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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Wednesday is Missing''}}
 
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| series= The New Scooby-Doo Movies
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|airdate=Sep. 23, 1972
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| airdate= September 23, 1972
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| directedby= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
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'''''Wednesday is Missing''''' ('''''Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family''''') is the third episode of the first season of ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]''.
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'''''Wednesday is Missing''''', also known as '''''Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family''''', is the third episode of the [[The New Scooby-Doo Movies season 1|first season]] of ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]''.
   
 
==Premise==
  
==Premise==
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When Gomez and Morticia want to go away, the group gets tricked into being house sitters in the Addams Family house. But when Wednesday turns up missing, there is another mystery to solve
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When Gomez and Morticia want to go away, the group get tricked into being house sitters in the Addams Family house. But when Wednesday turns up missing, there is another mystery to solve.
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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==Characters==
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==Cast and characters==
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'''Main characters''':
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* [[Mystery Inc.]]
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** [[Scooby-Doo]]
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** [[Fred Jones]]
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** [[Daphne Blake]]
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** [[Velma Dinkley]]
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* The [[Addams Family]] {{Only}}
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** [[Gomez Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Morticia Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Grandmama]] {{Only}}
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** [[Lurch]] {{Only}}
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** [[Pugsley Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Uncle Fester]] {{Only}}
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** [[Wednesday Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Cousin Itt]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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** [[Thing]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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'''Monsters and other villains''':
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* [[Giant Vulture]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Disguise}}/
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* [[Housekeeping couple]] {{Only}}{{Redeemed}}
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==Locations==
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* [[Addams Family mansion]]
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==Objects==
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'''Clues''':
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* TBA
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'''Food and drinks''':
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* TBA
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'''Other objects''':
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* TBA
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==Vehicles==
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* TBA
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==Suspects==
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None
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===Culprits===
 
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! Actor
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! Culprit
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! Motive/reason
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! Character
  
 
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| The [[housekeeping couple]] operating the [[Giant Vulture]] helicopter
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| [[Don Messick]]
  
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| They thought that the Addams family were frightening to the neighborhood children.
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|}
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==Cast==
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! [[Don Messick]]
 
| [[Scooby-Doo]]
  
| [[Scooby-Doo]]
 
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| [[Casey Kasem]]
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! [[Casey Kasem]]
 
| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
  
| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
 
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| [[Frank Welker]]
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! [[Frank Welker]]
 
| [[Fred Jones]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping man]]<br />[[Giant Vulture]]
  
| [[Fred Jones]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping man]]<br />[[Giant Vulture]]
 
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| [[Heather North Kenney|Heather North]]
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! [[Heather North Kenney|Heather North]]
 
| [[Daphne Blake]]
  
| [[Daphne Blake]]
 
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| [[Nicole Jaffe]]
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! [[Nicole Jaffe]]
 
| [[Velma Dinkley]]
  
| [[Velma Dinkley]]
 
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| [[John Astin]]
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! [[John Astin]]
 
| [[Gomez Addams]]
  
| [[Gomez Addams]]
 
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| [[Janet Waldo]]
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! [[Janet Waldo]]
 
| [[Grandmama]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping woman]]
  
| [[Grandmama]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping woman]]
 
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| [[Ted Cassidy]]
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! [[Ted Cassidy]]
 
| [[Lurch]]
  
| [[Lurch]]
 
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| [[Carolyn Jones]]
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! [[Carolyn Jones]]
 
| [[Morticia Addams]]
  
| [[Morticia Addams]]
 
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| [[Jodie Foster]]
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! [[Jodie Foster]]
 
| [[Pugsley Addams]]
  
| [[Pugsley Addams]]
 
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| [[Jackie Coogan]]
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! [[Jackie Coogan]]
 
| [[Uncle Fester]]
  
| [[Uncle Fester]]
 
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| [[Cindy Henderson]]
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! [[Cindy Henderson]]
 
| [[Wednesday Addams]]
  
| [[Wednesday Addams]]
 
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==Guest stars==
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==Notes/trivia==
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* This episode marked the first animated appearance of the Addams Family; it could be considered a backdoor pilot, or at least indirectly, for [[Hanna-Barbera]]'s ''The Addams Family'' animated series that premiered on September 8, 1973. Previously, a live-action sitcom aired on CBS from 1964 to 1966, four of the sitcom's cast members: [[John Astin]] (Gomez), [[Carolyn Jones]] (Morticia), [[Jackie Coogan]] (Uncle Fester), and [[Ted Cassidy]] (Lurch) provided the voices for their characters.
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* The [[Addams Family]]
  
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==Villains==
  
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* [[Giant Vulture]]
  
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==Suspects==
  
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{| class="wikitable"
  
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! Suspect
  
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! Motive/reason
  
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| None
  
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===Culprits===
  
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{| class="wikitable"
  
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! Culprit
  
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! Motive/reason
  
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| The [[Housekeeping couple]] operating the [[Giant Vulture]] helicopter
  
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| They thought that the Addams family were frightening to the neighborhood children.
  
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===Cultural references===
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==Locations==
  
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* Fred states that he's seen the Addams Family on T.V. lots of times; this is probably a reference to the live-action sitcom.
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==Notes/trivia==
  
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===Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches===
  
===Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches===
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* In the beginning, when the Mystery Machine is driving through the fog, from the inside where Shaggy and Scooby sit, there is three open windows along the side of the van, although it wasn't there before or after. Actually, the Mystery Machine has no side windows, just two in the front.  
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* In one scene Fred has no nose.
  
   
 
===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
  
===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
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* At dinner when the Giant Vulture makes its appearance, the candles go out and then the Thing fires up the candles. But in the next shot, the candles are again blown out.
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* The Giant Vulture is revealed to be a helicopter, but it does not move like one, rather it moves like a jet plane.
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* At the end, magnets are the explanation for the magic carpet, the levitating chair, and the suit of armor, but Daphne refers to the suit of armor as "the mummy". There was no mummy in the episode, and the suit of armor was encountered by Velma, Shaggy and Scooby, though they could've told Fred and Daphne later on.
   
 
==Home media==
  
==Home media==
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* {{AUS}} ''[[Scooby Doo Meets the Addams Family (VHS)|Scooby Doo Meets the Addams Family]]'' VHS released by [[Worldvision Home Video]].
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* When preparing a complete DVD set of ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'', [[Warner Home Video]] was unable to include ''Wednesday is Missing'' due to licensing issues. This is inspite of the fact that Warner Archive was able to release the entire original cartoon series.
   
 
==Quotes==
  
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'''Male housekeeper''': Yes. We wanted to frighten the Addams Family out of the area.<br>
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'''Daphne''': But why?<br>
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'''Female housekeeper''': All those eerie things in that house - mummies, dinosaurs - they had a bad effect on the neighborhood children.<br>
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'''Velma''': The neighborhood kids? Is '''that''' what this is about?<br>
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'''Male housekeeper''': Why don't you call the authorities and get this over with?<br>
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'''Velma''': Just a minute, folks. I've got a much better solution.
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Wednesday is Missing, also known as Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family, is the third episode of the first season of The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

Premise

When Gomez and Morticia want to go away, the group get tricked into being house sitters in the Addams Family house. But when Wednesday turns up missing, there is another mystery to solve.

Synopsis

Insert details here.

Characters

Main characters:

Monsters and other villains:

Locations

Objects

Clues:

  • TBA

Food and drinks:

  • TBA

Other objects:

  • TBA

Vehicles

  • TBA

Suspects

None

Culprits

Culprit Motive/reason
The housekeeping couple operating the Giant Vulture helicopter They thought that the Addams family were frightening to the neighborhood children.

Cast

Don Messick Scooby-Doo
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Frank Welker Fred Jones
Housekeeping man
Giant Vulture
Heather North Daphne Blake
Nicole Jaffe Velma Dinkley
John Astin Gomez Addams
Janet Waldo Grandmama
Housekeeping woman
Ted Cassidy Lurch
Carolyn Jones Morticia Addams
Jodie Foster Pugsley Addams
Jackie Coogan Uncle Fester
Cindy Henderson Wednesday Addams

Notes/trivia

  • This episode marked the first animated appearance of the Addams Family; it could be considered a backdoor pilot, or at least indirectly, for Hanna-Barbera's The Addams Family animated series that premiered on September 8, 1973. Previously, a live-action sitcom aired on CBS from 1964 to 1966, four of the sitcom's cast members: John Astin (Gomez), Carolyn Jones (Morticia), Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester), and Ted Cassidy (Lurch) provided the voices for their characters.

Cultural references

  • Fred states that he's seen the Addams Family on T.V. lots of times; this is probably a reference to the live-action sitcom.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

  • In the beginning, when the Mystery Machine is driving through the fog, from the inside where Shaggy and Scooby sit, there is three open windows along the side of the van, although it wasn't there before or after. Actually, the Mystery Machine has no side windows, just two in the front.  

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

  • At dinner when the Giant Vulture makes its appearance, the candles go out and then the Thing fires up the candles. But in the next shot, the candles are again blown out.
  • The Giant Vulture is revealed to be a helicopter, but it does not move like one, rather it moves like a jet plane.
  • At the end, magnets are the explanation for the magic carpet, the levitating chair, and the suit of armor, but Daphne refers to the suit of armor as "the mummy". There was no mummy in the episode, and the suit of armor was encountered by Velma, Shaggy and Scooby, though they could've told Fred and Daphne later on.

Home media

  • AUS Scooby Doo Meets the Addams Family VHS released by Worldvision Home Video.
  • When preparing a complete DVD set of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Warner Home Video was unable to include Wednesday is Missing due to licensing issues. This is inspite of the fact that Warner Archive was able to release the entire original cartoon series.

Quotes

Male housekeeper: Yes. We wanted to frighten the Addams Family out of the area.
Daphne: But why?
Female housekeeper: All those eerie things in that house - mummies, dinosaurs - they had a bad effect on the neighborhood children.
Velma: The neighborhood kids? Is that what this is about?
Male housekeeper: Why don't you call the authorities and get this over with?
Velma: Just a minute, folks. I've got a much better solution.


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