"What's New, Scooby-Doo?" is the name of the theme song for the show of the same name. It is performed by the band Simple Plan, and is written by Rich Dickerson and Gigi Meroni. The song runs a little over a minute. An instrumental version of the song can be heard during the show's end credits.
The Hex Girls performed the song in the episode The Vampire Strikes Back. The song was also heard in Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now?.
Lyrics[]
What's New Scooby-Doo Intro HD
What's new, Scooby-Doo?
We're coming after you.
You're gonna solve that mystery.
I see you, Scooby-Doo;
The trail leads back to you.
What's new, Scooby-Doo?
What's new, Scooby-Doo?
We're gonna follow you.
You're gonna solve that mystery.
We see you, Scooby-Doo;
We're coming after you.
What's new, Scooby-Doo?
Don't look back!
You may find another clue.
The Scooby snacks* will be waiting here for you.
What's new, Scooby-Doo?
We're coming after you.
You're gonna solve that mystery.
I see you, Scooby-Doo;
The trail leads back to you.
What's new, Scooby-Doo?
Na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
What's new, Scooby-Doo?
Description[]
The intro sequence itself begins with an iris opening, revealing the nighttime with thunder clouds. Mystery Inc. flees from the haunted house through the main door with bats flying out.
It transitioned with an eyecatcher with three silhouettes of the gang with different color backgrounds for each of them. After that, it cuts again to the Mystery Machine driving away from either the haunted house or a graveyard unrelated to the former. Its headlights seamlessly cuts to a bread where Shaggy is finished making a sandwich. He was about to eat it, but Scooby-Doo ate it before he got the chance. Scooby noticed a butler's tray and opened it revealing a monster's head with his owner being headless. The duo screamed and fled.
Another use of three silhouettes and cuts to Daphne being chased by a swamp monster. It is stopped by Fred, then it got scared and fled. However, Fred wasn't the guy that the swamp monster gotten spooked. It was a bulking purple frog beast. Fred fled then the monster scratched the screen, and the scratches turned into door-less entrances. Scooby-Doo doors ensued by the gang. They reunited with an addition with a huge robot. The gang fled and the robot blasted off.
Its smoke transitioned into where the gang are in an Egyptian tomb observing a sarcophagus. Fred opened it, and they noticed that it was empty. Suddenly, a mummy appeared behind them and scared them off with the mummy being twirled out of his bandages.
It transformed to a fingerprint which bridged into Velma's laptop with a gang intrigued and invested. Two question marks temporarily obfuscated the screen to reveal the headless butler with its head on, the robot, and the swamp monster were captured and tied up. Velma removed their masks. Their identities respectively are a man, a woman, and Scooby-Doo. The dog chuckled and made an open smile while the three silhouettes appeared. Once done, Scooby-Doo shined a flashlight to himself and then to the screen revealing the logo of the show with the gang running across the screen under the logo.
Characters[]
- Scooby-Doo
- Shaggy
- Daphne
- Swamp monster (Scooby-Doo)
- Giant robot (an unnamed woman)
- Fred
- Velma
- Giant purple frog beast
- Headless waiter (an unnamed man)
- Bats
- Spider (seen in the Mummy's tomb)
- Mummy
Notes/trivia[]
- The Hex Girls made a music video of the song in the episode The Vampire Strikes Back.
- In the Hex Girls version of the song they sing "snack" (not "snacks").
- The song was later covered, by the band Anarbor, for the final scene in the live-action DTV, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (which was later used in trailers for several animated films in the 2010s).
- The Anarbor version was also used in the ending of the special, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now!
- The intro features intermittent scenes of the gang running. But, in some of those cases, Fred was missing.
- In 2021, Simple Plan, the original band who performed the song, recorded a new version of the song and released it as a single, as well as having performed it live throughout the years.
External links[]
- Chords of this Song at tabfan.com