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Big Scare in the Big Easy

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Big Scare in the Big Easy is the fourth episode of the first season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Premise[]

The gang stay at a housing estate next to a graveyard during their spring break in New Orleans. They soon realize that two Civil War ghosts re-enact a duel every night to scare away guests, and so it's up to Mystery Inc. to uncover the truth about the legend of the Leland Brothers.

Synopsis[]

Crawdad Mike and his bus driver lead a tour bus, when the ghosts of Union Jed and Rebel Caleb appear on their tombstones. The tour bus gets away from them.

The gang takes the tour bus and decides to stay at the Leland Gables. There, they find Lorelei Leland arguing with Cyrus T. Buford about the hotel.

Suspecting Lorelei's brother, Taylor, to be one of the ghosts, the gang followed him to the cemetery and spotted him carrying a Confederate uniform. After noticing that Daphne's shoe is covered in some unknown substance, they approached Crawdad Mike, asking if he knew what the substance was, to which he claimed that it was ectoplasm. 

While getting something to eat, the gang noticed Lorelei entering a voodoo store. After Scooby left to watch her, he returned and claimed that Lorelai bought bat wings, chicken bones, and the eye of a toad. 

They visited Cyrus' waterpark to search for clues, but they encountered the ghosts, who chased them all over the waterpark until they lost them. During this time, they noticed that Daphne had gone missing.

Returning to the Leland family cemetery in search of Daphne, the gang split up. Fred and Velma find a light projector in a treetop set off by pressure on a rock. After Shaggy and Scooby heard a loud wail, the former decided it was a girl's voice and tried to follow it. Instead, they followed Daphne's cell phone signal and found her tied up in a mausoleum. However, the door closed when they entered, trapping them in. 

Meanwhile, Fred and Velma were building a trap for the ghosts. Shaggy and Scooby were still trapped in the mausoleum but couldn't undo Daphne's knots. Shaggy used Five Skull Fire Sauce to burn the ropes, and they got out of the mausoleum using a dog tag and an eyelash curler.

After breaking out of the mausoleum, Shaggy ran into Fred's trap, which didn't work exactly as planned. Then the ghosts appeared, but Scooby dressed up as a phantom to chase them into the pit trap. They couldn't get out and were unmasked just as Lorelei showed up. The ghosts turned out to be Crawdad Mike and his driver. They did it to make his tour more well-known. They used a hologram projector to scare tourists and dry ice to create the fog, which also left a residue that got on Daphne's shoe. When they became concerned that the gang was getting too close, they dressed up as the Leland brothers and attempted to scare them away by kidnapping Daphne. Lorelei was in the store looking for a talisman and a mask for Scooby's costume. Taylor was selling the uniform to help pay the bills and didn't want Lorelei to find out because it was a family heirloom.

The gang goes back to celebrating Mardi Gras, where Lorelei and Taylor decide to ally with Cyrus T. Buford to combine their businesses. Daphne thanks Shaggy for freeing her. He says she should be thanking herself for wailing so hard, but Daphne explains that she couldn't have because she was gagged. Suddenly, they are shocked by an eerie howling wind sweeping past them. Confused but unfazed, Scooby howls his catchphrase along with it.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

  • Tourists on bus (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Fruit stand vendor (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Caleb Leland (only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(dies off-screen)
  • Jed Leland (only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(dies off-screen)
  • Shopkeeper (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Possum (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Police officers (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Shaggy's mom (mentioned)

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Cyrus T. Buford He wanted to buy Leland Gables to expand his waterpark.
Taylor Leland He sneaked out at night with a Confederate uniform.
Lorelei Leland She went in the Supermarket of The Supernatural.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
Crawdad Mike and his bus driver as the Ghosts of the Leland Brothers To get more viewers for their graveyard tours.

Cast[]

Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Lorelei Leland
Jim Cummings Cyrus T. Buford
Crawdad Mike
John DiMaggio Taylor Leland
Police officer

Songs[]

Song Credits Performed by
"Man With the Hex " Written by John Bunkley The Atomic Fireballs

Full credits[]

The following credits are how they are displayed on-screen (or as close as possible).

Opening credits[]


Closing credits[]


  • Producer: George Doty IV, Jim Krieg, Ed Scharlach
  • Series Story Editors: George Doty IV, Jim Krieg, Ed Scharlach
  • Series Directors: Russell Calabrese, Tim Maltby, Tom Mazzocco, Swinton Scott, Joe Sichta
  • Music By: Gigi Meroni & Rich Dickerson
  • "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" Theme
    • Written By: Rich Dickerson & Gigi Meroni
    • Performed By: Simple Plan
    • Courtesy Of: Lava Records
    • www.lavarecords.com
  • "Man With the Hex"
    • Written By: John Bunkley
    • Performed By: The Atomic Fireballs
    • Courtesy Of: Lava Records
    • By Arrangement With: Warner Special Products
  • Casting & Voice Direction: Collette Sunderman
  • Starring the Voices Of: Mindy Cohn as Velma, Grey DeLisle as Daphne, Jim Cummings as Cyrus T. Buford & Crawdad Mike, John DiMaggio as Taylor Leland & Policeman
  • Based Upon Characters Created By: Hanna-Barbera Productions
  • Main Title Design: Sandra Frame, James Fujii, Scott Jeralds, Chris Rutkowski, Chuck Sheetz
  • Main Title Animation: Lotto Animation
  • Creative Consultant: Iwao Takamoto
  • Storyboard: Sandra Frame, Mary Hanley, Jim Shellhorn
  • Animation Timing Directors: Cullen Blaine, Mark Bykov, Herb Moore, Pat Shinagawa
  • Character Design: Scott Awley, Scott Jeralds
  • BG Paint: Shahen Jordan, Tristin Roesch-Cole
  • Prop Design: Mark Bachand, Scott Hill
  • BG Design: Edgar Carlos, Robert Harand, Bill Proctor
  • Assistant Production Managers: Vera Morales, AJ Vargas
  • Production Coordinators: Jessica Dalton, Judge Plummer
  • Ink and Paint Supervisor: Geno DuBois
  • Color Key: Lisa Redondo
  • Mark-Up/Painters: Kim Bowen, Eric Nordberg, Bill Ohanesian
  • Animation Checking: Jan Browning, Susan Burke, Eleanor Dahlen, Chuck Gefre, Karl Jacobs, Chuck Martin, Kathleen O'Mara
  • Director of Post Production: Tim Iverson
  • Post Production Supervisor: Bonnie Buckner
  • Post Production Coordinator: Michael Miscio
  • Film Editor: Susan Edmunson
  • Director of Technical Operations: Bradford H. Keatts
  • Assistant Production Manager of Technical Operations: John Voralik
  • Supervising Online Editor: Bradford H. Keatts
  • Online Editor: Tony Tedford
  • Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Mark A. Keatts
  • Supervising Recording Engineer: Edwin O. Collins
  • Recording Machine Operator: Jeff O. Collins
  • Recording Facility: Warner Bros. Animation
  • Dialogue/ADR Editors: Kelly Ann Foley, Kerry Iverson, Mark Keefer
  • Sound Reading: Carol Iverson, Fred Salinas, Denise Whitfield
  • Post Production Sound Services: Glenwood Editorial, Inc.
  • Re-Recording Studio: Glenwood Place Studios
  • Sound Effects Supervisor: Glen Oyabe
  • Re-Recording Mixers: Brad Brock, Timothy Garrity
  • Engineer: Kennie Takahashi
  • Animation Services: Lotto Animation
  • Animation Directors: Young-Hoon Kim, Young-Oh Shin
  • Model Checkers: Eun-Ha Kim, Yei-Jin Lee
  • Key Animation: Hyun-Joo Ahn, Jun-Young Chio, Mee-Hui Kim, Kyung-Ae Min
  • Layout: Jung-Won Kwon, Suk-Won Lee, Jong-Dae Lim
  • Inbetween Checkers: Jung-Sook Kim, Chang-Sook Oh
  • Ink & Paint Checker: Mi-Hyun Jie
  • Final Checker: Ho-Soon Shin
  • Editing: Hyoung-Jun Park
  • Background: Yeon-Hee Kim, Eun-Hee Noh
  • Camera: Kyun-Won Lee, Hye-Won Suh
  • Production Staff: Mi-Ok Kweon, Hoon Yoe
  • Production Administrators: Tammy Davis, Michael Diaz, Marci Gray, Laura Marquez, Jacqueline Olsommer, Mary Parkinson, Amy E. Wagner
  • Casting Administrator: Liz Carroll
  • Production Accounting: Athena Christianakis, Luisa Guzman, Rose Mesa, Maria Womack
  • Business and Legal Affairs: Debi Dean, Michael Lalla, Bonnie Negrete, Peter Steckelman
  • Production Supervision: Toshi Hiruma, Howard Schwartz
  • Development and Creative Supervision: Christopher Keenan, Linda Steiner
  • Production Management: Andy Lewis
  • Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera, Sander Schwartz
  • Special Thanks To: Joe Ruby & Ken Spears
  • Warner Bros. Animation
  • This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States of America and other countries. Any unauthorized, duplication, copying, distribution, exhibition or use may result in civil and/or criminal prosecution.
  • Dolby Surround
  • ©2002 Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.
  • All Rights Reserved
  • Country of first publication United States of America
  • Warner Bros. is the author of this film/motion picture for the purposes of Article (15)2 of the Berne Convention and all national laws given effect thereto.
  • Warner Bros. Animation
  • www.warnerbros.com

Notes/trivia[]

Miscelanous[]

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • When Crawdad Mike was unmasked, he had a full head of hair, but when the police came to take him and his bus driver away, he was half bald.

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

  • Either Rattletrap Tours (the name on the bus) is an extension of Haunted New Orleans Tours (the name on the sign outside the building where the bus is parked), or there was a mix-up.
  • Velma pointed out to Fred that Jed was much taller than Caleb, even though it was actually Caleb who was taller.
  • After the chase scene, when the gang bumps into Cyrus T. Buford, they all gasp. Although she is not with the gang, Daphne's voice can clearly be heard because she would have already been kidnapped.
  • While explaining the mystery's solution, Velma picks up dry ice with her bare hands. This would burn her hand. Gloves are required for handling dry ice.
  • Additionally, the dry ice residue clue is scientifically inaccurate as dry ice becomes gas at room temperature which means it cannot leave any residue.
  • The source of the ghostly howl is never explained.
  • It seems out of character for Scooby to happily howl along with the eerie howl he hears at the end of the episode.
  • The ghosts are slim compared to Crawdad Mike and his driver.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French Panique au carnaval Carnival Panic
Greek Ο Μεγάλος Φόβος στο Μπιγκ Τζι
Μεγάλη Τρομάρα στη Νέα Ορλεάνη 		Big Scare in the Big Ji
Big Scare in New Orleans
Polish Stare upiory w Nowym Orleanie Old Ghouls in New Orleans

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Shaggy: Well, since either choice is like Creepsville, I'll choose the one that might have a kitchen.


Fred: We need to see if Cyrus Beauford is connected to those uncivil Civil War ghosts. Now, let's split up and look for clues.
Shaggy Rogers: Uh, Fred, I might have found a clue.
Fred: Great! Where is it?
[Shaggy points to Caleb's hand on his shoulder, then Jeb appears behind the gang]
Daphne: I hope you've got a plan, Freddie.
Fred: Of course I do! RUN!


Crawdad Mike: Sacre bleu! I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for y'all meddling kids.
Daphne: I wonder how you say "meddling kids" in French?

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