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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Wednesday is Missing''}}
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{{Infobox Episode
 
{{Infobox Episode
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| mainimage= Gomez_and_Morticia_leave.png
| image= [[Image:Adams family movie.jpg|250px]]
 
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| titlecard= Wednesday_is_Missing_title_card.png
 
| series= The New Scooby-Doo Movies
 
| series= The New Scooby-Doo Movies
| episode= 103
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| episodenum= 103
| airdate= September 23, 1972
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| airdate= September 23, 1972 ([[CBS]])
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| runtime= 41m 18s
| writtenby=
 
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| writtenby= ''[[Wednesday is Missing#Full credits|See below]]''
 
| directedby= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
 
| directedby= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
 
| previousepisode= ''[[The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair]]''
 
| previousepisode= ''[[The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair]]''
 
| nextepisode= ''[[The Frickert Fracas]]''
 
| nextepisode= ''[[The Frickert Fracas]]''
 
}}
 
}}
'''''Wednesday is Missing''''' ('''''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]]''.
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'''''Wednesday is Missing''''',{{Cite}} also known as '''''Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family''''',{{Cite}} is the third episode of the [[The New Scooby-Doo Movies season 1|first season]] of ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]''.
   
 
==Premise==
 
==Premise==
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 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==
 
''Insert details here.''
 
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==Characters==
==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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** [[Shaggy Rogers]]
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** [[Fred Jones]]
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** [[Daphne Blake]]
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** [[Velma Dinkley]]
 
* The [[Addams Family]] {{Only}}
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** [[Gomez Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Morticia Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Wednesday Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Pugsley Addams]] {{Only}}
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** [[Lurch]] {{Only}}
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** [[Grandmama]] {{Only}}
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** [[Uncle Fester]] {{Only}}
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** [[Cousin Itt]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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** [[Thing]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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'''Villains''':
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* [[Vulture (Wednesday is Missing)|Vulture]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Disguise}}/
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* [[Housekeeping couple]] {{Only}}{{Redeemed}}
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'''Other characters''':
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* [[Ling-Poo]] {{Only}}
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* [[Cleopatra (Wednesday is Missing)|Cleopatra the plant]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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* [[Mr. Bentley]] {{Only}}
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* [[Homer (Wednesday is Missing)|Homer]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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* [[Brontosaur]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
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* Neighbourhood kids {{Only}}{{NL}}
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==Locations==
 
* [[Addams Family mansion]]
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* [[China]] {{Mentioned}}
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* [[Okefenokee Swamp]]
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* [[Eiffel Tower]] {{Mentioned}}
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==Objects==
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* [[Phonograph|Record player]]
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* [[Scooby Snacks|Scooby Snack]]
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==Vehicles==
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* [[Mystery Machine|The Mystery Machine]]
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* [[Housekeeping couple]]'s car
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* [[Addams Family]]'s car
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==Suspects==
 
None
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===Culprits===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Actor
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! Culprit
 
! Motive/reason
! Character
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| The [[housekeeping couple]] as the [[Vulture (Wednesday is Missing)|Vulture]]
| [[Don Messick]]
 
 
| They thought that the Addams family were frightening to the neighborhood children.
 
|}
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==Cast==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! [[Don Messick]]
 
| [[Scooby-Doo]]
 
| [[Scooby-Doo]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Casey Kasem]]
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! [[Casey Kasem]]
| [[Shaggy Rogers]]
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| [[Shaggy Rogers]]<br />[[Ling-Poo]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Frank Welker]]
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! [[Frank Welker]]
| [[Fred Jones]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping man]]<br />[[Giant Vulture]]
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| [[Fred Jones]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping man]]<br />[[Vulture (Wednesday is Missing)|Vulture]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Heather North Kenney|Heather North]]
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! [[Heather North Kenney|Heather North]]
 
| [[Daphne Blake]]
 
| [[Daphne Blake]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Nicole Jaffe]]
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! [[Nicole Jaffe]]
 
| [[Velma Dinkley]]
 
| [[Velma Dinkley]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[John Astin]]
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! [[John Astin]]
 
| [[Gomez Addams]]
 
| [[Gomez Addams]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Janet Waldo]]
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! [[Janet Waldo]]
 
| [[Grandmama]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping woman]]
 
| [[Grandmama]]<br />[[Housekeeping couple|Housekeeping woman]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Ted Cassidy]]
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! [[Ted Cassidy]]
 
| [[Lurch]]
 
| [[Lurch]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Carolyn Jones]]
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! [[Carolyn Jones]]
 
| [[Morticia Addams]]
 
| [[Morticia Addams]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Jodie Foster]]
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! [[Jodie Foster]]
 
| [[Pugsley Addams]]
 
| [[Pugsley Addams]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Jackie Coogan]]
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! [[Jackie Coogan]]
 
| [[Uncle Fester]]
 
| [[Uncle Fester]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Cindy Henderson]]
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! [[Cindy Henderson]]
 
| [[Wednesday Addams]]
 
| [[Wednesday Addams]]
 
|}
 
|}
   
==Guest stars==
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==Full credits==
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The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).
* The [[Addams Family]]
 
   
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===Opening credits===
==Villains==
 
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Show" data-collapsetext="Hide">
* Giant Vulture/housekeeping couple (redeemed)
 
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<br>
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* '''Featuring the voices of''': [[John Astin]], [[Ted Cassidy]], [[Jackie Coogan]], [[Carolyn Jones]]
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* '''Created by''': David Levy
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* '''Based on the cartoons by''': Charles Addams
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</div>
   
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===Closing credits===
==Suspects==
 
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<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="Show" data-collapsetext="Hide">
None
 
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<br>
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* '''Produced and Directed''': [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]]
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* '''Associate Producer''': [[Alex Lovy]]
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* '''Story''': [[Jameson Brewer]], [[Tom Dagenais]], [[Ruth Flippen]], [[Fred Freiberger]], [[Willie Gilbert]], [[Bill Lutz]], [[Larry Markes]], [[Norman Maurer]], [[Jack Mendelsohn]], [[Ray Parker]], [[Gene Thompson]], [[Paul West]], [[Harry Winkler]]
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* '''Story Direction''': [[Steve Clark]], [[Mike Kawaguchi]], [[Paul Sommer]], [[Carl Fallberg]], [[George Singer]], [[Irv Spector]], [[Howard Swift]]
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* '''Voices''': [[Nicole Jaffe]], [[Don Messick]], [[Frank Welker]], [[Daws Butler]], [[Joan Gerber]], [[Larry Harmon]], [[Ann Jillian]], [[Jim MacGeorge]], [[Mike Road]], [[Vincent VanPatten]], [[Casey Kasem]], [[Heather North Kenney|Heather North]], [[John Stephenson]], [[Henry Cordon]], [[Florence Halop]], [[Pat Harrington]], [[Ted Knight]], [[Cindy Putman]], [[Olan Soulé]], [[Lennie Weinrib|Len Weinrib]]
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* '''Animation Director''': [[Charles A. Nichols]]
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* '''Production Design''': [[Iwao Takamoto]]
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* '''Production Supervisor''': [[Victor O. Schipek]]
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* '''Layout''': [[Bob Singer]], [[John Ahern]], [[Mike Arens]], [[Ric Gonzalez]], [[Alex Ignatiev]], [[Ray Jacobs]], [[Bill Lignate]], [[Alvaro Arce]], [[Mo Gollub]], [[Paul Gruwett]], [[Zygamond Jablecki]], [[Herb Johnson]], [[Lew Ott]]
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* '''Animation''': [[Bill Keil]], [[Ed Aardal]], [[Oliver Callahan|Lefty Callahan]], [[George Cannata|Goerge Cannata]], [[Izzy Ellis]], [[John Garling]], [[Fred Grable]], [[Joan Orbison]], [[Jay Sarbry]], [[Irv Spence]], [[Carlo Vinci]], [[Ed Barge]], [[Lars Calonius]], [[Rudy Cataldi]], [[Hugh Fraser]], [[Bob Goe]], [[Dick Lundy]], [[Ed Parks]], [[Ken Southworth]], [[Dave Tendlar]], [[Xenia]]
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* '''Backgrounds''': [[F. Montelaegre]], [[Gary Niblett]], [[Dave High]]
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* '''Titles''': [[Iraj Paran]]
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* '''Musical Director''': [[Hoyt Curtin]]
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* '''Musical Supervision''': [[Paul DeKorte]]
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* '''Technical Supervisor''': [[Frank Paiker]]
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* '''Ink and Paint Supervisor''': [[Jayne Barbera]]
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* '''Xerography''': [[Robert "Tiger" West|Robert ‘Tiger’ West]]
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* '''Sound Direction''': [[Richard Olson]], [[Bill Getty]]
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* '''Supervising Film Editor''': [[Larry Cowan]]
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* '''Film Editors''': [[Earl Bennet]], [[Ron Sawade]], [[Pat Foley]]
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* '''Negative Consultant''': [[William E. DeBoer]]
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* '''Post Production''': [[Joed Eaton]]
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* '''Camera''': [[George Epperson]], [[John Aardal]], [[Dennis Weaver]], [[Ralph Migliori]]
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* '''A [[Hanna-Barbera]] Production'''
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* '''RCA Sound Recording'''
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* '''© 1972 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.'''
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* '''a hanna-barbera production'''
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</div>
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{{Clear}}
   
===Culprits===
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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 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.)
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Culprit
 
! Motive/reason
 
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| The [[Housekeeping couple]] operating the [[Giant Vulture]] helicopter
 
| They thought that the Addams family were frightening to the neighborhood children.
 
|}
 
   
==Locations==
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===Miscellaneous===
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* [[Scooby Snacks]]: None. (Although, [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]] does receive one ''after'' doing something brave.)
* [[Addams Family mansion]]
 
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* "Gang way" count: 1.
   
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===Cultural references===
==Notes/trivia==
 
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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.
* None known.
 
   
 
===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 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.  
* 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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* Why would Gomez and Morticia need house sitters when they have [[Lurch]]?
* At dinner when the Giant Vulture makes its appearance, the lighs(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 is 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 [[Thing]] fires up the candles. But in the next shot, the candles are out again.
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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.
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==In other languages==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Language
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! Name
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! Meaning
 
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|'''Hungarian'''
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|Scooby-Doo és az Addams Family
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|Scooby-Doo and the Addams Family
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|}
   
 
==Home media==
 
==Home media==
* Since ''The Addams Family'' characters are owned by another company, licensing issues prohibits [[Warner Home Video]] from releasing this onto DVD.
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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==
 
==Quotes==
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{{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 Blake|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 Dinkley|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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}}
   
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Revision as of 21:07, 26 February 2016

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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 as the Vulture 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
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 is 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 Thing fires up the candles. But in the next shot, the candles are out again.
  • 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.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Hungarian Scooby-Doo és az Addams Family Scooby-Doo and the Addams Family

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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