What's New, Scooby-Doo?

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Genre Action/Adventure
Mystery
Comedy
Created by Joe Ruby
Ken Spears
Developed by Sander Schwartz
Starring Frank Welker
Casey Kasem
Mindy Cohn
Grey DeLisle
Theme music composer Rich Dickerson
Opening theme "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" performed by Simple Plan
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 42 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Joseph Barbera
Sander Schwartz
Producer(s) Chuck Sheetz
James Krieg
George Doty IV
Ed Scharlach
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network The WB (Kids WB)
Picture format 480i/576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Surround
Original release September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14) – July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)
Chronology
Preceded by A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991)
Followed by Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008)
External links
Website

What's New, Scooby-Doo? is the ninth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo. A revival of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! after a decade-long gap in a new Scooby television show, it debuted in 2002. The series was developed and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired as part of the Kids' WB Saturday morning block on The WB Television Network. The Canadian punk band Simple Plan performs the theme song.

Reruns currently air on Boomerang in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, and CITV,[1] Boomerang and Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom. What's New was the first Scooby-Doo series to feature Mindy Cohn and Grey DeLisle as the voices of Velma and Daphne respectively, the first where Frank Welker voiced Scooby, and the last to feature Casey Kasem as the voice of Shaggy.

Production

For this incarnation of the franchise, Frank Welker, the voice of Fred, took over as Scooby's voice (replacing both Scott Innes who voiced Scooby in the direct-to-video movies released between 1998 and 2001 and the late Don Messick, the original voice of Scooby, who died in 1997). Casey Kasem returned as Shaggy, seven years after he had quit the role; Grey DeLisle returned as Daphne's voice (having previously voiced the character in Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase). Actress Mindy Cohn of The Facts of Life fame, took over as Velma's voice.

The show itself is a modernized version of the original Where Are You! series. It takes place in the 21st century and is more "realistic" than the previous, more cartoony incarnations, and features music from contemporary genres and all-new, original sound effects to replace the classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects. Even a distinctive thunderclap sound that was used frequently on older Scooby-Doo TV series was very rarely used on the show. A laugh track was only used for the Halloween special. The classic formula was also frequently parodied throughout (in a manner similar to A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), including the line "And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids." As such, it returns to the formulaic version of humans in monster disguises, rather than the real monsters and ghosts of the prior four direct-to-video films (or the 1980s versions that preceded them).

The show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the studio famous for bringing the Looney Tunes to life, which had by this time absorbed Hanna-Barbera Productions in 2001, after being bought by Time Warner from Turner Broadcasting since their merger in 1996. As is the standard for other classic Hanna-Barbera properties (Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Wacky Races, etc.), the studio is still credited as the copyright owner, and Joseph Barbera, co-founder and co-chairman of the Hanna-Barbera studios, served as an executive producer alongside Sander Schwartz. Barbera's longtime partner William Hanna had died the year before.

The band Simple Plan is strongly connected to What's New, Scooby-Doo?. They perform the theme song (written by Rich Dickerson), and appeared as themselves in the episode "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman". Two of their songs appeared in chase scenes: "I'd Do Anything" in the episode "It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine", and "You Don't Mean Anything" in "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman", which also had the song "The Worst Day Ever" serve as the song the band plays during a scene where they practice, and a scene where they are in concert. Also, they contributed to the theatrical movie Monsters Unleashed.

What's New aired for three seasons on The WB Television Network's "Kids' WB" programming block as a half-hour program, before being put on an indefinite hiatus in 2005. Reruns are shown on both Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang. Each season contained thirteen normal episodes and one holiday-themed special. It also debuted on Boomerang and Cartoon Network. In the UK it originally aired on CBBC, but currently airs on CITV.[2] Recently, there has been talks of the show coming back for a fourth season after ten years.

Characters

Main characters

Recurring characters

Characters in the series who appear more than once.

Cast

Episodes

Spin-off films

Seven spin-off movies set in the same style and animation of the series with the same voice cast as before, which continued after the show ended in 2006, up until 2009.

The films in order are: The Loch Ness Monster (2004), Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005), Where's My Mummy? (2005), Pirates Ahoy! (2006), Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007), The Goblin King (2008) and The Samurai Sword (2009)

Home media releases

Warner Home Video has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. The series was initially released in ten volumes of four or five episodes between 2003–2006, as well as in the UK from 2004–2006 and later re-released, in the US, in season sets in 2007 - 2008.[5][6][7] In the UK, the volumes were released in a two disc set on May 30, 2011.[8] A box set was released on October 29, 2007 in the UK containing all ten volumes in a complete set.[9]

Season sets

DVD Name Ep # Release Date
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Complete 1st Season 14 February 20, 2007
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Complete 2nd Season 14 June 5, 2007
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Complete 3rd Season 14 January 8, 2008

UK volume sets

DVD Name Ep # Release Date
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: The Complete Collection 42 October 29, 2007
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: A Scary Space & A Swinging Face 8 May 30, 2011
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Movie Monsters & A Magic Mummy May 30, 2011
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Top Dog & A Hot Dog 10 May 30, 2011
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Ghouls, Fools and Food & A Grief on a Reef 8 May 30, 2011
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Spooky Case and a Mad Race May 30, 2011

Volume releases

US DVD Name Ep # Release Date Episodes Featured
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 1: Space Ape at the Cape 4 August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19)
  • "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature"
  • "3-D Struction"
  • "Space Ape at the Cape"
  • "Big Scare in the Big Easy"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 2: Safari So Goodi! 4 March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)
  • "It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine"
  • "Riva Ras Regas"
  • "Roller Ghoster Ride"
  • "Safari, So Goodi!"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 3: Halloween Boos and Clues 4 August 10, 2004 (2004-08-10)
  • "The Vampire Strikes Back"
  • "Mummy Scares Best"
  • "High-tech House of the Future"
  • "She Sees a Sea Monster by the Sea Shore"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 4: Merry Scary Holiday 4 October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)
  • "A Scooby Doo Christmas"
  • "Toy Scary Boo"
  • "Homeward Hound"
  • "Recipe For Disaster"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 5: Sports Spooktacular 4 June 14, 2005 (2005-06-14)
  • "The Unnatural"
  • "The Fast and the Wormious"
  • "Wrestle Maniacs"
  • "Diamonds Are Ghoul's Best Friend"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 6: Monster Matinee 4 August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)
  • "A Scooby-Doo Halloween"
  • "San Franpsycho"
  • "New Mexico, Old Monster"
  • "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 7: Ghosts on the Go 4 November 8, 2005 (2005-11-08)
  • "Large Dragon at Large"
  • "It's All Greek to Scooby"
  • "Pompeii and Circumstance"
  • "Ready To Scare"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 8: Zoinks! Camera! Action! 4 February 21, 2006 (2006-02-21)
  • "Lights! Camera! Mayhem"
  • "E-Scream"
  • "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman"
  • "A Scooby-Doo Valentine"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 9: Route Scary 6 5 June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06)
  • "Fright House of a Lighthouse"
  • "Go West Young Scoob"
  • "Farmed and Dangerous"
  • "Gentlemen Start Your Monsters"
  • "Camp Comeoniwannascareya" (Bonus episodes)
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 10: Monstrous Tails 5 December 5, 2006 (2006-12-05)
  • "Uncle Scooby and Antarctica!"
  • "Block-Long Hong Kong Terror"
  • "Reef Grief"
  • "Gold Paw"
  • "A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown" (Bonus episodes)
UK DVD Name Ep # Release Date Episodes Featured
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 1: Space Ape at the Cape 4 May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03)
  • "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature"
  • "3-D Struction"
  • "Space Ape at the Cape"
  • "Big Scare in the Big Easy"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 2: Safari, So Goodi! 4 June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28)
  • "It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine"
  • "Riva Ras Regas"
  • "Roller Ghoster Ride"
  • "Safari, So Goodi!"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 3: Lights! Camera! Mayhem! 4 June 20, 2005 (2005-06-20)
  • "She Sees Sea Monsters by the Sea Shore"
  • "Toy Scary Boo"
  • "Lights! Camera! Mayhem!"
  • "Pompeii and Circumstance"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 4: Mummy Scares Best! 4 July 18, 2005 (2005-07-18)
  • "The Unnatural"
  • "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo"
  • "Mummy Scares Best"
  • "The Fast and the Wormious"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 5: Homeward Hound 5 October 24, 2005 (2005-10-24)
  • "High-Tech House of Horrors"
  • "The Vampire Strikes Back"
  • "Homeward Hound"
  • "The San Franpsycho"
  • "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 6: Recipe for Disaster 5 November 21, 2005 (2005-11-21)
  • "Recipe for Disaster"
  • "Large Dragon at Large"
  • "Uncle Scooby and Antarctica"
  • "New Mexico, Old Monster"
  • "It's All Greek to Scooby"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 7: Ready to Scare 4 April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10)
  • "Wrestle Maniacs"
  • "Diamonds Are A Ghoul’s Best Friend"
  • "Ready to Scare"
  • "A Scooby-Doo Valentine"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 8: E-Scream 4 May 29, 2006 (2006-05-29)
  • "Block-Long Hong Kong Horror"
  • "Gold Paw"
  • "Reef Grief!"
  • "E-Scream"
What's New, Scooby-Doo? Volume 9: Fright House of a Lighthouse 4 July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24)
  • "Go West, Young Scoob"
  • "Fright House of a Lighthouse"
  • "Farmed and Dangerous"
  • "Camp Comeoniwannascareya"
What's New, Scooby Doo? Volume 10: Gentlemen, Start Your Monsters 4 November 20, 2006 (2006-11-20)
  • "Gentleman, Start Your Monsters"
  • "A Scooby-Doo Halloween"
  • "A Scooby-Doo Christmas"
  • "A Terrifying Round with a Menacing Metallic Clown"

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/bowenmatt/status/753929134187933696
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/bowenmatt/status/753929134187933696
  3. ↑ Barnes, Mike (2014-06-15). "Casey Kasem, Iconic Radio Host, Dies at 82". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  4. ↑ Legum, Judd (2014-06-15). "Casey Kasem's Secret Legacy: How He Used Scooby-Doo To Advance His Values.". Thinkprogress.org. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  5. ↑ US Volumes:
  6. ↑ UK Volumes:
  7. ↑ Season set reference:
  8. ↑ Set Releases:
  9. ↑ Limited, Linens. "What's New Scooby Doo: Complete 10-Disc Box Set DVD: Amazon.co.uk: Scooby Doo: Film & TV". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-20.

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