The Vampire Strikes Back

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The Vampire Strikes Back
Details
Air date	October 18, 2003
Written by	Jordana Arkin
Directed by	Tom Mazzocco
Chronology
Previous episode	High-Tech House of Horrors
Next episode	A Scooby-Doo Halloween

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

Premise

The gang travels to an old Transylvanian castle on a rainy night to watch the shoot of the Hex Girls' new music video Wanna Wed, But I Fled. 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

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Cast and characters

Actor	Character
Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones
Casey Kasem	Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn	Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle	Daphne Blake
Jennifer Hale	Thorn
James Arnold Taylor	Owen DeCassle Steve Fortescu Vampire (uncredited)
Brian Tochi	J.J. Hakimoto
Uncredited
Nick Jameson	Wrenchfield Stu Fortescu
Non-speaking roles
Max

Credit errors

• 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, Brooks voices Luna.
• Grey DeLisle is mistakenly credited for voicing "Wormian #1" which was from The Fast and the Wormious.

Songs

Song	Credits	Performed by
"Petrified Bride"	Written by Rich Dickerson & Jordana Arkin	The Hex Girls (Jane Wiedlin, Jennifer Hale & Kimberly Brooks)

Villains

• Vampire/Steve & Stu Fortescu

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Wrenchfield	He hates that the music of the Hex Girls has replaced his beloved chamber music.
Dusk	She is angry at the other Hex Girls.
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.

Locations

• Transylvania
  • Village
  • Fortescu Castle

Notes/trivia

• The title of the episode may be a pun on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (starring Mark Hamill).
• Mystery Inc. previously met the Hex Girls in the DTVs, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost and Scooby-Doo! And The Legend Of The Vampire, respectively. They also met J.J. Hakimoto in the previous season's episode, 3-D Struction.
• Owen DeCassle bears a striking resemblance to Vincent Price, it's too much of a coincidence not to be based on him.
• 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.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• Velma says that the argument between the Hex Girls is because Dusk is rumoured to be leaving, but the front cover to Popular Magazine implies that it is Thorn who's walking out by separating her from Luna and Dusk.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Η Επιστροφή του Βρυκόλακα	Return of the Vampire

Home media

• What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 3 - Halloween Boos and Clues DVD released August 10, 2004.
• What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Complete 2nd Season DVD set released June 7, 2007.
• Scooby-Doo! and the Vampires DVD released November 6, 2012 in Europe, and officially released in the US January 14, 2014.

Quotes

Previous episode:	Series:	Next episode:
High-Tech House of Horrors	{{{series}}}	A Scooby-Doo Halloween