The Space Shark

The Space Shark is a Zillion Dollar Adventures segment that aired on the Season 2 premiere of the Richie Rich cartoon series, as part of The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show. The episode first aired 12 September 1981 on ABC.
== Summary ==
The Rich family are preparing for a formal dinner in honor of two astronauts heading into outer space. The astronauts were accompanied by their daughter, Deborah Grant, when the event was underway. The next morning, Richie and Deborah were witnessing a historic space flight, but when Deborah's parents were in orbit, their rocket was swallowed by a mechanical shark operated by Ugghra. A kidnapping plot is suspected, so using one of Richie's spacecraft, Richie, Deborah and Dollar the Dog head into space in search of Deborah's parents.
== Trivia ==
* This story shares the same title as part two of the comic book story "Playhouses Are His Hobby", originally published in issue #16 of Richie Rich Zillionz in June 1979. The comic book version involved Dr. Blemish as the prime suspect who kidnapped Richie and Gloria Glad, and the Space Shark was actually an invisible spacecraft designed to secretly capture Blemish, as the spacecraft was actually used by the police. This animated version was a completely different story, as the Space Shark was actually operated by other villains.
* When Deborah and Richie were first behind bars in the villain's hideout along with Deborah's parents, the bow in Deborah's hair was white instead of pink.
== Voices ==
* Stanley Jones as Richard Rich, Sr. and Cadbury
* Joan Gerber as Irona
* Patty Maloney as Deborah Grant (uncredited)
* Sparky Marcus as Richie Rich
* Frank Welker as Dollar the Dog
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