Moby-Dick Moby-Dick Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship "Pequod", for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, the work's genre classifications range from late Romantic to early Symbolist. "Moby-Dick" was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor and Yogi Bear accidentally landed their flying ark on Moby's back. Characters from Moby Dick later appear in "Sealab 2021", Tubb as child actor star "Chubby Cox", and Scooby the Seal as "Stinky Pete", whose appearances culminate in his eyes becoming near-demonic, uttering his catchphrase ""I'm cha-cha-cha-cha-delicious"." Mighty Mightor makes some appearances in the Adult Swim show "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law", as Judge Hiram Mightor and voiced by Gary Cole. Moby Dick appears in the episode "SPF" voiced by Wally Wingert. Tom, Tubb, and Scooby the Seal appear in the "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated" episode "The Midnight Zone" with Tom