In "Now Museum, Now You Don't" from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, the gang's teacher Ms. Takai tells the class that "konnichiwa" means "good morning" in Japanese. This is actually incorrect. "Konnichiwa" means "good afternoon," whereas the correct Japanese word for "good morning" is "ohayo.
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While this is not technically a Scooby-Doo fun fact, it is somewhat related as it's about Mumbly from Laff-a-Lympics. I had originally thought that WB renamed Muttley just for Laff-a-Lympics; however, it was apparently more of a character evolution. Mumbly was originally named Mugger in the 1964 film Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, and was a circus dog. He also walked on all four legs in this film rather than his hind legs as he did in later appearances. In 1968, the version of Muttley that most of us are familiar with appeared in Wacky Races. He had brown fur in this series, rather than the white fur he had in Laff-a-Lympics. However, right before Laff-a-Lympics, Muttley was given his own show, The Mumbly Cartoon Show, and his character name was changed to Mumbly. This show also changed his fur from brown to white. This show also significantly changed Mumbly's personality, and he was not evil like we see in Laff-a-Lympics. Rather, in The Mumbly Cartoon Show, Mumbly was a private eye who fought crime with a human sidekick. Mumbly also had a brief cameo in the third episode of Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, where he meets Dynomutt for the first time.
On a separate note, I'll also throw in an extra little tidbit here that I learned while researching this fact. Apparently, John Stephenson's Mildew Wolf voice was intended to be him doing an impression of Paul Lynde, who was a famous comedy actor at the time. In "Invasion of the Scooby Snatchers" from The Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Hour, the guys are on a show called That's Impossible. This show is a parody of a now-forgotten reality show that was airing at the time, called That's Incredible, which similarly highlighted oddities and dangerous stunts, as seen in the episode. It's also worth noting there is a typo in the sign saying the show's name, as can be seen in the image above. "That's" should have an apostrophe in it on the sign, but it does not.
You'll also notice from the image above that the shadows of Fred, Daphne and Velma still appear on the title card every season 1 episode for The Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Hour, even though they are not in the series. In "A Night Louse at the White House" from The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, the senators are said to be from a fictional country named Klopstokia. This country was actually not invented by the writers of this episode; it is a reference to the 1932 comedy film Million Dollar Legs, which had a similar plot to this episode involving spies.
A recent copy of a script from "The Warlock of Wimbledon" purchased by a frequent commenter on this blog, ScoobyDooUK, lists the warlock's name as "Amthos," rather than Anthos. It's unknown if this is an early version of the script, or we've actually been getting the name wrong all these years. Either option seems like it could be a possibility, as it's also mentioned in the script that the Devil Hound is black, when the final design used in the episode was a dark brown dog. Thanks to ScoobyDooUK for contributing the fun fact for this week!
Will Henry Pratt, a side character from "Rocky Mountain Yiiiii!" (The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show), may be a reference to famous horror actor Boris Karloff, who's real name is William Henry Pratt. Boris was most famous for playing the Universal Monsters, including Frankenstein's Monster and the Mummy, who were used as villains many times throughout the Scooby-Doo franchise. Boris had died seven months before the franchise began, on February 2, 1969. No one who worked on the episode has officially confirmed that Will's character was a reference to Boris's real name, but it is very likely that it was.
Today's fun fact also doubles as a bit of a news post. The song in the leaked storyboards for Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Pups found back in March implied that the camp's name might be a reference to Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare, as "moose" was mentioned in the storyboard animatic for a song. A storyboard artist for Mystery Pups, Peter Hargan, confirmed on LinkedIn that Mystery Pups would have been set at Camp Little Moose, which is the camp from Camp Scare (scroll down under the "Experience" section and click the "see more" button under the description of his job with Wild Child Animation).
Sandy from "Reflections in a Ghoulish Eye" (The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo) is a parody of Ed Grimley, a fictional character on Saturday Night Live who was popular in the 1980s. Ed Grimley was played by actor Martin Short.
According to A Podcast Named Scooby-Doo's interview with Ryan Fosley, if Jabberjaw would have been in SCOOB!, they were considering having pop singer Lizzo be the voice of Jabberjaw.
In addition, when rewatching the film the other day for the third anniversary, I also noticed that during the scene where the gang is eating fries, the exterior shot shows the gang is in the R&S Coffee Shop. I'm presuming this was a mistake, as coffee shops generally do not serve fries and soft drinks (that would more likely be a diner). In a recent interview with Wizards of Waverly Pod, Hayley Kiyoko shared several details about her role playing Velma in Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Curse of the Lake Monster. Playing Velma was apparently Hayley's first time ever acting. After she finished with the role, she worried that she wouldn't be able to get other roles due to executives pigeon-holing her for the Velma-like haircut she had at the time. Hayley also mentioned that after playing Velma, she did not want to play any more roles as a high school student. However, she would go on to play roles as a high school student in Wizards of Waverly Place and the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth. You can check out the full interview here (although what I shared above were the only parts specifically related to her role as Velma).
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