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The Siren's Song

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Title card

Details

Episode #

120

Air date

June 14, 2011 (Cartoon Network)

Air date

May 2, 2011 (Teletoon)

Written by

Roger Eschbacher

Directed by

Victor Cook

Chronology
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The Siren's Song is the twentieth episode of the first season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.

Premise

A sardine boat goes missing near a haunted oil platform. With the rest of the gang preoccupied, Velma follows up an anonymous tip on her own and encounters a singing mermaid.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

Mystery Incorporated

Supporting characters:

Skipper Shelton
Skipper Shelton (sardiner) ^{(only appearance)}
Amy ^{(only appearance)}^(disguise)/
Amy Cavenaugh ^{(only appearance)}
Angel Dynamite
Angie Dinkley
Ed Machine
Dr. Spike Cavenaugh ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

Fish Freaks ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}^{(main story and flashback)}^(disguise)/
- Ernesto ^{(final appearance)}^{(main story and flashback)}
- Ernesto's followers ^{(final appearance)}^{(main story and flashback)}

Other characters:

Skipper Shelton (sardiner)'s crewman ^{(only appearance)}
Flim-Flam ^{(only appearance)}^(statue)
Scrappy-Doo ^{(only appearance)}^(statue)
Miss Vampire Waitress
Skipper Shelton (shrimper) ^{(only time mentioned)}
Skiiper Shelton (manta-rayer) ^{(only time mentioned)}
Skipper Shelton (kelper) ^{(only time mentioned)}
Skipper Shelton (sea-dragoner) ^{(only time mentioned)}
Barty Blake ^(mentioned)

Locations

Crystal Cove
- Dead Man's Point
- Crystal Cove Spook Museum
- Dinkley home
  - Velma's bedroom
    - Bathroom
- The Bloody Stake
- Destroido Corp.
- Skipper Shelton's Clam Cabin
- K-Ghoul

Objects

Hot dogs
Velma's computer
Velma's keyboards
Velma's cell phone
Darrow Family Archives
Clams
Velma's Bathtub
K-Ghoul refrigerator
Newspaper
Gummy Dummies
Gang's life jackets
Diving suit

Vehicles

Skipper Shelton (sardiner)'s sardine boat
Barty Blake's boat
The Mystery Machine

Suspects

None

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Ernesto and his fellow protestors as Fish Freaks	In order to steal and sell oil.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones, Jr.
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle	Daphne Blake Miss Vampire Waitress
Mindy Cohn	Velma Dinkley
Frances Conroy	Angie Dinkley
Vivica A. Fox	Angel Dynamite
John O'Hurley	Skipper Shelton
Richard McGonagle	Ed Machine
Carlos Alazraqui	Ernesto Crew member
Tia Carrere	Amy Cavenaugh Amy
Daran Norris	Skipper Shelton (sardiner)
Gary Anthony Williams	Dr. Spike Cavenaugh

Continuity

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Notes/trivia

Scrappy and Flim-Flam's fates are references to the negative reception they received when they were main characters in the 1980's, being blamed for Scooby-Doo's decline, how they were percived by Cartoon Network (which also reflected their unpopularity in their bumpers), Scrappy's evil deeds in the 2002 film, and the fact that they never returned in any more productions because of it.
This is also the first time Flim-Flam has been used since his appearances in the 1980's.
Freddy not knowing who Flim-Flam is, is a reference to his standard continuity counterpart being absent from The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. Given that Velma was absent from the aforementioned series, too, her SDMI counterpart would likely not know who he is either, although that is not outright confirmed.
Velma runs a blog about the gang. She finds out that Amy and her mother both follow it. It turns out Velma regularly locks her door, but Angie has a key to it, and regularly invades her privacy.
This is the second time the gang meet Ed Machine again face-to-face, after Where Walks Aphrodite.
There are six Skipper Sheltons: the clammer who owns the Clam Cabin, a sardiner, a shrimper, a manta-rayer, a kelper, and a sea-dragoner (whom they don't talk about). This parallels Daphne and her sisters, suggesting she has five (with the odd one being the astronaut sister).
Ernesto's group is missing the balding, gray-haired middle-aged guy from The Shrieking Madness.
In this episode, skeptical Velma believed a person in a costume to be a real supernatural creature. Amy appealed to her loneliness and her desire to have a secret friend.
This is the first time that Angel Dynamite has been hinted to be Cassidy Williams; Velma outright declares it.
Ernesto's statement, "We have to destroy the environment in order to save it" is an echo of the famous Vietnam-era quote, "We had to destroy the village in order to save it."

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

The statue represents Flim-Flam with his hands in his sweater pockets, but from behind, his hands are on his waist.

Inconstitencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

Despite having already met Ed face-to-face once before, the gang show no apparent recognition of him as the associate of Mr. E who spoke to them after the Aphrodite case. The only reasonable explanation is they met him at night and would not have been able to have a good look at him or it's just something they cared not to reference.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning
Spanish (Latin America)	El Canto De La Sirena	The Siren's Song
Italy	Il Canto Della Sirena
Greek	Το Τραγούδι της Σειρήνας
French	Le Chant de la sirène

Home media

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Part 2 - Crystal Cove Curse DVD set released by Warner Home Video on January 24, 2012.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 1 DVD set released by Warner Home Video on October 8, 2013.

Quotes

Amy: ♪ My song fills your heart. From the depths of the sea. Please listen and learn. All you can learn from me. ♪

Skipper Shelton: Besides myself there are five Skipper Sheltons: a sardiner, a shrimper, a kelper, a manta rayer, and a sea-dragoner.

External links

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 ==Premise==
-A sardine boat goes missing near a haunted oil platform. [[Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Velma]] follows up an [[Amy Cavenaugh|anonymous tip]] on her own and encounters a [[Amy|singing mermaid]].
+A sardine boat goes missing near a [[Dead Man's Point|haunted oil platform]]. With the rest of [[Mystery Incorporated (Crystal Cove successors)|the gang]] preoccupied, [[Velma Dinkley (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Velma]] follows up an [[Amy Cavenaugh|anonymous tip]] on her own and encounters a [[Amy|singing mermaid]].
 ==Synopsis==
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 '''Villains''':
-* [[Fish Freaks]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Disguise}}/
+* [[Fish Freaks]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Also flashback}}{{Disguise}}/
-** [[Ernesto]] {{Final}}
+** [[Ernesto]] {{Final}}{{Also flashback}}
-** Protestors {{Final}}{{NL}}
+** Ernesto's followers {{Final}}{{Also flashback}}
 '''Other characters''':
-* Crew member {{Only}}
+* Skipper Shelton (sardiner)'s crewman {{Only}}
 * [[Flim-Flam (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Flim-Flam]] {{Only}}{{Green|statue}}
 * [[Scrappy-Doo (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Scrappy-Doo]] {{Only}}{{Green|statue}}
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 * [[Skipper Shelton (kelper)|Skipper Shelton]] (kelper) {{Only mention}}
 * [[Skipper Shelton (sea-dragoner)|Skipper Shelton]] (sea-dragoner) {{Only mention}}
-* [[Sheriff Bronson Stone]] {{NL}}
+* [[Barty Blake]] {{Mentioned}}
 ==Locations==
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 * Velma's [[Bathtub (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Bathtub]]
 * K-Ghoul [[Refrigerator (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|refrigerator]]
+* Newspaper
 * [[Gummy Dummies]]
+* Gang's [[Personal floatation device (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|life jackets]]
+* [[Atmospheric diving suit|Diving suit]]
 ==Vehicles==
 * [[Skipper Shelton (sardiner)|Skipper Shelton]] (sardiner)'s sardine boat
+* [[Barty Blake's boat]]
-* [[Blakes (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|Blakes']] boat
 * [[Mystery Machine (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)|The Mystery Machine]]
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 |-
 ! [[Tia Carrere]]
-| [[Amy Cavenaugh]]/<br />[[Amy]]
+| [[Amy Cavenaugh]]<br />[[Amy]]
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 ! [[Daran Norris]]
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 * This is also the first time Flim-Flam has been used since his appearances in the 1980's.
 * Freddy not knowing who Flim-Flam is, is a reference to [[Fred Jones|his standard continuity counterpart]] being absent from ''[[The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo]]''. Given that [[Velma Dinkley|Velma]] was absent from the aforementioned series, too, her ''SDMI'' counterpart would likely not know who he is either, although that is not outright confirmed.
-* Velma runs a blog about the gang. She finds out that Amy and her mother both follow it. It turns out Velma regularly locks her door, but [[Angie Dinkley|Angie]] has a key to it, and regularly invades her privacy.
+* Velma runs [[Mystery Incorporated Blog|a blog]] about the gang. She finds out that Amy and her mother both follow it. It turns out Velma regularly locks her door, but [[Angie Dinkley|Angie]] has a key to it, and regularly invades her privacy.
 * This is the second time the gang meet [[Ed Machine]] again face-to-face, after ''[[Where Walks Aphrodite]]''.
 * There are six Skipper Sheltons: [[Skipper Shelton|the clammer]] who owns the [[Skipper Shelton's Clam Cabin|Clam Cabin]], [[Skipper Shelton (sardiner)|a sardiner]], a shrimper, a manta-rayer, a kelper, and a sea-dragoner (whom they don't talk about). This parallels Daphne and her sisters, suggesting she has five (with the odd one being [[Wedded Blake sister|the astronaut sister]]).
+* [[Ernesto]]'s group is missing the balding, gray-haired middle-aged guy from ''[[The Shrieking Madness]]''.
 * In this episode, skeptical Velma believed a person in a costume to be a real supernatural creature. [[Amy]] appealed to her loneliness and her desire to have a secret friend.
 * This is the first time that [[Angel Dynamite]] has been hinted to be [[Cassidy Williams]]; Velma outright declares it.
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 ===Inconstitencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
-* Despite having already met Ed face-to-face once before, the gang show no apparent recognition of him as the associate of [[Mr. E]] who [[Where Walks Aphrodite|spoke to them after the]] [[Aphrodite|Aphrodite case]]. The only reasonable explaination is they met him at night and would not have been able to have a good look at him or it's just something they cared not to reference.
+* Despite having already met Ed face-to-face once before, the gang show no apparent recognition of him as the associate of [[Mr. E]] who [[Where Walks Aphrodite|spoke to them after the]] [[Aphrodite|Aphrodite case]]. The only reasonable explanation is they met him at night and would not have been able to have a good look at him or it's just something they cared not to reference.
 ==In other languages==
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 '''[[Amy]]''': ♪ My song fills your heart. From the depths of the sea. Please listen and learn. All you can learn from me. ♪
 |
-'''[[Skipper Shelton]]''': Besides myself there are five Skipper Sheltons: [[Skipper Shelton (sardiner)|a sardiner]], a shrimper, a kelper, a manta rayer, and a sea-dragoner.
+'''[[Skipper Shelton]]''': Besides myself there are five Skipper Sheltons: [[Skipper Shelton (sardiner)|a sardiner]], [[Skipper Shelton (shrimper)|a shrimper]], [[Skipper Shelton (kelper)|a kelper]], a [[Skipper Shelton (manta-rayer)|manta rayer]], and a [[Skipper Shelton (sea-dragoner)|sea-dragoner]].
 }}