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|premiere= [[November 13]], [[2020]]
|premiere= [[November 13]], [[2020]]
|run_time= 21:40
|run_time= 21:40
|music= [[Peter Bateman]] and [[Sunna Wehrmeijer]]
|cast= [[Frank Welker (actor)|Frank Welker]]<br />[[Matthew Lillard]]<br />[[Grey Griffin]]<br />[[Kate Micucci]]<br />[[Alex Trebek]]<br />[[Johnny Gilbert]]<br />[[Trevor Devall]]
|music= [[Peter Bateman]]<br />[[Sunna Wehrmeijer]]
|writers= [[Ben Lapides]]
|writers= [[Ben Lapides]]
|directors= [[Frank Paur]]
|directors= [[Frank Paur]]<br />[[Collette Sunderman]] (voices)
|previous= The Legend of the Gold Microphone!
|previous= The Legend of the Gold Microphone!
|next= Scooby-Doo and the Sky Town Cool School!
|next= Scooby-Doo and the Sky Town Cool School!
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'''"Total Jeopardy!"''' is the twentieth episode of ''[[Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?]]'' season two, and the forty-sixth overall. It aired on [[November 13]], [[2020]] on [[Boomerang SVOD|Boomerang's SVOD service]]. It was written by [[Ben Lapides]], produced by series creator, [[Chris Bailey]], and directed by [[Frank Paur]].
'''"Total Jeopardy!"''' is the twentieth episode of ''[[Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?]]'' season two, and the forty-sixth overall. It aired on [[November 13]], [[2020]] on [[Boomerang SVOD|Boomerang's SVOD service]]. It was written by [[Ben Lapides]], produced by series creator, [[Chris Bailey]], directed by [[Frank Paur]], and voice directed by [[Collette Sunderman]].


Velma and Shaggy make it as contestants on the popular game show, ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' In a first for the show, they compete against a robot, who becomes faulty during the rounds whenever he loses, leading him to chase off Velma and Shaggy, the rest of Mystery Incorporated, and their host, Alex Trebek.
Velma and Shaggy make it as contestants on the popular game show, ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' In a first for the show, they compete against a robot, who becomes faulty during the rounds whenever he loses, leading him to chase off Velma and Shaggy, the rest of Mystery Incorporated, and their host, Alex Trebek.
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'''Mystery Inc.:''' TV personality and famous game show host, Alex Trebek!<br>
'''Mystery Inc.:''' TV personality and famous game show host, Alex Trebek!<br>
'''Alex:''' Well, I'm having a pretty hard time believing it myself.
'''Alex:''' Well, I'm having a pretty hard time believing it myself.
'''Alex:''' Running from door to door in this manner is first seen in French farce, and that dates back to the fifteenth century in works like ''La Farce de maître Pathelin''.




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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Johnny Gilbert]] (voice only)
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Johnny Gilbert (character)|Johnny Gilbert]] (voice only)
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Johnny Gilbert (celebrity voice)|Himself]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Johnny Gilbert|Himself]]
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Max Kilobyte]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Max Kilobyte]]
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Scooby-Doo (character)|Scooby-Doo]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Frank Welker]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Frank Welker (actor)|Frank Welker]]
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fred Jones]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Fred Jones]]
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|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daphne Blake]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daphne Blake]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Grey DeLisle|Grey Griffin]]
|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Grey Griffin]]
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|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[wikipedia:Ramesses III|Ramesses III]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Ramesses III]]
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|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[wikipedia:Amelia Earhart|Amelia Earhart]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Amelia Earhart]]
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Cameraman]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters#Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?|Cameraman]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Trevor Devall
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Trevor Devall
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|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Trevor Devall
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Trevor Devall
|-
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|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[wikipedia:Gary Kasparov|Gary Kasparov]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Gary Kasparov]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[wikipedia:Hammurabe|Hammurabe]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Hammurabe]]
|-
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|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters|Woman]]
|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[List of unnamed Scooby-Doo characters#Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?|Woman]]
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Grey Griffin
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|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[wikipedia:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Mozart]]
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|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[wikipedia:Carl von Clausewitz|Carl von Clausewitz]]
|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Carl von Clausewitz]]
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==Organizations==
==Organizations==
* [[Mystery Incorporated]]
* [[Mystery Incorporated]]
* Chimney Sweeps Union (mentioned)
* [[Chimney Sweeps Union]] (mentioned)
* Max Kilobyte Robotics (mentioned)
* [[Max Kilobyte Robotics]] (mentioned)


==Locations==
==Locations==
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***** [[Culver City]]
***** [[Culver City]]
****** ''Jeopardy!'' set
****** ''Jeopardy!'' set
*** [[wikipedia:Nebraska|Nebraska]] (mentioned)
*** [[Nebraska]] (mentioned)
** [[Germany]] (mentioned)
** [[Germany]] (mentioned)
** [[France]] (mentioned)
** [[France]] (mentioned)
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==Objects==
==Objects==
* [[wikipedia:Deep Blue (chess computer)|Deep Blue]] (mentioned)
* [[Deep Blue]] (mentioned)
* ''Luncheon in the Countryside'' painting
* ''Luncheon in the Countryside'' painting


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==Music==
==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 score was performed by [[Peter Bateman]] and [[Sunna Wehrmeijer]].
The theme song, entitled "[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (theme song)|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 performed by [[Peter Bateman]] and [[Sunna Wehrmeijer]].


==Release==
==Release==
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* [[Australia]]: [[March 27]], [[2021]] on [[Boomerang]]
* [[Australia]]: [[March 27]], [[2021]] on [[Boomerang]]
* [[Canada]]: [[April 11]], 2021 on [[Teletoon]]
* [[Canada]]: [[April 11]], 2021 on [[Teletoon]]
* United Kingdom & [[Ireland]]: [[February 3]], [[2022]] at 5:00 pm on Boomerang
* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[February 3]], [[2022]] at 5:00 pm on Boomerang; [[March 8]], [[2023]] at 4:00 pm on [[CITV]]


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* The episode proved to air posthumously as Alex Trebek had died on November 8, 2020; in fact, it aired sooner in tribute of him.
* With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Velma this time.
* With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Velma this time.
* While Johnny's claim of Max Kilobyte being the first "robotic contestant" is true, the real-world ''Jeopardy!'' did have contestants up against a machine called IBM Watson in 2011.
* While Johnny's claim of Max Kilobyte being the first "robotic contestant" is true, the real-world ''Jeopardy!'' did have contestants up against a machine called IBM Watson in [[2011]].
* Daphne says "Jeepers" twice.
* Daphne says "Jeepers" twice.
* Velma says "Jinkies" once.
* Velma says "Jinkies" once.
* Fred says "Hold the phone" once.
* Fred says "Hold the phone" once.
* The way Scooby sticks his head out of the barrel to see Max is the same as when Scooby stuck his head out of a barrel to see [[Charlie the Funland Robot]] in the ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' episode "[[Foul Play in Funland]]."
* Johnny introduces Shaggy as a contestant by calling him Norville.
* At the beginning of the episode, when Shaggy is introduced, Johnny also uses Shaggy's real name Norville.
* In the first chase, the gang and Alex go backstage and find the original set from the [[1964]]-[[1979]] incarnation of ''Jeopardy!''
* The episode proved to air posthumously as Alex Trebek had died on November 8, 2020; in fact, it aired sooner in tribute of him, which sucks because must we have the celebrity die in order for these episodes to air much sooner than they usually would do?
* Alex's comment during the chasing doors gag is factually correct, as the trope itself originated in 15th-century French farce.
** While first portrayed on screen in comedies during the silent film era, the trope was first used in animation as early as the 1930s, and used sporadically during the golden age of American animation; examples included the ''[[Tom and Jerry (theatrical shorts)|Tom and Jerry]]'' short ''[[The Yankee Doodle Mouse]]'', the [[Tex Avery]] cartoons ''[[Lonesome Lenny]]'' and ''[[Little Rural Riding Hood]]'', and at least several times in entries of the [[Looney Tunes|''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies]]'' series.
** [[Hanna-Barbera]] was also reliant on this trope, as evident by an early example with the [[1964]] ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|Flintstones]]'' episode "[[King for a Night]]." It was then used in the ''[[Scooby-Doo (franchise)|Scooby-Doo]]'' franchise as early as [[1969]], with variations of it cropping up in episodes of ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' The franchise's fully recognizable version of the trope, involving people running in a lined hallway of doors, first appeared in ''[[The New Scooby-Doo Movies]]'' episode "[[Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner]]."
* The way Scooby sticks his head out of the barrel to see Max is the same as when Scooby stuck his head out of a barrel to see [[Charlie the Robot]] in the ''Where Are You!'' episode "[[Foul Play in Funland]]."


==Errors==
==Errors==
* When Alex chats to the contestants about themselves in the real ''Jeopardy!'', he starts with the third contestant, not the first.
*


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
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==Home availability==
==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.
* In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
** [[March 6]], [[2023]]: Warner Home Video releases ''Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season'' on DVD.


==References==
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Latest revision as of 12:53, 31 July 2024

Total Jeopardy!
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THIS. IS. JEOPARDY!
Premiere date November 13, 2020
Run time 21:40
Starring Frank Welker
Matthew Lillard
Grey Griffin
Kate Micucci
Alex Trebek
Johnny Gilbert
Trevor Devall
Music composed by Peter Bateman
Sunna Wehrmeijer
Writer(s) Ben Lapides
Director(s) Frank Paur
Collette Sunderman (voices)
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"Total Jeopardy!" is the twentieth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season two, and the forty-sixth overall. It aired on November 13, 2020 on Boomerang's SVOD service. It was written by Ben Lapides, produced by series creator, Chris Bailey, directed by Frank Paur, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Velma and Shaggy make it as contestants on the popular game show, Jeopardy! In a first for the show, they compete against a robot, who becomes faulty during the rounds whenever he loses, leading him to chase off Velma and Shaggy, the rest of Mystery Incorporated, and their host, Alex Trebek.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Daphne: Jeepers! I can't believe we just interrupted...
Mystery Inc.: TV personality and famous game show host, Alex Trebek!
Alex: Well, I'm having a pretty hard time believing it myself.


Alex: Running from door to door in this manner is first seen in French farce, and that dates back to the fifteenth century in works like La Farce de maître Pathelin.


Cameraman: And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids, and famed TV personality and game show host, Alex Trebek!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Johnny Gilbert (voice only) Himself
Max Kilobyte Trevor Devall
Velma Dinkley Kate Micucci
Shaggy Rogers Matthew Lillard
Alex Trebek Himself
Scooby-Doo Frank Welker
Fred Jones Frank Welker
Daphne Blake Grey Griffin
Ramesses III
Amelia Earhart
Cameraman Trevor Devall
Weatherly Trevor Devall
Gary Kasparov
Hammurabe
Woman Grey Griffin
Mozart
Carl von Clausewitz


Organizations

Locations

Objects

  • Deep Blue (mentioned)
  • Luncheon in the Countryside painting

Vehicles

  • None

Production

Development

It was copyrighted in 2020.

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 performed by Peter Bateman and Sunna Wehrmeijer.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

Behind the scenes

  • The episode proved to air posthumously as Alex Trebek had died on November 8, 2020; in fact, it aired sooner in tribute of him.
  • With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Velma this time.
  • While Johnny's claim of Max Kilobyte being the first "robotic contestant" is true, the real-world Jeopardy! did have contestants up against a machine called IBM Watson in 2011.
  • Daphne says "Jeepers" twice.
  • Velma says "Jinkies" once.
  • Fred says "Hold the phone" once.
  • Johnny introduces Shaggy as a contestant by calling him Norville.
  • In the first chase, the gang and Alex go backstage and find the original set from the 1964-1979 incarnation of Jeopardy!
  • Alex's comment during the chasing doors gag is factually correct, as the trope itself originated in 15th-century French farce.
  • The way Scooby sticks his head out of the barrel to see Max is the same as when Scooby stuck his head out of a barrel to see Charlie the Robot in the Where Are You! episode "Foul Play in Funland."

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References

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