Saga of the Swamp Beast

"Saga of the Swamp Beast" is the eighteenth episode of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! season one. It aired on February 27, 2016 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Tab Muphy, and series co-creator, Jon Colton Barry, directed by James Krenzke, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Characters

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Organizations

 * Not called Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Louisana
 * New Orleans
 * Bayou Pierre's Restaurant
 * Hermit Hank's residence
 * Bourbon Street
 * Toulouse Street
 * Elias Kingston University (mentioned)
 * A Lil' Gas-E (mentioned)

Objects

 * Jack's Inferno
 * Flame N' Fortune Sorta Hot
 * French Cauterize
 * Devil's Spit
 * The Grim ReaPepper
 * Hermit Hank's Eaaarrrrrrrrr! Hot Sauce
 * Kingston University ring

Vehicles

 * Airboat
 * The Mystery Machine

Filming
It was copyrighted in 2015.

Music
The theme song, "Old Stomping Grounds," was written and performed by Adam Levin, James Bairian, and Louis Castle. The rest of the music was composed by Jake Monaco.

Crew credits

 * Producer: Zac Moncrief
 * Supervising producer: Michael Jelenic
 * Line producers: Monica Mitchell, Wade Wisinski
 * Casting director: Collette Sunderman
 * Production managers: Bianca Margiotta, Candi Purugganan
 * Assistant production managers: Desiree E. Craig, Liza Dodson, Josh Ling, Amy Pijanowski
 * Art director: Richard Lee
 * Character designers: Joe Healy, RC Montesquieu, Celeste Moreno, Maximus Pauson
 * Prop designers: Lance Falk, Frank Guthrie
 * Background designers: Eric Astadan, Robbie Erwin, Cheryl Johnson, Heekyoung Yum
 * Background painters: Trish Burgio, Jesse Silver
 * Color stylist: Hannah Nance Partlow
 * Storyboard artists: Hayley Foster, Geoffrey Johnson, Arielle Yett
 * Storyboard revisionists: Ernie Keen, Jane Mahoney, Antony Mazzotta
 * Editor: Kyle Stafford
 * Animatic timers: Kent Butterworth, Brian Hogan, Swinton Scott III
 * Animation checker: Justin Schultz
 * Effectors animators: Aaron Chavda, Matthew Girardi
 * Animation services: Synergy Animation
 * Production director: Michael Benet
 * Production manager: Jenny Wang
 * Animation director: Huang Hui
 * Key clean-up supervisor: George Gao
 * Composite supervisor: Yao
 * Studio supervisor: Cindy Ge
 * Production assistant/Scan-ink and paint supervisor: Chen Fang
 * Background supervisor/Painter: Xui Guan Ming
 * In-between supervisor: Zhou Jie Lian
 * Post production executive: Greg Emerson
 * Post production manager: Matt Singer
 * Recording facility: Salami Studios
 * Recording machine operators: Jeff O. Collins, Sarah Baluch
 * Track reader: Fred Salinas
 * Supervising dialogue/ADR editor: Mark A. Keatts
 * Dialogue/ADR editors: Kelly Foley Downs, Patrick Foley, Mike Garcia
 * Post production services: Advantage Sound Services
 * Online editor: Darren Griffiths
 * Assistant editor: Gabriel Thorburn
 * Production administrator: Daphne Fei
 * Production support: Cher Bentley, Tina Fallah, Tamara Miles, Celeste Moses, Jill Share, Kira Tirimocco, Renee Toporzysek
 * Casting administrator: Liz Carroll
 * Business and legal affairs: Lori Blackstone, Sharmalee Lall, Rebecca Mathany, Bonnie Negrete, Joulene St. Catherine
 * Production accounting: Yadira Davis, Luisa Guzman, Debbie Lindquist, Maral Simonian, Athena Wingate
 * Production supervision: Bobbie Page
 * Production management: Ed Adams
 * Executive in charge of production: Jeff Prezenkowski
 * Executives in charge of production for Cartoon Network: Nicole Rivera, Meghan Bradley
 * Executive producer: Sam Register

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: February 27, 2016 on Cartoon Network
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: April 7, 2016 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

 * Shaggy refers to the ghost of Elias Kingston case from "Mystery 101."
 * A special thanks is given to Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, who had nothing to do with this episode, but did create the original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * January 16, 2018: Warner Home Video releases Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!: Season 1, Part 2: Teamwork Screamwork on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * May 11, 2016: Warner Home Video releases Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!: Season One, Volume Two on DVD.