One of the best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies. Almost everything Gomez or Morticia said made me chuckle. I smiled my way through this whole episode. I may have to add the '73 Addams Family series to my Scoob-a-thon.
Monster of the episode - the Vulture
Mystery Motivation -
Initial Location - lost in the fog
Scary Location - Addams mansion
Side Locations - stuck in swamp
Clues found - Wednesday’s voodoo doll
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1 (eaten by moose head)
Shag and Scoob disguises -
Weird Food - scooby drinks Iguana bath water thinking it’s soup
Number of chase scenes - 2
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * , Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * , Scooby-Doo * 1
Shtick performed -
Notable characters - housekeepers, Addams Family, Mr. Bentley
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - VSS search upstairs, FD search downstairs, FDV search basement
Traps set -
Notable occurrences -
Wow, everyone talking about the surprise reveal at the end of this episode, but hardly anything about including a character from one of the best, short-lived series of the eighties, Dakota North.
Another one that I have strong memories of, which makes sense. This aired when I was over five, so right in prime Saturday morning cartoon viewing. I think the idea of the headless horseman looking for a head was one the creepiest things I saw in a cartoon at that age.
Not quite as good as the Addams Family, but pretty close. I should find some Jonathan Winters albums to listen to. He does a whole bit in this episode! I feel like they should've made Mrs. Frickert look more like Winters. Velma finally says Jinkies, and we have a record for Zoinks!
Monster of the episode - scarecrow
Mystery Motivation - searching for chicken feed formula
Initial Location - gas station on a country road
Scary Location - Wheat field
Side Locations - Frickert Farm
Clues found -
Scooby Snacks consumed -
Shag and Scoob disguises -
Weird Food -
Number of chase scenes - 5
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 12, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * 1, Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * 1 , Scooby-Doo * , Jinkies * 2
Shtick performed -
Notable characters - Jonathan winters, Vernon Crow, Mrs Frickert, motorcycle riders, Simon Shakey, Sheriff
Red Herrings - bearded guys are music producers
Gang splits up - SS go with JW, rest go with GF, F goes with GF, DV go together
Traps set -
Notable occurrences - Velma says ciao, Shaggy does a Nixon impression
Another episode where we don't see the culprit until the unmasking, where he does a variation on "meddling kids," but still no use of the word meddling. Most zoinks used so far.
This really would've been a place for the meddling kids line, but not even a blasted kids here. One wonders if the villain got a bit consumed by the role, what with making Shag and Scoob cook for him.
Monster of the episode - Space Kook
Mystery Motivation - scare neighbors away to buy land cheap to sell to Air Force
Initial Location - deserted road near farm house
Scary Location - abandoned airfield
Side Locations - farmhouse
Clues found - glowing footprints, warm generator, fresh grease, glowing fingerprints on yesterday’s newspaper, fresh food, gas fumes in exhaust pipe
Scooby Snacks consumed -
Shag and Scoob disguises - wearing pilot caps
Weird Food - bologna, meatloaf, double-Dutch chocolate sauce sandwich
Number of chase scenes - 5
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 6, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * , Scooby-Doo * 1
Shtick performed - scooby steals shaggy’s food twice, space kook steals food from Scoob, Scooby finds food and eats it before Shaggy sees him
Notable characters - farmer, sheriff, Henry Bascomb
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - fdv split up with ss to search airfield, also split up when running from Space Kook
Traps set -
Notable occurrences - shag and scoob BASE jump from tower
This one sticks strongly in my memory, mostly the design of the zombie. It's one of the images that instantly pops into my head when I think of Scooby-Doo. A bit of a change with us seeing the discovery of the "treasure" before the defeat of the "monsters".
Monster of the episode - Witch, zombie
Mystery Motivation - scare people away to look for sunken armored car
Initial Location - lost on road through swamp
Scary Location - Zeb's cabin, swamp, witch's cabin, derelict riverboat
Side Locations - Swamp's End
Clues found - voodoo dolls of Zeb, gang, boat pole with metal tip, power tools, winch, cutting torch, airboat
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1
Shag and Scoob disguises - riverboat gamblers, witch
Weird Food -
Number of chase scenes - 3
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 2, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * , Scooby-Doo * 3
Shtick performed -
Notable characters - Zeke, Zeb Perkins, Sheriff
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - F&D&V stay at General Store to clean up Scooby's mess, S&Sc go to Zeb's cabin, D falls through trap door and disappears, F&V split up from S*Sc to search riverboart
Traps set - tree branch knocks bad guys into cart which rolls into armored car
Notable occurrences - Scooby eats jumping beans
Now this one got a lot of replay when I was a kid, and the hypnosis subplot was fascinating to me.
Some truly fascinating history around the voices for the Scooby Gang, plus Dynomutt and Blue Falcon. Now I think Welker was using a bit of Red Skelton for Dog Wonder, and him doing some of the sound effects make it even more impressive.
It's really great they got Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, and Iwao Takamoto for this. I should see if there's a bio about Ruby-Spears. Forget about Bluth leaving DIsney, what caused the creators of Scooby-Doo to leave H-B and start their own studio?
One of the strongest memories, with the underground city and the demons coming out of the ground. I like how they reused the character designs for the museum statues from years before.
The Jeannie cartoon may have been short-lived, but it was one of my favourites as a kid. I only just learned that it was Joe Besser doing the voice of Babu, and it just makes me love the character even more. I recognized Bob Hastings as Henry, especially since having recently binged Batman The Animated Series, but didn't recognize Mark Hamill as Corey. Of course, at least here, Corey was almost a non-entity. Someday I hope to see someone cosplay as Velma and do her run.
That's a switch! Freddy puts going to the school barn dance ahead of solving a mystery! This has one of the most iconic Scooby-Doo monsters with the Creeper. We also have the bank president saying "Blasted, meddling kids!" We're also seeing a proto-Scrappy-Doo in the form of the baby chick that adopts Scooby as its mother.
Monster of the episode - Creeper
Mystery Motivation - bank robbery
Initial Location - road to old farm
Scary Location - gorge and cave
Side Locations - barn dance
Clues found - blank paper, paper with bank president’s address, hidden car, torn up negatives
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1 (eaten by chick)
Shag and Scoob disguises - scoob disguised as chicken
Weird Food - chocolate-covered corn-on-the-cob, corn-on-the-cob à la chocolate syrup, squirrel stew with pickled bat wings and crabgrass roots
Number of chase scenes - 3 (one musical)
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 6, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * , Scooby-Doo *
Shtick performed - Velma loses her glasses
Notable characters - bank guard, Mr. Carswell, other students, hermit of the hills, sheriff
Red Herrings - footprints leading to gorge
Gang splits up - wagon separates SS from FDV
Traps set -
Notable occurrences - Fred dismisses mystery to go to barn dance
Finally! In Episode 20, we finally get the unmasked villain using the phrase "I would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids." Well, close to that anyway. Meddling was definitely said. No mention of Scooby, though.
Monster of the episode - caveman
Mystery Motivation - steal Ingstrom’s invention
Initial Location - ship at sea, beach
Scary Location - Oceanland at night, spooky fishing boat
Side Locations - Oceanland, malt shop, pier
Clues found - ocean chart, ice machine
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1
Shag and Scoob disguises - pretending to be seals, swordfish, shark
Weird Food - ice cube sandwich
Number of chase scenes - 2 (one musical)
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 5, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * , Scooby-Doo * 3
Shtick performed - shaggy steals hot dog from Scooby, danger prone daphne screws up trap
Notable characters - Profs. Wayne and Ingstrom, Sheriff
Red Herrings - Prof Ingstrom’s research
Gang splits up - FDV, SS get split up during chase, VSS row to x, FD stay in Oceanland
Traps set - get caveman to chase SS under net
Notable occurrences -
Very much inspired by the "And Then There Were None" type stories, especially set in a haunted house with secret passages. I wonder if the design of the Phantom Shadows inspired the design of Ghostface in Scream.
Monster of the episode - Phantom Shadow
Mystery Motivation - scare away all beneficiaries in order to steal inheritance
Initial Location - on boat on way to will reading
Scary Location - Sanders mansion
Side Locations - hidden cave under mansion
Clues found - footprints in secret passage, green stuff on fingers
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1
Shag and Scoob disguises - scooby in tuxedo with candelabra, confederate soldier for shaggy, dress and bonnet for scooby
Weird Food - shaggy super-sandwich with salt, pepper, and fish food
Number of chase scenes - 3
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 4, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * , Scooby-Doo * 3
Shtick performed -
Notable characters - Cosgrove Creeps, voice of Col. Beauregard Sanders, Cousin Simple, Nephew Norvell, sweet Cousin Maldehyde, Cousin Slicker, Mr. Crawls, police officer
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - VSS get tossed into cave under mansion
Traps set - fan, soap suds, spring loaded ironing board, washing machine (completely backfires, but they catch them anyway)
Notable occurrences -
I think this is one of episodes that people really think of when they think classic Scooby-Doo. Monsters, fortune tellers, scary castles, and the villain spouting the "would've gotten away with it" line after being unmasked.
Monster of the episode - Werewolf, vampire, Frankenstein's monster,
Mystery Motivation - scare people away from castle to hunt for jewels
Initial Location - en route to Franken Castle
Scary Location - Franken Castle
Side Locations - Fortune Teller wagon
Clues found - note from 1668, jewelry, tapestry fragment
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1
Shag and Scoob disguises -
Weird Food - Pickled Vampire Wings, Werewolf Snacks, Fried Moonbeams
Number of chase scenes - 4
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 1, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * 1, Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * 1, Scooby-Doo * 2
Shtick performed - Danger-prone Daphne gets stuck on the castle side when the drawbridge goes up, Velma loses her glasses, Scooby plays sick, Sc steals S's food
Notable characters - Big Bob Oakley, aka The Actor (fortune teller)
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - Daphne gets stuck in castle, S&Sc get chased into the castle by werewolf, V gets separated from F when she loses her glasses, D&V get separated from S&Sc in the dark
Traps set - Shaggy catches werewolf in chandelier, S&Sc catch vampire in tapestry
Notable occurrences - Shaggy uses ventriloquism, villain says "would've gotten away with it" line, but uses blasted instead of meddling
Second episode, character traits are solidifying, first appearance of Malt Shop.
Monster of the episode - Ghost of Captain Cutler
Mystery Motivation - Hijack yachts
Initial Location - Rocky Point Beach
Scary Location - Old Lighthouse, Graveyard of Ships (above and below the surface)
Side Locations - Malt Shop
Number of clues - 2 (glowing seaweed, scuba tanks)
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1
Shag and Scoob disguises -
Weird Food - Chocolate-covered hotdogs
Number of chase scenes - 2
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 3, Scooby-Doo! * 1, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * 1, Scooby-Doo, Where are you! * 1
Shtick performed -
Notable characters - Beach Hermit Ebenezer Shark, Widow Cutler
Red Herrings - gang thinks it's Shark in the diving suit
Gang splits up - Fred & Daphne stay at marina, Velma, Shaggy, & Scoob go to old lighthouse. In the graveyard of ships, F, D, & V go one way, S & SD go another
Traps set - Fire hose with soap dispenser, plus net backfires, but Scoob gets the ghost anyway.
Notable occurances - gang has a beach party, they find a book on witchcraft and Velma does an Arte Johnson impression (Very interesting), gang goes scuba-diving
I remember the Pterodactyl Ghost, but not anything else from the episode, not the bootlegging/piracy plot, or the character sounding like Sydney Greenstreet, or the hangliding.
Blue Falcon's Catwoman? Love that she's so old school supervillainous, with a Mae West impression, to boot. And I'd love to go to a supper club where the singer was covering the Jabberjaw theme song.
It's fun to see extended family members, especially relations of Shaggy, who all look like him, of course. If they have rich relatives like this, it does make sense that we hardly ever see the gang with jobs. I wonder if they're collecting a lot of reward money.
After cutting the werewolf's hair while in disguise, all further appearances of the werewolf show him with his hair cut off, in a unique bit of continuity for a cartoon. I assume that Freddy is actually going to share the large tent with Shaggy, and Scooby is in the pup tent by himself.
Monster of the episode - werewolf ghost
Mystery Motivation - scare intruders so they could rustle sheep
Initial Location - camping
Scary Location - old graveyard, old mill
Side Locations -
Clues found - open grave, map, wool, barrels with rubber tubing
Scooby Snacks consumed -
Shag and Scoob disguises - barber and manicurist
Weird Food -
Number of chase scenes - 2 (one musical)
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * , Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * , Scooby-Doo * 2
Shtick performed - scooby eats most of Shaggy’s hot dogs, daphne gets caught on hook
Notable characters - sheep rustler, sheriff
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - FDV go one way, SS other in old mill, same separation during chase scene, same separation at narrow gauge railway
Traps set - hide in barrel to distract werewolf, catch him with crane and hook
Notable occurrences - Velma is able to tell the tracks are from a two-legged creature instead of four-legged
What a strange episode! They took the Mystery Machine to Hawaii! And since the trip was thanks to the reporter, does that mean the newspaper paid for shipping a van across the Pacific Ocean? How did they get there? I'm all for letting the logical leaps go, but this is a big one. The villain "clams up".
Monster of the episode - Mano Tiki Tia and witch doctor
Mystery Motivation - scare villagers to poach pearls
Initial Location - Hawaiian beach
Scary Location - Haunted Village
Side Locations - Pineapple Parlor
Clues found - oyster shells and pearls, plastic vines covering plane
Scooby Snacks consumed - 1 eaten by Shaggy
Shag and Scoob disguises - Tarzan, Jane, Cheetah, scooby in bath, shaggy doing soft shoe, scooby in hula skirt, shaggy in party hat juggling plates.
Weird Food -
Number of chase scenes - 4
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 3 (said by FDV) 5 (said by Shaggy), Scooby-Dooby-Doo * , Scooby-Doo Where Are You? * 1, Scooby-Doo * 1
Shtick performed - scooby steals shaggy’s poi
Notable characters - Mr. Simms, people at luau, Lt. Tomoro, henchman
Red Herrings - old man
Gang splits up - Scooby goes missing during luau, FDV get split from SS by revolving wall, V falls through trap door, SS get separated during chase
Traps set - scare witch doctor with funhouse mirror, runs into palm-frond covered pit
Notable occurrences - mystery machine in Hawaii
They go against formula here by not really having a supernatural element. Even once we meet the "monster", we know it's the dognapper in a disguise. We do have a "ghost", but with the dognapping plot, it makes it hard to believe it's not some sort of trick to scare people away. First time the criminal makes a comment about the kids minding their own business, but "meddling kids" isn't used. He says, "Blasted kids!" instead.
Monster of the episode - Geronimo's ghost, dognapper in medicine man mask
Mystery Motivation - kidnap dogs to get Big Red to win dog show
Initial Location - residential avenue
Scary Location - Indigenous village in cliff side
Side Locations - beach, Buck Master's office, city streets, countryside, train tracks, Indian Gap, police station
Number of clues - 2 (ancient tomahawk, modern arrow)
Scooby Snacks consumed - 2 (1 S, 1 Sc)
Shag and Scoob disguises - Shaggy wears overcoat and bowler hat
Weird Food - Dagwood sandwich
Number of chase scenes - 2
Catchphrases used - Scooby-Doo! * 1
Shtick performed - Shaggy steals Scooby Snack, Velma loses her glasses, Fred builds a contraption to get up to the village, Daphne sits on a bench that is a trapdoor
Notable characters - Buck Masters, snobby poodle owner, Charlie (service station attendant), Mike (dognapper's henchman), sheriff
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - They all get separated in village
Traps set -
Notable occurrences - Shaggy jumps from Mystery Machine to handcar
Nice western setting. I wonder how many miles there are on the Mystery Machine.
Monster of the episode - Miner Forty-Niner
Mystery Motivation - scare people away to buy the town cheap for the mineral rights
Initial Location - lost on the road
Scary Location - Gold City (ghost town), old mine
Side Locations -
Number of clues - 2 (Modern map of Gold City, wire connected to speaker)
Scooby Snacks consumed - 2
Shag and Scoob disguises -
Weird Food - Chocolate Cheeseburgers
Number of chase scenes - 2
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 3, Scooby-Doo! * 1
Shtick performed - Danger-prone Daphne falls down a mine shaft
Notable characters - Big Ben, Hank the caretaker
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - F,D,V go one way in mine, S,Sc go the other way
Traps set - Chase Miner into shed with Scooby pretending to be a train car
Notable occurances - Shaggy can crack safes!
They're really building out the formula, but it still feels fresh. First time we see the concept of scaring away people to hunt for treasure.
Monster of the episode - Phantom
Mystery Motivation - scare away people to hunt for Vazquez's treasure
Initial Location - foggy bay
Scary Location - Haunted Isle, Vasquez Castle
Side Locations -
Number of clues - 2 (pirate map, giant key)
Scooby Snacks consumed - 3
Shag and Scoob disguises - Scooby has a trenchcoat, fake moustache, and bowler hat
Weird Food - A double triple-decker sardine and marshmallow fudge sandwich, phantom ham sandwich with mustard
Number of chase scenes - 2
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 1, Scooby-Doo! * 2, Scooby-De-Doo * 1
Shtick performed - Scooby steals Shaggy's food, Danger-prone Daphne falls through a trap door, Scoob fakes illness twice
Notable characters - Bluestone the Great, police officer
Red Herrings -
Gang splits up - Daphne is separated when she falls through a trapdoor, Shag and Scoob get separated and find Daphne
Traps set - Phantom trap, Rube Goldberg-style, accidentally triggered by Scooby, but then Scooby falls on top of the phantom.
Notable occurances - many scenes from this episode are used in opening credit sequence
First episode of the first series. A lot of reoccurring things start here, but not everything. I didn't really notice before that the score plays almost the entire time.
Monster of the episode - Black Knight
Mystery Motivation - art forgery
Initial Location - Deserted Highway
Scary Location - County Museum
Number of clues - 2 (lunettes, wet paint)
Scooby Snacks consumed - 2
Shag and Scoob disguises - 1 Scooby in artist smock and beret
Weird Food
Number of chase scenes - 1
Catchphrases used - Zoinks * 3, Scooby-Doo! * 3, Scooby-Dooby-Doo * 1
Shtick performed - Velma loses her glasses
Notable characters - Mr. Winkles the curator, Prof Hyde-White
Red Herrings - eyes moving in the aztec figure
Gang splits up - Fred & Daphne, Velma & Shaggy, Scoob stands guard for two scooby snacks, but joins V&S. Shaggy gets separated.
Notable occurrences - Shaggy is the swingingest gymnast in school, Shaggy is ventriloquist, The gang finds it odd that the museum is locked up at night, so they have to break into it and destroy a lot of artifacts to solve mystery.
Scarcely any cheating from the rottens this time around but they still came in last place. Guest appearance by Fred and Barney is a treat.
The surfing competition was the highlight, although seeing the whole teams working together was a lot of fun as well.
Rather intricate plotting by the rottens in Ireland, and a great counteraction by the Blue and the Purple.
Love it when they put in Pixie and Dixie, or Yakky Doodle, and the little ones end up winning. And more Jabberjaw!
Sometimes it's the guest stars that really make the show, like Jabberjaw and Fred and Barney showing up here.
