The Pie-Eyed Piper

The Pie-Eyed Piper was a Riches segment on the fifth episode during Season 3 of the Richie Rich cartoon series, as part of The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show. The segment first aired 23 October 1982 on ABC.
== Summary ==
Richie and his mother, Regina Rich, are relaxing to music provided by a private symphony orchestra consisting of robots. Then, a culprit known as The Pie-Eyed Piper is stealing three special but rare diamonds that give off notes, which Richie gave his mother, Irona and Chef Pierre last Christmas. To guard against his theft, he uses a magical flute that causes his victims to dance to hypnotic music. Irona and Chef Pierre are victims to his music.
Then, Richie and Dollar were about to foil the Piper's schemes, the Piper is about to strike each of the pilfered gems to mesmerize Richie, but just before the Piper strikes the third gem, Richie pulls out a large powerful magnet to pull the Piper's cast-iron earplugs out of his ears. The Piper ordered Richie to give them back, but Richie had a tape recorder in his hand, and had apparently recorded the Piper's music, which mesmerized the Piper and made him dance uncontrollably.
Meanwhile, the gems were returned to the rightful owners, and Regina was glad things are back to normal again, but then Irona and Chef Pierre were still dancing, and Richie mentioned the effects have yet to wear off, but told his mother that they should just "enjoy the show" - Irona's and Pierre's dance act.
== Trivia ==
* This segment's title was a play on the popular fairy tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin, but in the fairy tale, the piper used his magic pipe to lure rats out of a German town upon the children's demands.
* This story is loosely based on the comic book stories "The Pie-Eyed Piper", originally published in a late 1981 issue of Richie Rich Gems, and "The Song of Evil", then recently republished in Richie Rich Digest Winners #13 late in 1981.
* Although the hypnotic music impacted Irona, Chef Pierre, Dollar and an estate police officer, Professor Keenbean was never affected despite hearing the music from his lab, implying that the music only affects people nearby and not from a distance.
== Voice Cast ==
* William Callaway as Professor Keenbean
* Joan Gerber as Regina Rich, Irona
* Sparky Marcus as Richie Rich
* Frank Welker as Dollar the Dog
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