History WesternAnimation / The13GhostsOfScoobyDoo

* UngratefulBastard: Weerd and Bogel set the events of the series in motion by tricking Shaggy and Scooby into opening the Chest, hoping that the thirteen demons within would be thankful for granting their freedom. Unfortunately, the duo don't respect the gratitude they were hoping for; in the pilot, the ghosts leave them SquashedFlat as they were escaping, and in every other episode they appear in, they're relegated to BumblingHenchmenDuo of the episode's ghost.

Despite the show's title and premise, only 13 episodes were produced, and since the premiere established the plot, the gang only captured 12 of the ghosts before the show ended. The 2019 direct-to-video movie ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCurseOfThe13thGhost'' serves as a conclusion to the show, with the whole gang (with the exception of [[TheScrappy Scrappy]]) helping Van Ghoul take on the last of the ghosts.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There is debate on the name of the 12th ghost from "Horror-scope Scoob". The DVD of the series named him Simbooloo. (We know the dvd was accurate on Reflector Specter's name as it was no where in the actual episode). The followup movie and the recent Scooby Doo encyclopedia have gone with Zimbulu.

* CatchPhrase: The Brewski Sisters have a couple -- blonde Hilda is always saying "Nyuk-Nyuk", Ernestine (tall, red-haired) says "Icky-poo" whenever things like Paris sewer water are brought up, and all three of them have a repeated motto -- "We are witches of the night! We're so hot we're outta sight. Ssss... Cooking! Nyah-nyah nyah nyah nyah, Nyah-nyah nyah-nyah nyah-nyah nyah."

** Vincent Van Ghoul's costume looks reminiscent of ComicBook/DoctorStrange, and in the second episode, he exclaims "By the vapors of Vahishnu!" a take-off on one of Strange's [[{{Catchphrase}} catchphrases]].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** Ghoulio, who sings "To All the Ghouls I've Loved Before" in the premiere episode of the same name, is based on singer Julio Iglesias.
** "Horror-Scope Scooby" features a television host named Boris Kreepoff, who resembles and sounds like horror icon Boris Karloff.

This show uses the globetrotting Scooby-Shaggy-Daphne-Scrappy format of the late 1970s/early 1980s shows, though it is the last show to do so, also adding a new member of the gang in the form of Flim-Flam, a child con artist who runs into the gang and joins up with them. It was also one of the first shows to substantially feature ''real'' ghosts and supernatural creatures as opposed to people in masks, and the self-referential parody, pop-culture references and fourth wall breaking that would go on to characterize ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' (this is the result of Tom Ruegger, who produced the latter, being associate producer on this one).

Despite the show's title and premise, only 13 episodes were produced, and since the premiere established the plot, the gang only captured 12 of the ghosts before the show ended. The 2019 direct-to-video movie ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCurseOfThe13thGhost'' serves as a conclusion to the show, with the whole gang helping Van Ghoul take on the last of the ghosts.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Zomba from "That's Monstertainment" suffers comedic injuries during her initial attempts to get the Chest of Demons.

** The unlucky part is we never got to see them finish the job, as the show coincidentally lasted for thirteen episodes.

** The show's premise involves Scooby and Scrappy Doo, Shaggy, Daphne and their newest member of the Mystery Inc. gang, Flim Flam, releasing thirteen of the most terrifying ghosts on the face of the Earth, and it's their job to find them all.

[[caption-width-right:320:Only you can return the demons to the Chest... '''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero because you let them out!]]''']]

* AbsenteeActor: Bogel and Weerd, despite being regulars this season and eager to aid the thirteen ghosts, are absent from four episodes -- 2 ("Scoobra Kadoobra"), 3 ("Me and My Shadow Demon"), 5 ("That's Monstertainment") and 8 ("When You Witch Upon a Star") -- with no explanation.

* DenserAndWackier: The creators balanced out the [[DarkerAndEdgier real and genuinely menacing demons]] by making this the silliest ''Scooby-Doo'' series up to that point. So the second episode features a [[KnightOfCerebus completely serious and frightening]] EvilSorcerer who [[TheLostWoods turns an entire forest against the gang]] and puts Daphne into a coma... but it also features a FollowTheBouncingBall singalong, lots of goofy disguises and BavarianFireDrill routines, and a sudden CutawayGag to Scrappy interviewing a MoralGuardian who [[LampshadeHanging disapproves of the episode's scary content]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The Scooby gang only battles genuine supernatural creatures rather than people in costumes this time around.

* BadFuture: The episode "[[Main/ItsAWonderfulPlot It's a Wonderful Scoob]]". Without Scooby around, the world falls to the ghosts, Daphne is a broken slave to the Time Slime ghost, Scrappy and Flim-Flam have become his loyal servants, and Shaggy is a lone rebel that has gone crazy, adamantly believing that Scooby will return and save them (and not believing that he's standing right in front of him).