Battle of the Humungonauts

"Battle of the Humungonauts" is the ninth episode of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season one. It aired on September 6, 2010 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Roger Eschbacher, directed by Curt Geda, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

To boost gang morale during the combat of two ape-like creatures who may come from space, Fred officially names gives them the name of Mystery Incorporated and unveils embarrassing new color-coded uniforms.

Memorable quotes
Scooby: Are you cheating on me? Shaggy: Huh? Cheating?! Like, that is just--That's crazy talk, Scooby-Doo. Cheating? Huh! Please. I mean, you're my dog.

Scooby: Gave him the best years of my life.

Sheriff Stone: Well, well, look what the talking dog dragged in.

Fred:' You mean you're building a trap without me. My own father?! Daphne: How could you?! Freddy! Mayor Jones: Oh, buckets of bear bait, it's just business.

Velma: One of your traps actually worked! Fred: You don't have to act so darn surprised about it.

Mayor Jones: Prancin piccolos, Fred. One of your traps actually worked!

Jax: And it would have worked, too, if it weren't for--. Jax and Max: My meddling brother!

Characters
Tom Kenny (Max) Tom Kenny (Jax)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Trinny Lee
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Fran Southworth
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Baywosenthal
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Knotts lookalike
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sheriff Stone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Patrick Warburton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mayor Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Abraham Lincoln
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Green Humungonaut/Max Minner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker (Green Humungonaut)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mayor Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Abraham Lincoln
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Green Humungonaut/Max Minner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker (Green Humungonaut)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Green Humungonaut/Max Minner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker (Green Humungonaut)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sally's husband
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Commercial announcer #1 (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mindy Cohn
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rusty Gnales
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Red Humungonaut/Jax Minner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Troy Baker (Red Humungonaut)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mindy Cohn
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rusty Gnales
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Red Humungonaut/Jax Minner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Troy Baker (Red Humungonaut)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Red Humungonaut/Jax Minner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Troy Baker (Red Humungonaut)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angel Dynamite
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Vivica A. Fox
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Commercial announcer #2 (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Troy Baker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Nan Blake
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Miss Percy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Workman
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. E (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Lewis Black
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Washington (portrait)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deputy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deputy Bucky
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Washington (portrait)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deputy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deputy Bucky
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deputy Bucky
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Max Minner Insurance
 * Mystery Incorporated
 * Crystal Cove Police Department
 * Gnales Construction
 * Jax Minner Insurance

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * California
 * Crystal Cove
 * Tiki Tub
 * Rogers residence
 * Crystal Cove State Beach (indirectly mentioned)
 * Skipper Shelton's Clam Cabin (mentioned)
 * K-GHOUL
 * Jones residence
 * Crystal Cove High School (mentioned)
 * Crystal Cove City Hall
 * Crystal Cove Stadium
 * Crystal Cove Docks
 * Boat repair shop
 * Fruitmeier's
 * Crystal Cove Gas Station

Objects

 * Harry the puppet

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2010.

Music
The theme song was written and performed by Matthew Sweet. The music was composed by Robert J. Kral, and was edited by Christine Luethje.

Song

 * "The Words Get Stuck in My Throat" - Fran Southworth

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 6, 2010 on Cartoon Network
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: November 11, 2010 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

 * The Humungonauts and "The Words Get Stuck in My Throat" are a tribute to the Japanese Toho 1966 movie Sanda tai Gaira; rereleased in America in 1970 as The War of the Gargantuas.
 * Sheriff Stone's Hawaiian shirt, in addition to his mustache, makes him resemble Hawaiian resident Thomas Magnum from the 1980s TV series Magnum P.I.
 * Shaggy's attic bedroom is reminiscent of Greg's attic bedroom from the sitcom The Brady Bunch.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" four times.
 * Special thanks are given to Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, not because they worked on this episode, but because they created Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Errors

 * Despite the title card spelling them as Humungonauts, the voice credits spell them as Humongonauts.
 * Despite being called Max Minner Insurance Agency on the radio, all the signs say Max Minner Insurance.
 * The Crystal Cove Stadium was previously called Terror Dome Stadium in "In Fear of the Phantom."

Everlasting influence

 * Sheriff Stone wears his same off-duty Hawaiian shirt in "The Wild Brood."
 * The Tiki Tub is rebuilt in "The Wild Brood."
 * Shaggy chooses Scooby over Velma in the next episode, "Howl of the Fright Hound."

Marketing and promotion
The episode inspired the ninth stage of Cartoon Network to update their online game, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Crystal Cove Online, which was updated at the time of the episode's release.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * September 27, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 3 on DVD.
 * October 8, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * May 20, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume Three on DVD.