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The Spirit Spooked Sports Show is the fourth episode of the second season of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, and the twentieth overall.
Premise[]
Returning to Velma's old high school, the gang meet the coach, Tim Conway, who is about to lose his job if they can't help him rid the school of the ghost of a former athlete.
Synopsis[]
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Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Tim Conway (only appearance)
- Mr. Griffith (only appearance)
- Jay Teller (only appearance)
Villains:
- Spirit of Fireball McPhan (only appearance)(Jesse Finster and Mr. Griffith's twin brother's disguises)
- Jesse Finster (only appearance)
- Mr. Griffith's twin brother (only appearance)
Other characters:
- Fireball McPhan (mentioned)(deceased)
- Knute Rockne (mentioned)
- William Shakespeare (first appearance)(cameo)(head bust)
- George Washington (first appearance)(cameo)(portrait)
- Police officer (only appearance)(no lines)
Locations[]
- United States
- Unnamed town
- Velma's old high school
- Stadium
- Mr. Griffith's office
- Velma's old high school
- Unnamed town
- London (mentioned)
Objects[]
Vehicles[]
- Mystery Machine
- Bulldozer
- Police car
Suspects[]
| Suspect | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Jesse Finster | He's creepy and warned the gang to leave. |
| Jay Teller | The driverless bulldozers were owned by his company. |
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Jesse Finster and Mr. Griffith's twin brother as the Spirit of Fireball McPhan | To close the school and buy it cheap so they could change it into a gambling operation. |
Cast[]
Full credits[]
The following credits are how they are seen on-screen (or as close as possible).
- Produced and directed by: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Story: Jack Mendelsohn, Tom Dagenais, Norman Maurer, Larz Bourne, Woody Kling, Sid Morse
- Story direction: Jean Blanchard, Bob Dranko, Jay Sarbry, Ron Campbell, Vev Risto, Howard Swift, Ernie Terrazas
- Associate producers: Alex Lovy, Zoran Janjic
- Voices: Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Heather North, Franklin Welker
- Voices: Sherry Alberoni, Mike Bell, Joe Besser, Benjamin Crothers, Jerry Dexter, Robert Do Qui, Richard Elkins, Jamie Farr, Stu Gilliam, Arlene Golon, Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings, Jackie Joseph, Phil Luther, Julia McWhirter, Alan Oppenheimer, Barbara Pariot, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo, Jonathan Walmsley, Johnny Williams
- Musical director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical direction: Paul DeKorte
- Animation director: Peter Luschwitz
- Production design: Iwao Takamoto
- Production co-ordinator: Kirsten Hansen
- Animation checking: Narelle Nixon, Louise Luschwitz, Carmel Lennon, Jolanta Pillich, Kay Self
- Layout: Milton Fredlund, Chebby Badham, Andrea Bresciani, Sebastian Hurpia, Stephen Lumley, David Skinner
- Animation: Stuart Barry, Susan Bleak, John Boersema, Andrea Bresciani, John Burge, Gairden Cooke, Chris Cuddington, Warwick Gilbert, Don MacKinnon, Paul McAdam, Gus McLaren, Romek Pachucki, Yvonne Pearsall, Kevin Roper, Laurie Sharpe, Robbert Smit, Gerald Wylie
- Backgrounds: Richard Zaloudek, Milan Zahorsky, Sue Speer
- Technical supervisor: Jerry Smith
- Ink & paint supervisor: Zora Bubica
- Xerography: Olga Zahorsky
- Supervising film editor: Peter Addison
- Film editors: Peter Jennings, Graham Whelan, Catherine MacKenzie, Ian Spruce
- Negative cutting: Adina Film Services
- Camera: Jerry Smith, John Cumming, Carol Laird, Peter Huiswaard, Kieran Mulgrew
- A Hanna-Barbera Production
- © 1973 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
- a hanna-barbera production
Notes/trivia[]
- Mr. Teller mentions the "king of Siam." Siam is the old European name given to Thailand in Southeast Asia.
- Mr. Conway passed away on May 14, 2019.
- Conway later voiced Skip Jones, Fred's father, in the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!
- This episode uses music from Peter Potamus, Squiddly Diddly, and Breezly and Sneezly, as well as Jonny Quest.
Miscellaneous[]
- "Zoinks" count: 0.
- "Ruh-roh" count: 0.
- "Jinkies" count: 2 (1 from Velma, 1 from Tim).
Cultural references[]
- Tim Conway states that he became a coach because he wanted the role of Coach Knute Rockne in a biopic. Knute Kenneth Rockne (1888–1931) was an American football player and coach, both at the University of Notre Dame. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history.
- While blowing up the inflatable rubber duckie, Tim Conway mentions that they're loads of fun, probably referring to Ernie's rubber duckie song from Sesame Street.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- None known.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- In this episode, it is stated that Velma went to high school, without the rest of the gang, but in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! it is assumed they all went to the same one.
- The fact that Velma spent a portion of her high school years in a school different from the rest of the gang (though ending up graduating with them at Coolsville High) is confirmed in the DC Comics stories, Friday Night Frights and Cheers For Fears. That is of course, if the comics are anything close to canon with the animated series.
- Shaggy reads a book at the beginning of the episode, which is out-of-character for him.
- It is revealed that Mr. Finster and Mr. Griffith's twin are the ghosts, but while both ghosts are chasing the gang, Mr. Finster is seen (albeit in shadow) in the booth above the stadium observing the action.
- Shaggy and Scooby have been established as very athletic in several previous episodes, such as What a Night for a Knight and Bedlam in the Big Top, but in this episode, they are not able to perform sport events without fear and cartoon physics.
- It is unclear whether the principal the gang spoke to twice (before he was tied up) was the real one or his brother.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Polish | Straszne sportowe widowisko | The Scary Sport Spectacle |
Home media[]
The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 4, 2019.- The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The (Almost) Complete Collection Blu-ray set released by Warner Home Video on June 4, 2019.
- The Best of The New Scooby-Doo Movies: The Lost Episodes DVD released by Warner Home Video on June 4, 2019.
Quotes[]
Daphne: Hey, gang, it's Tim Conway, the famous movie star. |
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