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Wrestle Maniacs (What's New, Scooby-Doo?)

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This article is about the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode. For the episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, see Wrestle Maniacs (A Pup Named Scooby-Doo).

Wrestle Maniacs is the fourth episode of the third season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the thirty-second episode overall in the series.

Premise[]

Fred enters a wrestling competition that is haunted by a contorted monster known as the Titanic Twist.

Synopsis[]

Broderick Bosepheus hosts a wrestling event at his arena, the Bosepheus Jumbo Wrestling Bowl, but while he announces the event to the press, a contorted wrestler monster appears and attacks one of the wrestlers, Sparrow Man, breaking him arm. When Mystery Inc. later visits the arena, he discovers Sparrow Man angrily quitting his job due to the monster. He identifies the monster as the Titanic Twist, the ghost of a wrestler killed and grossly disfigured by a dangerous wrestling move of the same name. Fred decides to join the competition in his place.

While Fred trains with another wrestler, the Scientist, Velma and Daphne speak with Malachi Crunch, whose children, Curt and Connie, beg him to retire so he does not get injured. During the training session, the Titanic Twist appears and kidnaps the scientist, prompting the group to split up and investigate. Fred, Daphne, and Velma speak with Humongous Hammer, a former champion that was removed after a knee injury. He expresses resentment toward Bosepheus for making him work as a candy seller, leading Daphne to suspect him.

Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby inspect Crunch's trailer, where Shaggy tries to use what he believes is a whipped cream canister, but the canister instead sprays a mist which makes him fall asleep. As he sleeps, the Titanic Twist appears and flips the trailer over the edge of a cliff. As Shaggy is still asleep, Scooby rescues him by escaping through a ceiling hatch while the trailer crashes at the bottom of the cliff. They reunite with Fred, Daphne, and Velma after they hear the commotion.

Mystery Inc. visits the Wrestling Hall of Fame, but is attacked by the Titanic Twist again, who destroys Malachi Crunch's exhibit. After escaping the monster, they split up again to investigate further. Velma and Daphne disguise themselves as female wrestlers, but are confronted by two other wrestlers who challenge them to a match in the ring. Meanwhile, Fred, Shaggy, and Scooby pose as custodians and search the location, finding the Scientist unconscious and bound in a closet. While watching the surveillance monitors, the monster attacks them and chases them onto a high platform. The platform is lowered, crashing into the ground, and the Titanic Twist flees the scene with an unconscious Fred. Bosepheus blames them for the incident, causing Velma to mark him as a suspect.

The remaining members of Mystery Inc. split up again to search for Fred. While Velma and Daphne search the lobby, Shaggy and Scooby find Fred unconscious in a room of salted pretzels. The Titanic Twist chases them, and Daphne and Velma is rescued by the Humongous Hammer, proving he is not the culprit. Shaggy and Scooby try to escape the monster by entering an elevator, but is unknowingly lifted into a wrestling cage to compete in front of the entire audience. The monster joins them, but Velma and Daphne use the machine controls to rotate the cage, disorienting the monster. Operating the machinery, they tip the monster out of the cage but recapture it in the cage.

The Titanic Twist is revealed to be Kurt and Connie Crunch, who were both inside the costume. They wanted to scare their father into retiring so he would not risk injury while wrestling. As the monster, they subdued the professional wrestlers using sleeping mist and destroyed Malachi's exhibit to indirectly target him. Malachi Crunch decides to forgive his children, thanking them for their concern and agreeing to retire and prioritize his family. He and his fellow wrestlers enter the ring for a match.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

  • Nancy Chang (final appearance)(no lines)(cameo)
  • P.A. announcer (only time heard)
  • Contorted wrestler (only appearance)(no lines)(dies in flashback)
  • Abner Doubleday (mentioned)
  • Gerald Ford (mentioned)

Locations[]

Objects[]

  • Candy
  • Protein shakes
  • Sleeping mist canisters
  • Mask
  • Pretzels

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Broderick Bosepheus He thought the Titanic Twist might be good for publicity.
Humongus Hammer He is bitter against Broderick Bosepheus for retiring him.
Malachi Crunch The gang found sleeping mist in his trailer.
Sugar and Spice To become the main attraction.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
Curt Crunch and Connie as the Titanic Twist To scare their father out of wrestling before he got hurt.

Cast[]

Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Sugar
Jim Cummings Broderick Bosepheus
Humongus Hammer
John DiMaggio Malachi Crunch
Titanic Twist
Rachael MacFarlane Connie Crunch
Spice
James Arnold Taylor The Scientist
David Faustino Curt Crunch
Roger Rose Sparrow Man
P.A. announcer

Songs[]

Song Credits Performed by
"All Twisted" Written by Davey Gunner and Doug Holland CIV

Notes/trivia[]

  • The character Malachi Crunch is named for a move used during demolition derbies by the Malachi brothers in the sitcom Happy Days (1974-1984).
  • Fred carries emergency wrestling trunks.
  • Not counting A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, this is the first time a young child has been the culprit.
  • This airdate marks Scott Menville's 34th birthday.
  • Although this episode aired on February 12, 2005, it was actually produced in 2004 according to the end credits.

Miscellaneous[]

  • Disguises: Mystery Inc. as mannequin heads, Shaggy, Scooby, and Fred as cleaners, and Daphne and Velma as female wrestlers.
  • Traps: None planned; only an impromptu trap using the arena's cage machinery.
  • Clues: Sleeping mist canisters.
  • "Ruh-roh" count: 2.

Cultural references[]

  • This episode's title is a pun on WrestleMania, an annual wrestling event held by WWE.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • There is inconsistency in Fred's wrestling costume's outer cape color. When Fred is shown wearing it for the first time from the front view, the cape's color is white, judging from the cape's attachment to his shoulder. However, when he is lifted by the Scientist, the cape is blue. Furthermore, the color of the cape's attachment is different on one occasion.

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

  • The text on the water tank's sign changes from "Do not tap on the glass" to "Do not touch glass" when Shaggy and Scooby tried to hide from the Titanic Twist.
  • Velma explains that Curt and Connie subdued the wrestlers by weakening them with sleeping mist. However, this would not explain how they were able to lift an occupied trailer and throw it.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French Combats déments Insane Fights
Greek Φαντασμα-γορική Πάλη Phantasma-gorical Wrestling
Swedish Tokig i att brottas Crazy About Wrestling

Home media[]


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