The New York Underground!

The New York Underground!
Shaggy should retire from rapping about food and go back to just eat food.
Premiere date	July 2, 2020
Run time	21:22
Starring	Frank Welker Matthew Lillard Grey Griffin Kate Micucci Halsey David Kaye
Music composed by	Steven Morrell
Writer(s)	Michael Ryan
Director(s)	Frank Paur Collette Sunderman (voices)
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"The New York Underground!" is the eighteenth episode of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? season one. It aired on July 2, 2020 on Boomerang's SVOD service. It was written by Michael Ryan, produced by series creator, Chris Bailey, directed by Frank Paur, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Scooby secretly signs Shaggy up to a poetry slam, where his rival turns out to be famous alternative singer, Halsey. The prize is a key to the City of New York, which brings out a mysterious gator man.

Memorable quotes

Fred: Well, gang, looks like we have a real mystery on our hands.
Daphne: And I can't believe we're in it with...
Mystery Inc.: Famous singer-slash-award-winning, multi-platinum alternative pop maverick, Halsey.
Halsey: Actually, Halsey is my stagename. My real name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, like the flower.
Mystery Inc.: Famous singer-slash-award-winning, multi-platinum alternative pop maverick, Halsey, whose real name is Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, like the flower.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Fred Jones	Frank Welker
Daphne Blake	Grey Griffin
Velma Dinkley	Kate Micucci
Scooby-Doo	Frank Welker
Shaggy Rogers	Matthew Lillard
Poetry slam promoter	David Kaye
Halsey	Herself
Gator Man	David Kaye
Roy Shepard
Richard Poodle
Chef	David Kaye
Urban spelunker	Matthew Lillard
Knowledge Keeper	Grey Griffin
Jake Jacob Ascot (photo)	N/A
Emma Lazarus

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Central Park
            • Graffiti Station
              • Rhymers & Diners
      • Upper New York Bay
        • Liberty Island
          • Statue of Liberty

Objects

• Key to New York City
• Poems by Halsey
• Gazette
• Jake's diaries
• Jake's safe
• "The New Colossus"

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Mystery Inc.'s speedboat
• Jake's train car

Production

Filming

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

Dates are in order of release:

• United Kingdom and Ireland: February 2, 2020 on Boomerang
• Australia: May 24, 2020 on Boomerang
• United States: July 2, 2020 on the Boomerang video subscription on-demand service
• Canada: August 9, 2020 on Teletoon

Behind the scenes

• With every episode's title card, one of the gang announces the guest star, which is Velma this time.
• Shaggy says "Zoinks" twice.
• Daphne says "Jeepers" twice.
• Velma says "Jinkies" twice.
• Emma Lazarus was a real-life 19th-century author.
• Poems by Halsey is a parody of Halsey's real-life book I Would Leave Me If Could: A Collection of Poetry.

Errors

• When Fred says, "Wow, gang," his mouth isn't moving.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 19, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • May 31, 2021: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete First Season on DVD.