The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!

The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!
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Premiere date	July 2, 2019
Run time	21:26
Writer(s)	Caroline Farah
Director(s)	Frank Paur
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"The Nightmare Ghost of Psychic U!" is the fourteenth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season one. It aired on July 2, 2019 on Boomerang's VSOD service. It was written by Caroline Farah, produced by Chris Bailey, and directed by Frank Paur.

Whoopi Goldberg (ask your parents who she is, kids) meets Mystery Inc. when they by chance land on the doorstep of the psychic school she is attending. Whoopi may not be able to graduate if the recent ghost attacks shuts the school down.

Memorable quotes

Fred: Wow, gang, I can't believe it's...
Mystery Inc.: Award-winning actress, producer, stand-up comedian, talk show host Whoopi Goldberg!

Cafeteria lady: And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids and Whoopi Goldberg!

Scooby: Whoopi-Whoopi-Doo!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Whoopi Goldberg	Herself
Flavius	Phil LaMarr
Nightmare Ghost	Phil LaMarr
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Daphne Blake	Grey DeLisle
Velma Dinkley	Kate Micucci
Shaggy Rogers	Matthew Lillard
Scooby-Doo	Frank Welker
Sampson	Unavailable
Maximillian Fielding (photo)	N/A
Headmaster Williams	Phil LaMarr
Cafeteria lady	Grey Griffin
Burt Friendly (photo)	N/A
Snuggly Puggly	Unavailable

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Pennsylvania
  • Poconos Mountains
    • Max Fielding Psychic University
    • Poconos Pancake House (mentioned)
• New York
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • 23rd Street Station

Objects

• Scooby Snacks (mentioned)
• Maximillian Fielding's will

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• FBI (mentioned)

Production

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 performed by Steven Morrell.

Release

The episode had its United Kingdom & Ireland premiere on the Boomerang TV channel on October 23, 2019, followed by its American premiere via the Boomerang video subscription on-demand service on July 2, 2019. In Canada, it premiered on Teletoon on August 4, 2020.

Behind the scenes

• With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Fred this time.
• This is the second episode of season one to be set in Pennslvania, after "A Mystery Solving Gang Divided". Whether or not they're supposed to be back-to-back is unclear.
• The photo of Snuggily Wuggily when on the table, resembles Scooby in the TV series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
• Except for the different colors, the gang's winter outfits match what they wore in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "That's Snow Ghost".
• Although Whoopi doesn't mention the film by name, it's her role in 1990's Ghost that gets her interested in becoming a real psychic.
• How many times does Shaggy say "Zoinks"? Twice.
• How many times does Daphne say "Jeepers"? Once.
• How many times does Velma say "Jinkies"? Once.
• How many times does Scooby say "Ruh-roh"? Once.

Errors

• The effort of Wuggly Puggly resembling Scooby from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, as mentioned above, is made fruitless when the artists can't keep consistent. He only resembles that incarnation of Scooby in close-ups of his photo.
• Why aren't Mystery Inc. already in their winter gear before leaving the Mystery Machine? Isn't it cold inside the van?
• When the Nightmare Ghost blocks the gang and Whoopi's path, the details in its penny eyes are missing.
• The portrait of Maximillian Fielding is missing his name, years of living, and personal quote when Velma moves it to reveal the secret passageway; when Shaggy, Scooby, and Whoopi come to open it; and when Shaggy and Scooby hold up the portrait.
• How did Fred and the girls get their gear back on when they had taken it off and stored it in another part of the building?
• If Burt Friendly was part of Psychic U.'s graduating class of 1965, how would that not have made him an old man in "Revenge of the Swamp Monster!"?
• When the gang and Whoopi go to check on the snow machines filling the entire inside of the school, Shaggy and Whoopi somehow have their coats on with no time to get them.

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