When the Cicada Calls

When the Cicada Calls
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Premiere date	October 25, 2010
Run time	22:00
Starring	Frank Welker Matthew Lillard Mindy Cohn Grey DeLisle Gary Cole Patrick Warburton Richard McGonagle Dave Allen Marion Ross Paul Rugg Joe Holt
Music composed by	Robert J. Kral
Writer(s)	Paul Rugg
Storyboard artist(s)	Mike Borkowski Dave Chlystek Joey Mason Doug Murphy Craig Wilson
Director(s)	Curt Geda Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	Kim Jaejoong
Art director(s)	Dan Krall
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"When the Cicada Calls" is the thirteenth episode of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated season one. It aired on October 25, 2010 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Paul Rugg, directed by Curt Geda, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Organizations

• Mystery Incorporated

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Crystal Cove
        • Destroido Corp. headquarters
        • Crystal Cove High School
        • Crystal Cove Hospital
        • Dederdee residence
        • Moonbeam residence
        • Trap-3000 building

Objects

• Nature Slivers
• Whomp-A-Golpher

Vehicles

• Mr. Kelsepian's car
• The Mystery Machine

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 2010.

Music

The theme song was written and performed by Matthew Sweet, while the rest of the music was composed by Robert J. Kral, and was edited by Christine Luethje.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 25, 2010 on Cartoon Network
• United Kingdom and Ireland: November 21, 2010 on Boomerang

Behind the scenes

• Special thanks are given to Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, not because they worked on this episode, but because they created Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Marketing and promotion

• The episode inspired the thirteenth stage of Cartoon Network to update their online game, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Crystal Cove Online, which was updated at the time of the episode's release.

In other languages

Languages	Name	Meaning
French	L'Attaque des Cigales	Attack of the Cicadas
Greek	Το Κάλεσμα του Τζίτζικα	The Call of the Cicada
Hungarian	Tücskökkel hadakozó	Fighting with Cicadas
Italian	Cicalando Cicalando	Cicading Cicading
Polish	Zew cykad	The call of the cicadas
Portuguese	Quando a Cigarra Liga	When a Cicada Leagues
Spanish (Latin America)	Cuando la Cigarra Llama	When the Cicada Calls
Spanish	La Llamada de la Cigarra	The Cicada Call

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 24, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Part 2: Crystal Cove Curse on DVD.
  • October 8, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 1 on DVD.
  • January 7, 2014: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: For the Love of Snack on DVD.
• In France:
  • October 3, 2012: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Entirety of Season 1 on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • August 12, 2013: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season 1, Part 2 on DVD.
  • February 6, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: For the Love of Snack on DVD.