The Tao of Scoob!

"The Tao of Scoob!" is the fifteenth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season two, and the forty-first overall. It aired on October 1, 2021 on HBO Max. It was written by Caroline Farah, produced by series creator, Chris Bailey, directed by Mike Milo, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

This episode has actress and artist Lucy Liu opening an art gallery, at least that's what she hopes to do unless the sculpture monster has its way.

Memorable quotes
Fred: Hold the phone! It's... Mystery Inc.: Famous actor and artist, Lucy Liu!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kate Micucci
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sculpture monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lucy Liu
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Art collector
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy the Pigeon
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Seger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Birchenwald
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Art collector
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy the Pigeon
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Seger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Birchenwald
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Seger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Birchenwald
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| George Birchenwald

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated
 * Gazette

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * New York
 * New York City
 * Queens
 * Lucy's art gallery
 * Rockaway Boulevard
 * JFK International Airport
 * Ossining
 * Sing Sing Correctional Facility
 * New Zealand (mentioned)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Gazette newspaper
 * Giant puzzle box
 * Birchenwald Emerald

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2020.

Music
The theme song, entitled "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?," was written by Chris Bailey, and performed by David Poe. It was produced by Vivek Maddala. The episode's main music was performed by Peter Bateman and Sunna Wehrmeijer.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * Turkey: January 5, 2021 on Boomerang
 * Australia: March 7, 2021 on Boomerang
 * Canada: March 14, 2021 on Teletoon
 * United States: October 1, 2021 on HBO Max
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: October 7, 2021 at 4:00 pm on Boomerang; March 2, 2023 at 4:00 pm on CITV

Behind the scenes

 * With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Scooby this time.
 * Liu is an artist in real life.
 * Fred says "Hold the phone" once.
 * Daphne says "Jeepers" once.
 * Lucy Liu previously played one of the Zin daughters in two episodes of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest.

Errors

 * Shaggy and Scooby imagine throwing up in a toilet if they were to eat the day-old donuts, except due to censoring, the two can't actually be seen to be properly enacting it, so they've been animated so that they are doing it behind a wall and aiming at the top of the seat, where they would technically be making a bigger mess, but of course, that can't obviously be animated, either, so the whole joke just loses all focus.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * June 28, 2022: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season on DVD.
 * In Canada:
 * December 6, 2022: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * March 6, 2023: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season on DVD.