What's New Scooby Doo?

What's New, Scooby-Doo? is an American animated mystery comedy television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Kids' WB; it is the ninth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise that began with Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and the first Scooby-Doo series in a decade, since A Pup Named Scooby-Doo ended in 1991 and the first since both the foreclosure of Hanna-Barbera studios and William Hanna's death in 2001.[1]

The series revives the format of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, in which the title character and his companions, Fred Jones; Daphne Blake; Velma Dinkley and Shaggy Rogers, travel to varying locations solving mysteries; this format is modernized for What's New, Scooby-Doo?, in which the characters utilize technology that did not exist at the time Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! first aired. It is the first television series in the franchise in which Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle and Mindy Cohn respectively portrayed the voices of Scooby-Doo, Daphne, and Velma, and where Casey Kasem made his comeback as Shaggy after seven years of not voicing the character and would also be the final Scooby-Doo series where he voices the character before his death in 2014, though he would still do voice work in the two following incarnations, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! and ''Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated''.

The series premiered on September 14, 2002, and ran for three seasons before ending on July 21, 2006. The title song was performed by Canadian band Simple Plan. Reruns of the series have aired on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States. It also aired on Teletoon in Canada, and CBBC,[2] then CITV[3] in the United Kingdom.

About
The show follows the original mystery-solving formula of the series, but done in a more "realistic" manner compared to the previous shows, with the classic gang encountering monsters who invariably turn out to be people in disguise. Most of the stories make an attempt to modernize the Scooby universe by introducing plots spotlighting modern trends and technology, such as the Internet (ala The Fairly Odd Parents). The characters remain mostly the same as always, with a few cosmetic changes (most notably, Fred no longer wears his famous ascot in this series), and a few minor personality changes (most notably Fred being less intelligent than he was in the franchise prior to the late 1980s.)

Characters

 * 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, although she can still fill the role of damsel in distress, often being captured by the antagonists. 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.
 * Norville "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.[4][5] 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.

Recurring
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 based on 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 professional 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 (as she was angry at the Professor due to him getting all of the attention). The gang defeated "Shari" by ignoring her (as attention was what she wanted) 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. His full name is never revealed. He is 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. She appears in "Homeward Hound" and "Farmed and Dangerous.” Unlike the Secret Six she does not appear in “Gold Paw”.
 * The Secret Six puppies: Maize, Flax, Jingle, Knox, 14-Karat 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-Karat 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.

Episodes

 * For a complete guide see What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode list


 * Season overview
 * What's New, Scooby-Doo? season 1
 * What's New, Scooby-Doo? season 2
 * What's New, Scooby-Doo? season 3

Volumes

 * Volume 1: Space Ape at the Cape (August 19, 2003)
 * "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature"
 * "Space Ape at the Cape"
 * "3-D Struction"
 * "Big Scare in the Big Easy"


 * Volume 2: Safari So Goodi! (March 9, 2004)
 * "It's Mean, It's Green, It's The Mystery Machine"
 * "Riva Ras Regas"
 * "Roller Ghoster Ride"
 * "Safari, So Goodi!"


 * Volume 3: Halloween Boos &amp; Clues (August 10, 2004)
 * "The Vampire Strikes Back"
 * "Mummy Scares Best"
 * "High-Tech House of the Future"
 * "She Sees a Sea Monster by the Seashore"


 * Volume 4: Merry Scary Holiday (October 5, 2004)
 * "A Scooby-Doo Christmas"
 * "Toy Scary Boo"
 * "Homeward Hound"
 * "Recipe for Disaster"


 * Volume 5: Sports Spooktacular (June 14, 2005)
 * "The Unnatural"
 * "The Fast and the Wormious"
 * "Wrestle Maniacs"
 * "Diamonds Are a Ghoul's Best Friend"


 * Volume 6: Monster Matinee (August 9, 2005)
 * "A Scooby-Doo Halloween"
 * "San Franpsycho"
 * "New Mexico, Old Monster"
 * "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo"


 * Volume 7: Ghosts on the Go (November 8, 2005)
 * "Pompeii & Circumstance"
 * "Large Dragon at Large"
 * "It's All Greek to Scooby-Doo"
 * "Ready to Scare"


 * Volume 8: Zoinks! Camera! Action! (February 21, 2006)
 * "Lights, Camera, Mayhem!"
 * "E-Scream"
 * "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman"
 * "A Scooby-Doo Valentine"


 * Volume 9: Route Scary-Six (June 6, 2006)
 * "Go West Young Scoob"
 * "Camp Comeoniwannascareya"
 * "Farmed & Dangerous"
 * "Fright House of a Lighthouse"
 * "Gentlemen, Start Your Monsters!"


 * Volume 10: Monstrous Tails (December 5, 2006)
 * "Uncle Scooby and Antarctica"
 * "Block-Long Hong Kong Terror"
 * "Reef Grief!"
 * "Gold Paw"
 * "A Terrifying Round With A Menacing Metallic Clown"

Complete seasons
The complete first season released in February 20, 2007.

Notes/trivia

 * The band Simple Plan is heavily connected to What's New, Scooby-Doo? They perform the theme song, and appeared as themselves in the episode Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman. Two of their songs appeared in chase scenes: I'd Do Anything in It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine, and You Don't Mean Anything in the former.
 * In some episodes it is seen that Velma is a fan of hockey.
 * In a flashback to Velma's fifth birthday, the characters are drawn as they are seen in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
 * Daphne, Velma, and Fred are in all but one episode of the series, and appear less in subsequent episodes of Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue!.
 * This is the first Scooby-Doo series since 1970 that didn't feature Heather North as the voice of Daphne.
 * In the episode Large Dragon at Large, the dragon that tries to scare Scooby and Shaggy is a machine similar to the one that was the "Snow Creature" in the series Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.
 * The Hex Girls, a fictional band that appears in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost and Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire are featured in the episode The Vampire Strikes Back.
 * The opening and closing credits features silhouettes of the gang running across the screen, similar to the titles in the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, but for some reason, the opening credit silhouettes omit Fred. Fred is present in the closing credit silhouettes.
 * This is the second Scooby-Doo series to have the characters drawn in a slightly different animation style (the first one being A Pup Named Scooby-Doo).
 * In the Halloween episode many ghost from the original series appear as monsters for example the Creeper and Werewolf.
 * This is also notably the final series where Casey Kasem does the role of Shaggy before he retired from the role and it was taken over by Matthew Lillard.