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It's All Greek to Scooby

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It's All Greek to Scooby is the fourteenth episode of the second season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and twenty-eighth overall.

Premise[]

Shaggy's purchase of a mysterious amulet only serves to cause a pestering archaeologist and centaur to chase him.

Synopsis[]

In Greece, Lysander Demas, an archaeologist and his assistant, Susie Smythe, are walking on a mountain in search of the Amulet of the Centaur. The two archaeologists reach the cave where the amulet is, but Susie tells Lysander not to do it and warns him of the curse of the Centaur, but Lysander tells her that she is too smart to believe that legend, Susie tells him that she is also too smart to not follow him inside and leaves, Lysander tells her to do what she wants and enters the cave. Lysander reaches a source of water and finds the amulet, but then the Centaur appears in front of him, Lysander gets scared and runs away but the Centaur jumps in front of him and cuts his way, Lysander tries to drive him away with his torch but the Centaur throws it into the water, Lysander begs for mercy and the Centaur corners him.

At an airport in Greece, Scooby-Doo and the gang have arrived to spend spring break. Velma is excited because democracy and mathematics were invented in there while Shaggy, as per usual is excited about the food. A man with an intimidating face comes over and starts talking to them in Greek and Fred consults his phrasebook to try to translate it, but has a bit of difficulty. He eventually decides that the intimidating man said, "The ancient gods shall bring chaos upon your lives.", which scares Shaggy.

The gang drives off in a taxi to the marketplace, where Fred buys a thermometer. Lysander and Susie from before begin arguing over the amulet because he wants it, but Susie thinks the Centaur will continue to bother them if they keep it. They throw it through the air and it lands in a container of food. Shaggy looks at it and the man running the stand tells him that it keeps monsters away, so Shaggy buys it and puts it around his neck. Lysander and Susie who were arguing over the amulet go over to the stand and search for it. When they find it gone, Lysander demands to know where it is, so the salesman points out Shaggy and tells them that he sold it to him.

At the theatre of Dionysus that night, Shaggy is hungry. Velma is in the middle of telling him they don't serve food, when a man comes around selling feta cheese on sticks. Just then, the Centaur runs in and the gang initially thinks it's part of the show, but when they see the audience running away, they realize it isn't and run away too.

The Centaur chases Shaggy and Scooby up a scaffolding, then Shaggy takes out the amulet and Scooby steps on a plank, launching the centaur into a crate below. Velma declares that they have a mystery on their hands, but Shaggy thinks that there's no mystery: they're cursed. Velma, however, doesn't believe in curses and wants to do research.

The gang goes to the Historical Society of Athens and talks with Major Portsmouth, the Major tells them that he can help them and declares that the mythological creatures are real. Unamused, the gang exits the building, only to find the man from the airport, on a moped. He chases them into another building, where Shaggy teases a stone statue of the Centaur. Just then, however, the actual Centaur arrives. Shaggy and Scooby climb up a statue and are about to fall, when Lysander comes over and lassos them to safety. Shaggy thanks Lysander, he tries to get the amulet, but then all three of them fall through the floor and are chased by the Centaur. They run into the rest of the gang and are chased onto a boat. The man on the moped attempts to pursue them too, but his moped falls into the ocean.

The gang stays in the hold, which is full of farm animals and goes to sleep, when they fall asleep, Lysander arrives and tries to take the amulet from Shaggy, but Scooby falls asleep on Shaggy and a goat bites Lysander, so Lysander covers his mouth, leaves the room and screams in pain outside.

In the morning, the gang arrives at Crete and tries to follow Major Portsmouth, but then he gets into a taxi, so the gang gets into a car. The Centaur arrives, chases them and gets launched into the Maze of the Minotaur, then Major Portsmouth appears and asks the gang if they saw the Centaur, Daphne tells him that it is trapped in the maze, the Major is happy and tells them that the beast will never get out of that tangled trap. Fred and Daphne send Shaggy and Scooby into the maze (even though the Scooby Snacks are in Daphne's purse, so they took I, O, U's).

They go into the maze with string to lead themselves out, but the string has been cut, leaving them lost so they start to cry. The Centaur offers them a tissue, then chases them into a corner. Scooby gets a string and ties up the Centaur. Lysander comes over and tries to take it again, then they run out and the rest of the gang piles on them, thinking them to be the centaur. Major Portsmouth arrives and Velma gets suspicious that he and the Centaur are never seen together, Fred asks Lysander who he is, Lysander tells them his name and declares that the amulet is his, the Major says that the amulet isn't lucky, but actually attracts the centaur and Velma asks Lysander why he wants it, Lysander explains that if you take the amulet to the temple, it shows you the way to Atlantis.

That night, the gang gets chased again by the Centaur and the man on the moped, who, as it turns out, only wanted to return Daphne's purse. They then go to the temple and put the amulet into a statue, causing a light to shine into an island.

The gang, accompanied by Lysander and Major Portsmouth, arrives on the island and discovers the door to Atlantis. Velma realizes the Major is missing just as the Centaur appears again. Fortunately, Daphne, who now has her purse back, comes up with a plan and uses her makeup kit.

The gang dresses up as Greek mythological monsters—Daphne as Medusa, Fred as the Minotaur, Velma as the Hydra, Shaggy as the Cyclops, and Scooby as Cerberus. They manage to scare the Centaur, causing it to back up and crash into the door of Atlantis, opening it. To their disappointment, there's nothing inside.

Velma proceeds to unmask the Centaur, expecting to find Major Portsmouth, but is surprised to discover that it's Susie. Velma says they don't even know who she is, but Lysander recognizes Susie and explains that she's his assistant. Velma declares that the mystery doesn't count because they never saw Susie before. When Lysander asks Susie why she did it, she reveals that she wanted to discover the entrance to Atlantis herself to become famous. Fred then cleverly tells her that she'll be quite famous—with the Greek authorities. Then Major Portsmouth arrives and apologizes for leaving, he explains that he went to the boat for his camera and asks if he missed something,

then the Major sees the gang in costume and thinks they are the real mythological creatures, the Major thinks that the myths are real and that he was right, he takes pictures of the gang and leaves excitedly. Shaggy asks the gang if they should tell the Major the truth but Fred and Daphne think they should let him believe they are the creatures. Velma keeps complaining, then Scooby says, "Scooby-Dooby-Doo!" with the heads on his Cerberus costume joining in.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

Other characters:

  • Feta cheese vendor (only appearance)
  • Shop owner (only appearance)
  • Historical Society of Athens security guard (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Cerberus (Scooby) (only appearance)(disguise)
  • Cyclops (Shaggy) (only appearance)(disguise)
  • Minotaur (Fred) (only appearance)(disguise)
  • Medusa (Daphne) (only appearance)(disguise)
  • Hydra (Velma) (only appearance)(disguise)

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

  • Boat
  • Moped

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Major Portsmouth He wanted evidence to show that Greek mythological monsters were real.
Scary-looking man He looks scary and was followed the gang.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
Susie Smythe as the Centaur Wanted to be the one to discover Atlantis.

Cast[]

Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Centaur[citation needed]
Cerberus
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Medusa
Jeff Bennett Feta cheese vendor
Major Portsmouth
Shop owner
Nick Jameson Lysander Demas
Scary-looking man
Moira Quirk Susie Smythe

Songs[]

Song Credits Performed by
"Sahara" (instrumental) Written by Nikos Bitzenis Mikro

Cultural references[]

  • The title is based upon a quote from William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" (Act I, Scene II): "But, for my own part, it was Greek to me". (Spoken by Senator Casca.)
  • Lysander Demas resembles Indiana Jones, but speaks with a Greek accent which Indy does not have. Susie Smythe resembles Lara Croft, and speaks with an according British accent.
  • The way Shaggy and Scooby use a string to find their way out of the Minotaur Maze is a reference to Ariadne's String which Theseus used to find his way out of the Labyrinth.

Notes/trivia[]

  • This is the fifth time that Scooby and Shaggy go to Greece, the fourth time that Daphne goes to Greece, and the second time that Fred and Velma go to Greece.
  • A character suspected only for his looks who just wanted to return something was used before with the Gondolier in The Scooby-Doo Show episode A Menace in Venice.
  • Velma twice implied that she is out of shape in this episode due to her always panting and stretching out continually after running a fair distance and telling Daphne to remind her about getting a gym membership for Christmas.
  • Velma fails to solve the mystery due to the fact she never met Susie Smythe beforehand (she disappeared before the gang arrived).
  • The scene in which the labyrinth is shown from above already makes clear that Major Portsmouth could not be the centaur. At least, not at that hour, if he had an accomplice.
  • The costumes that the gang used to stop the Centaur was Medusa (Daphne), a minotaur (Fred), a hydra (Velma), a cyclops (Shaggy), and Cerberus (Scooby).
  • Velma claims that the mystery doesn't count because they never met Susie and would have known if it was her if they did meet her.
  • This episode doesn't have a summation at the end like most episodes do.
  • The events of this episode must take place at least a year after the events of "Big Scare in the Big Easy" (where the gang spends spring break in New Orleans, Louisiana), due to he gang saying how they are spending spring break in Greece.
  • Although the last episode of season 2 aired on March 27, 2004, it was actually produced in 2003 according to the end credits.

Miscellaneous[]

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning Note(s)
French La porte de l'atlantide The Gateway to Atlantis
Greek Ο Σκούμπι-Ντου στην Ελλάδα Scooby-Doo in Greece
Romanian De neînţeles pentru Scooby Incomprehensible to Scooby
Spanish (Latin America) Vacaciones en Grecia Vacations in Greece
Polish Nie udawaj Greka Don't Pretend to be Greek "Nie udawaj Greka" is a saying that means "Don't pretend to be clueless" in Polish

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Velma: Wow! Spring break in Greece, the birthplace of democracy and epic literature and mathematics...
Shaggy: And hummus and feta cheese and Greek salad.


Shaggy: Hey Scoob, check it out.
Shop Owner: Ah, wise choice, my friend, wise choice. That is one powerful amulet.
Shaggy: Powerful? [chuckles] Like, tell me it keeps monsters away, and you've got a sale.
Shop Owner: That's exactly what it does! It is an ancient Greek medallion that keeps away all kinds of monsters.
Shaggy: Wow. Imagine the odds, eh Scoob?


Daphne: What are you looking for?
Fred: How to say "run" in Greek.
Shaggy: Like, thanks, Fred, but that's one phrase you don't have to translate.

External links[]

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