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The Ransom of Scooby Chief

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Episode #

116

Air date

January 5, 1980 (ABC)

Chronology
Previous episode
Lock the Door, It's a Minotaur!

The Ransom of Scooby Chief is the sixteenth and final episode of the original half-hour, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.

Premise

The gang head to New York City, and drop off Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy, so they can visit Scrappy's old neighborhood. Soon Scooby (and Shaggy) is kidnapped, and it is up to Scrappy and his puppy friends to get him back.

Synopsis

Insert details here.

Characters

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Duke ^{(only appearance)}
Annie ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

Carl ^{(only appearance)}
Tony ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

Fred Jones
Daphne Blake
Velma Dinkley
Subway guard ^{(only appearance)}

Locations

Objects

Manhole cover
Fire hydrant
Umbrella
Bananas
Telephone

Vehicles

The Mystery Machine
Carl and Tony's delivery truck

Suspects

None

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Carl and Tony	To capture Scooby-Doo and hold him for ransom.

Cast

Don Messick	Scooby-Doo
Lennie Weinrib	Scrappy-Doo
Casey Kasem	Shaggy Rogers
Frank Welker	Fred Jones Duke
Heather North Kenney	Daphne Blake
Marla Frumkin	Velma Dinkley

Notes/trivia

This is the series finale of the original Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo series; online streaming will show this as the first season finale.
With the exception of What's New, Scooby-Doo?'s A Scooby-Doo Halloween, which was used mainly for parody, this is the final Scooby-Doo episode to use a laugh track, particularly Hanna-Barbera's custom track that was used for most of its 1970s input.
The title is from the O Henry story The Ransom of Red Chief, in which two kidnappers capture a boy who is so much trouble that they end up paying to give him back to his family.
While Velma is never seen actually speaking, Marla Frumkin's voice can be heard saying, "Have a good visit", when Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy are being dropped off at the beginning of the episode.
This is the first episode not to have any monsters or supernatural elements.
In many ways, this episode looks like it could've been a back-door pilot to how the show was revamped into short segments for the next three years (this is essentially a full-length episode of that format); which feature Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy in both supernatural and non-supernatural misadventures. This episode also greatly reduces Fred, Daphne and Velma's involvement, who were subsequently removed from the franchise, until Daphne's return three years later for The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show. Fred and Velma made guest appearances the following year in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, but they did not return as series regulars until A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, and Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island as adults.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

Scrappy's tail appears to grow in length when he's trying to reach for a coin in the sewer.
Scooby's shoulder is the color of Shaggy's sleeve when they cry on each other.
Shaggy's neck is too fat when the barrel lands on him.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

Just how famous is Scooby-Doo? Carl and Tony wanted to hold him for a ransom worth a million dollars!
Why were Carl and Tony calling Hollywood and asking for ransom? Shouldn't they have called Fred, Daphne, and Velma?
- They probably had no idea who they were (yet still somehow know who Scooby is).
When Carl and Tony were holding Shaggy and Scooby hostage, why didn't they think to restrain them with something?
Scooby and Shaggy were desparately trying to find a way to climb up to the hatch in the ship, but when they do, they don't look like they're hanging from anywhere.

In other languages

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

Home media

Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 DVD set released by Warner Home Video on April 28, 2015.

Quotes

External links

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 '''''The Ransom of Scooby Chief''''' is the sixteenth and final episode of the original half-hour, ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]''.
 ==Premise==
+[[Mystery Inc.|The gang]] head to [[New York City]], and drop off [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]], [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]], and [[Scrappy-Doo|Scrappy]], so they can visit [[Annie's place|Scrappy's old neighborhood]]. Soon Scooby (and Shaggy) is kidnapped, and it is up to Scrappy and his puppy friends to get him back.
-[[Mystery Inc.|The gang]] heads to [[New York City]], and drops off [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]], [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]], and [[Scrappy-Doo|Scrappy]], so they can visit [[Annie's place|the old neighborhood]]. Soon Scooby (and Shaggy) is kidnapped and it is up to Scrappy and [[Duke and Annie|his puppy friends]] to get him back.
 ==Synopsis==
 ''Insert details here.''
+==Characters==
-==Cast and characters==
+'''Main characters:'''
-{| class="wikitable"
+* [[Scooby-Doo]]
-! Actor
+* [[Scrappy-Doo]]
-! Character
+* [[Shaggy Rogers]]
-|-
-| [[Don Messick]]
-| [[Scooby-Doo]]
-|-
-| [[Lennie Weinrib]]
-| [[Scrappy-Doo]]
-|-
-| [[Casey Kasem]]
-| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
-|-
-| [[Heather North Kenney|Heather North]]
-| [[Daphne Blake]]
-|-
-| [[Frank Welker]]
-| [[Fred Jones]]<br />[[Duke and Annie|Duke]]
-|-
-| [[Marla Frumkin]]
-| [[Velma Dinkley]]
-|-
-| Actors
-| [[Carl and Tony]]
-|-
-| Actor
-| [[Duke and Annie|Annie]]
-|-
-| Actor
-| Subway guard
-|}
+'''Supporting characters:'''
-==Villains==
+* [[Duke (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Duke]] {{Only}}
-* Carl and Tony
+* [[Annie (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Annie]] {{Only}}
+'''Villains:'''
+* [[Carl (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Carl]] {{Only}}
+* [[Tony (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Tony]] {{Only}}
+'''Other characters:'''
+* [[Fred Jones]]
+* [[Daphne Blake]]
+* [[Velma Dinkley]]
+* Subway guard {{Only}}
+==Locations==
+* [[New York City]], [[New York]]
+** [[Statue of Liberty]]
+** [[Annie's place]]
+** [[Grocery store (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Grocery store]]
+** [[Paris Warehouse]]
+** [[Subway station (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Subway station]]
+** ''[[S.S. Stewart]]''
+* [[Hollywood]] {{Mentioned}}
+* [[Japan]] {{Mentioned}}
+==Objects==
+* Manhole cover
+* [[Fire hydrant]]
+* [[Umbrella]]
+* [[Banana]]s
+* [[Telephone]]
+==Vehicles==
+* [[Mystery Machine|The Mystery Machine]]
+* Carl and Tony's delivery truck
 ==Suspects==
@@ Line 63: / Line 69: @@
 ! Motive/reason
 |-
-| [[Carl and Tony]]
+| [[Carl (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Carl]] and [[Tony (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Tony]]
 | To capture Scooby-Doo and hold him for ransom.
 |}
-==Locations==
+==Cast==
+{| class="wikitable"
-* [[New York City]]
-** [[Statue of Liberty]]
+! [[Don Messick]]
-** [[Annie's place]]
+| [[Scooby-Doo]]
+|-
-** [[Grocery store (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Grocery store]]
-** [[Paris Warehouse]]
+! [[Lennie Weinrib]]
+| [[Scrappy-Doo]]
-** [[Subway station (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Subway station]]
+|-
-** [[S.S. Stewart]]
+! [[Casey Kasem]]
+| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
+|-
+! [[Frank Welker]]
+| [[Fred Jones]]<br />[[Duke (The Ransom of Scooby Chief)|Duke]]
+|-
+! [[Heather North Kenney]]
+| [[Daphne Blake]]
+|-
+! [[Marla Frumkin]]
+| [[Velma Dinkley]]
+|}
 ==Notes/trivia==
-* This is the series finale of the original ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]'' series.
+* This is the series finale of the original ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]'' series; online streaming will show this as the first season finale.
+* With the exception of ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'''s [[A Scooby-Doo Halloween]], which was used mainly for parody, this is the final Scooby-Doo episode to use a laugh track, particularly Hanna-Barbera's custom track that was used for most of its 1970s input.
 * The title is from the O Henry story ''The Ransom of Red Chief'', in which two kidnappers capture a boy who is so much trouble that they end up paying to give him back to his family.
+* While Velma is never seen actually speaking, [[Marla Frumkin]]'s voice can be heard saying, ''"Have a good visit"'', when Shaggy, Scooby, and Scrappy are being dropped off at the beginning of the episode.
-* The [[Statue of Liberty]] is only seen in the establishing shot of the opening of the episode, they don't actually go there.
+* This is the first episode not to have any monsters or supernatural elements.
-* While Velma is never seen actually speaking, [[Marla Frumkin]]'s voice can be heard saying ''"Have a nice visit"'' when Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy are being dropped off in the beginning of the episode.
-* After the episode aired, Fred, Daphne and Velma were removed from the franchise until Daphne's return three years later for ''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show]]''. Fred and Velma made guest appearances in ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries]]'' but they did not return as series regulars until ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]''.
+* In many ways, this episode looks like it could've been a back-door pilot to how the show was revamped into short segments for the next three years (this is essentially a full-length episode of that format); which feature Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy in both supernatural and non-supernatural misadventures. This episode also greatly reduces Fred, Daphne and Velma's involvement, who were subsequently removed from the franchise, until Daphne's return three years later for ''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show]]''. Fred and Velma made guest appearances the following year in ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries]]'', but they did not return as series regulars until ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'', and [[Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island|''Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island'']]'' ''as adults.
 ===Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches===
 * Scrappy's tail appears to grow in length when he's trying to reach for a coin in the sewer.
 * Scooby's shoulder is the color of Shaggy's sleeve when they cry on each other.
+* Shaggy's neck is too fat when the barrel lands on him.
 ===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
 * Just how famous is Scooby-Doo? Carl and Tony wanted to hold him for a ransom worth a million dollars!
-* Why were Carl and Tony calling Hollywood and asking for ransom? Shouldn't they have called Fred, Daphne and Velma?
+* Why were Carl and Tony calling [[Hollywood]] and asking for ransom? Shouldn't they have called Fred, Daphne, and Velma?
-** They probably had no idea who Fred, Daphne and Velma were.
+** They probably had no idea who they were (yet still somehow know who Scooby is).
 * When Carl and Tony were holding Shaggy and Scooby hostage, why didn't they think to restrain them with something?
+* Scooby and Shaggy were desparately trying to find a way to climb up to the hatch in the ship, but when they do, they don't look like they're hanging from anywhere.
+==In other languages==
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Language
+! Name
+! Meaning
+|-
+| '''Greek'''
+| Η Απαγωγή του Σκούμπι
+| Scooby's Kidnapping
+|}
 ==Home media==
-* [[Scooby-Doo! and_Scrappy-Doo!:_The_Complete_Season_1|''Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1'']] DVD set to be released April 28, 2015.
+* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1]]'' DVD set released by [[Warner Home Video]] on April 28, 2015.
 ==Quotes==
+{{Quotes
+|
+}}
+==External links==
+* TBA
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+| series= [[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series)|''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (first series)]]<br />[[List of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (first series) episodes|List of episodes]]
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