Casey Kasem
- Shaggy
- (voice)
Frank Welker
- Fred
- (voice)
- …
Mindy Cohn
- Velma Dinkley
- (voice)
Grey Griffin
- Daphne
- (voice)
- (as Grey DeLisle)
- …
Lauren Tom
- Nancy Chang
- (voice)
Chris Klug
- Self
- (voice)
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- TriviaChris Klug is the first of many celebrities to play themselves on this series, a Scooby-Doo tradition which started in The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972).
- GoofsAfter returning to the lounge because Fred received an injury, there is a shot of Velma and Daphne from their backs next to Shaggy and Fred. When Velma passes Daphne, Daphne's foot pops into the foreground over the bed.
- ConnectionsReferenced in What's New, Scooby-Doo?: Riva Ras Regas (2002)
Featured review
That's snow creature
The Scooby Doo franchise's wintry and holiday episodes are generally of a high standard. My personal favourites are 'The New Scooby Doo Mysteries' "A Nutcracker Scoob" and 'The New Scooby Doo Movies' "The Ghost of Bigfoot". 'Haunted Holidays' and 'Scooby Doo Where are You's "That's Snow Ghost" have always been enjoyable too. "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature" is notable for being the first episode of 'What's New Scooby Doo'.
It is a very good start to the show, and 'What's New Scooby Doo' has actually grown on me quite a lot overtime. Had mixed feelings on it on first watch, liking very much some episodes and being ehh on others. Rewatching it over the past few years, at its best it's very good and even brilliant. Not every episode works, but even they are far from unwatchable. Season 1 was a little inconsistent, but "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature" is towards the better end when ranking the episodes.
Good things are numerous. It benefits massively from its setting, which is true for all of the Scooby Doo franchise's winter themed episodes. Particularly at night, where it is very atmospheric. True to the dark look of the old Scooby Doo while also being more polished, which is true of the animation for the show in general. The animation is well done, colourful and sleek and the character designs have more finesse than the earlier incarnations without deviating too far. The animation is particularly good for the snow creature, the wonderfully kinetic climactic showdown and all the wintry action at night.
Have also felt that the music has grown on me a lot. Wasn't crazy about it when younger as the style usually is not my cup of tea, but now it suits this show's modern style very well and has seldom been discordant with the action. The theme song is very catchy, with a cool intro accompanying it. While not every chase song and scene worked in 'What's New Scooby Doo', most did and the standard was much better and more consistent than the songs in Season 2 of 'Scooby Doo Where are You'. Really liked the chase song here and it fitted the fun action that is going on in the animation very nicely.
What also stands out is the energy, with "There's No Snow Creature Like "Snow Creature" never feeling dull and it's tighter than some of the earlier incarnations and that is including the original. The Shaggy and Scooby humour, lines and gags, are classic, true to the likes of the original and 'The Scooby Doo Show'. The twist on the meddling kids/adolescents line was refreshing. Also refreshing was Daphne's role with Fred out of action, the resourceful leader role she was in in the 80s was great to see.
Admittedly, the story is derivative (not uncommon with 'What's New Scooby Doo'), with elements of "That's Snow Ghost", but it is also fun with a great atmosphere and a surprisingly high suspect count. The climax is one of the show's best. The snow creature is also pretty predictable and not much different from similar creatures in the winter themed episodes of the franchise, but the look of it is cool and it is menacing enough. The identity of the perpetrator was unexpected, one of the improvements this show had over earlier incarnations was the higher number of non-obvious reveals. The voice acting is very good, particularly Casey Kasem. It did though take a while for me to get used to Frank Welker's too human sounding voice for Scooby (meaning too much human speech pattern rather than Scooby's iconic impediment with his rs).
Concluding, very good start and even better was to follow (although the show's quality was inconsistent). 8/10.
It is a very good start to the show, and 'What's New Scooby Doo' has actually grown on me quite a lot overtime. Had mixed feelings on it on first watch, liking very much some episodes and being ehh on others. Rewatching it over the past few years, at its best it's very good and even brilliant. Not every episode works, but even they are far from unwatchable. Season 1 was a little inconsistent, but "There's No Creature Like Snow Creature" is towards the better end when ranking the episodes.
Good things are numerous. It benefits massively from its setting, which is true for all of the Scooby Doo franchise's winter themed episodes. Particularly at night, where it is very atmospheric. True to the dark look of the old Scooby Doo while also being more polished, which is true of the animation for the show in general. The animation is well done, colourful and sleek and the character designs have more finesse than the earlier incarnations without deviating too far. The animation is particularly good for the snow creature, the wonderfully kinetic climactic showdown and all the wintry action at night.
Have also felt that the music has grown on me a lot. Wasn't crazy about it when younger as the style usually is not my cup of tea, but now it suits this show's modern style very well and has seldom been discordant with the action. The theme song is very catchy, with a cool intro accompanying it. While not every chase song and scene worked in 'What's New Scooby Doo', most did and the standard was much better and more consistent than the songs in Season 2 of 'Scooby Doo Where are You'. Really liked the chase song here and it fitted the fun action that is going on in the animation very nicely.
What also stands out is the energy, with "There's No Snow Creature Like "Snow Creature" never feeling dull and it's tighter than some of the earlier incarnations and that is including the original. The Shaggy and Scooby humour, lines and gags, are classic, true to the likes of the original and 'The Scooby Doo Show'. The twist on the meddling kids/adolescents line was refreshing. Also refreshing was Daphne's role with Fred out of action, the resourceful leader role she was in in the 80s was great to see.
Admittedly, the story is derivative (not uncommon with 'What's New Scooby Doo'), with elements of "That's Snow Ghost", but it is also fun with a great atmosphere and a surprisingly high suspect count. The climax is one of the show's best. The snow creature is also pretty predictable and not much different from similar creatures in the winter themed episodes of the franchise, but the look of it is cool and it is menacing enough. The identity of the perpetrator was unexpected, one of the improvements this show had over earlier incarnations was the higher number of non-obvious reveals. The voice acting is very good, particularly Casey Kasem. It did though take a while for me to get used to Frank Welker's too human sounding voice for Scooby (meaning too much human speech pattern rather than Scooby's iconic impediment with his rs).
Concluding, very good start and even better was to follow (although the show's quality was inconsistent). 8/10.
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