A Run Cycle Through Time!

"A Run Cycle Through Time!" is the twenty-third episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season one. It aired on July 2, 2020 on Boomerang's SVOD service. It was written by Benjamin Townsend, produced by series creator, Chris Bailey, and directed by Sean Bishop.

Actor Malcolm McDowell invites Mystery Inc. to be the first to use his newly created time machine. Although skeptical at first, his time machine really does seem to work, but this only calls the attention of the Chronobeast.

Memorable quotes
Fred: Hold the phone! Mystery Inc.: It's famous actor, Malcolm McDowell!

Malcolm: And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids, who, like an idiot, invited here.

Characters

 * 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:#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:#d2d2ff"| Chronobeast
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Malcolm McDowell
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robo-Dooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shag-Borg
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dinosaur
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Himself
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robo-Dooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shag-Borg
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dinosaur
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dinosaur
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * California
 * Santa Barbara (mentioned)
 * McDowell residence

Objects

 * Malcolm's time machine
 * Robodrones (Frank Welker, Grey Griffin)

Vehicles

 * The Mystery Machine

Development
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:


 * Australia: June 8, 2020 on Boomerang
 * United States: July 2, 2020 on the Boomerang video subscription on-demand service
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: October 6, 2020 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

 * With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Shaggy this time.
 * How many times does Fred say, "Hold the phone" once.
 * Shaggy says "Zoinks" twice.
 * Velma says "Jinkies" once.
 * Daphne says "Jeepers" twice.
 * The film Malcolm McDowell is referring to that he starred in is Time After Time.
 * Scooby says "Snack to the future", an allusion to the film Back to the Future.

Errors

 * Matthew Lillard is credited as Shag-Borg, but Frank Welker isn't credited as Robo-Dooby-Doo.

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.