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 creature, shows up and causes trouble by turning people insane and making them do his wicked deeds. Meanwhile, Scooby becomes a superhero called "Thunder 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
 * Scott Innes as Scrappy-Doo
 * Kari Wahlgren as Nigamora
 * Kyle Hebert as Toshi
 * Mark Hamill as Hubert
 * Jeff Bennett as Amanojaku, Bicycle Patroller
 * Ariel Winter as Little Girl
 * Robert Costanzo as Sergeant Otonato
 * Tara Strong as Teen Girl #1
 * Kath Soucie as Teen Girl #2

Villains

 * Amanojaku/Hubert

Locations

 * Ueno Park

Notes/Trivia

 * This episode marks the first appearance of Scooby-Doo's alter-ego Thunder Dog.
 * There are many references to Tim Burton's Batman and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight in this episode.
 * The Amanojaku is a homage to Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
 * The gothic score of this episode parodies Danny Elfman's score from Batman.
 * When Hubert was trying to escape, Scooby uses a boomerang attached to a rope to ensnare Hubert's legs and manually drag him back. This is a reference to the batarangs from Batman.
 * 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.
 * Hubert sounds like Babyface Boretti from Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare.
 * Listen to the two teen girls; one of them sounds like Star of Danny Phantom and the other one sounds like Heather Adams of Denver the Last Dinosaur.

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

Toshi: I think Thunder Dog should burn in Jigoku.

Scrappy: Why you think everything has to burn in "Jigoku", I'll never know.

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