The Vampire Strikes Back
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Animation studio
- DongWoo Animation Co Ltd., Lotto Animation, Wang Film Productions Co Ltd., Starburst Animation, Cuckoo's Nest Studios
Synopsis
On a dark and stormy night, the gang goes to Transylvania to watch the Hex Girls shoot their new music video for a song called "Wanna Wed, But I Fled." Once there, they learn that the band is going to break up due to a vampire scaring them and sabotaging the music video. They catch the vampire, removing his makeup to reveal Steve Fortescu. Then the gang and Owen DeCassle (a man resembling Vincent Van Ghoul) lock Steve in a dungeon. When the gang goes to sleep, another vampire (the latter resembling the first one) appears. This causes chases and confusion as the chase starts over again under the lightning-filled skies. When the vampire catches up, Fred disappears and they suspect he's been turned into a bat. Shaggy and Scooby go search for Fred, as Velma and Daphne attract the vampire. He comes, and Fred defeats the vampire (with the "help" of Velma's garlic). The storm lets up and everything's back to normal, but they reveal the second vampire as Steve, when he's still locked in the dungeon! Turns out, according to evidence, Steve has a twin brother, also wanting to sabotage the music video. Then the Hex Girls perform a new music video for the Scooby-Doo theme.
Characters
Scooby-Doo, Freddy Jones, Daphne Blake, Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley, Owen DeCassle, Steve Fortescu, J.J. Hakimoto, Luna, Thorn, Stu Fortescu, Richfield
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tom Mazzocco
Producing
- Producer
- George Doty, Jim Krieg, Ed Scharlach, Chuck Sheetz
- Executive Producers
- Joseph Barbera, Sander Schwartz
- Associate Producer
- Kathy Page
- Line Producer
- Marge Dean
Writing
- Writer
- Jordana Arkin
Voices
- Voice
- Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo, Freddy), Casey Kasem (Shaggy), Mindy Cohn (Velma), Grey DeLisle (Daphne), James Arnold Taylor (Owen DeCassle, Steve Fortescu), Brian Tochi (J.J. Hakimoto), Kimberly Brooks (Luna), Jennifer Hale (Thorn), Nick Jameson (Stu Fortescu, Richfield)
Music
- Music
- Rich Dickerson, Gigi Meroni
Production notes
The first new Scooby-Doo episodes to air in 12 years. This is also the first show since "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo"(1979), to contain the gang in it's original format: Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.
When Frank Sinatra sang "Strangers in the Night," did he know he would inspire the name for the longest-running cartoon on network TV? Probably not. Nonetheless, that Great Dane named Scooby-Doo (as in "dooby dooby doo") has appeared on television under no less than twelve titles.
It all began in 1969 as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? The traveling companion of four hep-cat teenagers, Scooby-Doo helped solved mysteries while simultaneously murdering the English language (though the fact that he could even speak should count for something). Scooby's best friend was the skinny, goofy Shaggy, with whom he shared a love for Scooby snacks, among other delicacies. Also along for the ride was the much hunkier Freddy, the babeslicios Daphne, and Velma, the brainy girl who did most of the mystery cracking.
The inexplicable fivesome tooled around in the Mystery Machine (a groovy painted van), ending up in some pretty creepy towns menaced by ghosts, ghouls or mummies. Freddy would "take the girls," leaving Scooby and Shaggy to fend for themselves, usually ending up in each other's arms out of fear. After an extensive chase scene/musical sequence, the villain would be caught, reveal his true identity and curse those meddling kids for foiling his plans.
This incarnation lasted for two seasons before reruns took over. From 1972 to 1974, the show became The New Scooby-Doo Movies. This format had the kids meeting up with such guest stars as Mamma Cass, the Globetrotters, Sonny and Cher, and Don Knotts (all playing themselves) to solve more mysteries.
For one season in 1976, the gang became half of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show, sharing the bill with the "robonic" Dynomutt and his human superhero partner, The Blue Falcon. Scooby's gang was joined by Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum, who (you guessed it) was dumb.
From '76 to '80, Scooby was granted ninety minutes under the title Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (later renamed Scooby's All-Stars). This show featured a plethora of Hanna-Barbera characters?dating as far back as the 50's?engaged in a variety of competitions.
In addition to rerunning Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? in 1978, ABC paired Laff-A-Lympics with a new show, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo. This show introduced Scoob's short and confident nephew, who, though younger than Scooby, had much clearer speech. In 1980 the cowardly elder Doo was paired with a famous mini-millionaire in The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show.
Scooby and Scrappy were still together in 1982, but now they split their time with another canine in The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy's New Adventures Hour. Joining these new shows were airings of reruns now called The Best of Scooby-Doo. In 1984 The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (which brought back the teens as well as holding on to Scrappy) were aired, as were a bunch of reruns, this time called Scary Scooby Funnies.
In The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86), Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and Daphne were joined by 9-year-old Flim Flam. The group, helped by warlock Vincent Van Ghoul (Vincent Price), fought off wicked sorcery. That season the Great Dane could also be seen in another rerun collection, Scooby's Mystery FunHouse. In 1986 Scooby could only be seen in reruns of Laff-a-Lympics.
The airwaves were deprived of Scooby for two years. Then, in 1988, a new show called A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was produced. Like many cartoons of the time, this show took familiar characters back to their early years. Thus, Shaggy, Freddy, Velma and Daphne were now preteens. Scooby, of course, was but a pup. This version had the kids constantly running into the character Red Herring (wink, wink), whom the gang always suspected of committing crimes. This show ran in reruns until 1993, when it finally left network television.
And then, the Scooby dry spell. Ten years of now new Scoobs. OK, sure, we had the occasional direct-to-video releaese with the Mystery Crew, but no more reegular television. Ninally, in 2002, we got What's New, Scooby-Doo?. This is also the first show since Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo to contain the gang in it's original format: Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! saw the first real redesign the crew has ever seen. The best way to describe the new look is to just avoid it altogether.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is the most recent version of the show. Back to the original models (thanks GOD!). Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and their talking dog Scooby-Doo are back, solving mysteries in the spooky town of Crystal Cove, a sleepy coastal village that boasts a long history of ghostly sightings, werewolves and glowing deep sea divers.
It's interesting to note that while the show itself underwent many changes, the characters did not. Aside from a modified Daphne appearing in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, the gang retained their late-sixties garb well into the eighties and nineties. This included knee-highs, a mini-skirt and lumpy turtleneck sweater for Velma, a rockin' minidress and head scarf for Daphne, and groovy bell-bottoms for the guys. Scooby remained in his natural canine glory.
Scooby-Doo may have left Saturday morning, but his work is far from over. Scooby continues to answer the call, appearing semi-regularly in direct-to-video cartoon features. As long as mysteries need solving, Scooby-Doo will come through (and then he'll have himself a Scooby Snack... that's a fact).
When Frank Sinatra sang "Strangers in the Night," did he know he would inspire the name for the longest-running cartoon on network TV? Probably not. Nonetheless, that Great Dane named Scooby-Doo (as in "dooby dooby doo") has appeared on television under no less than twelve titles.
It all began in 1969 as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? The traveling companion of four hep-cat teenagers, Scooby-Doo helped solved mysteries while simultaneously murdering the English language (though the fact that he could even speak should count for something). Scooby's best friend was the skinny, goofy Shaggy, with whom he shared a love for Scooby snacks, among other delicacies. Also along for the ride was the much hunkier Freddy, the babeslicios Daphne, and Velma, the brainy girl who did most of the mystery cracking.
The inexplicable fivesome tooled around in the Mystery Machine (a groovy painted van), ending up in some pretty creepy towns menaced by ghosts, ghouls or mummies. Freddy would "take the girls," leaving Scooby and Shaggy to fend for themselves, usually ending up in each other's arms out of fear. After an extensive chase scene/musical sequence, the villain would be caught, reveal his true identity and curse those meddling kids for foiling his plans.
This incarnation lasted for two seasons before reruns took over. From 1972 to 1974, the show became The New Scooby-Doo Movies. This format had the kids meeting up with such guest stars as Mamma Cass, the Globetrotters, Sonny and Cher, and Don Knotts (all playing themselves) to solve more mysteries.
For one season in 1976, the gang became half of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Show, sharing the bill with the "robonic" Dynomutt and his human superhero partner, The Blue Falcon. Scooby's gang was joined by Scooby's cousin Scooby-Dum, who (you guessed it) was dumb.
From '76 to '80, Scooby was granted ninety minutes under the title Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (later renamed Scooby's All-Stars). This show featured a plethora of Hanna-Barbera characters?dating as far back as the 50's?engaged in a variety of competitions.
In addition to rerunning Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? in 1978, ABC paired Laff-A-Lympics with a new show, Scooby and Scrappy-Doo. This show introduced Scoob's short and confident nephew, who, though younger than Scooby, had much clearer speech. In 1980 the cowardly elder Doo was paired with a famous mini-millionaire in The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show.
Scooby and Scrappy were still together in 1982, but now they split their time with another canine in The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy's New Adventures Hour. Joining these new shows were airings of reruns now called The Best of Scooby-Doo. In 1984 The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (which brought back the teens as well as holding on to Scrappy) were aired, as were a bunch of reruns, this time called Scary Scooby Funnies.
In The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985-86), Scooby, Scrappy, Shaggy and Daphne were joined by 9-year-old Flim Flam. The group, helped by warlock Vincent Van Ghoul (Vincent Price), fought off wicked sorcery. That season the Great Dane could also be seen in another rerun collection, Scooby's Mystery FunHouse. In 1986 Scooby could only be seen in reruns of Laff-a-Lympics.
The airwaves were deprived of Scooby for two years. Then, in 1988, a new show called A Pup Named Scooby-Doo was produced. Like many cartoons of the time, this show took familiar characters back to their early years. Thus, Shaggy, Freddy, Velma and Daphne were now preteens. Scooby, of course, was but a pup. This version had the kids constantly running into the character Red Herring (wink, wink), whom the gang always suspected of committing crimes. This show ran in reruns until 1993, when it finally left network television.
And then, the Scooby dry spell. Ten years of now new Scoobs. OK, sure, we had the occasional direct-to-video releaese with the Mystery Crew, but no more reegular television. Ninally, in 2002, we got What's New, Scooby-Doo?. This is also the first show since Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo to contain the gang in it's original format: Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! saw the first real redesign the crew has ever seen. The best way to describe the new look is to just avoid it altogether.
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is the most recent version of the show. Back to the original models (thanks GOD!). Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and their talking dog Scooby-Doo are back, solving mysteries in the spooky town of Crystal Cove, a sleepy coastal village that boasts a long history of ghostly sightings, werewolves and glowing deep sea divers.
It's interesting to note that while the show itself underwent many changes, the characters did not. Aside from a modified Daphne appearing in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, the gang retained their late-sixties garb well into the eighties and nineties. This included knee-highs, a mini-skirt and lumpy turtleneck sweater for Velma, a rockin' minidress and head scarf for Daphne, and groovy bell-bottoms for the guys. Scooby remained in his natural canine glory.
Scooby-Doo may have left Saturday morning, but his work is far from over. Scooby continues to answer the call, appearing semi-regularly in direct-to-video cartoon features. As long as mysteries need solving, Scooby-Doo will come through (and then he'll have himself a Scooby Snack... that's a fact).