Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special!

Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special!
Production company	Charlie Grandy Productions Kaling International, Inc. 3 Arts Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release date	October 3, 2024
Run time	37:14
Starring	Mindy Kaling Glenn Howerton Sam Richardson Constance Wu Frank Welker Kari Wahlgren Nicholas Braun Jane Lynch Wanda Sykes Kulap Vilaysack Sara Ramirez Sarayu Blue Saweetie
Executive producer(s):	Charlie Grandy Mindy Kaling Howard Klein Elijah Aron
Producer(s)	Kandace Reuter Greg Gallant
Music composed by	Craig DeLeon
Screenplay by	Velma Dinkley
Director(s)	Adam Parton Meg Waldow
Art director(s)	Valerio Ventura
Title card

Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special! is an American animated supernatural horror-comedy television special based on the Velma television spin-off series. It aired on October 3, 2024 on Max. It was written by series creator, Charlie Grandy, directed by Adam Parton and Meg Waldow, and voice directed by Charlie Grandy.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Organizations

• Crystal Cove Historical Society
• Crystal Cove Police Department
• Jones Gentlemen's Accessories (mentioned)
• The Hex Girls (poster)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Crystal Cove
      • Jones Estate
      • Crystal Cove Historical Society building
      • Costume Cove (6:55)
      • Crystal Cove Cemetery
      • Crystal Cove High School
        • Crystal Cove High Gym
• The Moon
• Hell

Objects

• A Witch's Guide to Black Magic

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Saweetie's tour bus
• Ambulance

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2024.

Music

The music was composed by Craig DeLeon, with musical supervision from Joey Singer and Frank Palazzolo. It was edited by Joe Corcoran.

Songs

Crew credits

• Executive producers: Charlie Grandy, Mindy Kaling, Howard Klein, Elijah Aron
• Co-executive producer: Jessica Kumai Scott
• Supervising producer: Amy Winfrey
• Producers: Kandace Reuter, Greg Gallant
• Supervising director: Anne Walker Farrell
• Story editors: Stephanie M. Johnson, Jenna Michelle Simmons
• Animation director: James Bowman
• Casting directors: Sarah Noonan, Agnes Kim
• Line producer: Candi Purugganan
• Assistant associate producer: Jane Yeon
• Production manager: Sofía Moreira Rodríguez
• Senior assistant production managers: Amy Cass, Molly Sotak, Jillian Tasai
• Assistant production managers: Hannah Freeman, Hannah Hembree, Isabel Higgins, Kandis Hutcherson, Lauren Mattson, Lyn Oquendo Ramos, Lauren Wolf
• Art director: Valerio Ventura
• Assistant art director: Adam Fay
• Character designers: Nuri Durr, Dinah Kalaha, Brad Lerwis, Gina Nguyen
• Prop designers: Allison Kim, Jess Marfisi, Esther Zhao
• Background design supervisor: Yael Givon
• Background designers: Sarah Harkey, Shelly Liu, Pat Marconett, Kate Maxwell, Joey McCormick
• Background painters: Kade Byrand, Davey Cummings, Yeon Soo Kim, Juliana Park, Kati Prescott
• Color designers: Daniel Elson, Ashley Fisher, Chris Hacker, Jessica Yost
• Storyboard artists: Jake Armstrong, Steve Chan, Danica Dickison, Julie Drohan, Steven Duffy, Maggie McPheeters, Christopher Nance, Kelsey Norden, Noah Patrick Pfarr, Aimee Steinberger, Daniel Villa de Rey
• Editors: Erin Hassidim, Brian Swanson
• Animators: Edward Artinian, Ye Aung, Connor Hoffman, Giorgio H. Renna, Anne Walker Farrell
• Animation timers: Kent Butterworth, Jill Jacobs, Jungja Kim-Wolf, Mike Milo, Shea Wheeler, Mike Wolf
• Art director of creative services: Matthew Girardi
• Creative services associate producer: Cali Abenido
• Graphics and titles supervisor: Brenda Kraus
• Graphics and titles artists: Emily Keiber, Adrienne Steinbaum
• Animation services: Studio IAM
  • Production supervisors: Kang Hei Chul, Kwon Mi Ok
  • Production support: Lee Kyun Min, [[Lee Jea Eun], Lee Ji Won, Yun Sin Yeong
  • Animation directors: Jeong Young Won, Kim Wuok Woo, So Ho Seong, Jeong Young Won
  • Clean-up assistant animators: Kim Eun Kyeong, Choe Ye Rim
  • Key animators: Park Hun Kook, An Mi Hyang, Choe Yeong Dal, Ryu Jon Wan, Hong Hyeon Sook, Jeon Doo Hwan, Lee Hak Bin, Tak Eun Byeol, Hwang Hyeong Lock, Jang Seong Ho, Seo Jeong Ha
  • Layout supervisors: Lee Byung Suk, Mun Hui, Kim Ki June, Jung Yong Woon
  • Background supervisors: Jeon Hyo Young, Kim Yeon Hee
  • In-between checkers: Yun Jung Hee, Lee Hyeon Suk
  • Color designers: An Yong, Jeong Woon Rye
  • Technical directors: Yun Ji Yeong, Go Jin Young
  • Translators: Oh Dong Yeop, Lee Hye Eun
  • Model checkers: Oh Jea Hee, Kim Jee Eun
  • EFX animators: Heo Jin Ho, Lee Gaung Hee
• Post production executive: Greg Emerson
• Post producer: Kip Brown
• Post production managers: Rebecca Sands Coutts, Marissa Llano
• Creative services assistant production managers: Kenzie Bates, Charlie Carpenter
• Recording facilities: Igloo Music, Margarita Mix Hollywood, Philadelphia Post, Pomann Sound NYC, Relic Room, Santa Barbara Sound Design, Smart Post Atlanta, Studio A, Studio Awesome, Studiopolis, Inc., Todd-AO Hollywood
• Recording machine operator: Jeff O. Collins
• Track reader: Wilson Martinez
• Supervising dialogue/ADR editor: Mark A. Keatts
• Dialogue/ADR editors: David M. Cowan, Kelly Foley Downs, Patrick Foley, Michael Garcia, John Reynolds
• Post production sound services: Atlas Oceanic Sound and Picture
• Online editor: David Cowles
• Assistant editors: Harrison T. Barth, Michele Beeson, Gabriel Gianola
• Asset manager: Rachel Ryan
• Production manager: Michael Baum
• Pipeline supervisor: Kevin "KP" Porterfield
• Senior pipeline engineer: Julian Herrera
• Pipeline associate producer: Karina Benesh
• Production accountants: Athena Wingate, Chaz Murphy
• Production support: Cher Bentley, Jeff Deckman, Carrie DiGregorio, Eileen Goldstein, Jenna Levine, Eileen Nakamura-Smith, Niko Sumcad, Kira Tirimacco, Kathy Travis
• Casting administration: Liz Carroll, Maria Millage
• Artist management: Patty Willert, Joe Hughes
• Rights and clearances: Jake Baumgart, Katie Ward
• Business and legal affairs: Shanon Muir, Iman Wilson, Leslie Chinchilla, Denise Martinez, Valentina Zaldana
• Business operations: Lindsey Gui
• Production supervision: Bobbie Page
• Studio management: Ed Adams
• Executives in charge of production: Vishnu Athreya, Shaleen Desai, Katie Petrachonis, Daniel Wolfberg, Monika Zielinska, Peter Giradi
• Executive producer: Sam Register

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 3, 2024 on Max

Behind the scenes

• The Black Knight, and the naming of the boy who wore the costume Geoff Wickles, is based on Mr. Wikles who was the Black Knight in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "What a Night for a Knight."
• Thorn's real name is revealed to be Sally McKnight, just as it was in the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost.
• Thorn's donation of the spellbook is a reference to her use of Sarah Ravencroft's spellbook in the direct-to-video film Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost.
• When Velma says to Daphne the spellbook "spoke to [her]," Daphne responds if she meant like in the 2012 book (and later 2014 movie) The Fault in Our Stars.
• At the costume shop, they are selling a full-body suit of the Space Kook from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Spooky Space Kook."
• At the costume shop there is a mask of the Ghost Clown from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Bedlam in the Big Top." There is also a kid in the yearbook wearing a costume too.
• At the costume shop, a guy is wearing a sexy Captain Caveman from the Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels TV series.
• Norville and Lola wear sexy Pinky and the Brain costumes from the TV series Pinky and the Brain. Narf!
• Velma refers to late actress Angela Lansbury who played Jessica Fletcher in the long-running murder-mystery TV series Murder, She Wrote.
• At the party, someone is dressed as a sexy Fred Flintstone from The Flintstones TV series.
• In the class photos in the yearbook, there are students named after Peter Girardi and Sam Register, who work on the special as the executive in charge of production and executive producer, respectively.
• When Velma and Daphne see the photo of their parents in the yearbook, there are kids dressed as the Ghost of Captain Cutler and the Snow Ghost from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episodes "A Clue for Scooby-Doo" and "That's Snow Ghost," respectively.
• Kari Wahlgren is uncredited as Mary Louise and Amanda.

Errors

• Even though the audiobook narrator claimed he was just using the voice of Richard Kind, the voice credits say "Richard Kind as Richard Kind."
• The production accounting people are credited twice.

Critical reception

In other languages

Home availability

• Not available. 😢

References