About this season
Aside from doubling the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies differed from its predecessor in the addition of a rotating special guest star slot; each episode featured real-life celebrities or well known fictional characters joining the Mystery, Inc. gang in solving the mystery of the week. Some episodes, in particular the episodes guest-starring the characters from The Addams Family, Batman, and Jeannie, deviated from the established Scooby-Doo format of presenting criminals masquerading as supernatural beings by introducing real ghosts, witches, monsters, and other such characters into the plots.
Episodes (8)
1. The Mystery of Haunted Island
7.0Aired 8 September 1973 • 40 min
The Harlem Globetrotters and Scooby and his friends are hijacked to a haunted island for an experience they will never forget.
2. The Haunted Showboat
9.0Aired 15 September 1973 • 40 min
Scooby-Doo and the gang, along with the rock group Josie and the Pussycats, battle ghosts haunting the Dixie Queen Showboat on the Missouri River—or is it the "eerie" canal?
3. Mystery in Persia
8.5Aired 22 September 1973 • 40 min
When the gang runs into Jeannie and Babu, they end up making a detour to Persia to stop an evil djinn.
4. The Spirited Spooked Sport Show
9.0Aired 29 September 1973 • 40 min
While visiting Velma's former school, the gang runs into Tim Conway, who's coaching there. Now it's up to them to unmask the ghost of a former athlete who's running amok...
5. The Exterminator
8.5Aired 6 October 1973 • 40 min
Showbiz must be treating former Get Smart agent Don Adams badly — he's been reduced to running the Adams Extermination Company. When he's sent to Horror Hill to eliminate the vermin from horror actor Lorne Chumley's mansion, the gang helps out, unaware of the dangers that lie within.
6. The Weird Winds of Winona
8.5Aired 13 October 1973 • 40 min
The Mystery Machine breaks down and the gang find themselves running into Speed Buggy and his friends. It's up to the two gangs to discovery the mystery of the winds that blow through the town that they've been stranded in.
7. The Haunted Candy Factory
8.5Aired 20 October 1973 • 40 min
Answering the cries of The Mamas and the Papas singer Cass Elliot, the gang find themselves trying to unmask the green globs who are running amok in her candy factory.
8. The Haunted Carnival
8.5Aired 27 October 1973 • 40 min
The gang takes a trip to the carnival to escape their ghost-chasing troubles, only to find Dick Van Dyke owns and operates the park.. .which is haunted.