The Brains of the Operation

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The Brains of the Operation
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Network	HBO Max
Premiere date	February 9, 2023
Starring	Mindy Kaling Glenn Howerton Sam Richardson Constance Wu Sarayu Blue Cherry Jones Jane Lynch Wanda Sykes Russell Peters Fortune Feimster Nicole Byer Gary Cole Stephen Root Jim Rash Yvonne Orji Debby Ryan Ming-Na Wen Tiana Camacho Shay Mitchell
Music composed by	Craig DeLeon
Writer(s)	Charlie Grandy
Storyboard artist(s)	Danica Dickison Drew Green Cal Ramsey Aimee Steinberger Erin Won
Director(s)	Gina Gress
Voice director(s)	Charlie Grandy
Animation director(s)	James Bowman
Art director(s)	Valerio Ventura
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"The Brains of the Operation" is the tenth and final episode of Velma season one. It aired on February 9, 2023 on HBO Max. It was written by series creator, Charlie Grandy, directed by Gina Gress, and voice directed by Grandy.

Memorable quotes

Victoria: Well, it appears I've gotten away with it, you meddling kids--.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Diya Dinkley	Sarayu Blue
Nutso (photo)	N/A
Fred Jones	Glenn Howerton
Brenda Bright	Shay Mitchell
Lola	N/A
Velma Dinkley	Mindy Kaling
Olive	Fortune Feimster
William Jones	N/A
Daphne Blake	Constance Wu
Norville Rogers	Sam Richardson
Billy Crystal (cliff face sculpture)	N/A
Gigi Gigisfather	Yvonne Orji
Amanda Dinkley	N/A
Doctor Edna Perdue	N/A
Principal Blythe Rogers	Nicole Byer
Sheriff Cogburn	Stephen Root
Victoria Jones	Cherry Jones
Krista McRae	Debby Ryan
Detective Linda Ke	Wanda Sykes
Detective Donna Blake	Jane Lynch
Ann Sullivan
Jacques Beau	N/A
Carroll	Ming-Na Wen
General Harry Meeting	N/A
Kimmy	Tiana Camacho
Becca	N/A
Lamont Rogers	Gary Cole
J.R.R. Tolkien
Aman Dinkley	Russell Peters
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sophie	N/A
Angela Lansbury
O.J. Simpson
Woody Allen
Mia Farrow
Judge	N/A
President of the United States	N/A
George Washington (portrait)	N/A
Cool edgy girl	N/A
Mayor Dave	Jim Rash
Boo Boo Bear
Ranger Smith

Organizations

• Crystal Cove Police Department
• Jones Gentlemen's Accessories
• Fighting Urchins
• Crystal Cove Historical Society (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Crystal Cove
      • Crystal mines
      • Jones residence
      • Crystal Cove High School
      • Nana's Nipples (mentioned)
      • Mount Crystal (photo)
      • Dinkley residence
      • Spooner's Malt Shop
      • Crystal Cove Correctional Facility (photo)
      • Police station
      • Jones Gentlemen's Accessories headquarters
      • Swordstone Academy
      • Crystal Cove Courthouse
      • Crystal Cove Insane Asylum
      • Crystal Cove Town Hall
      • Rogers residence
      • Cemetery
    • Washington, D.C.
      • The White House
  • Indonesia (photo)
    • Bali (photo)
  • East Asia (poster)
    • Korea (poster)
  • Spain (mentioned)
• The Moon
• Hell (mentioned)

Objects

• Brenda's brain
• Lola's brain
• Doctor Perdue's journal
• Smells Like Mommy
• Krista's brain
• Wanted Sons, Got Daughters

Vehicles

• Norville's car
• Diya's van
• Sheriff Cogburn's police car
• Mystery jalopy
• Jones' limo
• Aman's car
• General Meeting's car

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2023.

Music

The music was composed by Craig DeLeon, and edited by Todd Dahlhoff.

Song

• "I Will Remember You" - Sarah McLachlan

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 9, 2023 on HBO Max

Behind the scenes

• Velma has a poster for Crystal Cove Fog Fest 2006 in her bedroom.
• It's mentioned that The Mystery Machine (although not known in this series by this name) was made in 1969, the same year the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! TV series.
• Velma gets her glasses knocked off, a recurring gag in the aforementioned original series.
• This is Yvonne Orji's last episode as Gigi, who was replaced with Andia Winslow the next season. Orji does however return for one episode as Gigi's baby sister Sammy in "Female Utopia."

Errors

• Velma has a post-it note that says "Project Scooby," when it was previously spelt, "S.C.O.O.B.I."
• The billboard says "Jones Gentlemen's Accessories," but the sign on the building says, "Jones Gentleman's Accessories."
• Kulap Vilaysack and Frank Welker are credited for voicing Lola and William, respectively, but neither of them talk.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic and Andrew Morgado are credited for voicing Dandruff Tuba and Froyo, respectively, but neither of them appear.

Legacy

• Norville deals with the trauma of accidentally killing Victoria throughout the second season.
• In the next episode, "The Mystery of Teen Romance," Velma doesn't start to go after Norville after admitting she loves him, but instead acts like it was a mistake and continues to date Daphne.
• In "When Velma Met Money," there is a photo of the gang bickering when they get keys to the town in Norville's bedroom.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥