The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo

In the initial episode, the gang are thrown off course on a trip to Honolulu in Daphne's plane but accidentally landing instead in the Himalayas. While inside a temple, Scooby and Shaggy are tricked by two bumbling ghosts named Weerd and Bogel into opening the Chest of Demons, a magical artifact that houses the 13 most terrifying and powerful ghosts and demons ever to walk the face of the Earth. As the ghosts can only be returned to the chest by those who originally set them free, Scooby and Shaggy, accompanied by Daphne, Scrappy-Doo, and a young boy named Flim Flam, embark on a worldwide quest to recapture them before they wreak irreversible havoc upon the world. Assisting them is Flim Flam's friend, a warlock named Vincent Van Ghoul (based upon and voiced by Vincent Price), who contacts the gang using his crystal ball and often employs magic and witchcraft to assist them. The 13 escaped ghosts, meanwhile, each attempt to do away with the gang lest they are returned to the chest, often employing Weerd and Bogel as lackeys. Fred Jones and Velma Dinkley were both absent in this incarnation. In Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost, it is revealed that they were away at summer camp, although in Scooby Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Fred may have gone to a camp that specialized in traps as he referred to it as "Trapping Camp". ==Voice cast==

• Don Messick – Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo • Casey Kasem – Shaggy • Heather North – Daphne Blake • Susan Blu – Flim-Flam • Arte Johnson – Weerd • Howard Morris – Bogel • Vincent Price – Vincent Van Ghoul ==Episodes==

The series was created and produced by Mitch Schauer. Tom Ruegger was associate producer and story editor, and the irreverent, fourth wall-breaking humor found in each episode resurfaced in his later works, among them A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Tiny Toon Adventures, and Animaniacs. Of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Ruegger recalls not being fond of the Flim-Flam character or the other added characters in the cast, whom he felt had been added to appease focus groups. Shaggy and Daphne were both present and were both given new uniforms, Daphne's being more of an '80s style that was fairly similar to that of ''Charlie's Angels'', the headband was removed and she was given bangs. Shaggy had the same clothes, except his color scheme changed to a red T-shirt, baggy blue jeans and brown shoes. A reason for this color change has, to this day, not been specified. He would only wear this outfit four more times in the more than three decades since it was introduced, the last appearance being in 2001's Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase as part of the gang's digital counterparts. Hints that this style may be coming back were implied in 2019's Scooby-Doo Return to Zombie Island, where Shaggy is seen wearing a red floral shirt while laying out on a boat. ==Home media==

On June 29, 2010, Warner Home Video (via Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment) released The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1, which included "Don't Feed the Animals", an episode of Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, as a bonus feature. Exactly the same DVD in Region 2 was Released on 17 October 2016, with the Bonus episode also included. ==Reception==

The series was heavily profiled in the Christian fundamentalist documentary Deception of a Generation as an example of alleged occult influences on children's entertainment. ==Follow-up film==

34 years after the series ended, a movie was created based on the series called Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost to give it a symbolic end. ==See also==