The Vampire Strikes Back

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The Vampire Strikes Back
Details
Episode #	205
Air date	October 18, 2003 (The WB)
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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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Hex Girls ^{(final appearance)}
  • Thorn ^{(final appearance)}
  • Dusk ^{(final appearance)}
  • Luna ^{(final appearance)}
• J.J. Hakimoto ^{(final appearance)}
• Owen DeCassle ^{(only appearance)}
• Wrenchfield ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Vampire ^{(only appearance)(disguise)}/
  • Steve Fortescu ^{(only appearance)}
  • Stu Fortescu ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Max ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Steve & Stu Fortescu's parents ^{(only time mentioned)}

Locations

• Transylvania
  • Village
  • Fortescu Castle

Objects

• Popular Magazine

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

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 Vampire
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

Continuity

• Mystery Inc. previously met the Hex Girls in the DTVs, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost and Scooby-Doo! nd he Legend f he Vampire, respectively.
• They also met J.J. Hakimoto in the previous season's episode, 3-D Struction.

Notes/trivia

• Some of the sound effects in this episode came from the Disney animated film, The Great Mouse Detective (which starred Vincent Price).^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• James Arnold Taylor is uncredited as the Vampire.^{[citation needed]} Nick Jameson is also uncredited entirely for Wrenchfield and Stu Fortescu.^{[citation needed]}

Cultural references

• The title of the episode may be a pun on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (starring Mark Hamill).
• Owen DeCassle is a spoof on Vincent Price.
• 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

• Daphne 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 (which makes more sense her being the lead singer and all).
• 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 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
Greek	Η Επιστροφή του Βρυκόλακα	Return of the Vampire

Home media

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

External links

• TBA

Previous episode:	Series:	Next episode:
High-Tech House of Horrors	What's New, Scooby-Doo? Season 2	A Scooby-Doo Halloween