The Candy Man
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| The Candy Man | |
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| Premiere date | January 12, 2023 |
| Starring | Mindy Kaling Glenn Howerton Sam Richardson Constance Wu Russell Peters Melissa Fumero Jane Lynch Wanda Sykes Frank Welker Cherry Jones Gary Cole Nicole Byer Sarayu Blue Ken Leung Kari Wahlgren Kimberly Brooks Karl-Anthony Towns James Adonian Roger Craig Smith |
| Music composed by | Craig DeLeon |
| Writer(s) | Akshara Sekar |
| Storyboard artist(s) | Leticia Abreu Silva Danica Dickison Drew Green Kelsey Norden Daniel Villa de Rey Erin Won |
| Director(s) | Cal Ramsey Charlie Grandy (voices) |
| Animation director(s) | James Bowman |
| Art director(s) | Valerio Ventura |
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"The Candy Man" is the second episode of Velma season one. It aired on January 12, 2023 on HBO Max. It was written by Akshara Sekar, directed by Cal Ramsey, and voice directed by series creator, Charlie Grandy.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
Organizations
- Crystal Cove Police Department
- Jones Gentlemen's Accessories
- Jones Gentleman's Accessories for Women (mentioned)
- The Hex Girls (mentioned)
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- North Korea (mentioned)
Objects
- Lost Groovy Hits of 1969
- Velma and Daphne's broken friendship locket
- Diya's cold case file
- K'oenig's Cereal
- Zoinks
- Jeepers (mentioned)
- Mystery Machines (mentioned)
- Bible
Vehicles
- Aman's car
- Norville's car
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 2023.
Music
The music was composed by Craig DeLeon, and edited by Todd Dahlhoff.
Song
- TBA
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 12, 2023 on HBO Max
Behind the scenes
- Before the episode aired, it was known as "The Candy (Wo)man".
- Norville has posters of Charlie and the ghost of Mr. Hyde, who were the monsters of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episodes "Foul Play in Funland" and "Nowhere to Hyde," respectively.
- Daphne has a poster advertising Fog Fest 2006.
- Velma's tape, Lost Groovy Hits of 1969 is a reference to the year Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! debuted on ABC.
- Captain Caveman is on Velma's breakfast bowl, the title character of the 1970s TV series Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.
- Norville's audience consists of users with names referencing the franchise:
- "rubyj" is Joe Ruby backwards, who co-created Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
- "scrappy79" is Scrappy-Doo, who was added to the franchise in 1979 for the then new series, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.
- "hexgrrlsfan" is The Hex Girls, a goth music band introduced in the 1999 DTV Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost.
- "BLOOF4LCON" is Blue Falcon, a superhero and one of the main characters in the 1970s TV series Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, which featured three episodes guest starring Mystery Incorporated.
- Velma refers to the "#MeToo" movement began in 2017.
- "Zoinks," "Jeepers," and "Mystery Machine" drugs are named after Shaggy's catchphrase, Daphne's catchphrase, and The Mystery Machine that the gang drive around in other series, respectively.
- A crowd member makes a comment about Fred actually looking like Hitler instead of just being used to describe someone's bad acts, which was popularized when Donald Trump became President of the United States, although Trump wasn't the first to be compared to Hitler.
Errors
Everlasting influence
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- Watch with a subscription at HBO Max.
