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E-Scream is the fourteenth and final episode of the third season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the forty-second and final episode overall in the series.
Premise[]
Velma plans to relax while the rest of the gang takes in a game convention, but she soon finds she has to contend with a virtual-reality game come to life.
Synopsis[]
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Characters[]
Main characters:
- Velma Dinkley
- Mystery Inc. dopplegängers (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Scooby-Doo dopplegänger (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Shaggy Rogers dopplegänger (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Fred Jones dopplegänger (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Daphne Blake dopplegänger (only appearance)(VR simulation)
Supporting characters:
- Scooby-Doo
- Shaggy Rogers
- Fred Jones
- Daphne Blake
- Dr. Laslow Ostwald (final appearance)
- Princess Penelope Powerheart (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Benji (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Tad (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Mitch (only appearance)(VR simulation)
Villains:
- Osomons (only appearance)(VR simulation)
Other characters:
- Damian (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Travis (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Security kid (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Sherlock Holmes (no lines)(VR simulation)(cameo)
- Dr. John Watson (no lines)(VR simulation)(cameo)
- Train passengers (only appearance)(VR simulation)
- Zombie kids (only appearance)
Objects[]
- Gooey-Oh (VR simulation)
Vehicles[]
- The Mystery Machine (real and VR simulation)
Locations[]
Suspects[]
Suspect | Motive/reason |
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Tad & Mitch | They were jealous of Dr. Ostwald making better video games than them. |
Benji | He'd do anything to impress Princess Powerheart. |
Linda | She was fired by Professor Ostwald and reduced to dressing up at the conventions. |
Culprits[]
Culprit | Motive/reason |
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Dr. Laslow Ostwald | He was using Velma to test his virtual reality game. The Osomons weren't real, and neither were her friends. |
Cast[]
Songs[]
Song | Credits | Performed by |
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"Holiday " | Written by Xander Smith and Jennifer Finch | OtherStarPeople |
Continuity[]
- The trap the gang sets for the Osomons is a modified version of the trap they set for the ghost in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode A Clue for Scooby Doo.
- Velma (and the rest of the gang) met Dr. Ostwald in the season two episode High-Tech House of Horrors.
- Some of the cosplayers are worm worshipers.
Notes/trivia[]
- E-Scream was originally scheduled to air on April 23, 2005, but was preempted for ¡Mucha Lucha![citation needed] The episode ended up not airing on the Kids' WB! at all; but rather on Cartoon Network over a year later (this happened with other WB Animation shows that premiered on Kids' WB!, but aired their final episodes on Cartoon Network: Batman Beyond and The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries).
- Technically, there was no monster, bad guy or mystery in this episode, as the whole thing was just a virtual reality game.
- This episode was released five months before it had aired on the DVD What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 8 - Zoinks! Camera! Action!
- This is the only time in standard continuity that the Mystery Machine can change into another vehicle with the press of a button. Coincidentally, the van transforming into different vehicles was one of the gimmicks in the next series to follow, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, which premiered a little over 2 months later. This ability to transform the van was previously used in the series Amazing Chan and the Clan Chan.
- There were four clues that helped Velma solve the case.
- Fred didn't want the gang to split up.
- Daphne wore a green shoe instead of another purple one and didn't care about them not matching.
- Shaggy and Scooby actively volunteered to be live bait.
- The big giveaway was that Shaggy said "Toinks" instead of "Zoinks."
- This episode was included in Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo! Back to School Marathon (August 10–11, 2013).
- This is the final time that Casey Kasem voices Shaggy.
Miscellaneous[]
- Disguises: Shaggy and Scooby as French restaurant owners and the rest of the gang as cooks.
- "Zoinks" count: 0.
- "Jeepers" count: 1.
- "Jinkies" count: 1.
- "Gang way" count: 1.
- "Toinks" count: 1.
Cultural references[]
- The episode's title may be a pun on the gaming conference called E3.
- The Osomon are a play on either anime Pokémon or Digimon, the former of which also aired on the now-defunct Kids' WB! Their mob behavior is quite similar to the Mousers, small but fierce dog-like robots created by Dr. Baxter Stockman, one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' most known villains.
- The real Daphne dresses in an outfit similar to Catwoman.
- Gooey-Oh is a play on another Kids' WB! anime Yu-Gi-Oh! The hair on top of the toy also partly resembles Yugi's/Atem's spiky hairstyle.
- When Dr. Ostwald is showing Velma his virtual mystery game, there are references to famous fictional detectives such as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson in the first location, and Hercule Poirot when they appear inside the train car.
- Fred says he was once a Boy Scout, a reference to the Boy Scouts of America.
- Dr. Ostwald's "virtual reality" is essentially the "holodeck" of Star Trek lore, first seen in The Next Generation in 1987.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- Daphne's green shoe turns purple when Tad and Mitch walk away with their Gooey-Oh creature, and when she is taken away by the Osomon.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- It is a bit odd that Velma, given her constant status as a "geek/nerd", would be the only Mystery Inc. member not to "get" the concept of a video game convention.
- The opening scare scene shows the Osomon coming out before Velma started playing the game. Perhaps Dr. Ostwald was running a scene he later decided to delete.
- Dr. Ostwald's simulator apparently defies the laws of space, since Velma (not knowing she was still in it) manages to move a long distance.
- This point appears to operate on the same principle as the Star Trek holodeck, which essentially places the user on a treadmill. The person walks in place indefinitely while the simulated background changes to give the illusion of walking through an alien wilderness, a Victorian city, or a Las Vegas lounge.
- It is strange that Velma, having "left" Ostwald's game, did not notice that her friends were no longer wearing the costumes they wore at the beginning of the episode, but were instead in their ordinary clothes, which was another clue that Velma failed to notice to help her realize that she didn't leave Ostwald's game.
- When Velma was seconds away from solving the mystery, Digital Shaggy said Toinks, but in the flashback he added like to it.
In other languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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French | Frayeur virtuelle | Virtual Fright |
Home media[]
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 8 - Zoinks! Camera! Action! DVD released by Warner Home Video on February 21, 2006.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 8 - E-Scream DVD released by Warner Home Video on May 29, 2006.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 8 - E-Scream DVD released by Roadshow Entertainment on September 6, 2006.
- Hva' Nyt, Scooby-Doo?: Del 8 - Videomani DVD released by Warner Home Video on September 12, 2006.
- Quoi d'Neuf, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 8 - Frayeur Virtuelle DVD released by Warner Home Video on October 31, 2006.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Complete 3rd Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on January 8, 2008.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volumes 7 & 8 - Ghouls, Fools & Grief on a Reef! DVD released by Warner Home Video on May 30, 2011.
- 3 Spooky DVD Treats: What's New, Scooby-Doo? - Volumes 7-9 DVD released by Warner Home Video.
Quotes[]
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External links[]
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