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==Premise==
  
==Premise==
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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.
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When [[Gomez Addams|Gomez]] and [[Morticia Addams|Morticia]] want to go away, [[Mystery Inc.|the group]] get tricked into being house sitters in the [[Addams Family]] [[Addams Family mansion|house]]. But when [[Wednesday Addams|Wednesday]] turns up missing, there is another mystery to solve.
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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* [[Mystery Inc.]]
  
* [[Mystery Inc.]]
 
** [[Scooby-Doo]]
  
** [[Scooby-Doo]]
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** [[Shaggy Rogers]]
 
** [[Fred Jones]]
  
** [[Fred Jones]]
 
** [[Daphne Blake]]
  
** [[Daphne Blake]]
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** [[Gomez Addams]] {{Only}}
  
** [[Gomez Addams]] {{Only}}
 
** [[Morticia Addams]] {{Only}}
  
** [[Morticia Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Grandmama]] {{Only}}
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** [[Wednesday Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Lurch]] {{Only}}
  
 
** [[Pugsley Addams]] {{Only}}
  
** [[Pugsley Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Lurch]] {{Only}}
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** [[Grandmama]] {{Only}}
 
** [[Uncle Fester]] {{Only}}
  
** [[Uncle Fester]] {{Only}}
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** [[Wednesday Addams]] {{Only}}
  
 
** [[Cousin Itt]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
  
** [[Cousin Itt]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
 
** [[Thing]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
  
** [[Thing]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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'''Other characters''':
  
'''Other characters''':
 
* [[Ling-Poo]] {{Only}}
  
* [[Ling-Poo]] {{Only}}
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* [[Cleopatra (Wednesday is Missing)|Cleopatra the plant]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
 
* [[Mr. Bentley]] {{Only}}
  
* [[Mr. Bentley]] {{Only}}
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* [[Homer]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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* [[Homer (Wednesday is Missing)|Homer]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
 
* [[Brontosaur]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
  
* [[Brontosaur]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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* Neighbourhood kids {{Only}}{{NL}}
   
 
==Locations==
  
==Locations==
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==Objects==
  
==Objects==
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* [[Phonograph|Record player]]
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* TBA
  
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* [[Scooby Snacks|Scooby Snack]]
   
 
==Vehicles==
  
==Vehicles==
 
* The [[Mystery Machine]]
  
* The [[Mystery Machine]]
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* [[Housekeeping couple]]'s car
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* [[Addams Family]]'s car
   
 
==Suspects==
  
==Suspects==
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==Notes/trivia==
  
==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 NBC on September 8, 1973. Previously, a live-action sitcom aired on ABC from September 18, 1964 to September 9, 1966 for 64 episodes; 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. (Only Coogan and Cassidy returned to reprise their roles on the ensuing animated series; as Astin and Jones were unavailable, they were replaced by [[Lennie Weinrib|Len Weinrib]] and [[Janet Waldo]], respectively.)
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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 NBC on September 8, 1973. Previously, a live-action sitcom aired on [[ABC]] from September 18, 1964 to September 9, 1966 for 64 episodes; four of the sitcom's cast members: [[John Astin]] ([[Gomez Addams|Gomez]]), [[Carolyn Jones]] ([[Morticia Addams|Morticia]]), [[Jackie Coogan]] ([[Uncle Fester]]), and [[Ted Cassidy]] ([[Lurch]]), provided the voices for their characters. (Only Coogan and Cassidy returned to reprise their roles on the ensuing animated series; as Astin and Jones were unavailable, they were replaced by [[Lennie Weinrib|Len Weinrib]] and [[Janet Waldo]], respectively.)
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===Miscellaneous===
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* [[Scooby Snacks]]: None. (Although, [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]] does receive one ''after'' doing something brave.)
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* "Gang way" count: 1.
   
 
===Cultural references===
  
===Cultural references===
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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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* [[Fred Jones|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===
  
===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 the beginning, when the [[Mystery Machine]] is driving through the fog, from the inside where [[Shaggy Rogers|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===
  
===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
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* Why would Gomez and Morticia need house sitters when they have [[Lurch]]?
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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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* Gomez says to [[Fred Jones|Freddie]] and [[Velma Dinkley|the]] [[Daphne Blake|girls]] that he and are going away for three days (making it a three-day weekend), yet they still end up going for just the day.
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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 dinner, when the 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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* 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.
  
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* The disguised helicopter moves more 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 Blake|Daphne]] refers to the suit of armor as "the mummy" (the housekeeping woman also says about one being in the house). 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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{{Quotes
  
{{Quotes
 
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'''Male housekeeper''': Yes. We wanted to frighten the Addams Family out of the area.<br>
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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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'''[[Daphne Blake|Daphne]]''': But why?<br>
 
'''Female housekeeper''': All those eerie things in that house - mummies, dinosaurs - they had a bad effect on the neighborhood children.<br>
  
'''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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'''[[Velma Dinkley|Velma]]''': The neighborhood kids? Is '''that''' what this is about?<br>
 
'''Male housekeeper''': Why don't you call the authorities and get this over with?<br>
  
'''Male housekeeper''': Why don't you call the authorities and get this over with?<br>
 
'''Velma''': Just a minute, folks. I've got a much better solution.
  
'''Velma''': Just a minute, folks. I've got a much better solution.

Revision as of 00:45, 17 September 2015

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Wednesday is Missing,[citation needed] also known as Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family,[citation needed] 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:

Villains:

Other characters:

Locations

Objects

Vehicles

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
Ling-Poo
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

Full credits

The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).

Opening credits


Closing credits


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 NBC on September 8, 1973. Previously, a live-action sitcom aired on ABC from September 18, 1964 to September 9, 1966 for 64 episodes; 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. (Only Coogan and Cassidy returned to reprise their roles on the ensuing animated series; as Astin and Jones were unavailable, they were replaced by Len Weinrib and Janet Waldo, respectively.)

Miscellaneous

  • Scooby Snacks: None. (Although, Scooby does receive one after doing something brave.)
  • "Gang way" count: 1.

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

  • Why would Gomez and Morticia need house sitters when they have Lurch?
  • Gomez says to Freddie and the girls that he and are going away for three days (making it a three-day weekend), yet they still end up going for just the day.
  • At dinner, when the 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 disguised helicopter moves more 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" (the housekeeping woman also says about one being in the house). 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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