Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights

Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights is an animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera. It premiered 3 September 1994 on TBS. This special is animated with bright colors, stylized character designs and a flatter style to the previous television movies, and musically scored like a classic Warner Bros. cartoon, similar to Steven Spielberg's Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. It is an adaptation of The One Thousand and One Nights.
Despite the cameo appearances, this was the final cartoon from Hanna-Barbera Productions to feature its famous classic characters Yogi Bear and Boo Boo, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy Rogers (until the direct-to-video feature film Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island in 1998), and Magilla Gorilla before the studio closed down, and its assets absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. In addition, a string of new characters were made for this special and it was also the last time that Don Messick voiced Boo Boo and Scooby-Doo.
== Summary ==
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 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 Bear and Boo Boo) help her obtain the love of a prince while thwarting the plot of the evil wizard Haman.
The second and final tale is about Sinbad the Sailor (played by Magilla Gorilla) and how he mistakes a pirate ship for a cruise ship. As 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.
== Cast ==
* Don Messick - Scooby-Doo, Boo Boo Bear
* Casey Kasem - Shaggy Rogers
* Greg Burson - Yogi Bear, Royal Chef
* Allan Melvin - Magilla Gorilla
* Jennifer Hale - Aliyah-Din
* Rob Paulsen - Prince
* John Kassir - Haman
* Charlie Adler - Pirate Captain, Royal Guard #1
* Eddie Deezen - Caliph
* Maurice LaMarche - Cyclops
* Brian Cummings - Sultan, Flying Carpet Driver, Royal Guard #2
=== Additional Voices ===
* Paul Eiding - Scribe 
* Nick Jameson - Kitchen Worker, Dress Worker 
* Tony Jay - Lord of the Amulet 
* Kath Soucie - Princesses, female townsfolk 
* Frank Welker - Baby Ruhk Bird, Mother Ruhk Bird, Robot Dragon
== External Links ==
* BCDB record
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