Escape From The Kirin

Escape From The Kirin (Japanese: キリンからの脱出 Kirin kara no dasshutsu) is the first episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo: The Next Mystery.

Summary
The gang is embarrassed when Mishi's uncle takes them on an expedition to find the Kirin, a beastly monster that is only found in Mount Inamura. They soon find out, however, that this creature is more than real, and is angrier then ever.

Synopsis
The episode starts off with

A brutal battle erupts between the fake Kirin and the real Kirin. The Kirin demonstrates his strength and power by repeatetly stomping her hooves and thrusting her horn up into the air. But the fake Kirin calls her bluff and charges anyway. Too bad for her, as the Kirin dodges her horn. The fake Kirin then tries to impale the Kirin in the throat, but the Kirin rises up on his hind legs, preventing her from reaching it. Then it comes to time for the Kirin to defeat the imposter. He repeatedly rams and stabs the fake Kirin with it's horn, shutting down it's Power source.

Paul then unmasks the Kirin, revealing it to be Debbie. She confesses that she thought that the idea of hunting a never before discovered species was too good of an idea to pass off. The Kirin then kicks her in the face, the bites her for good messure.

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

English Cast

 * Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Uncle Paul
 * 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
 * Grey DeLisle as Debbie

Villains

 * Kirin (redeemed)
 * Fake Kirin/Debbie

Locations

 * Mount Inamura

Notes/Trivia

 * The fight between the fake Kirin (Debbie) and the real Kirin is very similar to the battle between the Elephant and Rhino in Animal Planet's mini-series Animal Face Off.
 * If one looks closely at the fridge in Paul's camper, you can see some Bottles of Kirin Lager in there.

Quotes

 * Paul: In a few weeks, my name will be featured on the Cover of Nat Geo Wild Magazine! Soon, the world will know of Taurotragus borealikirinis ozui!