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The Midnight Zone is the eleventh episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the thirty-seventh overall.
Premise[]
The Gang search an underwater robot factory, run by Professor Pericles.
Synopsis[]
A robot made to look like a Nazi World War II soldier attacks Cassidy Williams at her radio station, eventually self-destructing as Cassidy fights back. The entire building is destroyed in the explosion. When Sheriff Stone questions how this happened, Cassidy simply claims it was from faulty wiring. The Sheriff wraps it up and when the Mayor questions him not investigating, Stone claims that they'll get a new pool and she agrees. The gang arrives in time to see another robot get destroyed and ask Cassidy what's happening.
At the Clam Cabin, she explains to the gang that these robots have been attacking her time and again for the past week. The gang fends off more robot attacks as they continue investigate. When the gang realizes that the robots are coming from deep underwater, Daphne recruits two of her babysitting charges, Tom and Tub, and their seal (also named Scooby), to transport the gang in their submarine to the robots' spawning vats, in an area the kids tell them is called "The Midnight Zone". Shortly after submerging, the sub is attacked by a group of robots and damaged, and the gang stumble upon an underwater base and attempt to use it to repair the sub, only to discover that the base is the factory where the robots are constructed. The gang falls through the vents and the robots chase them. Eventually they make it into the control room where they discover the decaying body of Abigail Gluke, who Velma recognizes. They soon learn that the lab was being run by Professor Pericles who met Frau Gluke long ago, the lab was built for her to find a piece of the Planesphiric Disk. Professor Pericles found the lab and continued the mission and used a ho,ographic projection of the late Frau Gluke to keep the robots busy. In the end, Pericles escapes, leaving the laboratory to self-destruct, seemingly killing Cassidy Williams as she gives enough time for the gang, Tom and Tub, and Scooby the Seal to escape.
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Cassidy Williams (dies)
- Sheriff Bronson Stone
- Mayor Janet Nettles
- Tom (only appearance)
- Tub (only appearance)
- Scooby the seal (only appearance)(no lines)
Villains:
- Kriegstaffebots (first appearance)(robot)
- Ghost of Abigail Gluck (only appearance)(projection)
- Professor Pericles
Other characters:
- Abigail Gluck (corpse)(living in flashback)
- Mr. E (mentioned)
- Dr. Paul Williams (only time mentioned)
- Captain Michael Murphy (only time mentioned)
Locations[]
- Crystal Cove
- K-Ghoul (Final Appearance)
- Skipper Shelton's Clam Cabin
- Crystal Cove State Beach
- The Midnight Zone
- Underwater city of missionaries
- Base
- Underwater city of missionaries
- Bavaria (flashback only)
Objects[]
- Kriegstaffebot head
- Airtanks
- Flashlights
- Binoculars
- Cassidy's Shotgun
- Skipper Shelton's Harpoon Gun
- Planispheric Disk
- Sixth piece
Vehicles[]
Suspects[]
- None
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Professor Pericles controlling the Kriegstaffebots | To kill Cassidy Williams and get the last piece of the Planispheric Disk. |
Cast[]
Continuity[]
- A romance between Cassidy and Mr. E was referred to in The Night the Clown Cried II - Tears of Doom!.
- It was also revealed the teenage Cassidy had a crush on him in Escape from Mystery Manor.
Notes/trivia[]
- This episode was aired in Latin America on November 10, 2012.
- Professor Pericles says that he met Abigail Gluck in the 1930s—this would mean that he's at least 85 years old. While this may seem improbable, there are some types of parrots that can live well into their 90s, and up to the age of 100.
- The countdown for the self destruct sequence is in German.
- Cassidy Williams is the first member of the original Mystery Incorporated to seemingly be killed. The remaining members eventually die by the Evil Entity in the final episode, Come Undone.
- This episode was included in Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo! Back to School Marathon (August 10–11, 2013).
- This was the first episode in the series to not feature an unmasking of any kind.
Miscellaneous[]
Cultural references[]
- Apart from being a reference to the region of the ocean where it is too deep for the sun to shine, the title 'The Midnight Zone' parodies the TV show The Twilight Zone.
- Tom, Tub, and Scooby the seal, are from Hanna-Barbera's Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor, except in that TV series, Moby Dick was a real whale.
- Tom and Tub's fathers are Dr. Paul Williams and Captain Michael Murphy from Sealab 2020, another Hanna-Barbara show.
- Velma compares Williams and Murphy to Simon & Garfunkel.
- Turning around a chair in which a villain sits, only to find a corpse, echoes the 1960 movie Psycho, where Lila Crane discovers the mummified body of Mrs. Bates in the basement.
- Fred mentioning that his "mystery-sense is tingling" parodies Spider-Man referring to his "spider-sense".
- Abigail Gluck's 1930s-era robots, her holographic head, and her corpse in the chair are in reference to the 2004 film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- When Velma picks up the Benevolent Lodge of Mystery photo, her swim suit sleeves are colored like Daphne's.
- Then again, it could have been Daphne who picked up the photo.
- A second later, Fred's arm is hidden behind Velma's head. His hand looks like the sleeve does not reach it.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- Although Tom and Tub's fathers are mentioned, it's never clarified which one is actually their own father.
- Gluck was searching for two pieces, but in Theater of Doom, it was revealed that only one of the pieces fell to the bottom of the ocean, while Friar Gabriello Serra put one in a wheel of cheese. However, it's possible Gluck never knew that.
- Due to their lack of scuba diving experience (at least in this continuity), the gang should be experiencing decompression sickness upon reaching the mesopelagic (the twilight zone), and eventually the bathypelagic (the midnight zone).
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Brazilian Portuguese | A Área da Meia-Noite | The Midnight Area |
| French | La Cité engloutie | The Engulfed City The Swallowed City |
| Greek | Η Ζώνη του Μεσονυκτίου | The Midnight Zone |
| Hungarian | Az éjfekete zóna | The Midnight Zone |
| Italian | La Città Sommersa | The Submerged City |
| Polish | Strefa północy | The Midnight Zone The North Zone |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Dimensión Desconocida | Unknow Dimension |
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.
- Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season Two, Volume 2 DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 20, 2014.
Quotes[]
Daphne: Those weird kids are the sons of Doctor Paul Williams and Captain Michael Murphy. |
Fred: My mystery-sense is totally tingling. |
Daphne: Fred. This is a trap. |
External links[]
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