Product Description

Clever sleuthing has led you to treasure: the very first season of What's New Scooby-Doo? Enjoy all 13 episodes of spoofy hilarity and mystery with the crime-busting gang --from scary snowboarding in There's No Creature Like Snow Creature to the season finale The Unnatural, with the voices of real-life baseball greats Mike Piazza and Luis Santiago. As Scooby-Doo fans know, popular stars often lend their vocal talents in such takeoffs as Riva Ras Regas (co-starring teen pop singer Lindsay Pagano) and American pop idol JC Chasez from super group *NSYNC. But everyone knows who the biggest heartthrob of the show is really...who else? Scooby-Doo!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2336 in DVD
• Brand: HANNA BARBERA
• Released on: 2007-02-20
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 294 minutes

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Mystery, suspense, and crazy chases abound as Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo renew their commitment to solving mysteries in this 2002 sequel to the original 1969 Scooby Doo television series. Marking a return to the mystery gang's initial five members after several seasons that included additional characters like Scooby-Dum and Scrappy, the What's New, Scooby-Doo series plays much like the original series despite being animated by Warner Brothers Television Animation rather than Hanna-Barbera. Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo show some signs of maturation and growth since their inception, but the mystery gang is essentially still the same quirky, tight-knit group that stumbles inadvertently into one mystery after another and plunges in to investigate and unmask the villain(s) behind each strange happening. What's new in this 2002 series is the gang's utilization of high-tech gadgets like global positioning devices and laptop computers (though they still drive the same old mystery van) and their foes' crafty use of technological innovations like wireless remote controls and virtual reality gear. Add in updated popular music and guest stars like baseball great Mike Piazza and teen pop singer Lindsay Pagano and What's New, Scooby-Doo becomes attractive to a whole new generation of fans. The thirteen episodes in season one span the globe from icy snowboarding slopes to the jungles of Costa Rica, glitzy hotels of Las Vegas, and a game preserve in Africa. Bonus features include bloopers and a bonus 2005 episode "A Scooby-Doo Valentine" that stars NSYNC's J.C. Chasez. (Ages 5 and older) --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Good price if you haven't bought the individual discs.
What's New Scooby Doo is the first Scooby Doo sequal that equals the quality of the original "Scooby Doo Where Are You?" series. The animation style may be updated somewhat (the original was not great animation anyway), but the stories are just as good. If you only liked the first series and hated Scrappy & the others, I suggest you give this new series a try. The original gang is all here on their original rolls.

This set contains 13 episodes from the first season (all have been previously released with bonus material NOT included here) plus one special from 2005.

SEASON 1:
2002 episodes:
Sep.14 There's No Creature Like Snow Creature (previously released on "Volume 1').
Sep.21 3-D Struction (previously released on "Volume 1').
Sep.28 Space Ape at the Cape (previously released on "Volume 1').
Oct.05 Big Scare at the Big Easy (previously released on "Volume 1').
Oct.26 It's Mean, It's Grean, It's the Mystery Machine (previously released on "Volume 2').
Nov.02 Riva Ras Vegas (previously released on "Volume 2').
Nov.09 Roller Goaster Ride (previously released on "Volume 2').
Nov.23 Safari, So Goodie (previously released on "Volume 2').
Nov.30 She Sees Sea Monster at the Sea Shore (previously released on "Volume 3').

2003 episodes:
Feb.01 Toy Scary Boo (previously released on "Volume 4').
Feb.15 Lights! Camera! Mayhem! (previously released on "Volume 8').
Feb.22 Pompeii and Circumstances (previously released on "Volume 7').
Mar.22 The Unnatural. (previously released on "Volume 5').

Bonus 2005 Special:
Feb.11 A Scooby Doo Valentine (previously released on "Volume 8').

Not the old Scooby-Doo, but still funny and fun
Having grown up with Scooby Doo, I mistakenly thought this was the "old" TV series put on DVD. Instead, it is the "What's New Scooby Doo" series, which is an updated version of the old. The new version looks a lot like the old series, having the usual mystery to solve in 30 minutes or less. They don't ever let it get too serious, as they play fun music behind the chase scenes. The jokes are funny as the characters poke fun at themselves, and each other. The voices are the same (thankfully). I love watching it with my kids, and they have watched them over and over again.

A.K.A Scooby Doo Back In Action!
At first I didn't think this series would be as good as some of the movies
like The Loch Ness Monster & Chill Out, but I then bought Volume 8 and saw it was better than I thought. With the return of the original cast from some of my favorite Scooby Doo movies (Frank Welker as Scooby Doo/Fred, Casey Kasem as Shaggy, Grey Delisle as Daphne, & Mindy Cohn as Velma) and 13 great mysteries, this compilation of Season 1 of What's New Scooby Doo, is probably one of the best 2-disc sets ever! Each mystery is different:

THERE'S NO CREATURE LIKE SNOW CREATURE
The series debut, a snow monster is badly injuring contestants in a snowboarding competition. (co-starring an Olympic Gold Medalist Snowboarder)

SPACE APE AT THE CAPE
Velma wins a science project contest in Cape Canaveral and it will go
into space but it is trying to be stopped by an alien believed to have been hatched from an egg.

3-D STRUCTION
Down in Costa Rica, a dinosaur monster comes out of a sacred tomb, believed to be a ghost, due to the removal of some sacred bones.

BIG SCARE IN THE BIG EASY
The gang heads to New Orleans to solve the mysteries of the ghosts
of Civil War enemies, the Leland Brothers.

IT'S MEAN, IT'S GREEN, IT'S THE MYSTERY MACHINE
Despite having their van fixed, the gang has their van chasing after
them believed to have been driven by the ghost of Flash Flannigan.

RIVA RAS REGAS
When the gang goes to Las Vegas for some vacation, it gets interrupted
by the ghost of the late magician Rufus Rocous, they solve the mystery with the help of real-life teen pop star Lindsay Pagano.

ROLLER GHOSTER RIDE
A sneaky ghost is haunting and ruining the attractions at a theme park, and Shaggy's roller coaster he designed is just being finished building.

SAFARI SO GOODI!
The gang heads to the Amazon jungle, where they face some ghost animals
that have been feared by South Americans.

SHE SEES SEA MONSTERS BY THE SEA SHORE
The gang tackles a mystery of a sea monster attacking a beach on a tropical island, and to save the seas turtles!

TOY SCARY BOO
Some toys come to life in a toy store and wreck things all around, the gang is even in danger!

LIGHTS, CAMERA, MAYHEM!
The ghost of late movie star Rip Bannon, believed to be the faceless phantom, is haunting the set of his movie remake.

POMPEII & CIRCUMSTANCE
The gang visits Italy for some time off solving mysteries. But they spoke
too soon as a mystery of a Zombie Gladiator, believed to have survived Vesuvius, unfolds.

THE UNNATURAL
Luiz Santiago is ready to break the all-time home run record, but a ghost of the currently all-time home run record hitter tries to stop him and the gang. (Special Guest Appearance by Baseball great Mike Piazza)

BONUS EPISODE: A SCOOBY DOO VALENTINE
The gang comes home in time for Valentines Day, but they get accused for the teenager kidnappings at Lovers Lane. And even worse, Shaggy's former girlfriend is dating a celebrity. (Co-starring NSYNC star JC Chasez)

If you love Scooby Doo, then this is the set for you!