The Secret Serum

The Secret Serum
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Premiere date	October 11, 2010
Run time	22:24
Starring	Frank Welker Matthew Lillard Mindy Cohn Grey DeLisle Patrick Warburton Frances Conroy Kath Soucie Kevin Dunn Tom Kenny Richard McGonagle Beverly D'Angelo
Music composed by	Robert J. Kral
Writer(s)	Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas
Storyboard artist(s)	Douglace Lovelace Doug Murphy Mike Borkowski Dave Chlystek Gary Hartle Craig Wilson
Director(s)	Victor Cook Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Jin Sung Kim Sung Chan Lee
Art director(s)	Dan Krall
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"The Secret Serum" is the eleventh episode of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season one. It aired on October 11, 2010 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, directed by Curt Geda, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

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

• Jason's 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 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: October 11, 2010 on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom & Ireland: November 15, 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 gas, Daphne asks beforehand if the engine is missing again, which happened in "The Creeping Creatures."
• The Netflix stream cuts out the title card.

Marketing and promotion

The episode inspired the eleventh 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
French	L'Élixir du Vampire	The Elixir of the Vampire
Greek	Η Μυστική Φόρμουλα (Star Channel) Ο Μυστικός Ορός (Boomerang)	The Secret Formula (Star Channel) The Secret Serum (Boomerang)
Hungarian	A Titkos Elixír	The Secret Elixir
Italian	La Pozione Segreta	The Italian Potion
Polish	Tajemne serum	The secret serum
Portuguese	O Soro Secreto	The Secret Serum
Spanish (Latin America)	La Poción de la Juventud	The Youth Potion

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 France:
  • October 3, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Entirety of Season 1 on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
  • May 20, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume Three on DVD.