Velma Kai

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Velma Kai
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Network	HBO Max
Premiere date	January 19, 2023
Starring	Mindy Kaling Glenn Howerton Sam Richardson Constance Wu Russell Peters Jane Lynch Wanda Sykes Gary Cole Nicole Byer Ken Leung Fortune Feimster Yvonne Orji Dimitry Rozental Themo Melikidze
Music composed by	Craig DeLeon
Writer(s)	Stephanie Amante-Ritter
Storyboard artist(s)	Lisa A. Kim Aimee Steinberger Tyler Turett
Director(s)	Meg Waldow
Voice director(s)	Charlie Grandy
Animation director(s)	James Bowman
Art director(s)	Valerio Ventura
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"Velma Kai" is the third episode of Velma season one. It aired on January 19, 2023 on HBO Max. It was written by Stephanie Amante-Ritter, directed by Meg Waldow, and voice directed by series creator, Charlie Grandy.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Daphne Blake	Constance Wu
Velma Dinkley	Mindy Kaling
Fred Jones	Glenn Howerton
Diya Dinkley	Sarayu Blue
Aman Dinkley	Russell Peters
Norville Rogers	Sam Richardson
Lamont Rogers	Gary Cole
Russian soldier	Dimitry Rozental
Nutso	Sam Richardson
Olive	Fortune Feimster
Gigi Gigisfather	Yvonne Orji
Jacques Beau	Unavailable
Dandruff Tuba	Inaudible
Becca	Inaudible
Cool edgy girl	N/A
Principal Blythe Rogers	Nicole Byer
Krista McRae
Brenda Bright
Detective Donna Blake	Jane Lynch
Detective Linda Ke	Wanda Sykes
Fred Jones	Glenn Howerton
Darren	Ken Leung
Skinhead	Themo Melikidze
William Jones
Victoria Jones
Charlie the Robot (poster)	N/A
Ghost of Mr. Hyde (poster)	N/A
Bill Gates

Organizations

• The Space Kooks (mentioned)
• Crystal Cove Police Department
• Jones Gentleman's Accessories for Women (billboard)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Crystal Cove
      • Dinkley residence
      • Jones residence (mentioned)
      • Crystal Cove High School
      • Crystal Cove Correctional Facility
      • Rogers residence
      • Blake residence
      • Crystal Cove Insane Asylum
    • Massachussetts (indirectly mentioned)
      • Northampton (indirectly mentioned)
        • Smith College (mentioned)
  • Russia
• The Sun (mentioned)
• The Moon

Objects

• Diya's cold case file
• Trick 2 Be Cool
• Velma's inhaler
• Daphne's Journal

Vehicles

• Norville's car

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 19, 2023 on HBO Max

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on the Netflix streaming series Cobra Kai.
• A student has a t-shirt that says "The Space Kooks," a reference to the Spooky Space Kook from the 1969 Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Spooky Space Kook."
• Velma mentions Peppermint Patty, a character in the Peanuts comic strip.
• 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.

Errors

• Andrew Morgado is credited for voicing Froyo, even though he doesn't appear.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥