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Theater of Doom is the fifteenth episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the forty-first episode overall in the series.

Premise

The Crystal Cove Haunted Historical Society performs reenactments of Crystal Cove history every year. During a rehearsal for this year's production, a specter resembling one of the props scares off the cast and crew members. Vincent Van Ghoul, called upon to take over production, finds the set destroyed and calls in Mystery Incorporated, who become the new cast and crew for the play. Meanwhile, Pericles instructs Brad and Judy to steal the Planispheric Disk back from the gang.

Synopsis

Mr. LeFranc is on a stage talking about how the town was once saved by Friar Serra and his donkey Porto. Doogle McGuiness is there to play the Friar in the play. As the director introduces the concept of the play, he shows how they have a box with the original Friar in it. The Friar apparently comes to life and attacks them.

The next night, Daphne, along with Shaggy and Scooby, help sneak Fred and Nova in her house. While they're doing that, Shaggy recieves a text from Van Ghoul who laments the destruction of the play and talks them into helping. They meet George Avocados who now has to work as a janitor.

Pericles talks to Brad and Judy and tells them they must get the disk back from the gang.

Van Ghoul talks to the gang and convinces them to do the play in the absence of the intended cast. Velma goes off to research Friar Serra and runs into his mummy. Velma runs away from it and almost gets caught when the mummy grabs her. Van Ghoul talks to the mayor who tells him that Valdesh Helgenjew will be here to see the play. The gang looks around for clues and finds a trail of some sort of material in the basement and runs into Doogle who warns them away. They then see the mummy again who warns them not to tell the story because it might awaken Nibiru. The gang prepares for the play anyway and they put on the play as scheduled. The mummy appears and chases Shaggy. After the chase, they find out it was Avocados who was trying to find a diamond once stolen by his father. They then find out Avocados was the SECOND mummy of Serra.

The gang returns to the basement after the play to find the mummy of Serra waiting for them. This time the Mummy comes to life and tells them the truth of how the old Crystal Cove sank into the sea. It was his donkey Porto who did it. When Serra's group had encountered the conquistador, he told them about the curse and left behind two disk peices before running away. Serra's mystery solving group tried to figure out the mystery of what the disk was but became obsessed with it instead of solving the mystery. Eventually the dark power of the disk caused Porto to go mad and set explosive charges that caused part of the town to sink into the sea. Porto was eaten by alligators when he tried to leave town with one of the disk pieces. Serra issues one last warning before crumbling to dust: The only way to stop Nibiru is for Scooby to die!

Cast and characters

Actor Character
Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones, Jr.
Valdesh Helgenjew
Matthew Lillard Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Earthworm
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Maurice LaMarche Vincent Van Ghoul
George Avocados's boss(uncredited)
Lewis Black Mr. E
Udo Kier Professor Pericles
Tim Matheson Brad Chiles
Tia Carrere Judy Reeves
Kate Higgins Mayor Janet Nettles
James Arnold Taylor George Avocados/
Mummy of Friar Serra(uncredited)
Friar Gabriello Serra
Jeff Bennett Doogle McGuiness
Blaine LeFranc
Uncredited
Audience member
Non-speaking roles
Nova
Porto (flashback)
Fraternitas Mysterium (flashback)
Credit errors
  • Doogle McGuiness is miscredited as "Doogle McGinnis".
  • Not really an error, but Valdesh Helgenjew is simply credited as "Helgenjew".
  • Friar Serra is credited as "Mummy Friar Serra" so it is hard to tell if it is giving credit for George's disguise, the real ghost, or, more likely, both.

Villains

  • Mummy of Friar Serra/George Avocados
  • Friar Gabriello Serra

Suspects

Culprit Motive/reason
Doogle McGuiness He was sneaking around in the basement, warns the gang away.
Blaine LeFranc Nobody saw him after he quit the production.
Valdesh Helgenjew He is an old rival of Vincent Van Ghoul.

Culprits

Culprit Motive/reason
George Avocados as the Mummy of Friar Serra To find the missing diamond stolen by his father.

Locations

Notes/trivia

  • This is the second appearance of Doogle McGuiness after Grim Judgement, and he was also a suspect in that episode too.
  • This episode reveals that the diamond stolen by Theodore Avocados was never recovered, in spite of what Mayor Jones said in The Secret Of The Ghost Rig, that its recovery would make up for the revenue stream lost because of the exposure of the Ghost Truck as a fake. He could have been lying for his own political advantage.
  • The heckler's taunt during the play gives evidence that Crystal Cove is on the Pacific coast.
  • The flashback shows Porto with barrels marked "TNT," an anachronism since that explosive was not invented until long after his time.
  • Van Ghoul's name is misspelled "Van Ghool" on the banner announcing the play.

Home media

  • Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 2, Part 2: Spooky Stampede DVD set to be released June 18, 2013.[1]

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Italian Il Teatro Maledetto The Cursed Theater

Quotes

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