When Urkel-Bots Go Bad!

When Urkel-Bots Go Bad!
Today, Scooby-Doo meets Urkel (which probably ought to have happened almost 30 years ago, if not for the 90s cooling period of the franchise).
Premiere date	August 15, 2019
Run time	21:15
Writer(s)	Thomas Krajewski
Director(s)	Mike Milo
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"When Urkel-Bots Go Bad!" is the eighth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season one. It aired on August 15, 2019 on Boomerang's SVOD service. It was written by Thomas Krajewski, produced by Chris Bailey, and directed by Mike Milo.

Mystery Inc. meets Family Matter's clumsy uber-nerd Steve Urkel in Chicago, where they have to contend with him and his faulty robot, Urkel-Bot.

Memorable quotes

Urkel: Hey, you're those famous teenage mystery-solvers. I'm a huge fan. Fred, you caught the Beast of Swamptown. Daphne, you trapped the Monster of Creepstown. Velma, your glasses correct your lazy eye and your astigmatism. Shaggy you wear a green shirt. And, Scooby, you're a dog!
Scooby: Whoah! He knows everything about us.
Urkel: You're legends, and I'd love you to help me find my robot!

Janitor: And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids and super-nerd Steven Quincy Urkel!
Urkel: That's my name. Don't wear it out.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Shaggy Rogers	Matthew Lillard
Velma Dinkley	Kate Micucci
Scooby-Doo	Frank Welker
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Daphne Blake	Grey Griffin
Urkel-Bot	Jaleel White
Steve Urkel	Jaleel White
Museum director	Keith Ferguson
Judge	Unavailable
Security guard	Matthew Lillard
Lunch lady	Grey Griffin
Janitor	Grey Griffin
Technomancer	Keith Ferguson
King Arthur

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated
• Nazis
• Allied Forces

Locations

• Chicago
  • Museum of Future Sciences
• Swamptown (mentioned)
• Creepstown (mentioned)
• Southern Illinois (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Volcano Hot Scooby Snacks
• Scooby Snack
• Robots (Frank Welker)
• U-boat gold
• Colonel Pinky Puff

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Train
• U-boat
• Janitor's truck

Production

Development

It was copyrighted 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 August 15, 2019. The episode was supposed to have a televised premiere on Cartoon Network on August 26, 2019, but was preempted by The Amazing World of Gumball. In the United Kingdom & Ireland, it premiered on the Boomerang TV channel on October 23, 2019.

Behind the scenes

• With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Velma this time.
• When Scooby dips his head in the Volcano Scooby Snacks jar, he comes out with a hat and Scooby Snacks arranged in such a way that he evokes Scooby-Dum, his cousin from The Scooby-Doo Show and Laff-a-Lympics.
• How many Scooby Snacks is Scooby bribed with? One.
• How many times does Shaggy say "Zoinks"? Twice.
• How many times does Daphne say "Jeepers"? Once.
• The museum director is reminiscent of Carl Winslow, the patriarch in Family Matters.
• The Technomancer's design is lifted straight from the Phantom Shadow/Green Ghost from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "A Night of Fright is No Delight".
• Interestingly, Scooby-Doo already existed in Family Matters, at least as its real-world counterpart does, as Urkel mentioned he had a pair of Scooby-Doo slippers in the episode "Skip to My Lieu", when Jaleel White could perform a lot more convincing portrayal as Urkel.

Errors

• Shaggy says he and Scooby are eating Volcano Hot Scooby Snacks, but the jar just says "Volcano Snacks".

In other languages

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