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| image= The_Gathering_Gloom_title_card.png
|image=[[File:The gathering gloom.png|250px]]
 
|series=Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
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| series= Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
|episode=207
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| episode= 207
|airdate=August 7, 2012
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| airdate= August 7, 2012
|writtenby=[[Marly Halpern-Graser]]
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| writtenby= [[Marly Halpern-Graser]]
|directedby=[[Curt Geda]]
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| directedby= [[Curt Geda]]
|previousepisode=''[[Art of Darkness!]]''
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| previousepisode= ''[[Art of Darkness!]]''
|nextepisode=''[[The Night on Haunted Mountain]]''
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| nextepisode= ''[[Night on Haunted Mountain]]''
 
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'''''The Gathering Gloom''''' is the seventh episode of the second season of ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'', and the thirty-third overall in the series.
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'''''The Gathering Gloom''''' is the seventh episode of the [[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season 2|second season]] of ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'', and the thirty-third episode overall in the series.
   
 
==Premise==
 
==Premise==
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Meatballs, beautiful Swedish girls, and severe chocolate addiction ensue.[https://twitter.com/kooltoecee/status/232712106988929024]
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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
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A Graveyard Ghoul attacks in the middle of Mayor Nettles' Horror Movie Night, forcing the gang to investigate. However, Fred and Shaggy are smitten with three beautiful girls who have just immigrated into Crystal Cove, and Daphne has eaten some of their mother's homemade chocolate and become addicted, leaving Velma and Scooby alone to solve the mystery. Eventually, they are forced to turn to Sheriff Stone for help. Meanwhile, Mr. E teams back up with Professor Pericles in search of what he calls "the Treasure".
   
 
==Cast and characters==
 
==Cast and characters==
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| [[Nova]]
 
| [[Nova]]
 
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| [[Inga, Ola and Heidi Bjorklund]]
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| colspan=2 | [[Bjorklunds|Inga, Ola and Heidi Bjorklund]]
 
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! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
 
! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
 
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| [[Ricky Owens]] <sup>(flasback)</sup>
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| colspan=2 | [[Ricky Owens]] <sup>(flasback)</sup>
 
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! Motive/reason
 
! Motive/reason
 
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| Count Evallo von Meanskrieg
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| [[Evallo von Meanskrieg|Count Evallo von Meanskrieg]]
 
| He acted like the Graveyard Ghoul, and had a bad temper.
 
| He acted like the Graveyard Ghoul, and had a bad temper.
 
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| [[Moder Bjorklund]]
 
| [[Moder Bjorklund]]
| red said she was the same size as Graveyard Ghoul.
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| Fred said she has the same size as Graveyard Ghoul.
 
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|}
   
===Cuplrits===
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===Culprits===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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! Culprit
 
! Culprit
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** [[Crystal Cove Gas Company|Gas Company]]
 
** [[Crystal Cove Gas Company|Gas Company]]
 
** [[Crystal Cove City Hall|City Hall]]
 
** [[Crystal Cove City Hall|City Hall]]
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** [[Destroido Corp.]]
** Mr. E's lair
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*** [[Mr. E's lair]]
 
** [[Ricky Owens's home]] <sup>(flasback)</sup>
 
** [[Ricky Owens's home]] <sup>(flasback)</sup>
 
** [[Crystal Cove Police Department|Police Department]]
 
** [[Crystal Cove Police Department|Police Department]]
   
==Notes/trivia==
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==Continuity==
* This episode's "previously on..." recap is spoken by Scooby. The recap itself is a spoof and doesn't actually show anything significant, only showing the extravagant meals Scooby and have had.
 
 
* This is the one episode of the series where the most obvious suspect actually is the monster.
 
* This is the one episode of the series where the most obvious suspect actually is the monster.
 
* This is the second time [[Sheriff Bronson Stone]] has had a barbeque, the first time being in ''[[Battle Of The Humungonauts]]''.
 
* This is the second time [[Sheriff Bronson Stone]] has had a barbeque, the first time being in ''[[Battle Of The Humungonauts]]''.
 
* It is revealed how [[Ricky Owens]]/[[Mr. E]] first encountered [[Professor Pericles]].
 
* It is revealed how [[Ricky Owens]]/[[Mr. E]] first encountered [[Professor Pericles]].
* [[Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Daphne]] goes crazy whenever she eats chocolate, even a small amount.
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* It is revealed that [[Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Daphne]]'s a chocoholic and that she goes crazy whenever she eats chocolate, even a small amount.
 
* The [[Bjorklunds]]' check dates January 26.
 
* The [[Bjorklunds]]' check dates January 26.
 
* [[Mr. E]] and [[Professor Pericles|Pericles]] now work together again to find the treasure and plan on silencing [[Cassidy Williams|Cassidy]] for good.
 
* [[Mr. E]] and [[Professor Pericles|Pericles]] now work together again to find the treasure and plan on silencing [[Cassidy Williams|Cassidy]] for good.
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* The same actress who appeared as [[Weena]] with [[Vincent Van Ghoul]] in a [[Nightfright (episode)|zombie movie]] is back in another monster movie, this time as "Deena."
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* This episode reveals that talking dogs are a well-known category of animals, so that even foreigners like the Bjorklunds aren't surprised by Scooby-Doo.
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* Mr. E plays the same keytar he was holding in ''[[Pawn Of Shadows]]'' and ''[[The House of the Nightmare Witch]]''.
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==Notes/trivia==
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* This episode was aired in Latin America and Brazil on October 15, 2012.
 
* This is the first episode to have the "previously on..." recap spoken by [[Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Scooby]]. The recap itself is a spoof and doesn't actually show anything significant, only showing the extravagant meals Scooby and [[Shaggy Rogers (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Shaggy]] have had.
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** The recap also includes a never-before seen scene from ''[[Web of the Dreamweaver!]]'', in which Shaggy and the [[Sheriff Bronson Stone|Sheriff]] spit [[Francilee's Cornbread Stuffin' ]]on Scooby. This scene is an off-camera one, as the Sheriff says he was going to destroy that tasty evidence, meaning the Cornbread Stuffin', as soon as [[Francilee Jackson]] was caught, and Scooby and Shaggy offered to help, while [[Fred Jones, Jr.|the]] [[Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|rest]] [[Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|of]] the gang questioned her.
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===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
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*[[Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Velma]] is nowhere to be seen in the [[Janet Nettles|Mayor]]'s horror movie night at the [[Crystal Cove Cemetery|cemetery]], but she's capable of finding similarities between [[Evallo von Meanskrieg|Count Evallo]] and the [[Graveyard Ghoul]].
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*[[Professor Pericles|Pericles]]' scar is always on his right eye when his reflection on the glass is seen. It should be on the left, since in reality it is on the right.
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*Velma tries to ge the gang's attention on Count Evallo growling, and the next second, she's standing next to [[Fred Jones, Jr.|Fred]] who knocks on the [[Bjorklunds]]' [[Bjorklund home|house]] door.
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==In other languages==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Language
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! Name
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! Meaning
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| '''Italian'''
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| Il Mistero Si Infittisce
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| The Mystery Deepens
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| '''Spanish (Latin America)'''
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| La Creciente Oscuridad
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| The Growing Darkness
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| '''Hungarian'''
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| A temetői ködlovag
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| The Fog Knight from the Cemetery
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| '''Greek'''
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| Το Βαθύ Σκοτάδι
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| The Deep Darkness
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|}
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==Home media==
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Part 1 - Danger in the Deep]]'' DVD set released November 13, 2012.
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: For the Love of Snack]]'' DVD compilation set released January 7, 2014.
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* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 2]]'' DVD set to be released October 7, 2014.
   
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
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The Gathering Gloom is the seventh episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the thirty-third episode overall in the series.

Premise

Meatballs, beautiful Swedish girls, and severe chocolate addiction ensue.[1]

Synopsis

A Graveyard Ghoul attacks in the middle of Mayor Nettles' Horror Movie Night, forcing the gang to investigate. However, Fred and Shaggy are smitten with three beautiful girls who have just immigrated into Crystal Cove, and Daphne has eaten some of their mother's homemade chocolate and become addicted, leaving Velma and Scooby alone to solve the mystery. Eventually, they are forced to turn to Sheriff Stone for help. Meanwhile, Mr. E teams back up with Professor Pericles in search of what he calls "the Treasure".

Cast and characters

Actor Character
Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones, Jr.
Matthew Lillard Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Deena
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Lewis Black Mr. E
Vivica A. Fox Cassidy Williams (voice only)
Patrick Warburton Sheriff Bronson Stone
Udo Kier Professor Pericles
Maurice LaMarche Vincent Van Ghoul
Kate Higgins Mayor Janet Nettles
Moder Bjorklund
Chris Hardwick Count Evallo von Meanskrieg
Graveyard Ghoul
Uncredited
Jennifer Hale Nova
Inga, Ola and Heidi Bjorklund
Non-speaking roles
Ricky Owens (flasback)

Villains

  • Graveyard Ghoul/Count Evallo von Meanskrieg

Suspects

Suspect Motive/reason
Count Evallo von Meanskrieg He acted like the Graveyard Ghoul, and had a bad temper.
Moder Bjorklund Fred said she has the same size as Graveyard Ghoul.

Culprits

Culprit Motive/reason
Count Evallo von Meanskrieg as the Graveyard Ghoul To drill for gas.

Locations

Continuity

  • This is the one episode of the series where the most obvious suspect actually is the monster.
  • This is the second time Sheriff Bronson Stone has had a barbeque, the first time being in Battle Of The Humungonauts.
  • It is revealed how Ricky Owens/Mr. E first encountered Professor Pericles.
  • It is revealed that Daphne's a chocoholic and that she goes crazy whenever she eats chocolate, even a small amount.
  • The Bjorklunds' check dates January 26.
  • Mr. E and Pericles now work together again to find the treasure and plan on silencing Cassidy for good.
  • The same actress who appeared as Weena with Vincent Van Ghoul in a zombie movie is back in another monster movie, this time as "Deena."
  • This episode reveals that talking dogs are a well-known category of animals, so that even foreigners like the Bjorklunds aren't surprised by Scooby-Doo.
  • Mr. E plays the same keytar he was holding in Pawn Of Shadows and The House of the Nightmare Witch.

Notes/trivia

  • This episode was aired in Latin America and Brazil on October 15, 2012.
  • This is the first episode to have the "previously on..." recap spoken by Scooby. The recap itself is a spoof and doesn't actually show anything significant, only showing the extravagant meals Scooby and Shaggy have had.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

  • Velma is nowhere to be seen in the Mayor's horror movie night at the cemetery, but she's capable of finding similarities between Count Evallo and the Graveyard Ghoul.
  • Pericles' scar is always on his right eye when his reflection on the glass is seen. It should be on the left, since in reality it is on the right.
  • Velma tries to ge the gang's attention on Count Evallo growling, and the next second, she's standing next to Fred who knocks on the Bjorklunds' house door.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Italian Il Mistero Si Infittisce The Mystery Deepens
Spanish (Latin America) La Creciente Oscuridad The Growing Darkness
Hungarian A temetői ködlovag The Fog Knight from the Cemetery
Greek Το Βαθύ Σκοτάδι The Deep Darkness

Home media

Quotes


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