Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery

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Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
Details
DTV #	24
Production company	Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	July 21, 2015
Air date	November 25, 2015 (Cartoon Network)[citation needed]
Starring	Frank Welker Matthew Lillard Grey Griffin Mindy Cohn
Producers	Colin A.B.V. Lewis (line producer) Alan Burnett (co-producer) Sam Register (executive producer)
Music	Greg Collins Jared Fabier
Edited by	Bruce A. King
Produced by	Spike Brandt Tony Cervone
Story by	Jim Krieg Kevin Shinick
Teleplay by	Kevin Shinick
Directed by	Spike Brandt Tony Cervone
Chronology
Previous film	Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness
Next film	Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery is the twenty-fourth in a series of direct-to-video films based upon Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoons. It was available for digital HD download on July 10, 2015, and on DVD and Blu-ray on July 21.

Premise

The gang and rock legends, KISS, team up to stop the Crimson Witch from unleashing the Destroyer from the alternate dimension of KISSteria, which threatens both KISSteria and Earth.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley
• KISS ^{(final appearance)}
  • The Starchild ^{(first full appearance)(final appearance)}
  • The Demon ^{(first full appearance)(final appearance)}
  • The Catman ^{(first full appearance)(final appearance)}
  • The Spaceman ^{(first full appearance)(final appearance)}

Supporting characters:

• Manny Goldman ^{(only appearance)}
• Chip McGhoo ^{(only appearance)}
• Chikara ^{(only appearance)}
• Shandi Strutter ^{(only appearance)}
• The Elder ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Crimson Witch ^{(only appearance)(Delilah Domino's disguise)}
• Delilah Domino ^{(only appearance)}
• The Destroyer ^{(only appearance; dies)(main story and flashback)}

Other characters:

• Maintenance worker 1 ^{(only appearance)}
• Maintenance worker 2 ^{(only appearance)}
• The Ascot Five ^{(only appearance)(photograph)(only time heard; voices from CD)}
• Mrs. Dinkley ^(mentioned)
• Miscellaneous patrons ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
  • Patron 1 ^{(only appearance)}
  • Patron 2 ^{(only appearance)}
• Chip McGhoo's kids ^{(only time mentioned)}
• Roller Ghoster ^(mentioned)
• Security guards ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Previous KISSterian Elder ^{(only appearance)(flashback only)}
• Warriors of KISSteria ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(deceased)}
• Beth ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Christine ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Monster from KISSteria portal ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Miscellaneous KISSterians ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Concert fans ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
• Concert announcer ^{(only time heard)}

Locations

• United States
  • KISS World
    • The Destroyer
    • Manny Goldman's office
    • Security room
    • Hall of KISStory
    • Food court
    • Brimstone Barbeque
    • Electric Alley
    • Whirling Wild Cats
    • Dynasty Star Ferris Wheel
    • Stage
    • Rockin' Flume
    • Hospital room
    • Chikara's place
    • Special effects lab
    • Chem lab
    • Warehouse
    • Green room
  • Funland ^(mentioned)
  • Detroit ^(photograph)
• Italy ^(mentioned)
• Portal to KISSteria
• KISSteria
  • Tomb of the Destroyer
• The Moon

Objects

• The Ascot Five: Greatest Hits!
• Mystery Machine's CD player
• Velma's glasses
• Daphne's scarf
• KISS Toilet
• Broom
• Burgers
• French fries
• KISS Binoculars
• KISS bunny plushes
• Hospital beds
• KISS Smelling Salts
• Churro
• KISS Kakes ^(picture)
• KISSteria crystals ^{(flashback only)}
• Rock of KISSteria/Detroit Rock
• KISS Flashlight
• KISS batteries ^(mentioned)
• KISS monster props
• Rock of KISSteria box
• Shaggy's shoe
• Harpy statues
• KISS World Barf Bag
• Magnetic repulsor field belt

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• KISS's guitar-shaped spaceship
  • KISScraft

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Chip McGhoo	KISS performing at KISS World means not selling merchandise at a concert.
Chikara	She acts similar to the Crimson Witch, and knows everything about her.
Shandi Strutter	As a special effects expert she could easily make a stunt like this.

Culprits

Culprits	Motive/reason
Delilah Domino as the Crimson Witch	There may be two witches; the real one who wanted to use the Rock of KISSteria as a key to unlocking the Destroyer. To the fake one (Delilah) it was a priceless diamond (and this was after the Destroyer had been defeated).

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy Rogers
Grey Griffin	Daphne Blake
Mindy Cohn	Velma Dinkley
Paul Stanley	The Starchild/himself
Gene Simmons	The Demon/himself
Eric Singer	The Catman/himself
Tommy Thayer	The Spaceman/himself
Jason Mewes	Maintenance worker 1
Kevin Smith	Maintenance worker 2
Garry Marshall	Manny Goldman
Mark Stroman	Patron 1
Matt Varley	Patron 2
Pauley Perrette	Delilah Domino Crimson Witch
Doc McGhee	Chip McGhoo
Jennifer Carpenter	Chikara
Darius Rucker	The Destroyer
Rachel Ramras	Shandi Strutter
Penny Marshall	The Elder
Tony Cervone	Concert announcer

Songs

Song	Credits	Performed by	Character performance by
"Don't Touch My Ascot"	Written by Tony Cervone, Greg Collins, and Jared Faber	Performed by KISS, Greg Collins, and Jared Faber	Ascot Five
"Rock and Roll All Nite"	Written by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley	Performed by KISS	N/A
"Love Gun"	Written by Paul Stanley	Performed by KISS
"Shout It Out Loud"	Written by Robert Alan Ezrin, Gene Simmons, and Paul Stanley	Performed by KISS	N/A
"I Was Made for Loving You"	Written by Desmond Child, Vini Poncia, and Paul Stanley	Performed by KISS	KISS
"Detroit Rock City"	Written by Robert Alan Ezrin and Paul Stanley	Performed by KISS	KISS
"Modern Day Delilah"	Written by Paul Stanley	Performed by KISS	N/A
"Don't Touch My Ascot" (end credits reprise)	Written by Tony Cervone, Greg Collins, and Jared Faber	Performed by KISS, Greg Collins, and Jared Faber	N/A

Full credits

The following credits will be how they are shown on-screen.

 

 

Continuity

• The "Foul Play in Funland" case, as Fred calls it, involved the runaway robot, Charlie, which occured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode Foul Play in Funland.
• The Roller Ghoster case happened in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode Roller Ghoster Ride.

Notes/trivia

• The trailer uses Anarbor's cover of "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" and KISS' "Shout It Out Loud".
• The world premiere was held at San Diego Comic-Con International 2015 on July 9, followed by a panel which consisted of Matthew Lillard, Grey Griffin, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer, Jason Mewes, Pauley Perrette, Kevin Shinick, Spike Brandt, and Tony Cervone, moderated by Kevin Smith.^{[citation needed]}
• KISS previously appeared in the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode A Scooby-Doo Halloween, which was also on Halloween.
  • Only Paul Stanley portrayed himself.
• The plot is loosely inspired by the live-action 1978 movie, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.
  • It's possible elements of the film are also inspired by the comic series Kiss: Psycho Circus.
• While not explicit, it's heavily implied that Fred's wardrobe was inspired by what the Ascot Five wear; the lead is also blonde and his ascot is orange.
• Starchild calling Fred "Frank" could very well be a reference to the latter's voice actor, Frank Welker.
• The floating ghost presented in the special effects room is very similar to the Phantom from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode Hassle in the Castle.
• This is one of the few Scooby-Doo direct to video movies to use the "Castle Thunder" sound effect (as heard in many pre-1990s Scooby-Doo productions), heard at the very beginning when lightning flashes over KISS World.
• This would appear to be the last direct-to-video film to have Mindy Cohn as the voice of Velma.

Miscellaneous

• Disguises: None. Although, when the gang first appear all but one of them are in KISS make-up as they thought they were going undercover.
  • Daphne as Starchild, Velma as Spaceman, Shaggy as Demon, and Scooby as Catman.
• Recurring gags: Whenever KISS use confetti bombs to disappear, Chip McGhoo cleans it up, while complaining about them being expensive; Shaggy and Scooby keep on hiding in a locker.

Cultural references

• The film is loaded with KISS Easter eggs:
  • Multiple names in the film are inspired by KISS songs and albums:
    • Beth and Christine are named after Beth and Christine Sixteen, respectively.
    • The first and last name of Shandi Strutter are named after songs.
    • Dynasty Star Ferris Wheel is named after the album Dynasty.
    • Spaceman mentions their album Love Gun going platinum.
• The maintenance workers are modeled after their voice actors Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes.
• The Ascot Five is a spoof on both the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds.
• The costume transformations of KISS is based on the anime Sailor Moon.
• The Destroyer is named after the album Destroyer, while the physical resemblance is somewhat a mixture of DC Comics' Darkseid (face) and Marvel Comics' Galactus (armor).
• The Elder is named after the album The Elder.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• The Ascot Five's signature song, "Don't Touch My Ascot", is called "You Can't Have My Ascot" on the album cover.
• While not outright contradicting their previous appearance in A Scooby-Doo Halloween, it does cause hard to miss conflicts.
  • The real-world identities and realistic designs (i.e. Paul Stanley (Starchild)'s hairy chest) in the episode are dropped in favour of highlighting the alter egos of KISS; they're reinvented as glam rock superheroes from an alternate dimension, and they only go by their nicknames. It's ever so slightly possible that the film just expands on what wasn't known in the episode.
  • Daphne has a major crush on Starchild, but doesn't give any opinion whatsoever in the episode.
  • Shaggy (and to a lesser extent Scooby) is a big KISS fan in the episode, but doesn't seem to care either way in this film.
• Considering that most things are still similar to the real-world, it's incredibly hard to believe that none of the gang wouldn't have pointed out that virtually all of the people in the film share names with KISS' songs, etc.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish	Scooby-Doo y KISS: El Misterio del Rock and Roll	Scooby-Doo and KISS: The Mystery of Rock and Roll
Greek	Σκούμπι-Ντου και KISS: Μυστήριο Ροκ εν Ρολ	Scooby-Doo and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
Polish	Scooby-Doo i Kiss: Straszenie na scenie	Scooby-Doo and KISS: Frightening on the Stage

Home media

• Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery DVD released by Warner Home Video on July 21, 2015.
• Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery Blu-ray Disc/DVD released by Warner Home Video on July 21, 2015.
• Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery DVD released by Warner Home Video on October 26, 2015.

Quotes

Delilah Domino: Get out of my locker! Shaggy: (nervously) But it's so cozy.

Fred: What happened? Shaggy: Well, first we got some ice cream which Scooby-Doo licked away from me. Scooby-Doo: Yummy, yummy, yummy. Shaggy: Then there was this smell and the stinky witch and all this running and music and spinning and then... And then... (points at KISS) Like, they saved us! KISS and their super powers! Scooby-Doo: That's right, KISS has super powers! Velma: Sounds like they spun around one two many times in those drums. Shaggy: No! Like, (points at Starchild) he shot eye beams, (points at Catman) he grew claws... (points at Spaceman) ...he did lightning bolts, (points at Demon) and he flew in and blew the biggest fire ever! Scooby-Doo: (hugs Demon) Thank you, Mr. Demon! Demon: Beat it, mutt, before you dent my armor. Scooby-Doo: (nervous) Yes, sir. Of course, sir.

Gallery

Images

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Blu-ray/DVD.

External links

• Buy in HD from Amazon.com