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The Vampire Strikes Back

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The Vampire Strikes Back is the fifth episode of the second season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the nineteenth overall.

Premise[]

The gang travels to an old Transylvanian castle on a rainy night to watch the shoot of the Hex Girls' new music video "Petrified Bride." But when they get there, they find out that the band is breaking up since there's a vampire on the loose. Fred decides to go straight to trapping the Vampire. They do so, only to discover there's another vampire lurking around. It's up to Scooby and the gang to solve the mystery and prevent the Hex Girls from breaking up.

Synopsis[]

In an old castle in Transylvania, the Hex Girls are shooting their new music video, "Petrified Bride," directed by J.J. Hakimoto. However, in the middle of the video shoot, the Hex Girls are attacked by a Vampire, with Dusk barely managing to escape from him. The gang, who was invented by the Hex Girls to watch the video shoot, but while crossing a broken down old bridge to make it to the castle in The Mystery Machine, it collapses.

Once inside the castle, the gang finds the Hex Girls fighting, and Dusk is reluctant to finish making the music video after the close call she just had with the Vampire. Daphne misinterprets as Dusk dumping Thorn and Luna to go solo. Thorn and Luna then explain the encounter the girls had with the Vampire to the gang, much to Shaggy and Scooby's fright. Fred then decides to set a trap for the Vampire with Velma acting as bait by posing as one of the Hex Girls. After the trap is able to successfully capture the Vampire, Daphne uses make-up remover to unmask the Vampire as an unknown man that the owner of the castle, Owen DeCassle, identifies Steve Fortescu. Mr. DeCassle explains how he took the castle from Steve's parents, who were distant descendants of an aligned vampire, but Steve took it as an insult to his family and wanted revenge. After Fred explains to Mr. DeCassle that he can't take Steve back to the village to give him the authorities due to the bridge being out and the roads flooded, Mr. DeCassle takes Steve to the castle dungeon to keep him out of trouble. After Mr. DeCassle has his servant Wrenchfield, who hates the Hex Girls' music and prefers chamber music, show the gang to their rooms.

However, as everyone prepares to sleep for the night, Daphne is attacked by another vampire. Daphne's screams attract the attention of the rest of the gang and the Hex Girls, except Dusk, who arrives last, but Shaggy and Scooby trip and knock the Vampire out the window. Daphne then identifies the Vampire as Steve, but as the gang goes to the dungeon to check, they find that Steve is still in the cell they left him in, with Mr. DeCassle watching over him. Velma then suspects that someone has been letting Steve out as the gang splits up; Shaggy and Scooby make garlic food in the kitchen before Wrenchfield arrives. Fred and the girls discover that Dusk has disappeared and been replaced by a bat. Fred finds a hidden staircase leading up to the attic, where they find a birth certificate with the name Stu Fortescu on it. They believe it belongs to Steve and the three become confused. They then hear the noise of Thorn and Luna being filmed by Hakimoto, hoping to capture the Vampire on film and become rich and famous. The Vampire then shows up and chases the gang out into a graveyard, where Fred disappears and is replaced by a bat.

Beveling the bat to be Fred, Scooby and Shaggy follow it, as Daphne and Velma do some research back in the castle, where Velma discovers a photo what appears to be Steve standing in front a mirror as a child, and she declares she has solved the mystery. She and Daphne then set up a trap for the Vampire, with Daphne acting as bait. But as Shaggy and Scooby are chasing a friendly bat believe is Fred, they accidentally knock Velma's glasses off, making her unable to net the Vampire as he confronts Daphne. Luckily for Daphne, Fred appears while climbing down from the attic where he was trapped alongside Dusk and scares the Vampire. Then Fred and the girls catch him. Then Daphne uses a make-up remover to unmask the Vampire as Steve before Steve is brought to them by Mr. DeCassle and Wrenchfield. Velma then explains that the other Vampire is Steve's identical twin brother, Stu, who she realized existed from the photo, which was really of the two young brothers standing face to face. The Fortescu brothers wanted scare everyone away in order to ruin Owen's business with the Hex Girls. After Scooby and Shaggy with the bat, only to realize the bat is not Fred and run away from it, as Fred and the girls laugh at this.

With the mystery solved, Dusk reconciles with Thorn and Luna, and the Hex Girls perform a new music video in honor of the gang for saving the day, with Scooby and Shaggy appearing as extras. After this, Dusk kisses Scooby, and he licks her in response, ending the episode.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

  • Mrs. Dinkley (mentioned)
  • Max (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Fortescu (mentioned)
  • Baron Fortescu (mentioned)
  • Bats (only appearance)(no lines)

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Wrenchfield He hates that the music of the Hex Girls has replaced his beloved chamber music.
Dusk She got into a fight with the other girls and threatened to quit the band.
J.J. Hakimoto Making a film about a real vampire would allow him freedom to present anything he wants.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
Steve & Stu Fortescu at separate times as the Vampire To get their family castle back.

Cast[]

Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Jennifer Hale Thorn
Kimberly Brooks Luna
Jane Wiedlin Dusk
James Arnold Taylor Owen DeCassle
Steve Fortescu
Brian Tochi J.J. Hakimoto
Nick Jameson Wrenchfield
Stu Fortescu

Songs[]

Song Credits Performed by Character performance by
"Petrified Bride" Written by Rich Dickerson & Jordana Arkin Jane Wiedlin, Jennifer Hale, and Kimberly Brooks Hex Girls
"What's New Scooby-Doo? Written by Rich Dickerson & Gigi Meroni

Continuity[]

Notes/trivia[]

  • This episode was billed on Kids' WB as the first unsolved mystery. After watching, viewers would have a chance to go online to guess who the culprit was.[1]
  • There is no "traditional" unmasking; instead, makeup is wiped off.
  • Nick Jameson is uncredited entirely for Wrenchfield and Stu Fortescu.
  • Dusk is shown to have a softer side, as she is seen kissing Scooby-Doo on the cheek in the end. Additionally, it is implied that Scooby-Doo likes her, as he responds by licking her.
  • The bat wipe transition after Fred suggests the gang split up and look for clues (and Velma comments she knew Fred would say it sooner or later) is accompanied by a brief snippet of the start of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! theme song, most notably the eerie synthesizer introduction and the bats squeaking.

Miscellaneous[]

Cultural references[]

  • The title of the episode is a pun on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (starring Mark Hamill), named in honor of writer Jordana Arkin's husband being a fan of Star Wars.
  • Owen DeCassle is a spoof on Vincent Price.
  • Wrenchfield is a spoof of Peter Lorre, Price's occasional costar.
  • J.J. makes references to the taglines of both Jaws 2 and Alien; he previously referred to the former's tagline in 3-D Struction.
  • This is the only episode of the series to use the classic "Castle Thunder" sound effect as heard in older Hanna-Barbera cartoons and many older Disney productions.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • At some point, Thorn's eyes switch from black to green.
    • It's possible that she changes her eye color via contact lenses as part of her vampire makeup.
  • In the attic, when the birth certificate is found, Velma says it's smudged but reads "Stu Fortescu." However, when we see the certificate, it appears to say "Ste.. Fortescu", suggesting Steve Fortescu.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

  • Shaggy almost suggests Bavaria is in Transylvania when it is actually in Germany. If Bavaria is still in the country it's supposed to be, then Shaggy must think they can just be there in an instant.
  • Daphne says that the argument between the Hex Girls is because Dusk is rumoured to be leaving; the front cover to Popular Magazine implies that it is Thorn who's walking out, by separating her from Luna and Dusk (which makes more sense her being the lead singer and all). However, this isn't brought up again, so it's possible that Dusk leaving was untrue.
  • When Daphne is attacked in the middle of the night, she happens to be the only one dressed for bed.
  • When the Hex Girls make the "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" video, they still wear their wedding dresses for the first few shots, which makes no sense in the context of the video.
  • It's unclear which characters and actors are supposed to be credited for their appearance or not because Kimberly Brooks is credited for the role of Dusk instead of Jane Wiedlin, even though Brooks is the voice of Luna.
  • Grey DeLisle is mistakenly credited for voicing "Wormian #1", which was from The Fast and the Wormious.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French Le vampire contre attaque The Vampire Strikes Back
Polish Wampir kontratakuje
Greek Η Επιστροφή του Βρυκόλακα The Return of the Vampire
Italian Il ritorno del vampiro

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Shaggy: Like, why are we in a creepy place already? Our vacations usually start out normal and end up creepy.


Velma: (wearing wedding dress) My mother would have a heart attack.
Daphne: Why does she get to wear the dress?
Fred: Because Shaggy doesn't have the hips for it.


Dusk: Okay, but that still doesn’t explain why they wanted to trash our video shoot.

Velma: I think they wanted to scare everybody off and ruin Owen’s business.

Steve and Stu: And it would've worked, if it weren't for you meddling kids!

External links[]

  • TBA

References[]

  1. ↑ (October 8, 2003). "It's a Screamin' Ha-Ha-Halloween on Kids' W-Boo!". Retrieved October 27, 2019.


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