The Ransom of Scooby Chief

The Ransom of Scooby Chief
Network	ABC
Premiere date	January 5, 1980
Run time	21:19
Starring	Don Messick Casey Kasem Heather North Marla Frumkin Frank Welker Lennie Weinrib
Voice director(s)	Don Jurwich Alex Lovy
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"The Ransom of Scooby Chief" is the sixteenth and final episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo season one. It aired on January 5, 1980 on ABC. It was directed by Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols, Don Jurwich, and Alex Lovy.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Annie's residence
        • Grocery store
        • Paris Warehouse
        • Subway station
    • California (indirectly mentioned)
      • Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
        • Hollywood
  • Japan (mentioned)

Objects

• Nothing of importance

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Carl and Tony's delivery truck
• S.S. Stewart

Music

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

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 5, 1980 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• The episode title and partially the story is a reference to O. Henry's story The Ransom of Red Chief, published in 1907.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Η Απαγωγή του Σκούμπι	Scooby's Kidnapping

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • April 28, 2015: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
  • August 13, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • September 23, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Scooby-Doo! on DVD.