The Song of Mystery

"The Song of Mystery" is the fifth episode of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season one. It aired on August 9, 2010 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Paul Rugg, directed by Curt Geda, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

A pan-flute playing Mayan creature called Que Horrifico enchants the small children of Crystal Cove to do his bidding, which is to scare away all the adults from out of town for reasons Mystery Incorporated set out to uncover.

Memorable quotes
Mayor Jones: What in the name of whole wheat toast is going on?

Mary Anne: I almost had the whole town cleared of adults. I would have, too, if it weren't for you hometto boys cabuela. Mystery Inc.: Huh? Mary Anne: Loosely translated it means meddlesome kids in Latin.

Characters
Isabella Acres (Mary Anne)
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Gabodoglophordia
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mitch Watson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Broccoli Head
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Arthur Baywonsenthal
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Zach Callison
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Que Horrifico/Mary Anne Gleardan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey DeLisle (Que Horrifico)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daphne Blake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Que Horrifico/Mary Anne Gleardan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey DeLisle (Que Horrifico)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey DeLisle (Que Horrifico)
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Fred Jones
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Scooby-Doo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Velma Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mindy Cohn
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shaggy Rogers
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Matthew Lillard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sally's husband
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sally
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Baywosenthal
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Tom Kenny
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mrs. Baywosenthal
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mayor Fred Jones, Sr.
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary Cole
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sheriff Stone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Patrick Warburton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tiffany's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Kath Soucie
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tiffany
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Isabella Acres
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tiffany's father
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deputy Bucky
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Deputy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Teen driver
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mary Anne's parents
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Luis De Portillo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Rugg
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angie Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frances Conroy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ethan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mitch Watson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Bobbencobibbleplatz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tony Cervone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angel Dynamite
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Vivica A. Fox
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Teen driver
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mary Anne's parents
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Luis De Portillo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Rugg
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angie Dinkley
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frances Conroy
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ethan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mitch Watson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Bobbencobibbleplatz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tony Cervone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angel Dynamite
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Vivica A. Fox
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mrs. Bobbencobibbleplatz
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey DeLisle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Gary
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tony Cervone
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angel Dynamite
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Vivica A. Fox
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Angel Dynamite
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Vivica A. Fox

Organizations

 * Mystery Incorporated
 * Crystal Cove Police Department
 * Crystal Cove City Council (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * California
 * Crystal Cove
 * Baywosenthal residence
 * Crystal Cove High School
 * Luis's residence
 * K-GHOUL
 * Beru (poster)
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Que Horiffico's pan flute

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.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: August 2, 2010 on Cartoon Network
 * United Kingdom and Ireland: October 27, 2010 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

 * How many times does Velma say "Jinkies?" Twice.
 * Mrs. Bobbencobibbleplatz is simply credited as "Turnip."
 * 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

 * When Shaggy uses an improper use of "like," when he says, "Yeah, like, this whole neighborhood's been spookified," he nor Velma snaps the elastic band against his wrist.
 * Despite being called Mary Anne Gleardan, the credits say "Mary Anne Geerdon." In the end credits of "Wrath of the Krampus," she is credited as Mary-Anne Gleardon, while a letter in that episode actually has her name spelled as Mary Anne Gleardan.

Everlasting influence

 * In "Wrath of the Krampus," Mystery Inc. visits Mary Anne in prison to ask her for help in catching Krampus in exchange for a reduced prison sentence.
 * On August 1, 2016, this episode was redone for the Capstone book A Song for Zombies.

Marketing and promotion
The episode inspired the fifth 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:
 * May 10, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 2 on DVD.
 * October 8, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
 * In Australia:
 * September 7, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 2 on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * February 13, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Volume Two on DVD.