailable
John Watson
Beefeater #2	Unavailable
Cop	Michael Rye
Mrs. Hudson	Unavailable

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated
• Wonderland Inc.
• The London Times

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Wonderland
  • Fake England
    • Fake London
      • Fake Tower of London
      • Fake King Albert Station
        • Fake Baker Street
          • Fake Holmes residence
        • Fake Clock Tower
        • Black Chapel's Fish 'N Chips
        • Half Penny Bookstore
        • Scotland Yard (mentioned)
  • Hong Kong (mentioned)

Objects

• Crown Jewels
• The London Times newspaper

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: September 29, 1979 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The plot is the merger of two parodies; the first one is Wonderworld being a parody of Delos from the 1973 movie Westworld, and the second is Mr. Marino being a parody of Mr. Roarke from the 1977 TV series Fantasy Island.
• Velma says "Jinkies" thrice.
• Shaggy says "Zoinks" twice.
• Mrs. Hudson isn't explicitly identified on-screen.

Errors

• Why would a fake publication from the 19th century print modern 20th-century news?
• Scrappy gets bigger when he exits from inside the helmet.
• Velma says "Jeepers," instead of Daphne.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Το Νυχτοφάντασμα της Χώρας των Θαυμάτων Ο Δαίμονας της Νύχτας	To Nightghost of the Land of Wonders The Demon of the Night

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.