A Scooby-Doo Halloween

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A Scooby-Doo Halloween
Details
Episode #	206
Air date	October 25, 2003 (The WB)
Written by	Nahnatchka Khan
Directed by	Swinton Scott
Chronology
Previous episode	The Vampire Strikes Back
Next episode	Homeward Hound

A Scooby-Doo Halloween is the sixth episode of the second season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the twentieth episode overall in the series.

Premise

The gang goes to Banning Junction to visit Velma's family for Halloween, but they meet the ghostly scarecrows who try to ruin the festivities. Hopefully they can save the town before the ghost of Hank Banning shows up.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Uncle Evan ^{(only appearance)}
• Aunt Meg ^{(only appearance)}
• Curtis ^{(only appearance)}
• Mayor Green ^{(only appearance)}
• Eldon Reed ^{(only appearance)}
• Agnes ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Scarecrows ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(robot)}
• Ghost of Hank Banning ^{(only appearance)(projection)}
• Marcy ^{(only appearance)}
• Swamp Creature ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(disguise)}/
• Oldsie ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Mr. Noodles ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Wizard of Oz costume people ^{(only appearance)}
  • Cowardly Lion ^{(only appearance)}
  • Dorothy ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
  • Tin Man ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• KISS ^{(first appearance)(cameo)}
  • Paul Stanley ^{(first appearance)(cameo)}
  • Gene Simmons ^{(first appearance)(cameo)}
  • Eric Singer ^{(first appearance)(cameo)}
  • Tommy Thayer ^{(first appearance)(cameo)}
• Sheriff ^{(only appearance)}

Locations

• Swamp
• Banning Junction
  • Marcy, Uncle Evan & Aunt Meg's home
  • Agnes's home
  • Library
  • Town Hall

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Agnes	She said the crop symbols foretelling the return of the Ghost of Hank Banning who wanted revenge. She has cutting tools in her home.
Eldon Reed	He was buying up property, and the crop damage was done to the last independent farmers in the area.
Marcy	Daphne suspects her but only out of jealousy.
Mayor Green	The legend of Hank Banning brought many tourists to the town.
Curtis	Strange manner.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Marcy built the scarecrow robots	She was born on Halloween and resents the holiday because her parents continually forgot about her birthday.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones Ghost of Hank Banning
Casey Kasem	Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle	Daphne Blake
Mindy Cohn	Velma Dinkley
Diedrich Bader	Uncle Evan
Julia Sweeney	Aunt Meg
Stacy Keach	Mayor Green
Tom Kenny	Curtis Gene Simmons Fair-haired boy
Jenny McCarthy	Marcy
Daran Norris	Eldon Reed Sheriff Cowardly Lion
Rhea Perlman	Agnes
Paul Stanley	Himself

Songs

Song	Credits	Performed by	Character performance by
"Shout it Out Loud"	Credits	Performed by KISS	KISS

Notes/trivia

• This episode is full of homages to the franchise:
  • It includes a laugh track.
  • At the start of the episode, the case the gang is solving is similar to the one in Which Witch is Which from Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.
  • The werewolf disguise Shaggy uses to trick the scarecrows is the same as his werewolf form from the television film, Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf.

Cultural references

• Curtis dresses up as Hong Kong Phooey, another Hanna-Barbera animated anthropomorphic dog who fights crime. He was also on Scooby's Scooby Doobies team, in the TV series, Laff-a-Lympics.
• There's a Wizard of Oz reference as a person costumed as the Cowardly Lion tells Shaggy, (in disguise as one of the scarecrows) "Carl, I thought we told you to meet us by the snack table. Honestly, sometimes it's like you don't even have a brain." In the background, are the Tin Man and Dorothy.
• During the chase sequence, Scooby-Doo dresses in a Superman costume.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• At the party, Shaggy and Scooby came in wearing robot scarecrow costumes. During the song, they no longer have the pumpkin masks and they are getting into the music (ignoring the dangerous robots in the room). A few seconds later, they are in normal clothing and the scarecrow overalls have disappeared as well.
• In the direct-to-video film, Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery, KISS' next appearance, it doesn't outright contradict this episode, but it does bring up hard to miss conflicts.
  • The real-world identities and realistic designs (i.e. Paul Stanley's hairy chest) in this episode are dropped in favour of highlighting the alter egos of KISS; they're reinvented as glam rock superheroes from an alternate dimension, and they only go by their nicknames. It's ever so slightly possible that the film just expands on what wasn't known in this episode.
  • Daphne has a major crush on Paul Stanley, but doesn't give any opinion whatsoever in this episode.
  • Shaggy (and to a lesser extent Scooby) is a big KISS fan in this episode, but doesn't seem to care either way in the film.

Home media

• What's New Scooby-Doo?: Volume 6 - Monster Matinee DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 5, 2005.
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Complete 2nd Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 7, 2007.
• Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Run for Your 'Rife! DVD set released by Warner Home Video on September 10, 2013.

External links

• TBA

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