The Phantom, the Talking Dog and the Hot Hot Hot Sauce!

"The Phantom, the Talking Dog, and the Hot Hot Hot Sauce!" is the first episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season two, and the twenty-seventh overall. It aired on October 1, 2020 on Boomerang's SVOD service. It was written by Thomas Krawjewski, produced by series creator, Chris Bailey, and directed by Frank Paur.

Daphne takes the gang to her meet her unlikely celebrity bestie, Kacey Musgraves, who's directing a play in Nashville.

Memorable quotes
Velma: Jinkies! It's... Mystery Inc.: Famous country music star, Kacey Musgraves!

John: And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids, and country music sensation, Kacey Musgraves!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Actor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Actress
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sir Daniel Crofford
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kacey Musgraves
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herself
 * 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"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Griffin
 * 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"| Ghost of Tallis Taggert
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kacey's grandfather
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Captain Tallis Taggert (statue)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| John Lupointe
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Laredo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ghost of Tallis Taggert
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Kacey's grandfather
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Captain Tallis Taggert (statue)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| John Lupointe
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Laredo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| John Lupointe
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dave B. Mitchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Laredo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Tennessee
 * Nashville
 * Tallis Taggert Auditorium
 * Cumberland River (mentioned)
 * Texas
 * California
 * Los Angeles
 * Hollywood
 * Mammoth Studios

Objects

 * John's insurance card

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine
 * Captain Taggert's riverboat

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2019.

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 composed by Peter Bateman and Sunna Wehrmeijer.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 1, 2020 on the Boomerang video subscription on-demand service
 * Canada: October 18, 2020 on Teletoon
 * Australia: October 24, 2020 on Boomerang
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: October 26, 2020 on Boomerang; August 31, 2022 at 11:30 am on CITV
 * Germany: October 27, 2020 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

 * With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Daphne this time.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" twice.
 * Fred says "Hold the phone" twice.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" once.
 * Daphne says "Jeepers" once.
 * Daphne and Fred's disguises on the riverboat were inspired by the respective outfits of Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve's characters in the film Somewhere in Time.
 * The cameo of Mammoth Studios is a reference to "The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll & Hyde", which itself is a sequel to The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hyde."
 * We're giving a rare opportunity of seeing Velma eat.
 * Kacey calls Mystery Inc. "kooky kids," as if that isn't the least bit insulting.

Errors

 * There is a Tennessee colony in Texas, but Mystery Inc. is in Nashville, which is in the state of Tennessee, yet they and everyone else seem to treat Tennessee as if it's a part of Texas.
 * Fred says Tallis Taggert Auditorium, while Daphne has to one up Fred by saying Tallis Taggert Country Auditorium, while the building simply reads "TAGGERT."
 * The ghost of Taggert is called "Phantom" in the credits, although it's mistakingly spelled "Phanton."
 * In the credits, John Lupointe is called Perry John Lupointe, despite nobody calling him that.

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.