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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Night the Clown Cried''}}
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{{Infobox Episode
 
{{Infobox Episode
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| image= [[File:The_Night_the_Clown_Cried_title_card.png]]
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| titlecard= The_Night_the_Clown_Cried_title_card.png
 
| series= Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
 
| series= Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
| episode= 201
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| episodenum= 201
| airdate= July 30, 2012
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| airdate= July 30, 2012 ([[Cartoon Network]])
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| UK= June 2, 2012 ([[Boomerang (Cartoon Network)|Boomerang]])
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| LATAM= September 1, 2012
 
| writtenby= [[Mitch Watson]]
 
| writtenby= [[Mitch Watson]]
 
| directedby= [[Curt Geda]]
 
| directedby= [[Curt Geda]]
| previousepisode= ''[[All Fear The Freak]]''
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| previousepisode= ''[[All Fear the Freak]]''
 
| nextepisode= ''[[The House of the Nightmare Witch]]''
 
| nextepisode= ''[[The House of the Nightmare Witch]]''
 
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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
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[[Crybaby Clown]] chases [[Sheriff Bronson Stone]] in his wagon throwing an exploding bottle at his car. The sheriff jumps out in time. As the new mayor, [[Janet Nettles]], watches Crybaby Clown drive past City Hall she wonders aloud what she has gotten herself into. A mysterious masked figure shows up and comments (with a muffled voice) that it was more like a mystery. The figure tosses a folder on the desk and states that she needs to find the second incarnation of Mystery incorporated, otherwise her time as mayor would be short-lived. The figure then jumps out the window.
Following the disbandment of Mystery Incorporated, Mayor Jones's successor Janet Nettles is approached by a mysterious figure (who later turns out to be Velma). She shows the mayor files on her fellow mystery-solvers in order to seek their help in bringing down Crybaby Clown who is torturing Crystal Cove. Mayor Nettles sets out immediately to retrieve Scooby-Doo and break him out of the puppy farm he is in. Scooby then goes and helps Shaggy escape from military school and together they find Fred Jr. (who now has a hobo appearance) and the three return to Crystal Cove. Velma joins them and together they go to bring Daphne back, but she refuses their offer. Fred comes up with a doughnut shop-themed trap in order to trap out Crybaby Clown. The trap doesn't work because Fred's naiveness, making him saying that Daphne did agree to come back, but she didn't, causing the trap work to stop, and Crybaby Clown escapes using one of his bottle bombs to blow up Chen's Fireworks. Fred is depressed that the villian escaped and states that Mystery Incorporated won't be the same since Daphne is never coming back.
 
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Scooby was put in solitary confinement at the farm for trying to escape. Scooby explains to a cow that he had to try and escape. He states that his friends are counting on him— otherwise [[Professor Pericles]] wins. Scooby then attempts and succeeds in escaping, and is picked up by Mayor Nettles.
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Shaggy is in line with the rest of his bunker mates when Scooby busts through the wall driving a tank. The commanding officer tries to do something about it but just manages to be dropped under the tank.
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Shaggy and Scooby find Fred going door to door trying to find [[Brad Chiles]] or [[Judy Reeves]]. In the time the gang has been split up Fred had grown a scraggly beard. Scooby and Shaggy convince Fred to come back. Fred agrees and then once the mystery was solved he will be going back to look for his parents.
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Once the three arrive in town Crybaby Clown goes after them. As Fred runs away he is snagged up by one of his own traps. When he comments that he recognizes the net, the mysterious figure shows up and tells him that he should, because he was one that built it. The figure cuts Fred loose and comments on Fred's beard. Fred realizes that it was Velma and gives her a hug. Just as Scooby and Shaggy pull up in the [[Mystery Machine (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Mystery Machine]], Velma pulls up the cloth over her mouth. Shaggy and Scooby try to pounce on her but she easily side-steps them. When she pulls off the hat and cloth over her mouth Scooby and Shaggy immdiately hug her in joy of seeing her. She makes the comment "Oi where was this affection when we were dating?"
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Velma joins them and together they go to bring Daphne back, but she refuses their offer, since she is putting mystery-solving behind her and dating [[Baylor Hotner]]. Fred comes up with a doughnut shop-themed trap in order to trap out Crybaby Clown. The trap doesn't work (because Fred counted on Daphne's return) and Crybaby Clown escapes using one of his bottle bombs to blow up Chen's Fireworks. Fred is depressed that the villain escaped and states that Mystery Incorporated won't be the same since Daphne is never coming back.
   
 
==Cast and characters==
 
==Cast and characters==
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! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
 
! colspan=2 | Non-speaking roles
 
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| colspan=2 | [[Randy's mom]]
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| colspan=2 | [[Randy's mom (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Randy's mom]]
 
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| colspan=2 | [[Mr. Baywosenthal]]
 
| colspan=2 | [[Mr. Baywosenthal]]
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| colspan=2 | [[Colton Rogers]]
 
| colspan=2 | [[Colton Rogers]]
 
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==Villains==
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* [[Crybaby Clown]]
   
 
==Locations==
 
==Locations==
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* Farm
 
* Farm
 
* [[Barnstow Military Academy]]
 
* [[Barnstow Military Academy]]
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==Continuity==
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* From the recap:
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** The [[Freak of Crystal Cove]] stood on where a window used to be at the [[Old Spanish Church]] and laughed. (''[[Pawn of Shadows]]'')
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** The Freak of Crystal Cove was unmasked and unveiled to be [[Fred Jones, Sr.]] (''[[All Fear the Freak]]'')
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** After [[Fred Jones, Jr.|Fred]] was distraught over [[Brad Chiles|the]] [[Judy Reeves|parents]] that he'd never even known about, he called off the engagement between him and [[Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Daphne]] and decided to leave [[Crystal Cove]] in search of his real parents. (''All Fear the Freak'')
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** Daphne scolded [[Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Velma]] for not telling [[Mystery Incorporated (Crystal Cove successors)|the gang]] about [[Angel Dynamite|Angel]]'s secret earlier. (''All Fear the Freak'')
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** [[Shaggy Rogers (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Shaggy]]'s parents told him that he would be going to millitary school while [[Scooby-Doo (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Scooby-Doo]] would be sent to a farm. (''All Fear the Freak'')
   
 
==Notes/trivia==
 
==Notes/trivia==
* This episode was originally set to air May 2012, but instead was released online and the televised premiere was pushed back to July 10 and then finally July 30 of the same year.
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* This episode was originally set to air May 2012, but instead was released online and the televised premiere was pushed back to July 10 and then finally July 30 of the same year.{{Cite}}
 
* [[Crybaby Clown]] mentioned [[Redbeard's Ghost]] and [[Mano Tiki Tia]] as cases [[Mystery Incorporated (Crystal Cove successors)|Mystery Inc.]] solved. In the regular continuity, the latter case was set in [[Hawaii]]. This case must have been closer to home, since [[Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Daphne]] said she had never been further than [[Gatorsburg]].
* This episode was aired in the UK on June 2, 2012.[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?229197-quot-Scooby-Doo-Mystery-Inc-quot-News-amp-Discussion-Thread&p=4006553#post4006553]
 
 
* The [[Drill sergeant (The Night the Clown Cried)|drill sergeant]] calls [[Shaggy Rogers (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Shaggy]], "Private Hippy".
* This episode was aired in Latin America on September 1, 2012.
 
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* This is the only two-parter episode in the series, and also the second episode, after ''[[Dead Justice (episode)|Dead Justice]]'', in which the monster gets away.
* The title seems to be based on the notoriously bad unreleased Jerry Lewis movie, ''The Day the Clown Cried''.
 
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* This is the first episode in [[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated|the series]] (and [[Scooby-Doo (franchise)|the franchise]] as a whole) that features a 'previously' segment. This trend will continue until ''[[Come Undone]]''.
* The Clown mentioned [[Redbeard's Ghost]] and [[Mano Tiki Tia]] as cases [[Mystery Incorporated (Crystal Cove successors)|Mystery Inc.]] solved. In the regular continuity, the latter case was set in [[Hawaii]]. This case must have been closer to home, since [[Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Daphne]] said she had never been further than [[Gatorsburg]].
 
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* The 'previously' segment is announced by [[Fred Jones, Jr.|Fred]].
* The [[Drill sergeant (The Night the Clown Cried)|drill sergeant]] calls [[Shaggy Rogers (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Shaggy]] "Private Hippy".
 
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===Cultural references===
 
* The title seems to be based on the notoriously bad unreleased [[wikipedia:Jerry Lewis|Jerry Lewis]] movie, ''[[wikipedia:The Day the Clown Cried|The Day the Clown Cried]]''. The clown's voice is also reminiscent of Jerry Lewis.
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* Shaggy resembles the titular character from the sitcom, ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.''
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* During the meeting, Crybaby Clown scratches his nails on the chalk board and mentions how the townspeople know him and how he earns a living, this is a reference towards the film, ''Jaws'', when Quint scratches his nails on the chalk board and says the exact same lines.
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===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
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* It's unknown how much time passed between ''[[All Fear the Freak]]'' and ''The Night the Clown Cried''. Due to Fred's long hair and beard, it can be assumed it was several months.
   
 
==In other languages==
 
==In other languages==
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| La Nuit du clown triste
 
| La Nuit du clown triste
 
| The Night of the Sad Clown
 
| The Night of the Sad Clown
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| '''Polish'''
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| Płaczący Klaun
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| The Crying Clown
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| '''Greek'''
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| Τη Νύχτα που Έκλαψε ο Κλόουν
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| The Night the Clown Cried
 
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|}
   
 
==Home media==
 
==Home media==
* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Part 1 - Danger in the Deep]]'' DVD set released November 13, 2012.
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* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Part 1 - Danger in the Deep]]'' DVD set released by [[Warner Home Video]] on November 13, 2012.
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* {{US}} ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 2]]'' DVD set released by Warner Home Video on October 7, 2014.
   
==Gallery==
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==Quotes==
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{{Quotes
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SDMI 201 Scooby on farm.jpg|Scooby on farm
 
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SDMI 201 Shaggy Fred Scooby on road.jpg|Shaggy, Fred and Scooby
 
SDMI 201 Scooby Velma Shaggy.jpg|Scooby, Velma, and Shaggy
 
SDMI 201 Daphne with date.jpg|Baylor Hotner and Daphne
 
SDMI 201 Daphne in car with date.jpg|Daphne and Baylor in the latter's car
 
SDMI 201 Crybaby Clown.jpg|Crybaby Clown
 
SDMI 201 Fred chased by Clown.jpg|Crybaby Clown after Fred
 
SDMI_201_Military_situation.jpg|At military school
 
Janet Nettles meets Scooby.png|Mayor Janet Nettles
 
</gallery>
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
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* TBA
   
 
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[[Category:Episodes featuring Sheriff Bronson Stone]]
 
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Revision as of 01:57, 3 February 2016

The Night the Clown Cried is the first episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the twenty-seventh episode overall in the series.

Premise

With the gang split up, Crystal Cove is being tormented by an evil man-baby called Crybaby Clown!

Synopsis

Crybaby Clown chases Sheriff Bronson Stone in his wagon throwing an exploding bottle at his car. The sheriff jumps out in time. As the new mayor, Janet Nettles, watches Crybaby Clown drive past City Hall she wonders aloud what she has gotten herself into. A mysterious masked figure shows up and comments (with a muffled voice) that it was more like a mystery. The figure tosses a folder on the desk and states that she needs to find the second incarnation of Mystery incorporated, otherwise her time as mayor would be short-lived. The figure then jumps out the window.

Scooby was put in solitary confinement at the farm for trying to escape. Scooby explains to a cow that he had to try and escape. He states that his friends are counting on him— otherwise Professor Pericles wins. Scooby then attempts and succeeds in escaping, and is picked up by Mayor Nettles.

Shaggy is in line with the rest of his bunker mates when Scooby busts through the wall driving a tank. The commanding officer tries to do something about it but just manages to be dropped under the tank.

Shaggy and Scooby find Fred going door to door trying to find Brad Chiles or Judy Reeves. In the time the gang has been split up Fred had grown a scraggly beard. Scooby and Shaggy convince Fred to come back. Fred agrees and then once the mystery was solved he will be going back to look for his parents.

Once the three arrive in town Crybaby Clown goes after them. As Fred runs away he is snagged up by one of his own traps. When he comments that he recognizes the net, the mysterious figure shows up and tells him that he should, because he was one that built it. The figure cuts Fred loose and comments on Fred's beard. Fred realizes that it was Velma and gives her a hug. Just as Scooby and Shaggy pull up in the Mystery Machine, Velma pulls up the cloth over her mouth. Shaggy and Scooby try to pounce on her but she easily side-steps them. When she pulls off the hat and cloth over her mouth Scooby and Shaggy immdiately hug her in joy of seeing her. She makes the comment "Oi where was this affection when we were dating?"

Velma joins them and together they go to bring Daphne back, but she refuses their offer, since she is putting mystery-solving behind her and dating Baylor Hotner. Fred comes up with a doughnut shop-themed trap in order to trap out Crybaby Clown. The trap doesn't work (because Fred counted on Daphne's return) and Crybaby Clown escapes using one of his bottle bombs to blow up Chen's Fireworks. Fred is depressed that the villain escaped and states that Mystery Incorporated won't be the same since Daphne is never coming back.

Cast and characters

Actor Character
Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones, Jr.
Barty Blake
Matthew Lillard Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Paula Rogers
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Patrick Warburton Sheriff Bronson Stone
Kate Higgins Mayor Janet Nettles
Mark Hamill Crybaby Clown
Drill sergeant
Matt Lanter Baylor Hotner
Mitch Watson Farmer
Random citizen
Non-speaking roles
Randy's mom
Mr. Baywosenthal
Colton Rogers

Villains

Locations

Continuity

Notes/trivia

  • This episode was originally set to air May 2012, but instead was released online and the televised premiere was pushed back to July 10 and then finally July 30 of the same year.[citation needed]
  • Crybaby Clown mentioned Redbeard's Ghost and Mano Tiki Tia as cases Mystery Inc. solved. In the regular continuity, the latter case was set in Hawaii. This case must have been closer to home, since Daphne said she had never been further than Gatorsburg.
  • The drill sergeant calls Shaggy, "Private Hippy".
  • This is the only two-parter episode in the series, and also the second episode, after Dead Justice, in which the monster gets away.
  • This is the first episode in the series (and the franchise as a whole) that features a 'previously' segment. This trend will continue until Come Undone.
  • The 'previously' segment is announced by Fred.

Cultural references

  • The title seems to be based on the notoriously bad unreleased Jerry Lewis movie, The Day the Clown Cried. The clown's voice is also reminiscent of Jerry Lewis.
  • Shaggy resembles the titular character from the sitcom, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
  • During the meeting, Crybaby Clown scratches his nails on the chalk board and mentions how the townspeople know him and how he earns a living, this is a reference towards the film, Jaws, when Quint scratches his nails on the chalk board and says the exact same lines.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

  • It's unknown how much time passed between All Fear the Freak and The Night the Clown Cried. Due to Fred's long hair and beard, it can be assumed it was several months.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Italian La Notte Del Clown The Night of the Clown
Spanish (Latin America) La Noche en que el Bufón Lloro The Night the Buffoon Cried
French La Nuit du clown triste The Night of the Sad Clown
Polish Płaczący Klaun The Crying Clown
Greek Τη Νύχτα που Έκλαψε ο Κλόουν The Night the Clown Cried

Home media

Quotes


References

External links

  • TBA


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