Maltese Mackerel (episode)

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Maltese Mackerel (episode)
Details
Episode #	301a
Air date	September 25, 1982 (ABC)
Story by	Gordon Kent Jack Enyart
Chronology
Previous episode	Scooby and the Beanstalk
Next episode	Dumb Waiter Caper

Maltese Mackerel is the first part of the first episode of The Scooby & Scrappy Doo Puppy Hour, later repackaged as the first part of the first episode of the third season of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (second series).

Premise

The boys get an assignment to deliver the "Maltese Mackerel", a golden, jewel encrusted fish, to the boat docks, but someone else wants it too, and is trying to steal it from these bumbling detectives.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Scooby-Doo
• Shaggy Rogers
• Scrappy-Doo

Supporting characters:

• Secret agent ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Big thug ^{(only appearance)}
• Small thug ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Fearless Shagaford ^{(first appearance)(photograph)(cameo)}
• S.S. Bouyant captain ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Police officers ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• United States
  • Fearless Detective Agency
  • Thugs' warehouse
  • Dock
• London ^(mentioned)
  • Mackerel Museum ^(mentioned)

Objects

• Telephone
• Maltese Mackerel
• Ladder
• Hot dog bun
• Crates
• Handcuffs

Vehicles

• Thugs' car
• S.S. Peru ^(mentioned)
• S.S. Bouyant
• Police boat

Cast

Don Messick	Scooby-Doo Scrappy-Doo
Casey Kasem	Shaggy Rogers

Notes/trivia

• After not being used since 1978, the original Ted Nichols score returns in this episode.
• Clips from this episode, as well as video of Kasem recording his lines, were used in a 1983 WJZ-TV profile of Casey Kasem.
• An extended preview of this episode (from where Scooby acts as a hot dog vendor to the guys looking for the misplaced Maltese Mackerel at the end) was shown on the 1983 Pac Preview Special.
• The S.S. Bouyant captain resembles Captain Clements from the The Scooby-Doo Show episode The Creepy Heap from the Deep.

Miscellaneous

• Disguises: Scooby as a hot dog vendor.
• "Ruh-roh" count: 1
• "Zoinks" count:

Cultural references

• The title parodies the famous mystery novel and Film Noir, The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
  • The big thug and small thug are parodies of Kasper Gutman and Joel Cairo from the film who were portrayed by Greenstreet and Lorre respectively.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Home media

• Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field of Screams DVD set released by Warner Home Video on May 13, 2014.

External links

• TBA

References

Previous episode:	Series:	Next episode:
Scooby and the Beanstalk	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (second series) Season 3	Dumb Waiter Caper