The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld

The Night Ghoul of Wonderworld
Network	ABC
Premiere date	September 29, 1979
Run time	21:21
Starring	Don Messick Lennie Weinrib Casey Kasem Heather North Pat Stevens Frank Welker William Woodson Michael Rye
Voice director(s)	Don Jurwich Alex Lovy
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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
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

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.