Catcher on the Sly is the first part of sixth and final episode of the third season of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. It aired alongside The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham and The Wrath of Waitro, making up the twenty-seventh and final episode overall in the series.
Premise
It's Scooby's bath day, but is he doomed when the dog catcher, Buster McMuttMauler, is after him?
Synopsis
In Shaggy's backyard, Shaggy carries Scooby to a bathtub, but Scooby does the old switch-er-oo and dropped Shaggy in, admitting defeat Shaggy decided to wait till tomorrow leaving a laughing Scooby. Unknown to Scooby an evil dogcatcher Buster McMuttMauler spies on him intending to puppy-nap him for revenge. He uses and ejector seat in his truck to catch Scooby but misses. Scooby recognized him and runs away with Buster in hot pursuit. He tries to flatten Scooby into a puppy pancake with large objects from the roof, but Scooby avoids them all, annoyed Buster caught him off guard with his net but a giant boulder crushes him allowing Scooby to escape.
He later disguised himself as a mailman, but when he rang the doorbell, several dogs mauled him sending the letters flying with Scooby taking one for him.
He lured Scooby with a large pizza to blast him with a Doomolition-Ray, but Scooby licked the plate which reflected the ray back to Buster disintegrating his truck and himself.
Unwilling to give up his last attempt was to reel Scooby in with a fishing pole which landed on the lawn mower, Scooby who was expecting Buster turns it on which dragged Buster along till he was slingshoted away by the clothesline, Scooby jumps out of the way but lands in the bathtub Shaggy brought out and begins to brush him. Buster lands on a satellite in space vowing to get Scooby even if it takes him forever.
Characters
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- None
Villains:
- Buster McMuttMauler (first full appearance)(final appearance)
Other characters:
- None
Locations
Objects
- TBA
Vehicles
- TBA
Cast
| Don Messick | Scooby-Doo |
|---|---|
| Casey Kasem | Shaggy Rogers |
| Kenneth Mars | Buster McMuttMauler |
Full credits
The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).
- Executive Producers: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
- Co-Executive Producers: Paul Sabella & Mark Young
- Executive In Charge Of Production: Jayne Barbera
- Producer: Craig Zukowski
- Associate Producer: Scott Jeralds
- Story Producer: Bill Matheny
- Creative Design: Iwao Takamoto
- Supervising Director: Ray Patterson
- Animation Directors: Joanna Romersa, Allen Wilzbach, Joan Drake, John Walker
- Directors: Don Lusk, Carl Urbano
- Recording Director: Gordon Hunt
- Voices: Rene Auberjonois, Victoria Carroll, Bernard Erhard, Barry Gordon, Pat Harrington, Casey Kasem, Christina Lange, Marilyn Lightstone, Kellie Martin, Scott Menville, Don Messick, Lynne Moody, Pat Musick, Rob Paulsen, Robert Picardo, Carl Steven, B.J. Ward
- Animation Casting Director: Kris Zimmerman
- Talent Coordinator: Lynne Batchelor
- Title: Scott Jeralds, Tom Ruegger
- Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Graphics Assistant: Parvis Parandoush
- Music & Songs By: John Debney
- Director Of Music Production: Bodie Chandler
- Design Supervisor: Scott Jeralds
- Unit Head: Scott Hill
- Character Design: Eric Clark, Denise Shimabukuro, Virginia Hawes, Pete Alvarado, Jr.
- Design Paste-Up: Viki Kirch, Dana Granger
- Design Assistants: Barbara Krueger, Jesus Rodriguez
- Animation Supervisor: Frank Andrina
- Key Layout Artist: Jim Hickey
- Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Background Artists: Jim Hickey, Patti Palmer, Ruben Chavez, Ron Roesch
- Xerography: Star Wirth
- Ink & Paint Supervisor: Alison Leopold
- Color Key: Suzette Darling
- Animation Checking Supervisor: Jan Adams
- Animation Checking: Beth Goodwin
- Production Coordinator: Vicki Casper
- Production Supervisor: JoEllyn Marlow
- Production Assistants: Tori Pollock, Sandy Benenati, Nancy Grimaldi, Olivia Knighton, Debby Lathrop, Janet Mazzotti, Margot McDonough, Valerie Menk, Linda Moore
- Word Processing: Gail Prewitt, Linda Germain
- Supervising Film Editors: Terry W. Moore, Gil Iverson, Tom Gleason
- Editor: Tim Iverson
- Music & Sound Editing: S.V. Editorial
- Track Readers: Jim Hearn, Kerry Iverson, Kay Douglas, Carol Iverson
- Sound Direction: Ed Collins
- Re-Recordin Mixers: Ezra Dweck
- Negative Consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
- Production Supervisors: Wayne Dearing, Bob Marples
- Produced In Association With: Wang Film Production Company, Ltd. and Fil Cartoons, Inc.
- Studio Operations Executive: Bennett E. McClellan
- Progam Administrator: Annie Montgomery
- Production Publicist: Tom Brocato
- Copyright © 1991 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc,
- All Rights Reserved
- The events, characters and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or firms, is purely coincidental.
- Hanna-Barbera Productions
Notes/trivia
- Together with The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham and The Wrath of Waitro it is both the season three finale and the series finale of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
- This episode is based on the classic Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts; making it the shortest episode of the series.
- It's also the shortest cast with only three characters; aswell as being possibly the shortest cast in one episode of the entire franchise.
Cultural references
- The title is a play on the novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches
- None known.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities
- Like previous shows, Scooby and Buster McMuttMauler can breath in outer space. Although this is probably due to it being styled after Tom and Jerry.
Home media
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Volume 7 DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 17, 2007.- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Complete 2nd, 3rd & 4th Seasons DVD set released by Warner Home Video on March 18, 2009.
Quotes
Shaggy: (carrying Scooby into the backyard to a wooden bath tub) Like, today's bath day, Scoob, so you might as well relax and enjoy it. |
Buster McMuttMauler: If it takes me forever, I'm gonna get that pup named... |
External links
- TBA