01x04 - The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book

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♪ Join Shaggy and the crew ♪

♪ Daphne Freddie Velma too ♪

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♪ So come on it's mystery time ♪

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[Shaggy] Like, it was the biggest event of the year!

The first annual Coolsville Comic Book Convention.

Like, I'd waited forever for this.

[panting]

- You got that, Scoob? - Okay.

Selma, Selma, do you still have it?

Of course, I've been saving it just for you.

Land sakes, Shaggy Rogers.

Are you sure you wanna spend all that money on one comic book?

Are you kidding? Like, I'd pay twice as much if I had it.

- Twenty-five dollars, right? - That's right.

It's all yours.

Wow. Like, the very first issue of "Commander Cool" comics.

And there are only three left in the whole world.

[laughs] Come on, Scoob, let's go show the others!

Okay.

"Commander Cool & Mellow Mutt Versus Dr. Croaker."

Wow, Mellow Mutt!

We just bought the best comic in the world

and we still have a whole weekend of nothing but comics

and super Scooby sandwiches.

Super Scooby sandwiches?

You know, Scoob, life doesn't get any better than this.

[sighs] Yeah.

And best of all, for two days, no spooky mysteries.

- Yeah. - No ghosts.

- Yeah. - And no monsters.

[whimpering]

Like, what's the problem, Scoob?

[gibberish]

Me hate Commander Cool!

Me eat his comics!

[gibberish]

Oh, that's what you mean.

[screams] It's Dr. Croaker! Like, run for your lives!

[gibberish]

[instrumental music]

Wow, did you know Elvis' ghost

landed in this man's backyard in a UFO?

And that Bigfoot secretly married the Loch Ness monster?

Oh, honestly, Freddie, how can you read that junk?

But it's all true, Daphne. Isn't it?

Oh, get real, this whole comic-book convention

is full of people who won't grow up.

And those costumes. The colors clash something awful.

Ooh! "Fashion Flashette?" Groovy!

And "Designer Dog?" Double groovy!

Say, isn't that Shaggy and Scooby?

Dr. Croaker is after us! The real Dr. Croaker.

He had this long, icky red tongue

and he tried to-to steal my "Commander Cool" comic book!

- Y-y-yeah. - Oh, Shaggy, I doubt it.

- Like, honest, it's true. - Yeah, honest.

[gibberish]

I suppose this is like the time

when Lettuce Man was in your closet?

Yeah, and when Spaghetti Face

was living in your locker at school?

Okay, like, maybe I get a little carried away sometimes

but this time it's different.

I swear on my first edition

of "Commander Cool"

that the real Dr. Croaker attacked us!

Yeah, me, too.

[growling]

Zoinks! It's the eyeball monster!

It is? Ah!

[laughs] What a bunch of super nothings.

- Like, it's Red Herring. - Yeah.

Oh, Red, haven't you got anything better to do

than scare people?

No, I'm gonna sneak up

on those little kids and make 'em cry.

[laughs]

[Red growling]

[kids laughing]

That's not very funny.

[Shaggy] Like, we stopped by Selma's booth

to see if she saw the monster.

Hi, Selma.

Okay, come on, kid. That'll be eight bucks.

- Eight bucks? - That's right.

Take it or leave it, kid.

Okay. Here's a ten.

Hey, where's my two-dollar change?

- That's a handling charge. - What handling?

I handled it to you, didn't I?

[laughs] Now, get out of here. Go on, scat!

Cashmore, you old cheapskate.

Ah, what do I care? I hate comics.

I'm just in this business for the money. Mwah!

[chuckles] Not like you, who sells a first edition

of "Commander Cool" to some punk for peanuts!

Peanuts? Where, where?

They weren't peanuts, they were pennies!

Shaggy's my best customer.

He's been buying comics from me ever since he was a little guy.

I remember the first day he came into my store.

Like, hi, Selma.

[chuckling]

[Selma] 'Besides, I have the biggest collection'

'of "Commander Cool" comics in town.'

And I've still got one first edition left for myself.

Which is more than you have, you mean, old man.

♪ Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah ♪♪

I don't have to stand here and take this.

[scoff] I'm gonna go count my money.

Ew, what a sourball.

Yeah, but, like, Scoob and I won't let him ruin our lunch.

- Yeah. - Let's see.

Those sandwiches are in here somewhere.

- Hello. - Hello.

Hello? Oh, no!

[growling]

He-e-elp!

[growling] Me hate Cool!

Me devour all his comics!

[laughing]

- No, like, stay away! - Ah, come on, Red.

Take off that fakey-looking disguise.

[growling]

Oh, well, I c-c-could be wrong.

No, stop!

Now, little one, time for your comic!

- Never! - Yeah, never.

[growling]

Oh, no.

[gulps]

[growling]

Jinkies!

Like, hide, Scoob.

[growling]

- Like, let's split, Scoob. - Yeah.

[growling]

Like, quick, Scoob, grab on to me.

Okay.

Like, hang on, Scoob.

[growling]

[gibberish]

Good thing I just happen to be wearing

my Commander Cool bouncy boots, eh, Scoob?

Phew. Yeah, good thing.

Once we lost that scary Dr. Croaker

Scoob and I headed over to see Wendell McWendell himself

to get his autograph.

He's the cartoonist who created

"Commander Cool" comics.

No one's ever gonna spot us in these getups, Scoob.

Yeah, no one.

Hi, Scooby. Hi, Shaggy.

Uh, like, you must be mistaking us

for somebody else, sweetheart.

Yeah. Somebody else, sweetheart.

Ew. Don't you two know that the Bogart look is out this season?

Like, I don't care, I just don't want

Dr. Croaker to steal my comic!

Why would Dr. Croaker want your comic?

It doesn't matter.

The Scooby-Doo Detective Agency

is on the job.

Like, go ahead, but Scoob and I

are gonna get my comic book autographed and split.

[Shaggy] 'There are only two first editions left'

'and I'm not gonna lose mine!'

[gasps] Hi, Mr. McWendell.

Will you autograph my comic?

Only if you give me the Commander Cool salute.

- Chill out! - Chill out!

[laughs] So you're the lad

who bought the "Commander Cool" first edition?

[beeping]

- Let's see it. - Okay.

- But keep an eye out, Scoob. - Okay.

[thuds]

Jinkies!

[growling]

Like, it's okay, Leo.

Commander Cool is, like, so strong and tough.

And handsome.

Like, how'd you ever dream him up, sir?

Well, actually, I based him on myself.

[all] Huh?

Now, you be careful

with this first edition.

Yours and mine are the only two left.

Oh, did you hear that? Only two of these left.

I'll pay a $1000 for it.

I'll pay 2000!

Oh, no, no, no. I wouldn't dream of selling it.

Oh. Heh-heh. Like, thanks a lot, Mr. McWendell.

Come on, Scoob. Let's go before Dr. Croaker grabs my comic.

But you can't go now. This mystery is just getting started.

[chuckles] I don't care.

Scoob and I are gonna make, like, spiders and bug out.

Yeah.

Ah, we can figure it out on our own, Freddie.

Don't worry. They'll be back.

- Huh? - They will?

screech

Like, thank goodness we're out of here.

[growling]

[growling]

Me want comic!

No, please! Don't eat my comic!

No, please..

Like, I'll give you anything.

[sobbing]

Yeah, anything.

[sobbing]

[laughing]

Oh, no! Like, that does it, Dr. Croaker.

- This time you've gone too far! - Huh?

There's only one way to deal with his kind.

- Right, Scoob? - R-right!

[growling]

- Ta-da! - Ta-da!

Commander Cool!

And Mellow Mutt!

- To the rescue! - To the rescue!

Like, this means w*r, buster.

Yeah, w*r, buster.

[growling]

[gulping]

[intense music]

[growling]

Like, you asked for it.

[laughing] Oh, stop it!

[laughing]

Oh, stop! I can't..

[laughing]

- Got it. - Okay, Scooby, good work!

[laughing]

[growling]

vroom

Hey, they are back!

You were right, Velma. Velma?

Hey, where are you guys going?

[growling]

[screaming]

Hey, wait a minute.

What's a chase without some chase music?

- Yeah. - Huh?

[instrumental music]

Yuck! Ptooey!

[growling]

♪ That thing Dr. Croaker Croaker ♪

♪ Who's that hopping down the street? ♪

♪ Doctor Croaker ♪ ♪ Doctor Croaker ♪

♪ Looking for someone to eat ♪

♪ Doctor Croaker ♪ ♪ Doctor Croaker ♪

♪ Who's that hiding around the bend? ♪

♪ Doctor Croaker ♪ ♪ Doctor Croaker ♪

♪ It's your fiendish froggy friend ♪

♪ Doctor Croaker ♪ ♪ Doctor Croaker ♪

♪ He's a monster wait and see ♪

♪ He's the toughest toad in history ♪

♪ Doctor Croaker ♪ ♪ Doctor Croaker ♪♪

I say, can't you do that outside?

We're trying to do a movie here.

Sorry.

[screaming]

[growling]

screech

[panting] Like, it looks like

we finally lost that creep.

[sniffing]

What is it, Scooby?

Hey!

[laughing]

[bawling]

Scoob and I decided to take charge of the case.

So we got all the suspects together in one place

and decided to grill 'em.

Okay, like, listen up and listen good.

Even if it takes all day, me, Commander Cool and him..

Mellow Mutt! Heh-heh.

...are gonna find out who the comic-book thief really is.

- So.. - Ah!

So you might as well come clean

'cause there's no escape. Comprendo?

[laughing]

[slurps]

Okay, sister, I've got just one question to ask you

and you better have the right answer.

Where did you get that great lollipop?

Alright, Red, where were you on the night of June 16th?

How many fingers am I holding up? How much do you weigh?

What's the capital of Nebraska?

What's all this got to do with anything?

I-I don't know. I-I'm just trying to get some answers here.

Okay, Shaggy, admit it. Did you steal the comic books?

Hey, like, I'm asking the questions here.

- Did you steal 'em? - I asked you first!

No, I asked you first!

- Did not! - Did, too!

- Did not! - 'Did, too!'

[Red] 'Did not!'

[Shaggy] 'Did, too!'

Ah-ha. Trying to sneak out, eh?

- Well, I-- - Never mind.

Where were you when the comic books were stolen?

Yeah, where?

I'm not answering any questions

from a nerdy kid and a pesky pup in super suits.

Okay, just a minute.

Well, where were you?

Oh, dry up, you little runt.

[laughs]

If you want to know what I think

it was Shaggy who stole the comics.

Mr. Loves-Every-Comic-On-Earth

is just pulling all this question jazz

to cover up for himself.

Yeah. How do we know you didn't do it, huh?

- Why, I-- - Oh, Freddie.

How could Shaggy steal the comics

when Dr. Croaker attacked him?

That's right. He can't be two people at once.

Oh, no? Well, maybe he has an evil twin brother.

- This, this is ridiculous! - What a waste of time!

Okay, well, you're all off the hook now

but, like, don't anybody leave town or anything, okay?

[indistinct whispering]

Let's see what Mr. Cashmore's up to.

Ah-ha. It was Velma. I knew it!

Oh, Freddie, she's just saying we should see

what Mr. Cashmore is up to. Come on.

[chuckles] This is great.

[chuckling]

I love that part. Ha-ha-ha..

Me, too. Heh-heh.

Hey! Nosy kids!

He's getting away!

This looks like a job for Commander Cool!

And Mellow Mutt!

Oops.

- That's more like it. - Yeah. Heh-heh.

vroom

[dramatic music]

Oh, no. Like, he's gonna split in his getaway car.

Quick, Mellow Mutt, into our Commander Cool rocket skates.

[both] Whoa-oa-oa!

What was that? Oh, well..

Whoa-oa-oa!

Jinkies! Look at all those comics.

[crashing]

[creaking]

[panting] Like, it's a good thing these ran out of gas.

[panting] Yeah.

- I'll give a thousand for it! - Two thousand!

- Twenty-five hundred. - Three thousand.

Three thousand.

Please! No, no, no.

I just couldn't sell it.

- Six thousand! - Seven thousand.

- Nine thousand! - Nine thousand and my house.

Okay, okay, stop!

Very well, I will sell my comic to whoever will pay the most.

[cheering]

Will you kids watch my first edition while I'm gone?

I left the key to the display case in my hotel room.

Don't worry, Mr. McWendell.

The Scooby-Doo Detective Agency is at your service.

- We won't let anybody touch it. - Yeah, nobody.

screech

[thuds]

- Huh? - 'Heh-heh-heh.'

- Like, excuse us. - Yeah.

- 'Oh!' - 'Ooh!'

Beautiful.

Now, keep the line moving. Keep the line moving, please.

I hope Velma hurries up with our lunch.

- Like, I'm starved. - Yeah.

Ha! That croaking crook doesn't stand a chance with us on duty.

Not a chance.

[growling]

[clamoring]

[laughing]

[gibberish]

Stop him! He's getting away!

[growling]

Velma, why did you just stand there and let him get away?

Oh, that's why.

Wow, the prints end here.

- 'Like, way to go, Velma.' - Yeah, but what does it mean?

It means I have a plan.

[indistinct whispering]

- Hey, I want that! - Give me one!

Really, oh, thank you so much for saving my first edition.

Oh, it was nothing.

Besides, you don't have to worry as much as before.

- Why is that? - Haven't you heard?

Shaggy found another issue of "Commander Cool Number One."

- He did? - That's right.

It turns out he bought one way back

when he was in kindergarten and forgot all about it.

- Until now. - 'Come one, come all.'

A first edition of "Commander Cool" on sale now

at Selma's booth.

[clamoring]

Now you don't have to sell your copy after all. Isn't it great?

W-what? Oh, oh, yes, yes, great.

Fifty, fifty. Yes, sir, thank you. Thank you, sir.

I have sixty, sixty, sixty, sixty dollars.

Sev-seventy, seventy, seventy, seventy dollars.

[clamoring]

[woman screaming]

[laughing]

- 'Stop him!' - 'He's getting away!'

[clamoring]

- Like, it's all yours, Scoob. - Right, Shaggy.

boom boom

Alright! The bubble-gum b*mb worked!

Like, we got him!

[sobbing] How could you?

How could you blow up

a first edition "Commander Cool" comic?

- We didn't. - Huh?

It was a fake with a bubble-gum b*mb inside.

And you fell for it, Dr. Crook.

Yeah. Heh-heh.

[growling]

But who is he?

Before Dr. Croaker is unmasked

who do you think he really is?

Let's review the clues.

Clue number one.

Blah! Me hate Commander Cool!

Me eat his comics!

[gibberish]

[Velma] If Dr. Croaker hated Commander Cool's comics so much

why did he just steal first editions?

[McWendell] 'So, you're the lad who bought'

the "Commander Cool" first edition.

Clue number two, how did McWendell know

that Shaggy had bought the first edition?

Clue number three. Why would the crook need stilts?

I don't know.

It was Wendell McWendell!

Wow, like, that explains the stilts

on account of Mr. McWendell is so short.

'But why would he steal his own creation?'

To make his copy of the first edition the only one.

That's right, you saw how everybody

was willing to pay so much for it.

He'd have made a fortune.

And I'd have gotten away with it, too

if it hadn't been for you pesky kids and that puppy.

[laughs]

What I'd like to know is

what happened to the stolen comics?

[gasps]

[Shaggy] So, like, everything was back to normal.

Selma and I got our comics back

and McWendell got carried off to jail.

But there was still one thing that bothered us.

Mr. Cashmore, how come you were sneaking around

with all those comics?

- And sticking them in your car. - Yeah, why?

Okay, okay, I admit it.

I love comics. I can't live without 'em.

But don't tell anyone, please.

I'm 55 years old. I'm ashamed to admit it.

Oh, so what? I read 'em, too.

[chuckles] You do?

Like, it's okay. Besides, you don't wanna grow up too much.

[Cashmore] 'I guess I don't.'

They think they're so smart with their rare comics.

Ha! I'll show 'em.

Huh? Hey!

I knew it! It's Red!

No, Red, wait. Don't take that comic. Stop!

[laughs] Too late now, suckers.

boom

Oops. Heh-heh.

Velma made a second bubble-gum b*mb, just in case.

[all laughing]

That's not very funny!

Troublemakers don't stand a chance with a pup named..

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

[slurps]

♪ Scooby-Dooby-Doo Scooby-Dooby-Doo ♪

♪ Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo ♪

♪ Scooby ♪ ♪ Scooby-Doo ♪

♪ A pup named Scooby-Doo ♪

♪ Scooby-Doo dee-dup doo-doo ♪

♪ Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo ♪ ♪ Scooby's so cool ♪

♪ Scooby Scooby-Doo ♪ ♪ Oh Scooby ♪

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