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A Scooby-Doo Valentine

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A Scooby-Doo Valentine is the third episode of the third season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the thirty-first overall.

Premise[]

On Valentine's Day, the gang investigate some mysterious disappearances of teenagers on Lovers Lane, while Shaggy and Scooby catch up with their old girlfriends. But the culprits behind it all turn out to be the gang themselves!

Synopsis[]

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Locations[]

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Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Rachel Revenge on Shaggy for breaking up with her.
George Angry at rejection by Velma.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
J.C. Chasez as Scooby-Doo imposter
A set of Hollywood extras impersonating the rest of the gang, hired by J.C. Chasez 		Tired of Rachel talking about Shaggy.

Cast[]

Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
J.C. Chasez Himself
Harland Williams George
Rachael MacFarlane Sheila
Dan Castellaneta Officer McBride
Police officer
Dee Bradley Baker Mike
Joey Lauren Adams Rachel

Songs[]

Song Credits Performed by
"Walk on the Wire" Written by Maria Andersson, Josephine Forsman, Johanna Asplund, and Jennie Asplund Sahara Hotnights

Continuity[]

  • Coolsville was introduced in the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo TV series, although it is much different in this series than the metropolis seen in its predecessor series.
  • Photos of Fred and the Mystery Machine shown as Shaggy walks across their living room were originally seen in An Evening with the Scooby-Doo Gang, a short extra included with the Aloha, Scooby-Doo! DVD. The photos include a cropped version of Fred and the Mystery Machine at the car wash and a simplified reproduction of the one of Fred and the van watching the sunset.
  • The façade of Daphne and Velma's house looks identical to Daphne's house in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.

Notes/trivia[]

  • This is a Valentine's special, and the third and final holiday special of the series. It has a special title card and does a romantic-themed end credits background.
  • It is revealed that Daphne and Velma are roommates in one house while Fred, Shaggy, and Scooby are roommates in another house.
    • While their exact ages are still never stated and while it's also never specified if they own or rent the houses that they live in, this episode confirms that the human members of the gang are at least legally old enough to be living on their own. This contrasts WSND's predecessor series, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, in which the gang were portrayed as pre-teen middle school (and would obviously be way too young to be living on their own).
    • All but three states in America require people to be at least 18 to legally own or rent a property — Alabama and Nebraska require owners/renters to be 19, while Mississippi requires owners/renters to be at least 21.
  • Daphne is revealed to dislike tap water and prefer bottled water.
  • While being bait for the trap, Fred mentions that he has hay fever and takes medicine for it.
  • This is the first time in the franchise that a celebrity guest star portraying themself is the villain.
  • As the gang is getting their mug shots taken, the number "69" is part of all of their ID numbers, a possible reference to the year 1969, which was the year that Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premiered on television.
    • Daphne is the only one to smile for her mug shot.
  • A "Daphanatic" from the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy somehow obtained Daphne's heart-shaped love letter and mugshot.
  • On HBO Max, this is listed as the last episode of the series.
  • This is the first episode to be produced in 2005 according to the end credits.
  • Velma questions the way the team splits up, which Shaggy previously did in Toy Scary Boo.
  • Officer McBride is the second police officer, after Lieutenant Tanaka of Big Appetite in Little Tokyo, to not apologize to the gang for accusing them of being responsible for the crime that was committed.
  • Even though this takes place around Valentine's Day, which is in February, it instead appears to be set in spring or summer (no snow on the ground, leaves intact on the trees, no visible winter clothes) rather than winter. This suggests that Coolsville may be located in a warmer part of the country.

Cultural references[]

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

  • Two possible red herring clues are never explicitly mentioned: Rachel showed up at Lovers Lane at the same time as the gang and Officer McBride, and George obtained the gang's signatures (as seen on the fake confession note) for their special delivery.
  • The episode does not give any explanation of how the evil clones boast superhuman powers since they were just stunts. If they had such powers, they possibly could have used them to escape the trap.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
Croatian Valentinovo Valentine's Day
French La saint-Valentin Valentine's Day
Greek Ο Κρυφός Θαυμαστής The Secret Admirer
Swedish Alla hjärtans Scooby Valentine's Day Scooby
Polish Walentynki Scooby'ego Scooby's Valentines

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Fred: Why don't you stay for breakfast, George? I'm cooking eggs and...socks?


McBride: Now, tell us the truth!
Daphne: (sobbing) Okay! The truth is... (normal voice) these fluorescent lights completely wash your skin out, that tie is hideous, and what's with your haircut?


Daphne: I don't wanna wear the same outfit every day!
Velma: (to Officer McBride) Look, I've got a plan. (aside to Daphne) Don't tell Fred I said that; he thinks he owns that phrase.


Fred: Nice weather we're having.
Daphne: Yeah, it is. (pause) Not too hot.
Fred: No. No, it isn't.
Velma: (yelling on radio) Oh, for — (drowned out by static) You two are supposed to be on a date, not making small talk with your Aunt Tilly!


Daphne: Wait a minute. Let me get this straight. You're saying I was played by... an extra?!


Daphne: An extra. Ugh! Was Sarah Michelle Gellar too busy?


Shaggy: Love, man. What are ya gonna do? (chuckling) It's like all the songs say: "Yadda yadda yadda, love will give you a headache, yadda yadda yadda."
Scooby: (Sees a buffet; his eyes turn into hearts.) Awoooooooga!

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