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Heart of Evil is the fourteenth episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the fortieth overall.
Premise[]
When a humanoid robotic dragon comes to Crystal Cove, two super-hero vigilantes follow suit.
Synopsis[]
Five years prior, Radley Crown is working as a guard at Quest Labs when a dragon-like robot attacks before being beaten by Race Bannon. Dr. Quest then agrees to help save his dog's life.
The gang visits Fred and Nova at their new van/home before going to City Hall. Velma shows them a device she made to try and decipher the Disk. They're surprised by a noise in the records room. They go there to find Blue Falcon and Dynomutt fighting the same robot from five years prior. After the robot runs away, the gang talks to Blue Falcon about the dragon robot before agreeing to help him track it down.
Velma shows the Falcon how she got the records from the city hall. Soon after, Blue Falcon and Dynomutt launch an all-out assault on Destroido headquarters. Mr. E confronts them and the gang about why they are attacking his facility in such an obvious way. Blue Falcon threatens Mr. E, but is interrupted when a security alarm goes off revealing that the Dragon has attacked Destroido as well. The Dragon is revealed to be controlled by a man named Zin, who then tells the Dragon to abduct Blue Falcon and his dog for the Quest X Power Source. However, the Dragon grabs Scooby by mistake before flying away.
Zin then starts interrogating Falcon, but fails when he realizes that he grabbed the wrong dog. The gang asks E about the power source, before going to the island in Blue Falcon's flying car. He is getting ready to throw Scooby and Falcon into the dungeon when he sees the gang arriving. He tries to destroy them but misses and they invade his fortress and beat up all of his security guards. After the fight, Falcon then reveals that Dynomutt was powered with the Quest-X power cell. Zin reveals that his attempts at stealing it were to rescue his daughter from the Dragon battle suit. Dynomutt uses a power cable to jump start the Dragon suit and remove Zin's daughter. Zin talks about how he appreciates their help, before setting the island to self destruct and leaving them to die. The gang floats off into the moonlight while Scooby and Falcon discuss whether he should devote the rest of his life to hunting down Zin. Shaggy however tells Blue Falcon to lighten up and even points out that Zin loves his daughter as much as they love their dogs.
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Radley Crown (only appearance)(flashback only)
- Race Bannon (first full appearance)(flashback only)(final appearance)
- Dr. Benton Quest (first full appearance)(flashback only)(final appearance)
- Blue Falcon (only appearance)(Radley Crown's disguise)
- Reggie (only appearance)(no lines)(near fatally wounded)
- Dynomutt (only appearance)(cybernetically enhanced Reggie)
Villains:
- Dragon (only appearance)(no lines)(main story and flashback)(Jenny Zin's disguise)
- Dr. Zin (only appearance)
- Bobo (only appearance)
- Destroido guards (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Dr. Zin's soldiers (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Dr. Zin's scientists (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Jenny Zin (only appearance)(main story and flashback)
- Mr. E
Other characters:
- Bandit (mentioned)
- Old clerk (no lines)
Locations[]
- Crystal Cove
- Quest Research Laboratories (flashback only)
- Volcano Island
Objects[]
- Gang's flashlights
- Scooby Snacks
- Fred's ascots
- Velma's laptop
- Apple
Vehicles[]
Cast[]
Continuity[]
- Even though she only wanted to stay friends, Daphne is shown to still have feelings for Fred, as she wanted to visit him by herself.
- In the previous episode, Fred moved out of his own home, because of Brad & Judy turning against him, so Daphne offers Fred to come live at her house since her parents has twenty spare rooms; this is followed through in the next episode.
- Blue Falcon uses the same explosive balls that the Obliteratrix (aka Alice May) took from Quest Research Laboratories in Pawn of Shadows.
- Shaggy says that the camouflage make-up he wore was left over from military school, which he was sent to after All Fear the Freak and escaped from in The Night the Clown Cried
Notes/trivia[]
- This is the first time Mr. E. shows fear to the person talking to him (namely Blue Falcon and Shaggy).
- This episode was included in Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo! Back to School Marathon (August 10–11, 2013).
- This is the second time another Hanna-Barbera character is the culprit, after Mystery Solvers Club State Finals.
- The old clerk also worked at the bank in Dead Justice.
- This isn't the first time Dr. Zin has had a daughter. In fact, in the unrelated The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest TV series, he had twin daughters.
Miscellaneous[]
- "Zoinks" count: 0.
- "Jeepers" count: 2.
- "Jinkies" count: 1.
Cultural references[]
- Dr. Zin is actually an enemy of the Johnny Quest TV series.
- Blue Falcon and Dynomutt are main characters in Hanna-Barbera's Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, which was originally a part of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour.
- While Dynomutt retains his personality from the original Dynomutt series, the Blue Falcon is portrayed as a gritty and violent vigilante, like the Batman from the comic book, The Dark Knight Returns.
- Blue Falcon's line about seventeen ways to incapacitate them, all of which hurt, parodies a line from the The Dark Knight Returns, "There are seven working defenses from this position: three of them disarm with minimal contact, three of them kill, one of them... hurts."
- The origin of Dynomutt as a cyborg because of a medical emergency is like what happened to Steve Austin in the Six Million Dollar Man TV series.
- Bobo is based on Simon 1, a henchman of Dr. Zin, from the Jonny Quest episode The Fraudulent Volcano.
- Daphne said to Fred "You live in a van down by the river" which is a reference to Chris Farley Saturday Night Live character Matt Foley
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- Despite what happened in the last episode, Nova is mysteriously absent in this episode and it's unclear where she's been placed. It's possible she was given to Fred for the time being as they both move into one of the spare twenty bedrooms of Daphne's mansion in the next episode, which she offers in this one.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| French | Le Coeur du Mal | Heart of Evil |
| Greek | Στην Καρδιά του Κακού | In the Heart of Evil |
| Hungarian | A démon lelke | The Spirit of the Demon |
| Italian | Quest X | Quest X |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Corazón de Maldad | Heart of Evil |
Home media[]
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Part 2 - Spooky Stampede DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 18, 2013.- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Volume 3 DVD released by Warner Home Video on April 4, 2014.
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 2 DVD set released by Warner Home Video on October 7, 2014.
- Scooby-Doo! Mystères associés: L'intégrale de la saison 2 (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The entirety of season 2) DVD set released by Warner Home Video on September 10, 2013.
Quotes[]
Velma: Hmmm. I can't say I totally endorse the concept of a masked vigilante. |
Dr. Zin: But you said you would do anything. Sacrifice anything to save your dog! |
External links[]
- TBA
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