The Hodag of Horror (episode)

This article is about the episode. For the character, see Hodag of Horror.

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The Hodag of Horror
Details
Episode #	205
Air date	August 3, 2012 (Cartoon Network)
Air date	June 6, 2012 (Boomerang)
Latin America air date	September 9, 2012
Written by	Roger Eschbacher
Directed by	Curt Geda
Chronology
Previous episode	Web of the Dreamweaver!
Next episode	Art of Darkness!

The Hodag of Horror is the fifth episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the thirty-first overall.

Premise

A wild creature called the the Hodag of Horror steals precious jewellery from the people of Crystal Cove. At the same time, Fred's real parents have suddenly appeared, along with a dog whom Scooby has taken a fancy to.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Incorporated
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones, Jr.
  • Velma Dinkley
  • Daphne Blake

Supporting characters:

• Gene Shepherd ^{(only appearance)}
• Daisy Blake ^{(first full appearance)}
• Brad Chiles
• Judy Reeves
• Sheriff Bronson Stone

Villains:

• Hodag of Horror ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(Roberto's disguise)}
• Roberto ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(main story and flashback)}
• Ned Fussbuster ^{(only appearance)(main story and flashback)}
• Mr. E
• Professor Pericles

Other characters:

• Mr. Baywosenthal ^{(no lines)}
• Tween girl's mom ^{(no lines)}
• Elderly checkers player
• Nova ^{(first appearance)(no lines)}
• Crystal Cove Community Center auctioneer ^{(no lines)}
• George Avocados ^(cameo)
• Randy's mom
• Violin player ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Winslow Fleach ^{(no lines)(cameo)}
• Marcie Fleach ^{(no lines)(cameo)}
• Barty Blake ^{(no lines)}
• Nan Blake ^{(no lines)}
• Trini Lee
• Disembodied creepy voice ^{(only time heard)}
• Mayor Janet Nettles ^(mentioned)
• Black cat ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Cow ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Hunchbacked man ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Santa Claus ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(cameo)}
• Master Spanish cheesemaker ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Master Spanish cheesemaker's assistant ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Cassidy Williams

Locations

• Crystal Cove ^{(main story and flashback)}
  • Ice cream parlor
  • Traveling Cabinet of Curiosities
  • Jones mansion
  • Daisy Blake's home
  • Something Cheesy this way Comes
  • Blake Mansion
  • Crystal Cove Police Department
  • Crystal Cove City Hall
    • Mystery Incorporated's basement office
• Indonesia ^{(flashback only)}
• Netherlands ^(fantasy)

Objects

• Gene Shepherd's cane
• Stuffed Hodag
• Daphne's cellphone
• Velma's backpack
• Ned Fussbuster's bell
• Flash-bulb camera
• Broom
• Velma's laptop
• Judy Reeves's locket
• Puzzle box
• 500-year-old cheese
• Handcuffs
• Piece of the Planispheric Disk

Vehicles

• Fire truck
• The Mystery Machine
• Sheriff Stone's police car

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Gene Shepherd	The Hodag was one of his curiosities. The stolen jewelry was found in his cabinet.

Cuplrits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Roberto as the Hodag of Horror Ned Fussbuster	To steal the 500 year old cheese.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones, Jr.
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy Rogers Checkers player Man C
Grey DeLisle	Daphne Blake Randy's mom
Mindy Cohn	Velma Dinkley
Patrick Warburton	Sheriff Bronson Stone
Vivica A. Fox	Cassidy Williams
Lewis Black	Mr. E
Udo Kier	Professor Pericles
Tim Matheson	Brad Chiles
Tia Carrere	Judy Reeves
James Arnold Taylor	George Avocados Man B Skinny man
Dee Bradley Baker	Gene Shepherd Hodag
Jennifer Hale	Daisy Blake Nova Trini Lee
Charles Shaughnessy	Ned Fussbuster Creepy voice

Continuity

• Shaggy's hair finally returns to its regular length and style in this episode, after having been cut between All Fear the Freak and The Night the Clown Cried, for his attendance at Barnstow Military Academy.

Notes/trivia

• Jennifer Hale, who voices Daisy, also voiced Delilah in The Legend of Alice May.
• Fred, Daphne, and Velma are given the codenames: "Scarf Boy", "Smoking Hottie", and "Smart Chick", respectively.

Cultural references

• The Hodag is a monster of Wisconsin legend, first discovered by Eugene Simeon Shepard over a hundred years ago; Gene Shepherd is a parody of Eugene Simeon Shepard.
• A girl among the crowd, who Gene Shepherd talks to when he first arrives in town, resembles the teenage Sari Sumdac from the TV series Transformers Animated, which lead character designer Derrick J. Wyatt, also worked on.
• The strange puzzle box and disembodied voice that accompany it in Sheriff Stone's office are a tribute to the Lemant configuration and Pinhead from the Hellraiser series.
• Nova is named after the mute human in the original Planet of the Apes film in 1968 (and its sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes).
• The spaghetti scene in the Disney film Lady and the Tramp is parodied with cheese string between Scooby and Nova.
• Jason Voorhees' hockey mask can be seen in the Cabinet of Curiosities.
• The name of the cheese shop "Something Cheesy This Way Comes" is a play on the Shakespeare quote "Something Wicked This Way Comes" which also serves as the title of Ray Bradbury's novella about a nightmarish carnival visiting a small town.
• The Cabinet of Curiosities references the 1920 silent German expressionist cult horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• When Velma asks Mr. Shepherd why he came to Crystal Cove, the tint in her glasses are skin-colored instead of light blue.
• After Sheriff Stone gazes through the window at Daphne's party and the bell rings, the Hodag appears out of thin air in the background behind him, while he is looking around.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Italian	Il Mostro Delle Campane	The Monster of the Bells
Spanish (Latin America)	El Hodag del Terror	The Hodag of Terror
Greek	Ο Χόνταγκ του Τρόμου	The Hodag of Horror

Home media

• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Part 1 - Danger in the Deep DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 13, 2012.
• 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

Shaggy: This place is a rip-off. Scooby: Uhh. But we didn't pay to get in here.

Gene Shepherd: I only open that box once a year. Shaggy: Like, why? Gene Shepherd: It needs to breathe!

Ned Fussbuster: And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those bells.

External links

• TBA

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Web of the Dreamweaver!	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season 2	Art of Darkness!