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The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco! is the fourth episode of the original half-hour, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.
Premise[]
When the Neon Phantom appears at the Hollywood Bowl and cuts out the electricity, the kids chase him to find out what he's up to.
Synopsis[]
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Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Joey Cassette (only appearance)
- Steve Shimmer (only appearance)
Villains:
- Neon Phantom (only appearance)(Bill Walker's disguise)
- Bill Walker (only appearance)
Other characters:
- Nightmare (only appearance)(no lines)
- Reporter (only appearance)
- Recording technician (only appearance)
- Sparkles (only appearance)(no lines)
- Bob Molding (only appearance)(no lines)
- Jagger (only appearance)(no lines)
- Travolta (only appearance)(no lines)
- Streisand (only appearance)(no lines)
Locations[]
- Hollywood, California
- Sundown Boulevard
- Hollywood Bowl
- Recording studio
- Chinese Theatre
Objects[]
- Hollywood Sign
Vehicles[]
- The Mystery Machine
- Steve Shimmer's Jeep
Suspects[]
Suspect | Motive/Reason |
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Steve Shimmer | He wanted to close the roller disco. |
Joey Cassette | He wanted to buy Steve Shimmer's share of the roller disco. |
Culprits[]
Culprit | Motive/Reason |
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Bill Walker as the Neon Phantom | To force the roller disco to close. |
Cast[]
Full credits[]
The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).
- Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
- Producers: Don Jurwich, Alex Lovy
- Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano, Oscar Dufau, George Gordon, Charles A. Nichols
- Story Editors: Duane Poole, Tom Swale, Ray Parker
- Story: Haskell Barkin, Doug Booth, Larz Bourne, Dick Conway, Tom Dagenais, Tony DiMarco, Diane Duane, Mark Evanier, Willie Gilbert, Dave Ketchum, Glenn Leopold, Norman Maurer, Duane Poole, Dick Robbins, Dalton Sandifer, Tom Swale, David Villaire
- Story Direction: John Bruno, Dan Danglo, Jan Green, Cullen Houghtaling, Jack Kinney, Emilie Kong, Larry Latham, Fred Lucky, Don Sheppard, Paul Sommer
- Recording Directors: Don Jurwich, Alex Lovy
- Voices: Jack Angel, Marlene Aragon, Joe Baker, Michael Bell, Bill Callaway, Mickey Dolenz, Pat Fraley, Marla Frumkin, Joan Gerber, Virginia Gregg, Bob Hastings, Bob Holt, Hettie Lynn Hurtes, Linda Hutson, Stanley Jones, Donald Jurwich, Casey Kasem, Heather North Kenney, David Landesberg, Allan Melvin, Don Messick, Shirley Mitchell, Alan Oppenheimer, Michael Rye, Marilyn Schreffler, John Stephenson, Pat Stevens, Ginny Tyler, Janet Waldo, Lennie Weinrib, Jimmy Weldon, Frank Welker, William Woodson, Marian Zajac
- Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Title Design: Bill Perez
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
- Creative Producer: Iwao Takamoto
- Production Supervisor: Victor O. Schipek
- Design Supervisor: Bob Singer
- Character Design: Mike Sekowski, Curtis Cim, Sandra Young, Kimie Calvert, Donna Zeller, Alex Toth
- Layout Supervisor: Don Morgan
- Key Layout: Terry Morgan, John Tucker
- Layout: Mike Arens, Tom Coppola, Susan Crossley, Hak Ficq, Owen Fitzgerald, C.L. Hartman, Gary Hoffman, Jack Huber, Alex Ignatiev, Zygamond Jablecki, Ray Jacobs, Homer Jonas, Brad Landreth, Warren Marshall, Greg Martin, Gale Morgan, Jim Mueller, Steve Nakagawa, Anna Lee Orr, Paul Power, Rebecca Price, Tony Rivera, Linda Rowley, Tony Sgroi, Bob Singer, Adam Szwejkowski, Wendell Washer, George Wheeler, Al Wilson
- Animation Supervisors: Bill Keil, Jay Sarbry, Bob Goe
- Assistant Animation Supervisor: Rick Leon
- Animation: Robert Alvarez, Frank Andrina, Colin Baker, Anne Marie Bardwell, Ed Barge, Tom Barnes, Max Becraft, Bob Bemiller, [[Richard Bowman, Bob Bransford, James Brummet, Oliver Callahan, Lars Calonius, Rudy Cataldi, Roger Chiasson, Steve Clark, Richard Coleman, John Conning, Jesse Cosio, Gabor Csupo, Zeon Davush, Daniel de la Vega, Elaine Despins, Charles Downs, Joan Drake, Judith Ann Drake, Marcia Fertig, Gail Finkeldei, High Fraser, Al Gaivoto, Charles Gammage, Miguel Garcia, Fernando Gonzalez, Jeff Hall, Terry Harrison, Bob Hathcock, Jerry Hathcock, Fred Hellmich, Charles Howell, Bill Hutten, Volus Jones, Aundre Knutson, Rick Leon, Teresa Loewy, Hicks Lokey, Michael Longden, Ernesto Lopez, Tony Love, Mircea Manta, Mauro Maressa, Duncan Marjoribanks, Burt Medall, Tran Vu Minh, Ken Muse, Constantin Mustatea, Sean Newton, Margaret Nichols, Eduardo Olivares, Margaret Parkes, Rod Parkes, Don Patterson, Lester Pegues, Jr., Delpino Ramirez, Harry Rasmussen, William Recinos, Morey Reden, Vev Risto, Mitch Rochon, Tom Ruegger, Joel Seibel, Mark Simon, Ed Soloman, Ken Southworth, Leo Sullivan, Robert Taylor, Barry Temple, Dave Tendlar, Richard Thompson, Richard Trueblood, Robert Tyler, Carlos Vincenzi, Russ von Neida, John Walker, Allen Wilzbach, Xenia
- Background Supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Backgrounds: Lorraine Andrina, Fernando Arce, Greg Battes, Dario Campanile, Gil DiCicco, Dennis Durrell, Martin Forte, Fla Ferreira, Bob Gentle, Bonnie Goodknight, Al Gmuer, Ann Guenther, Tom Hames, James Hegedus, Eric Heschong, Jim Hickey, Michael Humphries, Richard Khim, Fernando Montealegre, Andrew Phillipson, Bill Proctor, Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Marilyn Shimokochi, Cal Titus, Dennis Venizelos
- Checking and Scene Planning: Cindy Smith, Evelyn Sherwood
- Xerography: Star Wirth
- Ink and Paint Supervisor: Alison Victory, Billie Kerns
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Camera: Jerry Mills, Ross Avery, Bob Berry, Allen Childs, Marc Debbaudt, Candy Edwards, George Epperson, Curt Hall, Ron Jackson, Mike Kane, Frank Paiker, Norman Stainback, Neil Viker, Roy Wade, Brandy Whittington, Jerry Whittington
- Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
- Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
- Music Editors: Joe Sandusky, Chip Yaras
- Effects Editors: Richard Allen, Tom Gleason, Mark Mangini, Karla McGregor, Terry Moore
- Show Editor: Gil Iverson
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Production Manager: Jayne Barbera
- Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
- A Hanna-Barbera Production
- ©1979 Hanna-Barbera Productions Inc.
Notes/Trivia[]
- The Mystery Machine's license plate registration is finally identified as "AC-712". The following season, however, in the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (second series) episode Scooby and the Bandit, it is changed to "SCOOBY".
- This is the first episode in the franchise in which famous real-life celebrities appear and are mentioned by name, outside of The New Scooby-Doo Movies which was a show exclusively dedicated to that.
- Regardless, the appearances of the celebrities in this episode are nothing major and only meant to be a throwaway gag due to the gang being in Hollywood at the time of a movie premiere.
Miscellaneous[]
- "Zoinks" count: 4.
- "Ruh-roh" count: 1.
- "Jinkies" count: 2.
- "Puppy Power" count: 3.
Cultural references[]
- The episode title recalls the 1909 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, which is frequently parodied by the Scoobyverse. This episode in particular has similarities to the 1974 movie adaptation The Phantom of the Paradise.
- The movie Grease Fever is an obvious mashup of the then-recent Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978), both starring John Travolta, who is referenced by name. The Sparkles' rehearsal song sounds very much like the Fever theme "Stayin' Alive."
- Other real celebrities like Mick Jagger and Barbara Streisand are mentioned as well.
- Sundown Boulevard is a parody of Los Angeles' legendary Sunset Boulevard.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- There is a layering mistake which lasts for about two frames when Scooby and Shaggy are hiding under the bench, making it look like Scooby is crushing Shaggy.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- From a certain point of view, Bill Walker is really just a man defending his home. He rents property from the roller disco and the roller disco decides to expand. In order to expand, they must remove the residents on the property who would then have to find a new place to live. This same storyline often sees the roller disco as the 'evil corporation' that cares more about profits than the needs of people. Siding with the corporation is a bit out of character for Mystery Inc.
- Scrappy told Fred to turn left, but the Mystery Machine was shown turning right.
In other languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Greek | Το Φάντασμα της Ντισκοτέκ Ρόλερ! | The Ghost of the Roller Disco! |
Home media[]
- Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!: The Complete Season 1 DVD set released by Warner Home Video on April 28, 2015.
Quotes[]
Neon Phantom: I've got you now! Scrappy-Doo: Oh yeah? We'll just see about that we will. Cause my Uncle Scooby is fearless and ferocious and so am I! Scooby-Doo: Scrappy! |
External links[]
- TBA
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