Elementary, My Dear Shaggy!

Elementary, My Dear Shaggy!
The glow of the Screaming Skulls wash over Mystery Inc., Sherlock, and the beefeater.
Premiere date	July 18, 2019
Run time	21:32
Writer(s)	Michael Ryan
Director(s)	Mike Milo
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"Elementary, My Dear Shaggy!" is the fourth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season one. It aired on July 18, 2019 on Boomerang's VSOD service. It was written by Michael Ryan, produced by Chris Bailey, and directed by Mike Milo.

While taking a haunted tour of London, Mystery Inc. run into some screaming skulls, which in turn, has them meet the greatest detective of all, Sherlock Holmes, or so he would want them to believe.

Memorable quotes

Fred: Hold the phone!
Daphne: Magnifying glass?
Velma: Deerstalker cap?
Shaggy: Tweed overcoat?
Scooby: That's...
Mystery Inc.: Sherlock Holmes!

Security guard: Would've made our sausage roll, too, if it weren't for you meddlin' dustbin lids!
Daphne: He said, "And they would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids."

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Velma Dinkley	Kate Micucci
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Daphne Blake	Grey Griffin
Catherine Howard
Anne Boleyn
Shaggy Rogers	Matthew Lillard
Scooby-Doo	Frank Welker
Screaming Skulls of London	Frank Welker
Crackpot Sherlock	Ian James Corlett
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. John Watson
Bobby cop	Ian James Corlett
Security guard	Frank Welker
Henry III
Beefeater	Ian James Corlett
John Clay (photograph)	N/A
Sebastian Moran (photograph)	N/A
Jonas Oldacre (photograph)	N/A
Prof. James Moriarty (photograph)	N/A

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• England
  • London
    • Westminster
      • Big Ben
    • Hampton Court Palace (mentioned)
    • White Chapel (mentioned)
  • City of Westminster
    • Trafalgar Square
    • Scotland Yard
    • Baker Street
      • Baker Street Storage
  • London Underground
  • Tower of London
  • Isle of Wight (mentioned)
  • Tower Bridge
  • River Thames
• The Moon

Objects

• Excalibur
• Crown Jewels

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Tunneling machine

Production

Development

It was copyright in 2018.

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 Steven Morrell.

Release

The episode had its American premiere via the Boomerang video subscription on-demand service on July 18, 2019, then miracuously, Cartoon Network debuted it on cable on July 29, 2019 (due to Cartoon Network largely disassociating itself from airing new episodes of a Scooby-Doo series since the end of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! season one). In the United Kingdom & Ireland, it premiered on the Boomerang TV channel on October 2, 2019, and then a couple of days later, it was followed by its Canadian premiere on Teletoon.

Behind the scenes

• With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Velma this time.
• This is a rare occasion where Scooby refers to Shaggy as "Shag."
• How many times does Fred say "Hold the phone"? Once.
• How many times does Shaggy say "Zoinks"? Once.
• Daphne claims to know over 76 different languages.
• Running gags include Shaggy and Scooby repeatedly getting caught in Crackpot Sherlock and Velma's experiments, and Crackpot Sherlock referring to Velma and Shaggy as Watson and Mrs. Hudson, respectively.
• Shaggy reveals a never before interest in Sherlock Holmes literature.
• The next episode is also in England, making it a loose duology.

Errors

• In previous Scooby-Doo media (and in the wider Hanna-Barbera universe), Sherlock has always been real, whereas this episode explicitly states that he is a fictional character.
• Crackpot Sherlock wears protective goggles, while Velma, who's standing right beside him, doesn't. Possibly because she's already wearing glasses, although that's not quite the same.
• When Daphne translates for the security guard, she says "they" instead of "we".
• Whoever was fact checking what toad in the hole is obviously didn't research hard enough.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning