Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights

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Arabian Nights
Directed by Jun Falkenstein
Joanna Romersa
Produced by William Hanna (executive)
Joseph Barbera (executive)
Buzz Potamkin (executive)
Jun Falkenstein
Joanna Romersa
Starring Don Messick
Casey Kasem
Eddie Deezen
Greg Burson
Alan Melvin
Charlie Adler
Brian Cummings
Rob Paulsen
Frank Welker
Kath Soucie
Jennifer Hale
Maurice LaMarche
John Kassir
Music by Steven Bernstein
Distributed by Turner Entertainment
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Running time 69 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Arabian Nights (re-issued on VHS and DVD as Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights and also Scooby-Doo! Arabian Nights) is an animated television movie produced by Hanna-Barbera and premiered on TBS in 1994. The film is an adaptation of The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.

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[edit] Plot

Scooby and Shaggy are hired as royal food-tasters by a young Arab Caliph - a job offer they can't refuse. When they eat everything, the Caliph gets mad and has his guards chase them, until he finds Shaggy disguised in drag as a harem girl. In order to make the prince fall asleep, Shaggy tells him two classic stories:

  • The first tale is about a female character named Aliyah-din and how the genies (played by Yogi and Boo Boo) help her obtain the love of a prince while thwarting the plot of the evil wizard Haman.
  • The second tale is about Sinbad the Sailor (played by Magilla Gorilla) and how he mistakens a pirate ship for a cruise ship.

When Shaggy is about to escape, the Caliph decides to start the ceremony right away. When the wedding cake arrives, Shaggy pigs out and his ruse is discovered. He and Scooby are asked to be the royal storytellers, and the duo accept as well as being the royal food tasters again.

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[edit] Trivia

  • Apart from cameo appearances, this was the final cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera to feature its famous legends, Yogi and Boo Boo, Magilla Gorilla, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy. It was also the final time Don Messick did the voice of Scooby-Doo.
  • This special is drawn, animated, and musically scored like a classic Warner Bros. cartoon, slightly resembling an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures or Animaniacs, rather than the regular Hanna-Barbera style. It even uses the same music as Animaniacs and does not use the classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects as often as the classic shows did.

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Scooby-Doo
Main Characters

Scooby-Doo • Shaggy Rogers • Fred Jones • Daphne Blake • Velma Dinkley
Minor Characters

Scrappy-Doo • Scooby-Dum • Yabba-Doo
Television shows

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1972) • The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974) • The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1979) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–1983) • The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show / The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–1985) • The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985–1986) • A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) • What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006) • Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008)
Package shows and programming blocks

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1977) • Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1978) • Scooby's All-Stars (1978–1979) • The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982) • The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983) Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1985–1986)
Television films and specials

Scooby Goes Hollywood (TV special, 1979) • Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987) • Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988) • Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) (Scooby-Doo in) Arabian Nights (1994)
Direct-to-video films

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) • Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999) • Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000) • Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001) • Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003) • Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003) • Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (2004) • Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005) • Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy? (2005) • Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006) • Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007) • Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (2008)
Theatrical films

Scooby-Doo (2002) • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
Amusement Rides

Scooby-Doo's Ghoster Coaster (1984)  • The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990)  • Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster (2002)  • Scooby-Doo and the Haunted Mansion (2004)
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