Night of the Living Doo

Night of the Living Doo is an American animated horror-comedy parody television special based on the 1972 TV series The New Scooby-Doo Movies. It aired on October 31, 2001 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by Casper Kelly and Jeffrey G. Olsen. It was broken down into segments throughout a Halloween marathon, then at the end of that, shown in its entirety.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scott Innes
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| B.J. Ward
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gary Coleman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jabberjaw/Zombie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| David Cross
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Sonny Bono
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Cher
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Henry Kissinger
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shifty/Zombie/Mark Hamill
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mark Hamill
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Keanu Reeves
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scotty Morris
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dirk Shumaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Andy Rowley
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Karl Hunter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kurt Sondergren
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Glen "The Kid" Marhevka
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joshua Levy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scotty Morris
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dirk Shumaker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Andy Rowley
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Karl Hunter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kurt Sondergren
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Glen "The Kid" Marhevka
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joshua Levy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Glen "The Kid" Marhevka
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joshua Levy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Joshua Levy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated
 * Harlem Globetrotters (mentioned)
 * Big Voodoo Daddy
 * The Neptunes (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Swamp
 * Amusement park
 * High Boy
 * Castle
 * Russia (indirectly mentioned)
 * Siberia (mentioned)

Objects

 * How to Use Monsters to Drive Down the Price of Real Estate for Dummies
 * Scooby Snack (mentioned)
 * Chicken Soup for the Mystery Lover's Soul

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2001.

Music
The music was uncredited.

Songs

 * 1) "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" - Matthew Sweet
 * 2) "Big & Bad Scooby Style" - Big Voodoo Daddy

Crew credits

 * Producer: Ashley Nixon
 * Animation director: Steven Evangelatos
 * Animation producer: Colleen Pollock
 * Animation: Natterjack Animation
 * Designer: Mike Andriola
 * Creative director: Pete Johnson
 * Animators: Steven Taylor, Colin Giles, Michael Linton, Grant Lownsbury, Bong Macarayan, Liz Morton, Keith Oliver
 * Assistant animators: Christine Lee, Hye Yun Kim, Izabella Bzymek, Ian Baird, Dowson Ha, Curtis Spurging, Marilyn Mahilum, Norcen Taylor, Chito Ang
 * Camera operators: Matthew Lyons, John Vincent
 * Background artist: George Juhas
 * Audio engineers: Jimmy Guthrie, Rob Sanders, Brett Belcastro, Brian Lavelle
 * Avid editors: Jon Dilling, Ted Frank, Mike Iller
 * Online editor: Phil Gaston
 * Assistant editor: Mike Voulgaris
 * Inferno artist: Butch Seibert
 * Cartoon Network programmers: Mike Lazzo, Dea Perez

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 31, 2001 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * The title is a play on the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead.
 * The opening sequence uses scenes from The New Scooby-Doo Movies and the special itself.
 * Matthew Sweet's rendition of "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?" was originally a cover for the album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits.
 * Scenes are taken from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episodes "Which Witch is Which?," "Foul Play in Funland, and "A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts."
 * The monsters are taken from "Which Witch is Which?" and "Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too."
 * Scooby sings the theme song from Diff'rent Strokes, the 1980s sitcom that made Gary Goleman famous.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" twice.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" once.
 * As pointed out by Gary, it's unknown who the mummy was.
 * Special thanks are given to Brendan & Evan Bigelow, Billy Cone, Dave Drabik, and Matt Peccini.

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢