The Haunted Showboat
- Episode aired Sep 15, 1973
- 43m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
136
YOUR RATING
Scooby Doo meets Josie and the Pussycats.Scooby Doo meets Josie and the Pussycats.Scooby Doo meets Josie and the Pussycats.
Nicole Jaffe
- Velma Dinkley
- (voice)
Don Messick
- Scooby-Doo
- (voice)
- …
Heather North
- Daphne Blake
- (voice)
Frank Welker
- Fred Jones
- (voice)
- (as Franklin Welker)
- …
Michael Bell
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Mike Bell)
- (credit only)
Joe Besser
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Scatman Crothers
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Benjamin Crothers)
- (credit only)
Jerry Dexter
- Alan M. Mayberry
- (voice)
Robert DoQui
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Richard Elkins
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Jamie Farr
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Stu Gilliam
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Arlene Golonka
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Arlene Golon)
- (credit only)
Mark Hamill
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Bob Hastings
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJosie and the Pussycats, created for Archie Comics in the 1960s, were licensed by Hanna Barbera for Josie and the Pussycats (1970) and Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972). This 1973 crossover was their final HB appearance. They were intended to reappear in Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977), but Archie refused to renew the contract. The band would not make another screen appearance until the Josie and the Pussycats (2001) movie, making a gap of 28 years.
- GoofsAlthough Velma says that Injun Joe has a chain dragging from one wrist, in fact, his hands are manacled together.
- Crazy creditsThis episode and the next episode Mystery in Persia (1973) are the only episodes in Season 2 to have a red title card.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Scooby-Doo Crossovers (2020)
Featured review
Great crossover
Hanna-Barbera loved the 'teenage mystery solvers' premise - as shown by the number of times they used it! The Funky Phantom, Speed Buggy, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Josie and the Pussycats, and the daddy of them all - Scooby-Doo! And crossing those last two over must have felt like the most natural idea in the (cartoon) world. Of course, expectations would be high. Both shows had dedicated fanbases. Thankfully, the result didn't disappoint. The storyline is classic Scooby-Doo; the gang need shelter from a sudden, severe thunder storm - and the only place nearby is a haunted Mississippi riverboat! No sooner are they aboard than they (literally) bump into Josie, the Pussycats, Alan, Alexander, Alexandra, and their cat, Sebastian. Within minutes they've found the boat is troubled by the ghosts of an old captain and an 'Injun', and teamed-up to solve the mystery. I won't go any further and spoil, but this being Scooby-Doo you can pretty much guess how it plays out.
Josie, etc, bring their original voice cast, and they (and of course the Scooby regulars) nail it. Credit to the writers and artists/animators; keeping twelve (including the animals) featured characters fully involved, and onscreen together was no easy task - but they did it fantastically. Velma talking to Melody, Josie talking to Daphne, Fred working with Valerie, this is the stuff fanboy/girl dreams are made of.
There are a few mistakes (lips out of sync with dialogue, characters speaking with other characters voices, slight continuity gaffs), but The New Scooby-Doo Movies always struck me as a show made on the quick anyway, and those kinds of errors certainly weren't limited to this episode. As for the final reveal... I'll leave you to find out for yourself! Thoroughly enjoyable. 8/10.
Josie, etc, bring their original voice cast, and they (and of course the Scooby regulars) nail it. Credit to the writers and artists/animators; keeping twelve (including the animals) featured characters fully involved, and onscreen together was no easy task - but they did it fantastically. Velma talking to Melody, Josie talking to Daphne, Fred working with Valerie, this is the stuff fanboy/girl dreams are made of.
There are a few mistakes (lips out of sync with dialogue, characters speaking with other characters voices, slight continuity gaffs), but The New Scooby-Doo Movies always struck me as a show made on the quick anyway, and those kinds of errors certainly weren't limited to this episode. As for the final reveal... I'll leave you to find out for yourself! Thoroughly enjoyable. 8/10.
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- Feb 2, 2022
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