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High-Tech House of Horrors is the fourth episode of the second season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the eighteenth overall.
Premise[]
The gang ends up going to a future fair; however, the main attraction the house of the future is closed due to the mysterious disappearance of a teenager. The creator of the house, Professor Laslow Ostwald, tells the gang that nothing is wrong; however, after Daphne disappears the gang has to go back to the house and are soon being chased by a robot butler.
Synopsis[]
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Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Professor Laslow Ostwald (first appearance)
- Janey Miller (only appearance)
- Bobby Blather (only appearance)
- Billy Blather (only appearance)
- Horatio Hidalgo (only appearance)
Villains:
Other characters:
- Allison (only appearance)
- Horatio Hidalgo's cameraman (only appearance)(no lines)
Locations[]
Objects[]
- Magical Makeover Machine
- Microwave oven
Vehicles[]
- Mystery Machine
- Car of the future
Suspects[]
Suspect | Motive/reason |
---|---|
Laslow Ostwald | The house was his invention, so he could easily make it go wrong. |
Horatio Hidalgo | To make his show more exciting. |
Bobby & Billy Blather | As part of their pranks and dares. |
Culprits[]
Culprit | Motive/reason |
---|---|
Shari the house computer | Angry that her inventor Laslow was getting all of the attention. |
Jeeves the robot butler | Controlled by Shari. |
Cast[]
Songs[]
Song | Credits | Performed by | Character performance by |
---|---|---|---|
"Another Way (Radio Edit Version)" (instrumental) |
Written by Paul Matthias | Paul Van Dyk | N/A |
Notes/trivia[]
- This is the only episode to feature Dave Foley as Laslow Ostwald; he was subsequently replaced by James Arnold Taylor in the character's next and final appearance in E-Scream.
- The episode is listed as High-Tech House of the Future in DVDs and digital media.
- This is also the first instance where the culprit is not unmasked at the end as well as being non-human.
- Shaggy claims that his bedroom back home smells really bad, when he said that the garbage he and Scooby were in smelled worse than his room.
- This is one of the first episodes where a high tech house makes a person’s appearance change on a mirror, then the room is filled with water.
Miscellaneous[]
- Disguises: Scooby as a female robot.
- Scooby Snacks bribe: 1.
- Daphne getting kidnapped: Gets kidnapped and put into a tube by Shari.
- "Jeepers" count: 1.
Cultural references[]
- Shari is a parody of HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Billy getting strapped to a table as a laser beam head towards his crotch is a nod to the James Bond film Goldfinger.
- Shari making doppelgangers of Daphne closely follows Naruto's shadow clone and doppelganger techniques.
- The compactor scene is reminiscent of the famous Star Wars scene on the Death Star.
- Various elements in the overall setting and plot are highly similar to the X-Files episode, "Ghost in the Machine".
- Jeeves is the name of a highly-competent valet in several novels and short stories by P.G. Wodehouse. Jeeves was also the name of an early internet search engine.
- Velma uses a Palm Pilot handheld computer throughout the episode.
- An early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode, The Great Boldini, has a similar mishap with computerized climate control resulting in indoor snow.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- When Fred opens the bathroom door where J31 was trapped, his collar is white instead of blue.
- When Shaggy tosses his sandwich up in the air, the glowing of the sauce is gone.
- When the gang rolled into a ball down the hill, Janey Miller was with them, but when they came apart, she was gone.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- None known.
In other languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
---|---|---|
French | La maison du futur | The House of the Future |
Greek | Το Σπίτι του Τρόμου | The House of Horror |
Polish | Nawiedzony dom przyszłości | Haunted house of the future |
Home media[]
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 3 - Halloween Boos & Clues VHS released by Warner Home Video on August 10, 2004.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 3 - Halloween Boos & Clues DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 10, 2004.
- Hva' Nyt, Scooby-Doo?: Del 5 - Kidnapning DVD released by Warner Home Video on September 27, 2005.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5 - Homeward Hound DVD released by Roadshow Entertainment on October 5, 2005.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5 - Homeward Hound VHS released by Warner Home Video on October 24, 2005.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5 - Homeward Hound DVD released by Warner Home Video on October 24, 2005.
- Quoi d'Neuf, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5 - La Maison du Futur DVD released by Warner Home Video on November 3, 2005.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Complete 2nd Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 7, 2007.
- What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volumes 5 & 6 - Top Dog & A Hot Dog! DVD released by Warner Home Video on May 30, 2011.
- Scooby-Doo! and the Creepy Carnival DVD released by Warner Home Video on October 23, 2012.
- 3 Spooky DVD Treats: What's New, Scooby-Doo? - Volumes 4-6 DVD released by Warner Home Video.
Quotes[]
Daphne: Magical Makeover Machine. |
Velma: These aren't just Scooby Snacks. They're new and improved Scooby Snacks! |
Daphne: (seeing that Jeeves is actually a robot) No one? |
External links[]
- TBA
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