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Arabian Nights (also known as Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights) is a television special, based around The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, which originally aired September 3, 1994 on TBS. It is notable for being one of the last performances of Don Messick and Allan Melvin as the voices of Scooby-Doo, Boo Boo Bear and Magilla Gorilla respectively, as well as the final Scooby-Doo cartoon to be wholly produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.
The special features classic Hanna-Barbera characters Scooby-Doo & Shaggy Rogers, Yogi Bear & Boo Boo Bear, and Magilla Gorilla. The three sets of characters are relegated to separate segments of the movie, and do not interact. Scooby and Shaggy are mostly used as set up for the two main tales. It was produced in a manner similar to the classic Warner Bros. cartoons, similar to Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs, which debuted the previous year, down to the music. The animation style is also different from the previous TV movies, drawn in a flatter style with brighter colors and stylized character designs, very similar to that of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
Premise[]
Scooby and Shaggy are hired as royal food-tasters by a young Arab Caliph - a job offer they can't refuse. When they eat everything, the nearsighted Caliph gets mad and has his guards chase them, until he finds Shaggy disguised in drag as a harem girl. In order to make the prince fall asleep, Shaggy tells him two classic stories with a twist, first Aliyah-Din and the Magic Lamp, a gender-swapped version of Aladdin with Yogi Bear and Boo Boo as the genies, and then a deconstructed parody of Sinbad the Sailor featuring Magilla Gorilla.
Synopsis[]
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Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Royal chef (only appearance)
- Caliph (only appearance)
Villains:
- Royal guard 1 (only appearance)(redeemed)
- Royal guard 2 (only appearance)(redeemed)
Other characters:
- Flying carpet driver (only appearance)
- Royal kitchen worker (only appearance)
- Harem girls (only appearance)(no lines)
- Royal dress maker (only appearance)
Locations[]
- Arabia
Objects[]
- Flying carpet
- Wedding cake
Vehicles[]
- None
Cast[]
| Don Messick | Scooby-Doo Boo Boo Bear |
|---|---|
| Casey Kasem | Shaggy Rogers |
| Greg Burson | Yogi Bear Royal Chef Royal Guard #1 |
| Allan Melvin | Magilla Gorilla |
| Jennifer Hale | Aliyah-Din |
| Rob Paulsen | Prince |
| John Kassir | Haman |
| Charlie Adler | Pirate Captain |
| Eddie Deezen | Caliph |
| Maurice LaMarche | Cyclops |
| Brian Cummings | Flying Carpet Driver Royal Guard #2 Sultan |
| Paul Eiding | Scribe |
| Nick Jameson | Kitchen Worker Dress Worker |
| Tony Jay | Lord of the Amulet |
| Kath Soucie | Princess Female Townsfolk |
| Frank Welker | Robot Dragon Baby Ruhk Bird |
Full credits[]
The following credits are how they are displayed on-screen (or as close as possible).
Opening credits[]
- Produced and Directed By: Joanna Romersa, Jun Falkenstein
- Music By: Steve Bernstein
- Supervising Producer and Writer: Gordon Kent
- Executive Producers: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Buzz Potamkin
Closing credits[]
- Additional Script Material By: Glenn Leopold
- Storyboard Artists: Tony Craig, Jun Falkenstein, Kirk Hanson, Jim Mitchell, Floyd Norman, Joel Seibel
- Director of Animation: Joanna Romersa
- Animation Directors: William Edwards, Frank Andrina
- Recording Director: Gordon Kent
- Casting Director: Kris Zimmerman
- Talent Coordinator: Jill Ziegenhagen
- Supervising Recording Engineer: Edwin Collins
- Recording Engineer: Preston Oliver
- Voice Talent: Scooby: Don Messick, Shaggy: Casey Kasem, Yogi Bear: Greg Burson, Boo Boo: Don Messick, Sinbad/Magilla Gorilla: Alan Melvin, Aliyah-din: Jennifer Hale, Prince: Rob Paulsen, Haman: John Kassir, Captain: Charlie Adler, Caliph: Eddie Deezen, Cyclops: Maurice LaMarche, Sultan: Brian Cummings
- Additional Voices By: Paul Eiding, Nick Jameson, Tony Jay, Kath Soucie, Frank Welker
- Character Designers: James Stenstrum, Michael Takamoto, Pete Alvarado, Julian Chaney, Butch Hartman, Bob Onorato, Lewis Ott
- Design Coordinator: Lance Falk
- Design Assistants: Donna Zeller, Bryan Evans, Dana Granger, Barbara Krueger
- Layout Designers: Mike Moon, Julian Chaney
- Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Backgrounds: Maryann Thomas, Joseph Binggeli, Patricia Burgio, Timothy Maloney
- Color Stylist: Karen Greslie
- Ink & Paint Supervisor: Alison Leopold
- Ink & Paint Artists: Kimberly Conte, Audrey Covello, Etsuko Fujioka, Lori Hanson, Christine Kingsland, Meling Pabian, Jo Anne Plein, Nelda Ridley, Lydia Swayne, Patricia Torocsik
- Director of Music Production: Bodie Chandler
- Graphics: Tom Wogatzke
- Animation Checking: Beth Goodwin, Cathy Petersen
- Camera Operator: Steven Mills
- Xerography: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley
- Track Readers: Kay Douglas, Jim Hearn, Carol Iverson, Kerry Iverson
- Post-Production Supervisor: Tom Gleason
- Supervising Editor: Timothy Iverson
- On-Line Editor: John Trautman
- Sound Designer: Sanford Ponder
- Music Editor: Mark Green
- Re-recording mixers: Sherry Klein, Bob Edmondson, Tim Philben
- Pre-Production Manager: Debby Hindman
- Post Production Manager: Jeannine Roussel
- International Production Coordinator: Brooke Williams
- Unit Production Coordinator: Jason Butler Rote
- Production Assistants: Sandy Benenati, Brian Cole, Duke Heberlein, Heather Kenyon, Valerie Menk, Linda Moore, Steve Shedd
- Executives in Charge of Production: Joe Mazzuca, Catherine Winder
- Animation By: Wang Film Production Co., Ltd., Taiwan
- Overseas Animation Director: Dan Hunn
- The events, characters and firms depicted in the photo play are fictitious. Any similarities to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or firms, is purely, coincidental.
- ©1994 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved
- Hanna-Barbera [rectangular box with Hanna-Barbera logo and Yogi Bear]
- Turner Program Services [black background variant with black Turner logo]
- Turner [1987 blue Turner Globe logo]
Notes/Trivia[]
Shaggy and Scooby, redesigned for the TV movie.
- Unusually for a Scooby-Doo film, the classic mystery-solving theme the Scooby-Doo franchise is famous for is completely nonexistent here. Even the late-1980s shift, which had the characters engage in supernatural conflicts, is dropped, The team do not run into any ghosts or ghouls whatsoever, and almost nothing dark or scary happens at all in this film. In addition, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are the only main characters from the Scooby-Doo franchise to appear in this film, with Daphne, Velma, Fred, and Scrappy-Doo all being absent. (Scrappy would remain out of the team in most subsequent reboots.). Also, despite Shaggy and Scooby being the main characters of the film, they have very little screen-time, only appearing in the wraparound segments.
- The Aladdin parody spoofs many plot elements specific to the 1992 Disney animated film version of the legend. It also incorporates some elements from Disney's 1959 animated film version of Sleeping Beauty (which Iwao Takamoto was a designer on).
- This is the last Scooby-Doo production to be produced solely by Hanna-Barbera. Beginning with the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and ending with Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Hanna-Barbera would co-produce with Warner Bros. Animation who in turn, fully takes over production of the Scooby-Doo franchise starting with Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (although still copyrighted and credited to Hanna-Barbera, in all cases.)
- It is also the first and only Scooby-Doo production to be produced and distributed by (albeit not copyrighted to) Turner Entertainment, Co. who previously acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1991. The Turner logos are seen at the end of the film after the Hanna-Barbera closing logo. [1]
- Later releases of this movie change the name to Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights in order to make Scooby (and Shaggy)'s role seem larger. The DVD cover even incorrectly implies that they interact with the Bear Genies.
- This is the final Scooby-Doo production from the Hanna-Barbera era where Casey Kasem voices Shaggy, as he declined to reprise his role as Shaggy in the late-1990s direct-to-video films due to the filmmakers of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island refusing to give into Casem's demand to make Shaggy vegan like Casem himself. Casem would eventually return to reprise his role as Shaggy beginning with What's New, Scooby-Doo? until his retirement in 2009.
Miscellaneous[]
- Disguises: Shaggy as a harem girl and Scooby as a female assistant dress maker.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- Scooby's dog tag colors (blue and yellow) are reversed several times throughout the movie, more times than showing the original one. This could be part of the redesign of Scooby.
- When the guard holds his arm out to let Shaggy and Scooby in the palace, his goatee is missing.
- When Shaggy and Scooby turn green upon thinking they ate poisoned food, they briefly become translucent as they change color.
- When the Caliph falls out of his chair and his eyeglasses break, the lenses can be heard shattering as broken glass shards fly up. But in the next shot of the Caliph, the lenses are still intact in the frames and are merely cracked.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | O Scooby-Doo στις Αραβικές Νύχτες (DVD Title)
Scooby-Doo! Οι Νύχτες της Αραβίας (Film Title) |
Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (DVD Title)
Scooby-Doo! Arabian Nights (Film Title) |
| Polish | Scooby-Doo i baśnie z tysiąca i jednej nocy | Scooby-Doo and the tales from one thousand and one nights |
Home media[]
Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights VHS released by Turner Home Entertainment in August 6, 1996.- Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights DVD released by Warner Home Video on May 6, 2003.
Quotes[]
Royal guard 1: Suckers. |
Scooby-Doo: Let's scram, Raggy. |
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