document_title: List of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episodes

question_text: when was the first episode of scooby doo

text: Series overview[edit]

text:
Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
17
September 13, 1969 (1969-09-13)
January 17, 1970 (1970-01-17)

2
8
September 12, 1970 (1970-09-12)
October 31, 1970 (1970-10-31)

3
16
September 9, 1978
December 23, 1978

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (1969–70)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Villain(s)
Original air date

1
1
"What a Night for a Knight"
Black Knight / Mr. Wickles
September 13, 1969 (1969-09-13)

While walking home from the movies, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo discover a black suit of armor in a pickup truck, and the gang deliver it to the local museum. The kids later break into the museum to search for clues, after learning that the archaeologist who was transporting the suit is missing, and they find that the knight's armor has come to life.

2
2
"Hassle in the Castle"
Phantom of Vasquez / Bluestone the Great
September 20, 1969 (1969-09-20)

The gang goes out on a boating expedition, but gets lost in a fog and crashes their boat on the mysterious Haunted Isle. They decide to venture to the abandoned Vázquez Castle on the island for help, but instead encounter a transparent phantom running loose, who threatens them to leave the island and never return.

3
3
"A Clue for Scooby-Doo"
Ghost of Captain Cutler / Captain Cutler
September 27, 1969 (1969-09-27)

The kids' beach party is interrupted by a ghost in a glowing deep sea-diving suit, who they think is connected with the disappearance of several yachts. The mystery leads the gang to a bay known as "The Graveyard of Ships" where they have a run-in with the ghost.

4
4
"Mine Your Own Business"
Miner 49er / Hank
October 4, 1969 (1969-10-04)

Thanks to Shaggy reading the map upside down, the sleuths end up in Gold City, an old mining town, haunted by the ghost of a miner from 1849 who is said to wander the mines looking for the last vein of gold.

5
5
"Decoy for a Dognapper"
Indian Witch Doctor and Ghost of Geronimo / Buck Masters
October 11, 1969 (1969-10-11)

When a series of local dognappings alarms prize-winning dog trainer Buck Masters, the gang offers to have Scooby-Doo pose as a decoy to catch the dognappers. However, their plan works too well as Scooby is himself dognapped, leading the gang to discover that the dognappers appear to be under the command of a ghostly Indian witch doctor.

6
6
"What the Hex Going On?"
Ghost of Elias Kingston / Stuart Weatherby
October 18, 1969 (1969-10-18)

The kids pay a visit to their friend Sharon Weatherby, whose Uncle Stuart has been cursed by the ghost of the family's neighbor, Elias Kingston. When Uncle Stuart disappears altogether, Mystery, Inc. ventures into the abandoned and allegedly haunted Kingston Mansion next door, in search of him and the ghost.

7
7
"Never Ape an Ape Man"
Ape Man / Carl
October 25, 1969 (1969-10-25)

The gang get jobs as extras on Daphne's uncle John's set of his new movie The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain, based on the legend of an ape man. However, the legend soon comes true and the ape man terrorizes the set and the gang.

8
8
"Foul Play in Funland"
Charlie the Funland Robot controlled by Sarah Jenkins
November 1, 1969 (1969-11-01)

The gang notice that the carnival Funland appears to be operating by itself, so they go to investigate. They soon discover a crazy robot running loose, but when they notify the caretaker, he and his wife are rebuffed, convincing the kids to solve the mystery.

9
9
"The Backstage Rage"
Phantom Puppeteer / Mr. Pietro
November 8, 1969 (1969-11-08)

While getting a pizza, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo come across a violin case filled with counterfeit money. While Scooby is distracted by a dog puppet, the case of money is stolen away. Shaggy, Scooby, and the rest of the gang find a string puppet controller at the scene and follow it to the local puppet theater, where they uncover a counterfeiting operation, controlled by a spooky puppet master.

10
10
"Bedlam in the Big Top"
Ghost Clown / Harry the Hypnotist
November 15, 1969 (1969-11-15)

Mystery, Inc. meets a strongman and a midget, both on the run from a circus allegedly haunted by a ghost clown. The gang goes to the circus grounds to investigate, but several of them fall victim to the Ghost Clown's powers of hypnotism.

11
11
"A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts"
Count Dracula, Werewolf, Frankenstein's Monster and the Gypsy / Big Bob Oakley, alias "The Actor"
November 22, 1969 (1969-11-22)

While on their way to Franken Castle, the gang stop to get their fortunes told by a gypsy. She warns them "they will meet their doom" if they go to the castle. The gang goes to the castle anyway, where they are confronted by Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and a Werewolf.

12
12
"Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too"
Mummy of Ankha / Dr. Najib
November 29, 1969 (1969-11-29)

While visiting a museum, the gang learn about the legend of Ankha, a 3000-year-old mummy. Legend had it that the mummy will come back alive and turn people to stone if he is removed from his tomb. Shaggy later finds a coin inside his pocket from the exhibit, and when the gang go back to return it, they find the mummy has come to life and turned the professors to stone, and now he wants Shaggy's coin.

13
13
"Which Witch is Which?"
Witch / Zeb Perkins, Zombie / Zeke Perkins
December 6, 1969 (1969-12-06)

While lost in a swamp, the gang comes across a zombie who spooks them. In the nearby town of Swamp's End, they learn that a witch nearby brought the zombie to life, and the gang investigates.

14
14
"Spooky Space Kook"
Space Kook / Henry Bascombe
December 13, 1969 (1969-12-13)

The Mystery Machine runs out of gas in front of a farmhouse, next to an abandoned airfield, which is haunted by a UFO and its ghostly alien driver.

15
15
"Go Away Ghost Ship"
Ghost of Redbeard / C.L. Magnus, Ghosts of Redbeard's Crew / Hired Henchmen
December 20, 1969 (1969-12-20)

The newspaper reports that local shipping company owner C.L. Magnus's company is going out of business, because the ghost of the pirate Redbeard is haunting the harbor and looting Magnus' ships. After reading the story and consulting Magnus, the gang sets out to see if they can stop the ghost.

16
16
"A Night of Fright is No Delight"
Phantom Shadows (Giggling Green Ghosts) / Cosgoode Creeps and Cuthbert Crawls
January 10, 1970 (1970-01-10)

Scooby-Doo is named in the will of Colonel Beauregard Sanders, an eccentric millionaire whose life he saved several years earlier. The only way to claim the inheritance is for Scooby, and the other four heirs to stay the night in the Colonel's mansion — which they quickly learn is haunted by two phantom shadows.
Note: In "Scoobynatural," a season 13 episode of The CW horror fantasy show Supernatural, protagonists Sam and Dean Winchester along with the angel Castiel get sucked into this episode of Scooby-Doo by an actual ghost where they team up with the Scooby Gang to solve the mystery.

17
17
"That's Snow Ghost"
Snow Ghost / Mr. Greenway
January 17, 1970 (1970-01-17)

While on a skiing vacation at Wolf's End Lodge, the kids are scared by the ghost of a Yeti, called the Snow Ghost, who is believed to turn anyone he captures into ghosts. In search of clues, the gang eventually meet a Tibetan hermit who thinks he is responsible for summoning the monster.

text: Season 2 (1970)[edit]

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Villain(s)
Chase song
Original air date

18
1
"Nowhere to Hyde"
Ghost of Mr. Hyde / Dr. Jekyll
Recipe for My Love
September 12, 1970 (1970-09-12)

On their way home from the Malt Shop, the gang encounters the Ghost of Mr. Hyde in the back of the Mystery Machine, who runs through a marsh and sneaks into a spooky house. The house turns out to be the home of Dr. Jekyll (great-grandson of the novel character), who fears he may be transforming into the ghost. The gang begin searching the house for clues, pegging Helga, Jekyll's housekeeper, as a likely suspect, but they are pursued at every turn by the ghost.

19
2
"Mystery Mask Mix-Up"
Ghost of Zen Tuo / Mr. Fong, Scare Pair / Mr. Fong's Henchmen
I Can Make You Happy
September 19, 1970 (1970-09-19)

After attending a Chinese New Year parade, the gang goes shopping in a curio shop where Daphne buys a golden mask. The gang then visits Mr. Fong, and they soon learn from him that the mask was stolen many centuries ago from the crypt of a Chinese warlord named Zen Tuo, and now his ghost and his two zombie henchmen want it back.

20
3
"Jeepers, It's the Creeper"
Creeper / Mr. Carswell
Daydreamin'
September 26, 1970 (1970-09-26)

While on their way to their high school's barn dance, the gang comes across a knocked-out bank guard and his ransacked car. After he mumbles to them some clues, they discover that the local banks have been robbed by a mysterious zombie-like phantom called the Creeper.

21
4
"Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright"
Caveman / Professor Wayne
Seven Days a Week
October 3, 1970 (1970-10-03)

While out fishing, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo hook a two-million-year-old caveman frozen in a block of ice, which the gang learns was lost at sea during a violent storm. They take the caveman to the Oceanland aquarium, but when someone melts the ice block and the caveman goes on the rampage, the gang decides to stick around and investigate.

22
5
"Haunted House Hang-Up"
Headless Spectre / Penrod Stillwall, Phantom / Asa Shanks
Love the World
October 10, 1970 (1970-10-10)

The Mystery Machine overheats in front of an old spooky mansion, and the gang goes to look for help, but finds out that the house is being haunted by the Headless Spectre, a terrifying phantom with no head. The mystery gets even stranger when they begin to hear knocking sounds and clues leading to a treasure.

23
6
"A Tiki Scare is No Fair"
Witch Doctor / John Simms, Mano Tiki Tia / A giant robot controlled by John Simms's henchman
N/A
October 17, 1970 (1970-10-17)

Shaggy and Scooby's vacation in Hawaii is interrupted by a ghostly witch doctor, who warns the tourists and natives they are on the sacred grounds of the island god Mano Tiki Tia and to stay away from the cursed village. Later, the gang's guide John Simms goes missing, so it is up to the gang to search for him in the supposedly cursed village, where they eventually run into the witch doctor, and the giant statue of Mano Tiki Tia.

24
7
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?"
Ghost of Silas Long the Werewolf / Sheep Rustler
Tell Me, Tell Me
October 24, 1970 (1970-10-24)

Out on a camping trip, the gang hears the sounds of a wolf, so they decide to follow wolf-like tracks to the open and empty grave of Silas Long, who was supposedly a werewolf. They follow his tracks further to an old abandoned sawmill filled with wool, empty barrels, and the werewolf ghost himself.

25
8
"Don't Fool with a Phantom"
Wax Phantom / Roger Steven
Pretty Mary Sunlight
October 31, 1970 (1970-10-31)

While participating in the Johnny Sands Dance Game Show at the local TV station, the teens encounter a phantom made of wax, who steals a safe full of money and kidnaps the station manager. Is the phantom a hoax, or the result of a curse from an old station employee seeking revenge for the cancellation of his show?
This is initially the series finale and the last episode under the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! name until September, 1978.

text: Season 3 (1978) (Revival)[edit]

text: Note: Only the first nine episodes of the sixteen episode 1978 season of Scooby-Doo, listed below, were broadcast under the Scooby-Doo, Where are You! name. The revival series was canceled afterward, and the remaining seven episodes, that were intended for the revival, were instead broadcast during the Scooby's All-Stars block, and all sixteen were rerun during this block and later syndicated as part of The Scooby-Doo Show. See List of The Scooby-Doo Show episodes for the entire season run and The Scooby-Doo Show for proper production credits.

text:
No.
overall
No. in
season
Title
Villain(s)
Original air date

26
1
"Watch Out! The Willawaw!"
The Williwaw and Owl Men / Grey Fox and henchmen
September 9, 1978 (1978-09-09)

While visiting Velma's Uncle Dave, the gang find out he has been kidnapped from his home, and that a mysterious Williwaw is haunting the area.

27
2
"A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle"
Skeleton Men / Dr. Grimsley
September 16, 1978 (1978-09-16)

While on a boat flowing down the Gulf Stream, the gang end up in the Bermuda Triangle and discover an airplane-snatching flying saucer and a trio of Skeleton Men.

28
3
"A Scary Night with a Snow Beast Fright"
Snow Beast / Dr. Bapiste
September 23, 1978 (1978-09-23)

After being invited by Professor Krueger at the North Pole, the gang finds out that he has been captured. After they meet an Eskimo named Chief Minook, he gets captured as well, and the gang attempts to solve the mystery.

29
4
"To Switch a Witch"
Millisa Wilcox / Arlene's twin sister and Gar Mooney
September 30, 1978 (1978-09-30)

On Halloween night, the New England town of Salem is being haunted by the witch of Milissa Wilcox, who was burned at the stake in 1778. After receiving a distressed call from their friend Arlene Wilcox, a descendant of the accused witch, the gang arrives to help, despite being warned off by the town's mayor. The witch, it seems, looks exactly like Arlene. Soon after the gang's arrival, the townsfolk hold a meeting and decide to take Arlene into custody and make her confess that she has been possessed by the witch. As Shaggy and Scooby prepare for Halloween, they encounter the witch.

30
5
"The Tar Monster"
The Tar Monster / Mr. Stoner
October 7, 1978 (1978-10-07)

The gang go to the ancient city of Byzantius in Turkey. On the way there, they meet the Tar Monster, who frightens the workers away while opening the inner sanctum.

31
6
"A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing"
The Loch Ness Monster and The Ghost of Finnyan McDuff / Jamie Craigmore
October 14, 1978 (1978-10-14)

The gang travel to Scotland to visit their friend Aggie MacDuff, who says people have left her castle in fear after ghost sightings. It seems the ghost plays bagpipes to call on the Loch Ness Monster to help him scare people away from the castle.

32
7
"The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face"
Old Iron Face / Mama Mione
October 21, 1978 (1978-10-21)

As the gang go water-skiing, they encounter Old Iron Face, a phantom who is supposed to have a hideous face. Later the gang's guide, Captain Morgan, disappears, and they set out for the island to find him.

33
8
"Jeepers, It's the Jaguaro"
Jaguaro / Barney and Luis
October 28, 1978 (1978-10-28)

After an emergency landing in a jungle in Brazil, the gang get caught between headhunter natives, and the Jaguaro: a creature with the head of a jaguar, and the body of an ape.

34
9
"Make a Beeline Away from That Feline"
Cat Creature / Dr. Bell
November 4, 1978 (1978-11-04)

As the gang go to visit Daphne's aunt, she says that a strange and unexpected package that had a cat medallion in it arrived at her door. She believes that every night, she turns into the cat creature — the same cat creature that robbed a jewelry store.
Note: This is the last episode in season 3 broadcast under the Scooby-Doo, Where are You! banner, as the revival series was cancelled.

35
10
"The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw"
Mantis Creature / Professor Greer
November 11, 1978 (1978-11-11)

The gang discovers a humanoid mantis creature roaming around Vulture's Claw Botanical Gardens.

36
11
"The Diabolical Disc Demon"
The Phantom / Ace Decade
November 18, 1978 (1978-11-18)

The kids discovers the Diabolical Disc Demon. He wants a half-finished song of a missing writer and will stop at nothing to get it.

37
12
"Scooby's Chinese Fortune Kooky Caper"
Moon Monster / Uncle Chin
November 25, 1978 (1978-11-25)

The gang runs into The Moon Monster. There are rumors that if you run into his shadow, you will be turned into stone.

38
13
"A Menace in Venice"
Ghostly Gondolier / Mario
December 2, 1978 (1978-12-02)

The gang goes to visit their friend Antonio in Venice. They soon find out that a ghost is haunting him and the ghost plans to steal the ancient necklace Antonio is wearing.

39
14
"Don't Go Near the Fortress of Fear"
Ghost of Juan Carlos / Captain Eddie
December 9, 1978 (1978-12-09)

The gang arrives at Puerto Rico to visit the ancient fortress El Moro. While there, the kids run into a ghostly commander named Juan Diego who warns them to stay away from his creepy fortress.

40
15
"The Warlock of Wimbledon"
Warlock Anthos / Nick Thomas and his brother John the Gatekeeper
December 16, 1978 (1978-12-16)

The gang meets Jimmy Pelton, a star tennis player, while cruising England. Jimmy has been cursed by the Warlock Anthos that if he plays in Wimbledon, he is doomed.

41
16
"The Beast is Awake at Bottomless Lake"
Beast of Bottomless Lake / Julie Johnson
December 23, 1978 (1978-12-23)

The gang goes to Canada at a newly deserted village of Bottomless Lake. It turns out that a beast has scared everyone away.
Note: This episode in essence is the series finale of three shows (the Scooby-Doo segments of Scooby's All-Stars, The Scooby-Doo Show, and - unofficially - Scooby-Doo, Where are You!).


document_title: Shooting an Elephant

question_text: who is the speaker in shooting an elephant

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text: Shooting an Elephant

text: Context[edit]

text: Britain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1823–1886), during which three Anglo-Burmese wars took place, and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. It was administered as a province of India until 1937, when it became a separate, self-governing colony, attaining its independence on January 4, 1948. With a strong interest in the lives of the working class, Orwell—born in India to a middle-class family, but brought up in Britain—held the post of assistant superintendent in the British Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927.

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text: "Moulmein used to be full of elephants..." [employed to] haul logs in the timber firms. "Ordinary tamed elephants have been part of Burmese life for centuries,...the rare and revered white elephant, is believed in Buddhist legend to be a symbol of purity and power."[4] By the time Orwell moved to Moulmein, in 1926, "...he was most probably ambivalent about the colonial state of which he was a part. The Kipling-inspired romance of the Raj had been worn thin by the daily realities of his job in which,...he witnessed 'the dirty work of Empire at close quarters'."[4]:223 Orwell writes how he was trapped between his own resentment towards the Empire and the Burmese people's resentment towards him. As a member of the ruling power, he is cornered into doing what the "natives" expect of him: "He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it." "[4]:224

text: Events[edit]

text: In Moulmein, the narrator—Orwell, writing in the first person—is a police officer during a period of intense anti-European sentiment. Although his intellectual sympathies lie with the Burmese, his official role makes him a symbol of the oppressive imperial power. As such, he is subjected to constant baiting and jeering by the local people.[2]

text: After receiving a call regarding a normally tame elephant's rampage, the narrator, armed with a .44 caliber Winchester rifle and riding on a pony, goes to the town where the elephant has been seen. Entering one of the poorest quarters, he receives conflicting reports and contemplates leaving, thinking the incident is a hoax. The narrator then sees a village woman chasing away children who are looking at the corpse of an Indian whom the elephant has trampled and killed. He sends an order to bring an elephant rifle and, followed by a group of roughly a few thousand people, heads toward the paddy field where the elephant has rested in its tracks.

text: Although he does not want to kill the elephant now that it seems peaceful, the narrator feels pressured by the demand of the crowd for the act to be carried out. After inquiring as to the elephant's behavior and delaying for some time, he shoots the elephant several times, wounding it but unable to kill it. The narrator then leaves the beast, unable to be in its presence as it continues to suffer. He later learns that it was stripped, nearly to the bone, within hours. His elderly colleagues agree that killing the elephant was the best thing to do, but the younger ones believe that it was worth more than the Indian it killed. The narrator then wonders if they will ever understand that he did it "solely to avoid looking a fool."[2]

text: Themes[edit]

text: Imperialism[edit]

text: An anti-imperialist writer, Orwell promotes the idea that, through imperialism, both conqueror and conquered are destroyed.[5] Orwell clearly states his displeasure with colonial Britain: "I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing... I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors, the British."[2] The narrator perceives that the conqueror is not in control, but it is rather the will of the people that governs his actions. As ruler, he notes that it is his duty to appear resolute, with his word being final.

text: I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys. He becomes a sort of hollow, posing dummy, the conventionalized figure of a sahib. For it is the condition of his rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the "natives," and so in every crisis he has got to do what the "natives" expect of him. He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it. I had got to shoot the elephant. I had committed myself to doing it when I sent for the rifle. A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things. To come all that way, rifle in hand, with two thousand people marching at my heels, and then to trail feebly away, having done nothing — no, that was impossible. The crowd would laugh at me. And my whole life, every white man's life in the East, was one long struggle not to be laughed at.[2]

text: Although it is not the narrator's wish to shoot the elephant, and even though he holds a weapon far beyond the technological capabilities of the natives, his will is not his own and, due to their expectation, he realises that he must shoot the elephant; "I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind." Reflectively, the narrator realises that being forced to impose strict laws and to shoot the elephant—he states his feelings against the act, but submits after comprehending he "had got to shoot the elephant"—illustrates an inherent problem of hegemony: "when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys."[2][6] By enforcing the strict British rule, he is forfeiting his freedom while concurrently oppressing the Burmese.[1]

text: Conqueror and conquered[edit]

text: The narrator's situation throughout the essay is one of little prospect or prominence. He comments on how, even though he is of the ruling class, he finds himself either largely ignored by the Burmese people or hated. He remarks in the first sentence, "I was hated by large numbers of people—the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me." Only with the expectation of a killing do the locals find him "momentarily worth watching." He describes how, as a police officer, he was often a target for mockery from the locals, as was any European who provided an easy target.

text: In contrast to his description of the natives as "little beasts", the narrator labels the elephant as a "great beast", suggesting he holds it in higher esteem than the locals. This is somewhat paradoxical, however, as the narrator's own job is demeaning and forces him to see "the dirty work of the Empire at close quarters". The narrator singles out "Buddhist priests"—persons synonymous with peace and goodwill—to be "the worst of all" and comments on how he would gladly "drive a bayonet into a Buddhist priest's guts".

text: Having killed the elephant, the narrator considers how he was glad it killed the "coolie" as that gave him full legal backing. The essay finishes with him wondering if they will even understand his motive for having killed the elephant as he merely wished to salvage his pride.[7]

text: Conscience[edit]

text: The narrator's conscience plagues him greatly as he finds himself trapped between the "hatred of the empire [he] served" and his "rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make [his] job impossible."[7] He claims that he is "all for the Burmese and all against the British" and goes on to say that "feelings like these are the normal by-products of imperialism; ask any Anglo-Indian official, if you can catch him off duty." This creates a sense of empathy from the imperialists for the natives, but as they treat their conquerors badly, they start to feel less guilty and so treat them badly once more.[8]

text: Film adaptation[edit]

text: In 2015, "Shooting an Elephant" was adapted into a short film by director Juan Pablo Rothie and Academy Award nominated writer Alec Sokolow. The film was shot entirely on location in Nepal starring Barry Sloane as Eric Blair.[9]

text: Fact or fiction[edit]

text: The degree to which the story is fiction has been disputed. In his biography of Orwell, George Orwell: A Life, Bernard Crick cast doubt on the idea that Orwell himself actually shot an elephant. No independent account of Orwell's actions has been found and there was no official record of the incident, which was unusual considering the destruction of valuable property.

text: Peter Davison, the editor of Orwell's Complete Works, includes an interview with George Stuart, a contemporary of Orwell in Burma, who said that Orwell was transferred to Kathar as punishment for shooting an elephant. "An elephant was considered a valuable asset to any timber firm...and Orwell would have been severely reprimanded for such unnecessary slaughter. It was not long after the incident that he was transferred from Moulmein to a quiet post in Upper Burma called Katha."[4]:224–225 Davison also includes in the complete works a news item from the Rangoon Gazette, March 22, 1926 which describes a Major E. C. Kenny shooting an elephant in similar circumstances. When one biographer questioned Orwell's wife, Sonia Brownell, she replied, "Of course he shot a fucking a [sic] elephant. He said he did. Why do you always doubt his word!"[4]:225


document_title: Sheila Carter

question_text: who plays sheila carter on the bold and the beautiful

text: Sheila Carter

text: Casting and creation[edit]

text: The role was portrayed by Kimberlin Brown for a total of 16 years. Her first run was on The Young and the Restless from May 1990 to May 20, 1992,[1] when the character crossed over to The Bold and the Beautiful from May 21, 1992, to October 2, 1998, again from May 24 to November 5, 2002, and again finally from September 26 to October 10, 2003.[1] Despite being a regular cast member on The Bold and the Beautiful, Brown returned to The Young and the Restless for several guest appearances beginning on October 27, 1992. Brown departed on November 5, 1992, and reappeared for one episode on December 23, 1992. She continued making appearance from January 7 to 14, 1993, February 19, 1993, to March 2, 1993, October 11, 1993, October 19 to 27, 1993, January 12, 1994, and February 28, 1995, until March 2, 1995.

text: In July 2005, after a 10-year absence from The Young and the Restless, it was announced that Brown was to reprise the role.[2] At the time, Brown had been appearing on ABC's One Life to Live as Paige Miller, and Brown reportedly opted to leave the role when ABC was unable to match the financial terms of a contract offered to her by CBS.[2] She returned on August 5, 2005,[3] and her run ended on January 11, 2006.[4] However, that December, the character returned,[5] though not portrayed by Brown, but by Michelle Stafford,[6] who in addition portrayed Phyllis Summers. For the reason of Brown not returning to the role, the actress said: "I had a bad accident last year, and when they wanted me back in November, I really couldn't go at that time, and that's why I came back looking like somebody else."[7] Stafford only portrayed the role for two months until February 9, 2007,[8] when Sheila was shot by her longtime enemy Lauren Fenmore and presumed dead.

text: In 2009, reports speculated that Brown would reprise the role again on The Bold and the Beautiful,[9] which was followed by more rumors speculating a return to The Young and the Restless.[10] "I actually got a call from [B&B head writer and executive producer] Brad Bell a while back asking if I'd be interested in coming back, and I said, 'Sure!' The thing with daytime is that the storylines are [written] so far in advance, you just never know when [you might be needed]," Brown said at the time.[10] When asked where her alter-ego may be "hiding out", Brown said: "I am still getting healthy from my car accident. Right now, Sheila is hiding out in North Carolina—playing golf. But don't worry: Sheila always comes back!"[10]

text: In June 2017, Kimberlin Brown reprised her role as Sheila on The Bold and the Beautiful.[11] Executive producer Brad Bell announced Brown had been signed to a one-year deal with the serial.[12]

text: Development[edit]

text:
"She seduced another woman's husband and stole their child... but if you think that's bold, hold on tight... because the hand that rocked The Young and the Restless is now rocking The Bold and the Beautiful. Sheila lives...[13]

—CBS promoting Kimberlin Brown's crossover as Sheila

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text: On the topic of Sheila and Lauren's "cat fights", Brown said: "People like cat fights because we can get away with what you can't get away with in everyday life. You're living vicariously through me. There might be someone that [boy] you just might want to put it to someday, and you can't, but you can turn on the TV and see Sheila do it, and get away with it. Being mean and evil and fighting and by the end of the day, you're spent."[14] On the topic of Sheila "terrorizing" both Genoa City and Los Angeles while on both soaps, Brown said: "You know, I came to L.A. to start a new life. And well they just didn't make it that easy for me, did they? So I might've shot a gun once or twice again, but it wasn't my fault. You know what, people get what they deserve, they really do. I might've poisoned someone by accident, but he never should've talked to me like that. You just don't do that. Anyway, people get what they deserve, and I think a lot of them have what's coming to them, and I'm not sure I'm done yet."[15] About Sheila's personality, Brown said: "Sheila's just evil. There's nothing bitchy about what she does, [I mean] it's very straightforward. She's manipulative but never in a bitchy way, in a way to get things accomplished, and get things done the way she wants to. When being nice and being diplomatic and when being all those things don't work any longer, she snaps."[15] On Sheila's relationship with Stephanie Forrester, Brown said: "Stephanie made my life miserable. So anyway, I shot Stephanie. I did. Stephanie felt she could be a better provider for my child than I could. And you know what, you don't keep a mother like Sheila away from her child, you just don't do that. And Stephanie couldn't stop me."[15] Brown also added that, "To be a good villain, you have to make the character real for you."[15]

text: Storylines[edit]

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text: Sheila was introduced on The Young and the Restless in 1990 as she relocated to Genoa City from Michigan. Sheila was a nurse who worked at Genoa City Memorial Hospital and immediately fell in love with the married Dr. Scott Grainger. Her feelings for Scott quickly turned from infatuation to obsession. In order to steal him away from his wife Lauren Fenmore, Sheila drugged him and had sex with him, resulting in a pregnancy. At the same time Lauren also became pregnant by Scott but didn't tell him. When the truth about the father of Sheila's baby came out, Scott felt obligated, so he thus divorced Lauren and married Sheila.

text: Sheila's baby died, unbeknownst to Scott, and she secretly switches Lauren's newborn with a black market baby, which Lauren named Dylan. Sheila began passing Lauren's baby off as her own, and Dylan eventually dies from meningitis. Sheila's mother, Molly Carter, found out about her daughter's crime and intended to tell Lauren the truth, but suffers a stroke that rendered her speechless. Sheila sent her mother to her farmhouse in Michigan before Molly could expose her. Lauren eventually found out about the baby switch, but not before Sheila kidnapped both Lauren and Molly, and almost succeeded in killing both women, when during a brief struggle Lauren accidentally kicked over a lantern on a coffee table, setting the farmhouse they were imprisoned in on fire. Lauren and Molly are rescued by Lauren's ex-husband, private investigator Paul Williams, and his secretary, Lynne Bassett. Sheila was never found, and authorities presumed that she perished in the fire when a body burned beyond recognition turned up in the ashes. The corpse turned out to be a meter man that had visited the house just before the fire started; Sheila had escaped from the burning building. Picking up a discarded newspaper in an area diner, she read about an opening working as a company nurse for the Forresters in Los Angeles. She left Wisconsin to travel to California. Meanwhile, Lauren is reunited with Scott and her real son, Scott Jr.

text: In 1992, Sheila is reintroduced on The Bold and the Beautiful and she quickly worms her way into fashion CEO Eric Forrester (John McCook)'s life by becoming the company nurse at Forrester Creations in Los Angeles, as well as working as Rick Forrester's nanny (after staging an accident that leaves the former nanny, Judy, hospitalized, and later threatening Judy and her family). Sheila and Eric fall in love and are eventually engaged, which angers Eric's ex-wife Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery), who suspects Sheila is a gold digger and a liar. To Sheila's dismay, Eric's most recent ex-wife Brooke Logan Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang) is pregnant with a child that may either belong to Eric or his son Ridge Forrester (Ronn Moss). After Bridget Forrester is born, Sheila manipulates the paternity test so that everyone will believe Ridge is the father. Security guard Mike Guthrie (Ken Hanes) catches her in the act and after threatening to blackmail her with the details, Sheila sets loose a vicious dog to attack him.

text: Meanwhile, Lauren finds out that Sheila is alive and well, and living on the West Coast. Lauren follows her and they once again fight. Lauren threatens to expose Sheila to the Forrester family, but Sheila turns the tables on Lauren by blackmailing her with pictures she took of Lauren sleeping with Brad Carlton (Don Diamont) and sent to Lauren as puzzle pieces. Despite Sheila's love for Eric, she panics when Lauren attempts to disclose her past at the wedding, and leaves a heartbroken Eric at the altar. After the guests leave, Sheila returns to the chapel and pleads for Eric's forgiveness. Although Eric demands answers, he eventually forgives Sheila and the two are married. Sheila and Brooke become close friends. Sheila and Eric's marriage becomes rocky when Sheila accepts a job from Brooke, who seizes control of Forrester Creations with her patent on the BeLieF formula. Eric feels betrayed by her actions and a rift is created in their marriage. Sheila proposes the two take a vacation and use this time to reconnect. The two leave town for Catalina Island. Scott, who became ill, also vacations with Lauren in Catalina Island, where the two run into Eric and Sheila. Lauren intends to use Scott to expose Sheila's past to Eric; however, Scott, still caring for Sheila, keeps mum. Scott eventually dies on the island as a result of his illness. With both women by his side, he wishes that Lauren give Sheila a second chance. Lauren tearfully agrees.

text: When Sheila becomes concerned that Eric is excluding her from his will, she decides she would be more financially secure if she gave Eric a child. After a one-night stand with former rival Connor Davis (Scott Thompson Baker), Sheila goes to Eric claiming she is pregnant with his child. Eric, who had recently had a vasectomy, tells Sheila he wants a divorce. For some time she begins to see psychiatrist Jay Garvin, who is friends with Brooke's fiance Dr. James Warwick (Ian Buchanan). James suspects Sheila is hiding something from the family, and tries to pry information from Dr. Garvin. However, during a brief struggle, Sheila accidentally pushes Jay off a balcony and to his death. James later learns from Lauren the secrets of her past. After attempting to drown Lauren in a hot tub, Sheila kidnaps James with the help of her new partner-in-crime, the security guard Mike. She imprisons him in the basement of her house (known as "The Houdini House") for some time. When James escapes and her secrets finally surface, she holds Stephanie, Eric, Ridge, Brooke, Lauren and James hostage in the Forrester mansion, welcoming them to her "goodbye party."

text: At the "party," Sheila tells everyone in attendance how they had personally wronged her, and threatens to kill them. Holding a gun to Stephanie, Sheila has a change of heart when the others step in front of her, and swallows a bottle of poison. Having survived, Sheila is placed in a psychiatric hospital, under the care of Dr. Brian Carey (Kin Shriner), but does not remain there for long, despite Stephanie's attempts to keep her there. Sheila tries to revive her friendship with Brooke, who sides with her at first, but later wants nothing to do with her. She begins dating neighbor Grant Chambers (Charles Grant), and later her psychiatrist, James Warwick. She continues to see James at this time, and memories of her abusive childhood are revealed. Sheila confesses that she murdered her father by poisoning him.

text: Sheila meets Maggie Forrester (Barbara Crampton), whom she befriends. The two are amazed to discover they both have ties to the same family. When Stephanie attempts to take Brooke's children, however, Sheila poisons her by replacing her medication with mercury pills, and ultimately frames Maggie for the crime. Maggie, later realizing who was behind the poisoning, fights with Sheila and accidentally pushes her onto a fire poker, seriously injuring her. Sheila also makes an enemy of Forrester Creations' rival, Sally Spectra (Darlene Conley) who defends Stephanie to her, thus planting the seeds of the eventual friendship between Stephanie and Sally. After the fire poker incident, Sheila sets her sights on proving to James that she has changed for the better, in the hopes that he will fall in love with her. However, James has feelings for Maggie instead. Maggie goes to Sheila's house to inform her that she needs to find a new therapist, because Maggie wouldn't allow her to see James anymore. As Maggie taunts her, Sheila snaps and nearly chokes Maggie to death. Mike later kidnaps her and holds her prisoner at an amusement park. Sheila, wanting to prove to James that she had changed, agrees to release Maggie.

text: After having crashed James and Maggie's wedding, Sheila reveals that she has become pregnant after a night alone with James. The three come to a settlement that Sheila would temporarily stay with them until her baby was born, and the child would be given to James and Maggie. After Sheila hands her baby, Mary, over to the Warwicks, she relocates to Death Valley, where she meets Amber Moore (Adrienne Frantz). Anxious to see her daughter, Sheila suggests that Amber babysit for James and Maggie, so that she can secretly visit Mary in LA. Amber is hired and keeps her alliance with Sheila secret for some time, but when Sheila threatens her, she reveals to James and Maggie the real reason why she applied to be Mary's babysitter. Sheila eventually takes matters into her own hands and takes Mary back. James attempts to trick Sheila into marrying him, so that he can gain full custody of his daughter. When Sheila realizes the marriage is a set-up, she attempts to kill herself again by jumping off a roof. James, who had actually fallen for Sheila during this time, promises to stay with her. Meanwhile, an angry Maggie sneaks into Sheila's hospital room and cuts off her oxygen. Sheila is rescued by doctors and Maggie is immediately arrested. With the help of Mike and his brother Martin, a desperate Maggie captures Sheila and holds her prisoner, appropriately, in the house from Psycho at Universal Studios Hollywood. When Sheila escapes, James demands that Maggie leave. Maggie and Lauren later team up in an attempt to drive Sheila over the edge. They wire Sheila's house with hidden cameras and an audio system, while the former nanny Judy surprises Sheila on her doorstep. The plan fails, however, and Maggie, realizing James and the baby are lost to her, leaves town. When a friendship begins between James and Stephanie, a paranoid Sheila becomes jealous and attempts to drown Stephanie in a pool. To prevent Stephanie from telling anyone about this incident, Sheila threatens to kill Stephanie's grandson, Thomas Forrester. Sheila is arrested for the threat, but secretly switches places with a woman named Sybil. After breaking out of prison in disguise, Sheila shoots Stephanie, kidnaps baby Mary and leaves town.

text: Sheila returns to L.A. four years later to find her now-teenage daughter Mary (whom she had renamed Erica Lovejoy) (Courtnee Draper). Erica, who is completely unaware of her mother's past or her own real name, has traveled to L.A. to meet her idol - Amber Forrester. She soon develops a crush on Amber's husband, Rick Forrester, although she never intends to act on her feelings. Sheila convinces Erica to seduce Rick, saying that a Forrester man would never abandon the woman carrying his child. She then pays off a man named Lance to drug Amber and take her to bed. Amber tracks Lance down and begins to question him. When a nervous Lance threatens to tell Amber everything, Sheila kills him by releasing a tank of bees into his apartment. Amber becomes increasingly suspicious and confronts Erica in Rick's office. During a struggle, Erica falls and hits her head on a desk, making Amber look guilty of pushing her. At the hospital, a disguised Sheila confronts Amber, warning her to stay away from her daughter. Amber decides to look for clues at Erica's apartment, but is impeded when Sheila throws a pot at the window and the police arrive, arresting Amber and causing the Forresters to distrust her further. Meanwhile, while browsing through a photo album of Eric's, Erica is startled to find a picture of her mother. She learns that Sheila was formerly married to Eric, and that her mother wants her to live the life she had always dreamed of with Rick. Sheila pushes Erica to have sex with Rick, so that she can live vicariously as a Forrester through her daughter.

text: As a reluctant Erica is about to carry out her mother's plan, Rick's brother Ridge bursts in and exposes Erica's true identity. Rick kicks Erica out, but not before Sheila kidnaps Amber, who is stunned to learn that Erica is really Mary Warwick. Sheila stages a crime scene and drags Amber off to her apartment. Massimo Marone (Joseph Mascolo), who had been romantically involved with Sheila for a short time, gets a call from her, and Stephanie recognizes her voice. The two track Sheila and Amber down. Sheila then flees and holds Eric and Taylor Hayes Forrester (Hunter Tylo) hostage at the mansion. But when Brooke walks into the room, a struggle ensues in which Taylor and Brooke are shot. Brooke survives her wounds, whereas Taylor succumbs (a few years later, Taylor was revealed to still be alive). Sheila is arrested and subsequently confronted by her daughter, who condemns Sheila's actions and wants nothing to do with her. Sheila is jailed for her crimes but soon escapes with the help of a sympathetic warden named Sugar (Robin Mattson).

text: She then kidnaps Ridge and Brooke, while on their South American honeymoon. Soon Ridge's half-brother Nick Marone (Jack Wagner) arrives to rescue Ridge but he is soon captured by Sheila as well. When Ridge and Nick's father, Massimo, arrives to deliver the ransom, Sheila reveals that she had a baby daughter, Diana, whom she claims to be the result of the fling she had with Massimo during her previous trip to L.A. When Massimo tries (unsuccessfully) to trick Sheila into handing over the infant, she and Sugar run away. Brooke and Nick are soon rescued; however, it is believed that Ridge had been burned to death in the foundry Sheila stashed him in. Soon after, it is revealed that Ridge had survived, and he reunites with Brooke on the island.

text: Sheila returns to Genoa City (on The Young and the Restless) after being unseen for ten years, and begins terrorizing Lauren once again, by indirectly turning her now-adult son Scott (Blair Redford) against her, under the alias Brenda Harris. It is soon revealed that the woman in the psychiatric hospital who was believed to be Sheila is actually Sugar — Sheila had tricked her into having plastic surgery in order to look just like Sheila, and then turned Sugar in to the police. Meanwhile, the real Sheila develops another persona, Jennifer Mitchell, by wearing a fake nose, wig, and speaking in a British accent. She allies with Tom Fisher (Roscoe Born), who helps her in her scheme to poison Lauren with a necklace that Scott offers to his mother as a gift. In exchange, Tom has Sheila manipulate his estranged wife Gloria Abbott (Judith Chapman) into giving him money and later bailing him out of prison.

text: When Lauren plans a rooftop dinner with her fiancé Michael Baldwin (Christian LeBlanc), Sheila surprises her and persuades her to commit suicide by jumping off of the roof. Lauren believes Sheila is a hallucination, but before she can jump, Michael rescues her. At the hospital, Sheila sneaks into Lauren's room as "Jennifer," and attempts to inject the poison into Lauren's bloodstream, but is interrupted. She then convinces Tom — Michael's stepfather — to help her abduct Lauren from a yacht while on her honeymoon with Michael. She then bombs the yacht, hoping to kill both Lauren and Tom, whom she wants to take the fall for the crime. Tom realizes Sheila's plan, and traps both Sheila and Lauren in a bomb shelter. Tom leaves the two together and in the meantime is shot and killed by John Abbott (Jerry Douglas). As the bomb shelter collapses, Lauren is astonished when Sheila saves her life.

text: As for Sugar, after she manages to leave the psychiatric hospital, she goes to see Scott who believes she is Sheila. Thinking that Lauren had died in the explosion, Scott is furious with her. Sugar then proceeds to stab him in order to exact her revenge on Sheila. Troy, a police officer, arrives to the scene and arrests her. Upon seeing her, Lauren immediately knows it is not Sheila whose ankle is sprained. Sugar walks well and has a raspy voice. She confirms that she is Sugar and hates Sheila for ruining her life. Troy then explains Sugar's fingerprints do not match Sheila Carter's. Sheila is then seen in an unidentified plastic surgeon's office. She tells him: "Thank God! Your people were able to come and get me." She then uses crutches to walk, has a seat and asks him for a new face.

text: Months later: it is revealed that Sheila Carter is still alive, had plastic surgery to look like Phyllis Summers Newman (Michelle Stafford), and that Paul Williams had been hiding the fact that he had been keeping her locked in a cage she had constructed in an abandoned warehouse. Ultimately, Sheila is determined to escape and take Phyllis's place in order to infiltrate Michael and Lauren's lives. Sheila is accidentally freed from the prison she created for Lauren by Maggie Sullivan, Paul's girlfriend. After acting as a kidnap victim and pleading for Maggie's help, Maggie sets her free but Sheila chokes her unconscious, steals her gun, and then shoots her, but Maggie survives.

text: Subsequently, Paul returns to the warehouse only to be ambushed by Sheila who imprisons both Paul and Maggie in that cage. Sheila then went to Phyllis', tied her up and waited for Lauren and baby Fen to arrive while taunting Phyllis about how great it would be to take over her life with her husband Nicholas Newman (Joshua Morrow) and her baby Summer. After Lauren arrived she was tied up, and Sheila flees with Phyllis and babies Fen and Summer as hostages. By this time, Michael arrives at the warehouse and frees Paul and Maggie, the latter being taken to the hospital.

text: Posing as an elderly woman named Betsy, Sheila takes Phyllis, Summer, and Fen to a nearby retirement home to hide out. After learning of their location, Lauren goes to that home carrying a gun in her purse. Following a tip from a neighbor, Lauren finds Sheila's apartment and forces her way inside. Sheila and Phyllis then argue over who is who, and Lauren screams at them to stop. Sheila then runs to grab baby Summer in order to use her as a shield against Lauren; Phyllis tells Lauren to point the gun at her to protect her daughter, and a frightened Lauren, realizing the real Phyllis would never put her daughter in the line of fire, turns to Sheila and shoots her. Sheila is then declared dead at the scene.

text: 2010, 2012[edit]

text: In 2010, Sarah Smythe, Sheila Carter's sister, arrives in town. Having herself had plastic surgery to resemble Lauren, Sarah holds both Phyllis and Lauren responsible for her sister's death. Sarah devises a plan with Daisy Carter and Ryder Callahan, Sheila's twins with Tom Fisher, to take over Lauren's life and riches. The plan fails, with Lauren shooting and killing Sarah in self-defense to Sarah's attempt to fire her gun at Phyllis. In 2012, a woman claiming to be Daisy's mother checks her out of a mental institution, signing the name "Sheila Carter" on the release form. Michael has said signature analyzed to see if it fits Sheila's handwriting, and results turn out to be inconclusive.

text: Sheila (Brown) returns to Los Angeles in June 2017. When she attempts to leave Katie Logan (Heather Tom)'s home without being noticed, Quinn Forrester (Rena Sofer) hears her leaving, immediately asking who she is. Introducing herself as a friend of the Logan family, Sheila reveals herself to Katie, making for her assistance in making amends with those she had wronged in Los Angeles. Startled by her arrival, Katie immediately alerts Eric of Sheila's re-appearance; arriving at Katie's and believing that Sheila is the one who shot at Quinn, Eric escorts Sheila to the police station, and has her arrested for violating an order of protection he had previously filed years prior. When it is revealed that Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) is the one who was targeting Quinn, Eric extends an olive branch to Sheila, welcoming her back to the Forrester estate, much to the disapproval of Quinn and Ridge (Thorsten Kaye). Sheila immediately begins to dig into the life of Eric, rooting herself into his marriage with Quinn. After scheming with Forrester security officer, Charlie Webber, Sheila exposes Quinn's affair with Ridge. As Sheila comforts and supports an emotionally hurt Eric, she is confronted by Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), who — believing Sheila to be armed — shoots her in Eric's hotel room, but she survives, only sustaining a flesh wound. Sheila continues to insinuate herself into Eric's life, faking a concussion after a catfight with Quinn to manipulate Eric into letting her stay in the Forrester mansion. Sheila blackmails her ex-husband, James Warwick, into lying about the severity of her condition.

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text: Sheila is often considered to be one of the most popular villains in daytime.[16][17] Kimberlin Brown was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in the role as Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1993. With the global success of The Bold and the Beautiful, Sheila is arguably the most recognisable soap opera villain in the world.