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The Vampire Strikes Back

Season 2, Episode 5, Aired 10/18/03

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The Scooby gang travels to an old Transylvanian castle on a rainy night to watch the shoot of the Hex Girls new music video ''Wanna Wed, But I Fled'', but they find out that the band is breaking up, since there's a vampire on the loose. Fred decided go straight to trapping the vampire. They do so, only to discover there's another vampire lurking around, so they go through the whole thing all over again to reveal a surprise twist to this mystery.moreless

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Frank Welker

Scoobert 'Scooby' Doo/Fred Jones
Mindy Cohn

Velma Dinkley
Casey Kasem

Norville 'Shaggy' Rodgers

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Welcome to Transylvania... hope you are in the mood for some blood, and some rock'n'roll too, hahahahahahahahahahaha!

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By frosty_ice, Apr 07, 2011 Report Abuse

I love this episode. For me, any episode where the Hex Girls appear and sing their songs is awesome. made their debut in this show like this. When I started watching it, I couldn't stop, because there is so many things in the episode that make us laugh. It's so funny to see Velma posing as Luna and singing, only to be chased by the vampire. I advise everyone who loves the Hex Girls to watch this episode and sing every song, because as always, it's great to hear our favourite eco-goth rock band, who are three of the greatest supporting characters ever in the Scooby-Doo franchise.moreless

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What do you get when you grab a group of meddling kids, add an eco-goth rock band and a vampire on the loose, and mix it all together? Simple... A masterpiece!moreless

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By sonicpossible, Apr 19, 2009 Report Abuse

This is one of those episodes in this show that anyone who loves Scooby-Doo needs to watch closely, and try to figure out a mystery that is not as simple to solve as you thought it would. I love the fact that the Hex Girls made their debut in this show like this... A spooky Transylvanian castle, a vampire on the loose and cool songs which just makes you want to dance and sing with everything you got. The episode is very well written, and the fact of bringing three characters that Scooby and the gang already know from their past adventures, makes it a classic. So I advise all people who love the Hex Girls to watch this episode with a microphone in one of your hands, and the lyrics of every song in the other, and start singing along!moreless

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When identical twins attack a band.

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By check77, Jan 21, 2008 Report Abuse

Really about when it was just inside that castle and those 2 twins that were identical. It was jsut interesting! I should of not saw the end of it why it was so interseting. Why I though they would get out of the castle and find another cruprit or something wierd going on. But instead it was just like that guy was "Striking" back when the cruprit was inside a cell inside the casle unable to get out. That's when it came to me about the reason for the title. But who could it be. And why was that guy so "wired" to do 2 things at once. it kind of was intersesting and making me curious. Well at least I got my answer!moreless

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Trivia
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- The song played during this episode's chase scene is "Petrified Bride" by The Hex Girls. Edit
- The television episode credits list Kimberly Brooks as the voice for Hex Girl Dusk but the movies all credit Kimberly Brooks as the voice for Luna. Edit
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- The producer J. J. Hakimoto is actually a parody on the script writer, producer and director J. J. Abrams, creator of Alias, Lost and Cloverfield. Edit
- The guy who owns the bugs only appears in the scene where the gang has Steve be in the cell and they get their rooms to take naps. Edit
- This episode was originally aired without an ending, and allowed viewers to go online and vote in a poll on KidsWB.com and enter their name and think who the villain is. It would be revealed before the next episode, along with some of the names of the kids that voted for that culprit. This set the basis for the show's third season. Edit
Quotes
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- Fred: But the castle is just up ahead. Shaggy: Oh yeah? And between here and there there's that wreackdy old bridge saying: Don't cross me, man! Fred: You know what I say to that? Eat my tire thread, bridge! Edit
- Steve and Stu Fortescu: And it would've worked, if it weren't for you meddling kids. Edit
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- The fact of Thorn, Luna and Dusk being in a Transylvanian Castle filming a videoclip with the three of them dressed as vampire brides, is actually an allusion to Dracula's brides, in Bram Stoker's Dracula. Edit
- Several times in this episode, the old Castle Thunder sound effects can be heard. Scooby-Doo retired these thunder sound effects in 1994, and haven't been heard since. Castle Thunder can be heard in the following parts: * The beginning when we see the outside of the old castle entrance. * When the Mystery Machine drives up to the old castle. * Briefly heard when lightning strikes the vampire. * When Fred mysteriously disappears and a bat takes his place. * Right before we see Daphne dressed up as a vampire bride. * Once more right when the vampire's about to attack Daphne. All other times when there is thunder and lightning, newer and more realistic (and louder) thunderclaps are heard. Walt Disney Productions also frequently used Castle Thunder in many of their movies and shorts until the mid-1980s, such as Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty and The Great Mouse Detective. Termite Terrace would use Castle Thunder again on an episode of Loonatics Unleashed episode Weathering Heights and on four episodes of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue, entitled Lightning Strikes Twice, Mystery of the Missing Mystery Solvers, The Many Faces of Evil and Super Scary Movie Night. Edit