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What's New, Scooby-Doo? was the ninth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday
morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, and a revival of the original show
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. It
was the first time the franchise was revived in over a decade. The animated
series' was developed by Warner Bros. Animation, and the
animation was outsourced to Lotto
Animation and Dong Woo Animation, both South Korean
Animation studios. With Don Messick's
retirement in 1996 (he died the following year), Frank Welker, the voice of Fred, took over as
Scooby's voice. Casey Kasem
returned as Shaggy, Grey
DeLisle took over Daphne's role (having previously voiced the character in
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber
Chase after Mary Kay Bergman committed suicide), while
former Facts of Life actress Mindy Cohn took over Velma's.
The new show follows the same format as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!,
updated for the 21st century, with 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, including the line "And I would've gotten away with it too,
if it weren't for you meddling kids." The show was produced by Warner Bros.
Animation, the studio famous for bringing Looney Tunes to life, which had by this time
absorbed Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. (It should be noted, however, that the
copyright notice at the end of each episode credits "Hanna-Barbera Cartoons,
Inc." as the author. Also, Joseph Barbera was one of the Executive
Producers.)
The band Simple Plan is
strongly connected to What's New, Scooby-Doo? They perform the theme
song, 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". Also, they contributed to the theatrical movie
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
This is the first Scooby Doo series to have a strong internal continuity, as
characters and places would recur from time to time. Some examples include Gibby
Norton, a geek who has a crush on Velma and most of the time as a villain in
each episode; and the Secret Six, six prize winning puppies that would help out
the gang on their cases. The
Hex Girls, who first appeared in "The Witch's Ghost" movie and again in
"Legend of the Vampire", were also featured in one episode. The gang also
mentions places they've been in previous episodes (e.g. if they were in Paris
one episode, they mention their visit at the beginning of the next episode). The
episode titled "A Terrifying Round with a Menacing, Metallic Clown" established
this show in continuity with A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, in which a
flashback uses their kid forms from that show.
What's New, Scooby-Doo? 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 the Cartoon Network. Forty-two episodes have been
produced so far (fourteen in 2002-2003, fourteen in 2003-2004, and
thirteen in 2004-2005, and one in 2005-2006). |
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Season 1: 2002-2003
| # |
Title |
Original Air-Date |
| 1 |
"There's No Creature Like Snow
Creature" |
September 14, 2002 |
| 2 |
"3-D Struction" |
September 21, 2002 |
| 3 |
"Space Ape at the Cape" |
September 28, 2002 |
| 4 |
"Big Scare in the Big
Easy" |
October 5, 2002 |
| 5 |
"It's Mean, It's Green, It's the
Mystery Machine" |
October 26, 2002 |
| 6 |
"Riva Ras Regas" |
November 2, 2002 |
| 7 |
"Roller Ghoster Ride!" |
November 9, 2002 |
| 8 |
"Safari, So Goodi!" |
November 23, 2002 |
| 9 |
"She Sees Sea Monsters by the Sea
Shore" |
November 30, 2002 |
| 10 |
"A Scooby-Doo Christmas" |
December 13, 2002 |
| 11 |
"Toy Scary Boo" |
February 1, 2003 |
| 12 |
"Lights! Camera! Mayhem!" |
February 15, 2003 |
| 13 |
"Pompeii and
Circumstance" |
February 22, 2003 |
| 14 |
"The Unnatural" |
March 22, 2003 |
Season 2: 2003-2004
| # |
Title |
AirDate |
| 15 |
"Big Appetite In Tokyo" |
September 13, 2003 |
| 16 |
"Mummy Scares Best" |
September 20, 2003 |
| 17 |
"The Fast And The
Wormious" |
September 27, 2003 |
| 18 |
"High-Tech House Of
Horrors" |
October 4, 2003 |
| 19 |
"The Vampire Strikes
Back" |
October 18, 2003 |
| 20 |
"Scooby-Doo Halloween" |
October 24, 2003 |
| 21 |
"Homeward Hound" |
October 25, 2003 |
| 22 |
"The San Franpsycho" |
March 20, 2004 |
| 23 |
"Simple Plan and the Invisible
Madman" |
March 22, 2004 |
| 24 |
"Recipe for Disaster" |
March 23, 2004 |
| 25 |
"Large Dragon at Large" |
March 24, 2004 |
| 26 |
"Uncle Scooby and Antarctica" |
March 25, 2004 |
| 27 |
"New Mexico, Old Monster" |
March 26, 2004 |
| 28 |
"It's All Greek to Scooby" |
March 27, 2004 |
Season 3: 2005-2006
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Title |
Airdate |
| 29 |
"Fright House Of A Lighthouse" |
January 29,
2005 |
| 30 |
"Go West, Young Scoob" |
February 5,
2005 |
| 31 |
"A Scooby-Doo Valentine" |
February
11, 2005 |
| 32 |
"Wrestle Maniacs" |
February
12, 2005 |
| 33 |
"Ready To Scare" |
February
19, 2005 |
| 34 |
"Farmed And Dangerous" |
February
25, 2005 |
| 35 |
"Diamonds Are A Ghouls Best Friend" |
March 3, 2005 |
| 36 |
"A Terrifying Round With A Menacing Metallic Clown" |
March 12, 2005 |
| 37 |
"Camp Comeoniwannascareya" |
March 19, 2005 |
| 38 |
"Block-Long Hong Kong Terror" |
March 25, 2005 |
| 39 |
"Gentlemen, Start Your Monsters" |
April 2, 2005 |
| 40 |
"Gold Paw" |
April 9, 2005 |
| 41 |
"Reef Grief!" |
April 16, 2005 |
| 42 |
"E-Scream" |
July 21, 2006 |
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