What's New, Scooby-Doo? (TV Series)
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| What's New, Scooby-Doo? | ||
| Genre | Action/Adventure Mystery Comedy | |
| Created by | Joe Ruby Ken Spears | |
| Developed by | Sander Schwartz | |
| Starring | Frank Welker Casey Kasem Mindy Cohn Grey DeLisle | |
| Theme music composer | Rich Dickerson | |
| Opening theme | "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" performed by Simple Plan | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Language(s) | English | |
| No. of Seasons | 3 | |
| No. of episodes | 42 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Joseph Barbera Sander Schwartz | |
| Producer(s) | Chuck Sheetz James Krieg George Doty IV Ed Scharlach | |
| Running time | 22 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Animation | |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original channel | The WB (Kids WB) | |
| Picture format | 480i/576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) | |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround | |
| Original run | September 14, 2002 – July 21, 2006 | |
| Chronology | ||
| Preceded by | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) | |
| Followed by | Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008) | |
| External links | ||
| Website | ||
What's New, Scooby-Doo? is the ninth incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo. A revival of the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! after a decade-long gap in a new Scooby television show, it debuted in 2002. The series was developed and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and originally aired as part of the Kids WB Saturday morning block on The WB Television Network. The Canadian punk band Simple Plan performs the theme song.
Reruns aired on Boomerang in the United States from 2006 until 2011 and again from 2013 until 2016. Teletoon in Canada, and CITV, Boomerang and Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom. What's New was the first Scooby-Doo series to feature Mindy Cohn and Grey DeLisle as the voices of Velma and Daphne respectively, the first where Frank Welker voiced Scooby, and the last to feature Casey Kasem as the voice of Shaggy.
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- Fred Jones: The leader of the Mystery, Inc. gang who is the master of making traps to catch the villains. However, sometimes the traps fail to work when Shaggy and Scooby mess them up then use the parts to catch the villain in their own fashion. Voiced by Frank Welker.
- Daphne Blake: The fashionable, rich glamor girl of the gang who defends herself with her great fighting skills. She is also quite ditzy and accident prone. Voiced by Grey DeLisle.
- Velma Dinkley: The smartest of the gang, and wears glasses because she is myopic. She has to fight back the advances of semi-recurring Gibby Norton, who does devious things, thinking it will win her over. Voiced by Mindy Cohn.
- Shaggy Rogers: A beatnik teenager who is best friends with Scooby. He and Scooby are usually scared and hungry; a running gag in the show. He is also known to have a high metabolism, and also is rich. At his voice actor's request, Shaggy was made into a vegetarian for this series. Voiced by Casey Kasem.
- Scooby-Doo: A cowardly, clumsy Great Dane who is best friends with Shaggy Rogers. Two things that they have in common are that they love food and are always afraid of things including monsters. Voiced by Frank Welker.
[edit] Recurring characters
Characters in the series who appear more than once.
- Elliot Blender: A competitive, jerkish spoiled child who often loses to Velma in contests. Voiced by Kimberly Brooks.
- Melbourne O'Reilly: An Australian adventurer/explorer who is one of Fred's heroes (he is also a parody of Steve Irwin and Indiana Jones) Voiced by Steven Blum.
- J.J. Hakimoto: A famous, over enthusiastic, Asian director. Voiced by Brian Tochi.
- Gibby Norton: A nerd who has a crush on Velma, who hates the sight of him. He often turns out to be the villain to impress Velma, never succeeding. Gibby is modelled after his voice actor, Eddie Deezen.
- Burr Batson: Cocky southern pro racer who drives a monster truck. Voiced by James Arnold Taylor.
- Professor Laslow Ostwald: An inventor whom the gang meets. Voiced by Dave Foley, later by James Arnold Taylor. He first appears in "High-Tech House Of Horrors" where his "House of the Future's" AI "Shari" goes haywire attacking tourists. Though the gang suspects him it is later revealed that "Shari" itself is responsible (it was angry at the Professor due to him getting all of the attention). The gang defeated "Shari" by ignoring her (as it want attention) causing her to overload. Professor Ostwald also appears in "E-Scream" at a "Video Game Convention" where his new invention the cuddly "Osomons" turn evil. It is later discovered that the whole mystery was actually a VR simulation Velma was trying out.
- The Hex Girls: Thorn, Dusk and Luna, are the members of the famous eco-goth rock band, The Hex Girls, with whom Scooby and the gang are acquainted with, due to being prominent side characters in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost. Thorn is voiced by Jennifer Hale, Dusk by Jane Wiedlin and Luna by Kimberly Brooks.
- Mr. B: The owner of the Secret Six puppies who may do anything to save them. His full name is never revealed. Voiced by Jeff Bennett. He also appears to be based on actor John Turturro given his accent and appearance.
- Crissie: A Golden Retriever who is the Secret Six's mother.
- The Secret Six puppies: Maize, Flax, Jingle, Knox, 14-Carat and Bling-Bling. They are six very well-trained, prize-winning Golden Retriever puppies who have a knack for getting into trouble. Maize and Knox are voiced by Jennifer Hale, Jingle is voiced by Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Flax is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, Bling-Bling is voiced by Grey DeLisle, and 14-Carat is voiced by Frank Welker.
- Nancy Chang: Reporter in episodes "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature" and "Riva Ras Regas". Voiced by Lauren Tom.
[edit] Cast
- Frank Welker as Fred Jones, Scooby-Doo
- Casey Kasem as Shaggy Rogers
- Mindy Cohn as Velma Dinkley
- Grey DeLisle as Daphne Blake
[edit] Episodes
- Main article: List of What's New, Scooby-Doo? episodes
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