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The Unnatural

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Title card

Details

Episode #

114

Air date

March 22, 2003 (The WB)

Written by

George Doty IV

Directed by

Joe Sichta

Chronology
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The Unnatural is the fourteenth episode of the first season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?.

Premise

The gang go to a baseball stadium to see Luis Santiago break the home run record, when the ghost of Cab Craig shows up and haunts the stadium during the game.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

Mystery Inc.

Supporting characters:

Luis Santiago ^{(only appearance)}
J.T. Page ^{(only appearance)}
Steve Powell ^{(only appearance)}
Shelly ^{(only appearance)}
Autumn Summerfield ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

Baseball Specter ^{(only appearance)}^(disguise)/
Bob Taylor ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

Cameraman ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Audience ^{(only appearance)}^{(miscellaneous speaking)}
Umpire ^{(only appearance)}
Miscellaneous Grizzles ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Grizzles' opponent ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Cab Craig ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}^(projector)
Police officers ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Mike Piazza ^{(only appearance)}^(cameo)

Locations

Cookie Co. International Park
- Commentator booth
- Concession stand
- Potters Stadium

Objects

Baseball bats
Baseballs
Nachos
Fred's wrist watch

Vehicles

The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
J.T. Page	Angry that he was made to be the team mascot.
Autumn Summerfield	Publicity for Luis. Her shoes were dry, even though she said she left the park.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Bob Taylor as the Baseball Specter	He did not want Luis Santiago to be successful in breaking Cab's record.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones Baseball Specter
Casey Kasem	Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn	Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle	Daphne Blake Shelly
John Stephenson	Bob Taylor
Carlos Alazraqui	Luis Santiago Umpire
Steve Blum	J.T. Page Steve Powell Catcher
Kathy Griffin	Autumn Summerfield
Mike Piazza	Himself

Songs

Song	Credits	Performed by	Character performance by
"Play My Game"	Credits	The Donnas	N/A

Continuity

Fred's surname, was revealed in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episode, Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo.
Two transition scenes with a baseball zooming across the screen includes the full names of the gang written on it. Fred's surname was already mentioned above. The rest of them are as follows:
Shaggy's surname was revealed in The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show episode, Wedding Bell Boos!. Instead of using his nickname it actually says his birthname, "Norville", revealed in the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode, The Sludge Monster From The Earth's Core.
Daphne's surname was revealed in The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show episode, No Sharking Zone.
Velma's surname was revealed in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries episode, Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo.
Velma calls Scooby a "ham" when he's dressed as Mr. Grizz, which she called him in the original series.

Notes/trivia

This episode is a semi-remake of the episode The Ghost that Sacked The Quarterback from The Scooby-Doo Show. Both happen on a sports field, on the night of an important event, at a stadium built on top of the old version.
The What's New, Scooby-Doo? tune plays when Scooby dances as Mr. Grizz.

Cultural references

The title of the episode is a pun on the baseball novel and its film adaptation, The Natural.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

Presumably it's intentional, but Shelly's nametag is empty, as are the police officers'.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

Despite Cookie Co. International Park being an abbreviation on the stadium's front sign, everybody calls it "Cookie Company International Park".
When Scooby-Doo first sees Mr. Grizz, he mistakes him for an actual grizzly bear and attacks him. This makes no sense; Scooby would've been no match for a real grizzly bear, and it's generally out-of-character for Scooby to act so aggressive.
The way Fred just walks up to Luis, anyone could do the same and say they entered the competition. Presumably he gave proper identification details off-screen.
It's worth noting that nobody except for Bob Taylor (John Stephenson) pronounces Cab Craig correctly, which may question if it even is supposed to be pronounced that way. Other characters almost pronounce it as if they're saying "Cab Cray" (or even "Cab Grey").
Shaggy produces a torch when he's in the pitch black after falling into Potters Stadium.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Arabic	أمر يفوق الطبيعة	A Supernatural Occurence
Greek	Τα Τρομακτικά Παιχνίδια	The Spooky Games

Home media

What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5 - Sports Spooktacular VHS released by Warner Home Video on June 14, 2005.
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5 - Sports Spooktacular DVD released by Warner Home Video on June 14, 2005.
What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Complete 1st Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on February 20, 2007.

Quotes

External links

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Previous episode:	Series:	Next episode:
Pompeii and Circumstance	What's New, Scooby-Doo? Season 1	Big Appetite in Little Tokyo

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 {{Expansion|Synopsis.}}
 {{Infobox Episode
+| mainimage= Baseball Specter traps Shag and Scoob in the steam room.png
-| mainimage=
 | titlecard= The_Unnatural_title_card.png
 | series= What's New, Scooby-Doo?
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 ==Premise==
-[[Mystery Inc.|The gang]] go to a [[Cookie Co. International Park|baseball stadium]] to see [[Luis Santiago]] break the home run record when a spooky [[Baseball Specter]], who happens to be the ghost of Cab Craig, shows up and haunts the stadium during the game.
+[[Mystery Inc.|The gang]] go to a [[Cookie Co. International Park|baseball stadium]] to see [[Luis Santiago]] break the home run record, when the [[Baseball Specter|ghost of Cab Craig]] shows up and haunts the stadium during the game.
 ==Synopsis==
@@ Line 33: / Line 33: @@
 * [[J.T. Page]] {{Only}}
 * [[Steve Powell]] {{Only}}
-* [[Shelly]] {{Only}}
+* [[Shelly (The Unnatural)|Shelly]] {{Only}}
 * [[Autumn Summerfield]] {{Only}}
-* [[Mike Piazza]] {{Only}}{{Cameo}}
 '''Villains''':
@@ Line 46: / Line 45: @@
 * [[Umpire (The Unnatural)|Umpire]] {{Only}}
 * Miscellaneous [[Grizzles]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
-* Grizzles' opponent
+* Grizzles' opponent {{Only}}{{NL}}
 * [[Cab Craig]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Green|projector}}
 * Police officers {{Only}}{{NL}}
+* [[Mike Piazza]] {{Only}}{{Cameo}}
 ==Locations==
@@ Line 64: / Line 64: @@
 ==Vehicles==
 * [[Mystery Machine|The Mystery Machine]]
+==Suspects==
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Suspect
+! Motive/reason
+|-
+| [[J.T. Page]]
+| Angry that he was made to be the [[Mr. Grizz|team mascot]].
+|-
+| [[Autumn Summerfield]]
+| Publicity for [[Luis Santiago|Luis]]. Her shoes were dry, even though she said she left the park.
+|}
+===Culprits===
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Culprit
+! Motive/reason
+|-
+| [[Bob Taylor]] as the [[Baseball Specter]]
+| He did not want [[Luis Santiago]] to be successful in breaking [[Cab Craig|Cab]]'s record.
+|}
 ==Cast==
@@ Line 70: / Line 91: @@
 | [[Scooby-Doo]]<br />[[Fred Jones]]<br />[[Baseball Specter]]
 |-
-| [[Casey Kasem]]
+! [[Casey Kasem]]
 | [[Shaggy Rogers]]
 |-
-| [[Mindy Cohn]]
+! [[Mindy Cohn]]
 | [[Velma Dinkley]]
 |-
-| [[Grey DeLisle]]
+! [[Grey DeLisle]]
-| [[Daphne Blake]]<br />[[Shelly]]
+| [[Daphne Blake]]<br />[[Shelly (The Unnatural)|Shelly]]
 |-
-| [[John Stephenson]]
+! [[John Stephenson]]
 | [[Bob Taylor]]
 |-
-| [[Carlos Alazraqui]]
+! [[Carlos Alazraqui]]
 | [[Luis Santiago]]<br />[[Umpire (The Unnatural)|Umpire]]
 |-
-| [[Steve Blum]]
+! [[Steve Blum]]
 | [[J.T. Page]]<br />[[Steve Powell]]<br />Catcher
 |-
-| [[Kathy Griffin]]
+! [[Kathy Griffin]]
 | [[Autumn Summerfield]]
 |-
-| [[Mike Piazza (baseball player)|Mike Piazza]]
+! [[Mike Piazza (baseball player)|Mike Piazza]]
 | [[Mike Piazza|Himself]]
 |}
@@ Line 100: / Line 121: @@
 ! Credits
 ! Performed by
+! Character performance by
 |-
 | "Play My Game"
 | Credits
 | The Donnas
+| N/A
 |}
-==Suspects==
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Suspect
-! Motive/reason
-|-
-| [[J.T. Page]]
-| Angry that he was made to be the [[Mr. Grizz|team mascot]].
-|-
-| [[Autumn Summerfield]]
-| Publicity for [[Luis Santiago|Luis]]. Her shoes were dry, even though she said she left the park.
-|}
-===Culprits===
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Culprit
-! Motive/reason
-|-
-| [[Bob Taylor]] as the [[Baseball Specter]]
-| He did not want [[Luis Santiago]] to be successful in breaking [[Cab Craig|Cab]]'s record.
-|}
-==Locations==
-* [[Cookie Co. International Park]]
-** Commentator booth
-** Concession stand
-** [[Potters Stadium]]
 ==Continuity==
 * [[Fred Jones|Fred]]'s [[Joneses|surname]], was revealed in ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries]]'' episode, ''[[Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo]]''.
-* Two transition scenes with a baseball zooming across the screen includes the full names of the gang written on it. Fred's surname was already mentioned above. The rest of them are as followed:
+* Two transition scenes with a baseball zooming across the screen includes the full names of the gang written on it. Fred's surname was already mentioned above. The rest of them are as follows:
 * [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]]'s [[Rogerses|surname]] was revealed in ''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show]]'' episode, ''[[Wedding Bell Boos!]]''. Instead of using his nickname it actually says his birthname, "Norville", revealed in the ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' episode, ''[[The Sludge Monster From The Earth's Core (episode)|The Sludge Monster From The Earth's Core]]''.
 * [[Daphne Blake|Daphne]]'s [[Blakes|surname]] was revealed in ''The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show'' episode, ''[[No Sharking Zone]]''.
@@ Line 144: / Line 140: @@
 * This episode is a semi-remake of the episode ''[[The Ghost that Sacked The Quarterback]]'' from ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]''. Both happen on a sports field, on the night of an important event, at a stadium built on top of the old version.
 * The ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo? (theme song)|What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' tune plays when [[Scooby-Doo|Scooby]] dances as [[Mr. Grizz]].
+===Cultural references===
+* The title of the episode is a pun on the baseball novel and its [[wikipedia:The Natural (film)|film adaptation]], ''[[wikipedia:The Natural|The Natural]]''.
 ===Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches===
-* Presumably it's intentional, but [[Shelly]]'s nametag is empty, as are the police officers'.
+* Presumably it's intentional, but [[Shelly (The Unnatural)|Shelly]]'s nametag is empty, as are the police officers'.
 ===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
 * Despite [[Cookie Co. International Park]] being an abbreviation on the stadium's front sign, everybody calls it "Cookie Company International Park".
+* When Scooby-Doo first sees Mr. Grizz, he mistakes him for an actual grizzly bear and attacks him. This makes no sense; Scooby would've been no match for a real grizzly bear, and it's generally out-of-character for Scooby to act so aggressive.
-* The way [[Fred Jones|Fred]] just walks up to [[Luis Santiago|Luis]], anyone could do the same and say they entered the competition. Presumably he gave proper identifaction details off-screen.
+* The way [[Fred Jones|Fred]] just walks up to [[Luis Santiago|Luis]], anyone could do the same and say they entered the competition. Presumably he gave proper identification details off-screen.
 * It's worth noting that nobody except for [[Bob Taylor]] ([[John Stephenson]]) pronounces [[Cab Craig]] correctly, which may question if it even is supposed to be pronounced that way. Other characters almost pronounce it as if they're saying "Cab Cray" (or even "Cab Grey").
 * [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] [[Toon physics|produces]] a torch when he's in the pitch black after falling into [[Potters Stadium]].