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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 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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''Insert details here.''
  
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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[[Janet Nettles|The mayor]] hosts a scary movie night, and shows a Vincent Van Ghoul movie, where he get turned into a fog ghoul. The movie gets interrupted by who a real [[Graveyard Ghoul|ghoul]] who rips through the screen and scares everyone off. In the morning, the gang looks around for clues but doesn't find anything significant. Velma gets spooked by the caretaker Evallo who looks much like the ghoul and even acts similar.
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[[File:The gathering gloom.png|thumb|Scooby and Velma confront the Ghoul]]
  
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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".
  
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Instead of questioning Evallo, the rest of the gand decides to investigate a mysterious house near the cemetery. The house has a super-nice family by the name of Bjorklund living in it. The mother, Model, tells them how she moved there because she was trying to raise money.
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Later Velma is walking around looking for clues when Mr. E approaches her and asks her to help him again. She declines and walks away. After she leaves, Pericles tries to talk "Mr. E" aka Ricky into working with him again, saying that Cassidy is bitter, and that Brad and Judy are enigmas.
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While Velma is out, the gang gets attacked by the Ghoul in the Bjorklund house.
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Mr. E thinks back to when he first met Pericles as a child, and how he nursed him back to health, becoming best friends.
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Velma finds out that Count Evallo von Meanskrieg was rejected for a work permit for being "pure evil". When she tries to tell the gang the laugh and say it can't be that obvious.
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Velma goes off to look for clues again and gets ambushed by the Ghoul in the cemetery.
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Velma talks to Sheriff Stone and gets him to help her trap the Ghoul. They find out that the Ghoul is using one of the crypts to hide a natural gas well. After a chase the catch the Ghoul and find out that Evallo wanted to steal the gas to prove that he was worthy of his family's evil name. The mayor then reveals that the gas company next to the cemetery owes the Bjorklunds money for having tapped into the gas field under the cemetery. When Mrs. Bjorklund sees how much money it is she decides to move by to the country she emigrated to the US from, leaving. Then Sheriff Stone has to release Evallo for deportation as he has "diplomatic immunity".
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Ricky and Pericles in the meantime, have decided to put the past behind them and work together to get the treasure, but first they must get rid of Cassidy.
   
 
==Cast and characters==
  
==Cast and characters==
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| [[Nova]]
  
| [[Nova]]
 
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| colspan=2 | [[Bjorklunds|Inga, Ola and Heidi Bjorklund]]
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| colspan=2 | [[Inga, Ola, and Heidi Bjorklund]]
 
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! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
  
! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
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| [[Moder Bjorklund]]
  
| [[Moder Bjorklund]]
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| Fred 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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** [[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.]]
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** 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]]
   
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==Notes/trivia==
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==Continuity==
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* 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.
  
 
* 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]].
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* [[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.
 
* 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."
  
* 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."
 
* 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.
  
* 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.
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* 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 released October 7, 2014.
   
 
==Quotes==
  
==Quotes==
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| season= ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' [[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season 2|Season 2]]
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| after= ''[[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 episode overall in the series.

Premise

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

Synopsis

The mayor hosts a scary movie night, and shows a Vincent Van Ghoul movie, where he get turned into a fog ghoul. The movie gets interrupted by who a real ghoul who rips through the screen and scares everyone off. In the morning, the gang looks around for clues but doesn't find anything significant. Velma gets spooked by the caretaker Evallo who looks much like the ghoul and even acts similar.

Instead of questioning Evallo, the rest of the gand decides to investigate a mysterious house near the cemetery. The house has a super-nice family by the name of Bjorklund living in it. The mother, Model, tells them how she moved there because she was trying to raise money.

Later Velma is walking around looking for clues when Mr. E approaches her and asks her to help him again. She declines and walks away. After she leaves, Pericles tries to talk "Mr. E" aka Ricky into working with him again, saying that Cassidy is bitter, and that Brad and Judy are enigmas.

While Velma is out, the gang gets attacked by the Ghoul in the Bjorklund house.

Mr. E thinks back to when he first met Pericles as a child, and how he nursed him back to health, becoming best friends.

Velma finds out that Count Evallo von Meanskrieg was rejected for a work permit for being "pure evil". When she tries to tell the gang the laugh and say it can't be that obvious.

Velma goes off to look for clues again and gets ambushed by the Ghoul in the cemetery.

Velma talks to Sheriff Stone and gets him to help her trap the Ghoul. They find out that the Ghoul is using one of the crypts to hide a natural gas well. After a chase the catch the Ghoul and find out that Evallo wanted to steal the gas to prove that he was worthy of his family's evil name. The mayor then reveals that the gas company next to the cemetery owes the Bjorklunds money for having tapped into the gas field under the cemetery. When Mrs. Bjorklund sees how much money it is she decides to move by to the country she emigrated to the US from, leaving. Then Sheriff Stone has to release Evallo for deportation as he has "diplomatic immunity".

Ricky and Pericles in the meantime, have decided to put the past behind them and work together to get the treasure, but first they must get rid of Cassidy.

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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