Hollywood Knights!

"Hollywood Knights!" is the seventeenth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season one. It aired on July 2, 2020 on Boomerang's SVOD service. It was written by Michael Ryan, produced by series creator, Chris Bailey, and directed by Mike Milo.

Mystery Inc. is hired by George Takei to investigate the haunting of a house in Hollywood Hills he's trying to register as a landmark.

Memorable quotes
Daphne: We were more than happy to help investigate a mystery with... Mystery Inc.: Star Trek's Sulu, George Takei!

Jimmy: And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids, and famous actor, George Takei!

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| George Takei
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sessel D. Harrington (portrait)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ghost of the Doom Bringer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jess Harnell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little boy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kate Micucci
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Private detective
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jess Harnell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Duke Doom Bringer (painting)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jess Harnell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Darla Darrington
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sam Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Duke Doom Bringer (painting)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jimmy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jess Harnell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Darla Darrington
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sam Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sam Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * California
 * Los Angeles
 * Hollywood Hills
 * Darrington Estate
 * Takei residence
 * England (mentioned)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * House deed

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine
 * Darla's car

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 Steven Morrell.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United Kingdom and Ireland: February 20, 2020 on Boomerang
 * Australia: May 23, 2020 on Boomerang
 * United States: July 2, 2020 on the Boomerang video subscription on-demand service
 * Canada: August 7, 2020 on Teletoon

Behind the scenes

 * With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Fred this time.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" twice.
 * Daphne says "Jeepers" thrice.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" six.
 * The Doom Bringer says "Paper" the same way the Creeper says "Paper" in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Jeepers, It's the Creeper!"
 * The voice credits simplify the names of Sam Sheehan, Darla Darrington, and the Doom Bringer by referring to them as "Land developer," "Old lady," and "Ghost Knight."

Everlasting influence

 * A scene from this episode is used during the first song's montage in "The High School Wolfman's Musical Lament!"

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * January 19, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * May 31, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season on DVD.