Howl of the Fright Hound

Howl of the Fright Hound
Premiere date	October 4, 2010
Run time	22:29
Writer(s)	Bart Jennett
Director(s)	Victor Cook
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"How of the Fright Hound" is the tenth episode of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season one. It aired on October 4, 2010 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Bart Jennett, and directed by Victor Cook.

A demonic dog resembling Scooby incriminates him which gets him sent to an animal asylum.

Memorable quotes

Jason: Now Velma will never want to be my girlfriend. And she would've, too, if it weren't for my meddling mom.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Guard	Fred Tatasciore
Officer Johnson	Dee Bradley Baker
Willard	Mitch Watson
Fright Hound	Fred Tatasciore
Shaggy Rogers	Matthew Lillard
Velma Dinkley	Mindy Cohn
Scooby-Doo	Frank Welker
Daphne Blake	Grey DeLisle
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Ethan	Mitch Watson
Gary	Tony Cervone
Jason Wyatt	Daryl Sabara
Angie Dinkley	Frances Conroy
Randy's mother	Grey DeLisle
Wax Phantom
Sheriff Stone	Patrick Warburton
Paramedics	N/A
Snappy Jack
Mr. Bendy	N/A
Brad Chiles	N/A
Judy Reeves	N/A
Professor Pericles	Udo Kier
Evil Entity (indirectly)
Mayor Fred Jones, Sr. (indirectly)
Mrs. Wyatt	Jessica Walter
Professor Emmanuel Raffalo (photo)	N/A
Minjo	Mitch Watson
British nerd	Daryl Sabara
French nerd	Tony Cervone
Deputy	N/A
Yogi Bear	N/A
Mr. E

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated
• Crystal Cove Police Department
• Old Mystery Incorporated (mentioned)
• Steelco Industries

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Crystal Cove
        • Crystal Cove Animal Asylum for Criminally Insane
        • Crystal Cove High School
        • Crystal Cove State Beach
          • Skipper Shelton's Clam Cabin
        • Wyatt residence
        • Sheriff's station
        • Steelco factory
• The Moon

Objects

• Spider robot
• Chubby the Chipmunk
• Sheila the puppet

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Ethan's car
• Gary's car
• Angie's tour bus

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2010.

Music

The music was performed by Robert J. Kral, which was edited by Christine Luethje. The theme song was written and performed by Matthew Sweet.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 4, 2010 on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom & Ireland: November 12, 2010 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

• The attack of the robot dog is a parody of the film The Terminator.
• Scooby and Velma demanded for Shaggy to choose between them in the previous episode, "Battle of the Humungonauts."
• Jason Wyatt is named after the production manager of the series.
• The way Pericles gets his visitors' attention is the same as Hannibal Lector from the film The Silence of the Lambs.
• Velma says "Jinkies" once.
• The Crysta Cove News has a page on the gang foiling Raffalo, which occurred in "Beware the Beast from Below."
• Sheriff Stone answers the phone as Sheriff Bronson Stone, putting emphasis on Bronson, but in "Dead Justice," his first name is revealed to be actually Sheriff.
• When the Mystery Machine runs out of the gas, Daphne asks beforehand if the engine is missing again, which happened in "The Creeping Creatures."
• The Netflix stream cuts out the title card.

Errors

• Is the newspaper photo of Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma having a good time supposed to be intentionally ironic?

Marketing and promotion

The episode inspired the fourth 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.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning
Spanish (Latin America)	El Sabueso Endemoniado	The Demoniac Hound
Spanish (Spain)	El Aullido del Monstruo Sabueso	Howl of the Hound Monster
Italy	ScoobyBotic	ScoobyBotic
French	Qui Veut la Peau de Scooby-Doo?	Who Wants the Skin of Scooby-Doo?
Portuguese	O Uivo do Cão Sinistro	The Howl of the Sinester Hound
Hungarian	A Hasonmás	The Alter Ego
Greek	Το Ουρλιαχτό του Σκύλου Ρομπότ (Star TV Dub) Το Ουρλιαχτό του Τρομερού Λαγωνικού (Boomerang TV Dub)	The Howl of the Robot Dog (Star TV Dub) The Howl of the Fright Hound (Boomerang TV Dub)
Polish	Wycie psa potwora	The Howl of the Monster Dog

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 27, 2011: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 3 on DVD.
  • October 8, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom:
  • May 20, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume Three on DVD.