Little Demon

Little Demon (Japanese: リトル悪魔 Ritoru akuma) is the twenty-ninth episode of the first season of Scooby-Doo: The Next Mystery.

Summary
Amanojaku, a small demon-like creature, shows up and plans to destroy Mystery, Inc. and gain control of Tokyo. Meanwhile, Scooby becomes a superhero called "Lightning Dog".

Japanese Cast

 * Naomi Kusumi as Scooby-Doo
 * Toshiharu Sakurai as Shaggy Rogers
 * TBA as Moshu
 * TBA as Shimagura
 * TBA as Mishi
 * Naoki Tatsuta as Scrappy-Doo
 * TBA as Nigamora
 * TBA as Toshi
 * TBA as Sergeant Otonato

English Cast

 * Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo
 * Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
 * Benjamin Diskin as Moshu
 * Gwendoline Yeo as Shimagura
 * Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Mishi, Siba
 * Scott Innes as Scrappy-Doo
 * Kari Wahlgren as Nigamora, Koma
 * Kyle Hebert as Toshi
 * Mark Hamill as Hubert, Amanojaku
 * Ariel Winter as Little Girl
 * Janice Kawaye as Ashiyama
 * Robert Costanzo as Sergeant Otonato
 * Jeff Bennett as Bicycle Patroller

Villains

 * Amanojaku/Hubert

Locations

 * Ueno Park

Notes/Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearance of Scooby-Doo's alter-ego Lightning Dog.
 * There are many references to Tim Burton's Batman and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight in this episode.
 * The Amanojaku's appearance is patterned after Jack Nicholson's portrayal of the character in Batman.
 * The dark and somewhat gothic soundtrack of this episode mirrored Danny Elfman's soundtrack from Batman.
 * One of the Amanojaku's goons' threat (Let's put some smiles on their faces) is a reference to one of Joker's lines in The Dark Knight.
 * The Amanojaku's costume resembles the one Heath Ledger's portrayal wears in The Dark Knight.
 * The Amanojaku uses switchblades as weapons, similar to the ones of Heath Ledger's portrayal in The Dark Knight.
 * The way the Amanojaku's victims acted when they were infected by his toxin is similar to how Maka acted when she was overtaken by madness in Soul Eater.

Quotes
Scooby: Ro what do you think of Lightning Dog?

Toshi: I think you look like an idiot.

Scrappy: I think it's cool.

Amanojaku: What are you?

Scooby: I'm Lightning Dog

[Scooby punches the Amanojaku out cold]

Scooby: Ya maybe you guys are right, maybe I should lay off the hero thing for a while. But then again [puts his Lightning Dog costume back on] you never know when there'll be a call for, Lightning Dog!!!