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The Neon Phantom of the Roller Disco! is the fourth episode of the original half-hour, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.

Premise[]

When the Neon Phantom appears at the Hollywood Bowl and cuts out the electricity, the kids chase him to find out what he's up to.

Synopsis[]

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Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

  • Nightmare (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Reporter (only appearance)
  • Recording technician (only appearance)
  • Sparkles (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Bob Molding (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Jagger (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Travolta (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Streisand (only appearance)(no lines)

Locations[]

Objects[]

  • Hollywood Sign

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/Reason
Steve Shimmer He wanted to close the roller disco.
Joey Cassette He wanted to buy Steve Shimmer's share of the roller disco.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/Reason
Bill Walker as the Neon Phantom To force the roller disco to close.

Cast[]

Don Messick Scooby-Doo
Lennie Weinrib Scrappy-Doo
Bill Walker
Neon Phantom
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Frank Welker Fred Jones
Steve Shimmer
Heather North Kenney Daphne Blake
Pat Stevens Velma Dinkley
Michael Bell Joey Cassette

Full credits[]

The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).


Notes/Trivia[]

  • The Mystery Machine's license plate registration is finally identified as "AC-712". The following season, however, in the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (second series) episode Scooby and the Bandit, it is changed to "SCOOBY".
  • This is the first episode in the franchise in which famous real-life celebrities appear and are mentioned by name, outside of The New Scooby-Doo Movies which was a show exclusively dedicated to that.
    • Regardless, the appearances of the celebrities in this episode are nothing major and only meant to be a throwaway gag due to the gang being in Hollywood at the time of a movie premiere.

Miscellaneous[]

Cultural references[]

  • The episode title recalls the 1909 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, which is frequently parodied by the Scoobyverse. This episode in particular has similarities to the 1974 movie adaptation The Phantom of the Paradise.
  • The movie Grease Fever is an obvious mashup of the then-recent Saturday Night Fever (1977) and Grease (1978), both starring John Travolta, who is referenced by name. The Sparkles' rehearsal song sounds very much like the Fever theme "Stayin' Alive."
  • Other real celebrities like Mick Jagger and Barbara Streisand are mentioned as well.
  • Sundown Boulevard is a parody of Los Angeles' legendary Sunset Boulevard.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

Neon Phantom animation mistake

Cel layering mistake.

  • There is a layering mistake which lasts for about two frames when Scooby and Shaggy are hiding under the bench, making it look like Scooby is crushing Shaggy.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

  • From a certain point of view, Bill Walker is really just a man defending his home. He rents property from the roller disco and the roller disco decides to expand. In order to expand, they must remove the residents on the property who would then have to find a new place to live. This same storyline often sees the roller disco as the 'evil corporation' that cares more about profits than the needs of people. Siding with the corporation is a bit out of character for Mystery Inc.
  • Scrappy told Fred to turn left, but the Mystery Machine was shown turning right.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Greek Το Φάντασμα της Ντισκοτέκ Ρόλερ! The Ghost of the Roller Disco!

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Neon Phantom: I've got you now!

Scrappy-Doo: Oh yeah? We'll just see about that we will. Cause my Uncle Scooby is fearless and ferocious and so am I!

Scooby-Doo: Scrappy!

External links[]

  • TBA


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