Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? is the thirteenth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise, originally produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series is somewhat of a revival of The New Scooby-Doo Movies that ran from 1972-1973. It is produced by Warner Bros. Animation, and began streaming on the Boomerang VSOD service on June 27, 2019 On Cartoon Network.
On September 29, 2021, it was announced the series would move to HBO Max and the remaining second season episodes would be released on October 1, 2021.[1]
Overview[]
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? focuses on the Mystery Inc. gang as they solve mysteries, largely preserving the formula and comedic tone of older series such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. As such, the members of Mystery Inc. are seen in their original outfits, and their personalities remain largely the same as they were in the original series. However, some minor changes are made, such as the addition of Fred's catchphrase "Hold the phone" and the removal of Daphne's "damsel-in-distress" trope.
Just like The New Scooby-Doo Movies, each episode stars a particular celebrity guest star or cartoon character. Guest stars for the first season included Chris Paul, Sia, Halsey, Ricky Gervais, Kenan Thompson, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Mark Hamill, along with fictional characters such as Steve Urkel, Batman, Sherlock Holmes, The Flash and Wonder Woman.[2] The second season featured Cher, Carol Burnett, Jason Sudekis, Gigi Hadid, and Morgan Freeman.
In addition, most, but not all, episodes are set in a particular city around the world, just like in What's New, Scooby Doo?. As such, some cultural elements from the particular country may occasionally appear in the storyline, such as the mention of Shinto god Inari Okami when Mystery Inc. visited Japan.
There is no overarching storyline uniting all episodes, but the episodes are clearly in order as some episodes may make references to previous episodes.
Cast[]
- Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred Jones
- Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
- Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake
- Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley
Guest stars[]
- Chris Paul as himself
- Tom Kenny as Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore and Augie Anderson
- Bill West as Skip Gilroy
- Frank Welker as the Speed Buggy, Dynomutt and himself
- Kate Micucci as April Stewart and herself
- Wanda Sykes as herself
- Ricky Gervais as himself
- Rachel Kimsey as Wonder Woman
- Penn Jillette as himself
- Teller as himself
- Jaleel White as Steve Urkel
- Jim Gaffigan as himself
- Weird Al Yankovic as himself
- Sia as herself
- Kenan Thompson as himself
- Kevin Conroy as Batman
- Mark Hamill as himself and the Joker
- Whoopi Goldberg as herself
- Charlie Schlatter as The Flash
- George Takei as himself
- Halsey as herself
- Steve Buscemi as himself
- Jeff Dunham as himself
- Darci Lynne Farmer as herself
- Maddie Ziegler as herself
- Jeff Foxworthy as himself
- Malcolm McDowell as himself
- Jennifer Hale as Thorn
- Kimberly Brooks as Luna
- Jane Wiedlin as Dusk
- Christian Slater as himself
- Bill Nye as himself
- Neil deGrasse Tyson as himself
- Kacey Musgraves as herself
- Morgan Freeman as himself
- Kristen Schaal as herself
- Joey Chestnut as himself
- Gigi Hadid as herself
- Alton Brown as himself
- Tim Gunn as himself
- Tara Lipinski as herself
- Chloe Kim as herself
- Laila Ali as herself
- Liza Koshy as herself
- Macklemore as himself
- Sandy Duncan as herself
- Alex Trebek as himself
- Jason Sudeikis as himself
- Lucy Liu as herself
- Sean Astin as himself
- Cher as herself
- Jessica Biel as herself
- Reverend Run as himself
- Billy Dee Williams as himself
- Terry Bradshaw as himself
- Matthew Lillard as himself
- Grey DeLisle-Griffin as herself
- Carol Burnett as herself
Crew[]
- Chris Bailey - Producer[2]
- Sam Register - Executive Producer[2]
List of episodes[]
- Main article(s): List of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episodes
Production[]
The show was first leaked in a social media announcement by Matthew Lillard on July 19, 2017[3], and announced on May 2018.[2] It is produced by Chris Bailey, who worked on Disney's Kim Possible. On Facebook, he unofficially announced season two was in production by requesting new animators.
Notes/Trivia[]
- This is the first show that premiered on Boomerang's streaming service.
- The series is both homage to Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and The New Scooby-Doo Movies, and a sequel of sorts to the latter, although it doesn't always follow the continuity strictly. For instance, it ignores the previous encounter of Batman, but then refers back to the past encounters with Sandy Duncan and Cher.
- Amongst the potential guest stars who were approached, but ultimately unable, to appear on the series were Mel Brooks[4] and Dolly Parton[5].
Dolly Parton character design - The episode I Put a Hex on You! originally featured the band KISS as guest stars, but this was changed late in production.[4]
- The series takes on a "retro" format where the art and animation style and sound design emulate the older Scooby-Doo shows produced by Hanna-Barbera from 1969 to 1978 (even using the classic Mystery Machine driving sound effects), in a manner similar to Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire and Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico.
- The series was originally rated TV-PG (the first show in the franchise with that rating), but was later re-rated TV-Y7; the original rating is still shown on Boomerang (US)'s generic promo for the show.
- Chad Frye, an American illustrator and cartoonist (who previously worked on character designer on Lalaloopsy, Norm of the North and storyboard revisionist on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) worked on the character designs during the production on the first season on some for some episodes of the series. although he is not credited in the end credits. his artwork of the characters he designed on the show can be found on his website.
Home video[]
Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season released by Warner Home Video on January 19, 2021.
Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season released by Warner Home Video on May 31, 2021
Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season released by Warner Home video on June 28, 2022.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Raymos, Dino-Ray (May 23, 2018). "Boomerang Unveils New Original Animated Series ‘Scooby-Doo And Guess Who?’, ‘Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!’". Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MatthewLillard/status/887776918363189248
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lee, Tracy Mark (January 25, 2022). [2]. Instagram. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
- ↑ Lee, Tracy Mark (January 4, 2022). [3]. Instagram. Retrieved June 2, 2022.