The Unnatural

The Unnatural
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Premiere date	March 22, 2003
Run time	20:58
Starring	Frank Welker; Casey Kasem; Mindy Cohn; Grey DeLisle; John Stephenson; Carlos Alazraqui; Steve Blum; Kathy Griffin; Mike Piazza
Writer(s)	Goerge Doty IV
Storyboard artist(s)	Jerry Eisenberg; Sebastian Montes; John Neverraz
Director(s)	Joe Sichta; Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Jang-Phil Lee; Young-Woon Kim
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"The Unnatural" is the fourteenth and final episode of What's New, Scooby-Doo? season one. It aired on March 22, 2003 on The WB's Kids' WB morning block. It was written by series co-creator, George Doty IV, produced by other series co-creator, Jim Krieg, directed by Joe Sichta, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Cookie Co. International Park
    - Potters Stadium

Objects

Vehicles

The Mystery Machine

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2002.

Music

The theme song was written by Rich Dickerson and Gigi Meroni, and performed by Simple Plan. The music was also composed by Dickerson and Meroni.

Song

"Play My Game" - The Donnas

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: March 22, 2003 on The WB

Behind the scenes

This is the last regular episode of the series to have a title card; only the "A Scooby-Doo Halloween" and "A Scooby-Doo Valentine" specials have title cards.
This is the last episode Jim Krieg was a producer for, as he left for a higher paying producing job (for his family) on ¡Mucha Lucha!^[1] He did, however, return to write the next episode, "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo" (and then later "Uncle Scooby and Antarctica").

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Arabic	أمر يفوق الطبيعة	A Supernatural Ocurrence
French	Le base-balleur fantôme	The Phantom Baseball Player
Greek	Τα Τρομακτικά Παιχνίδια	The Spooky Games
Polish	Rekord wbrew naturze	Record against nature

Home availability

In the United States:
- June 14, 2005: Warner Home Video releases What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5: Sports Spooktacular on VHS.
- June 14, 2005: Warner Home Video releases What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Volume 5: Sports Spooktacular on DVD.
- February 20, 2007: Warner Home Video releases What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Complete 1st Season on DVD.
- June 5, 2018: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Sports on DVD.
- June 4, 2019: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Sports (50th Anniversary Collection edition) on DVD.
- June 4, 2019: Warner Home Video releases What's New, Scooby-Doo?: The Complete Series on DVD.
- June 4, 2019: Warner Home Video releases What's New, Scooby-Doo?: The Complete Series (50th Anniversary Collection edition) on DVD.

References

^ Krieg, Jim in response to @ScoobypediaWiki (February 5, 2018). "I ❤️ WNSD! I got offered a job (and raise) on ¡Mucha Lucha! and my wife and I were about to have our first child. So, I cried and bid a brief adieu to Scoob. My terrific fellow producers Ed Scarlach and @GeorgeDotyIV generously invited my back to write episodes.". Twitter. Retrieved July 2, 2022.

[1] Krieg, Jim in response to @ScoobypediaWiki (February 5, 2018). "I ❤️ WNSD! I got offered a job (and raise) on ¡Mucha Lucha! and my wife and I were about to have our first child. So, I cried and bid a brief adieu to Scoob. My terrific fellow producers Ed Scarlach and @GeorgeDotyIV generously invited my back to write episodes.". Twitter. Retrieved July 2, 2022.

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