Mysteries on the Disorient Express is the sixth episode of season 2 of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, and the thirty-sixth overall.
Premise[]
The gang goes on a three-day cross-country train trip, unravelling multiple mysteries.
Synopsis[]
Mystery Inc. boards a train for a three-day cross-country trip. However, because pets are not allowed in the passenger cars, Scooby is forced to disguise himself as Shaggy's mother to avoid being caged in the luggage car. As soon as they board, they hear two passengers reporting a Grim Reaper attack. The conductor, however, refuses to stop the train as it was transporting time-sensitive medical supplies. With this, Fred declares the start of a new investigation.
However, as Shaggy and Scooby eat in the dining car, they encounter a different monster, a mummy. When Mystery Inc. later searches the dining car, they find it destroyed, with a mummy wrapping left behind at the scene. Suddenly, they encounter a third monster, this time a Tengu in the next car over. Though Mystery Inc. pleads with the train conductor to stop the train, Dr. Messmer appears, explaining the train cannot stop because it is transporting a nostril for the first-ever nostril transplant. Mystery Inc. finds a passenger manifest for the train, but note there are more passengers on the train than are tickets sold.
While investigating the three monsters, the passengers are attacked by five additional monsters: Tarasque, Tzitzimitl, Haniver, the Manticore, and the Hemogoblin. After escaping the monsters, they are caught by the conductor, who does not believe there are eight different monsters terrorizing the train. He detains Mystery Inc. in the luggage car in animal carriers to be handed to authorities.
In the luggage cart, they realize that the eight different monsters all come from different places in the world. After finding a piece of paper, they determine what all eight monsters are looking for. They pick their locks to escape their animal carriers, then go to the computer terminal to plan a trap. As all eight monsters approach the luggage car, Mystery Inc. climbs onto the train roof luring the monsters, then crouch as they approach the mouth of a tunnel. The eight monsters hit the top of the tunnel and are knocked back into the coal-car. When the train arrives at its final destination, Dr. Messmer transports the nostril for the transplant.
The eight monsters each turned out to be international spies, each from the country their monster originates from. They were all pursuing a small computer chip that the conductor, who was really an undercover agent, hid in the train. The chip was originally hidden on a flower in the luggage cart, but Shaggy placed the flower on Scooby's hat as part of his "mother" disguise. Mystery Inc. leaves the train as police officers appear to arrest the eight spies.
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Agent Conductor (only appearance)
- Dr. Messmer (only appearance)
Villains:
- Grim Reaper (only appearance)(no lines)(unnamed spy's disguise)
- Mummy (only appearance)(no lines)(unnamed Egyptian spy's disguise)
- Tengu (only appearance)(no lines)(Ichi Lee's disguise)
- Tarasque (only appearance)(no lines)(unnamed French spy's disguise)
- Tzitzimitl (only appearance)(no lines)(unnamed Mexican spy's disguise)
- Haniver (only appearance)(no lines)(Tobar Jacobs's disguise)
- Manticore (only appearance)(no lines)(unnamed Iranian (Persian) spy's disguise)
- Hemogoblin (only appearance)(no lines)(unnamed Idaho spy's disguise)
- Tobar Jacobs (only appearance)
- Ichi Lee (only appearance)
- Six unnamed spies (only appearance)
Other characters:
- Michael (only appearance)
- Stephanie (only appearance)
- Train passengers (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Kitchen staff member (only appearance)
- Police officers (only appearance)(no lines)
- Nurses (only appearance)(no lines)
- Nostril patient (only appearance)(no lines)
Locations[]
- Train stations
Objects[]
- Apples
- Flower with computer chip
- Medical-grade noseplug
- Pan flute
- Animal containers
Vehicles[]
- Train
Suspects[]
| Suspect | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Agent Conductor | He refused to let the gang investigate the monsters or stop the train. |
| Dr. Messmer | Despite the monster attacks he refused to let the train be stopped. |
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Tobar Jacobs as Haniver | To steal a microchip. |
| Ichi Lee as Tengu | To steal a microchip. |
| Six other unnamed spies as the Grim Reaper, Mummy, Manticore, Hemogoblin, Tzitzimitl, and Tarasque | To steal a microchip. |
Cast[]
Notes/trivia[]
- A scene where Daphne sticking earplugs up her nose before asking for a nose mask was cut from the United Kingdom and other international airings.
- Of the eight captured spies, only two were named: Ichi Lee and Tobar Jacobs.
- The door gag is done with seats in one of the train carriages. The gang dives behind the seats pursued by the mummy.
- A computer screen accessed by Velma displays part of the passenger manifest. The two known spies are both listed, so it is possible one or more of the other spies are also shown. The passengers displayed are:
- 051 Annie Rogers
- 052 Beth Molina
- 053 Ichi Lee
- 054 Mary Johnson
- 055 John Young
- 056 Dave Dodson
- 057 Shirley Brooks
- 058 Dennis Thompson
- 059 Eric Gray
- 060 Tobar Jacobs
- 061 Rose Cooper
- 062 Lawrence Wells
- 063 Karen Hughes
- 064 Susan Howard
- 065 Terry Foster
- 066 Steve Smith
Miscellaneous[]
- Disguises: Scooby as Shaggy's mother; Shaggy as a train conductor and Scooby-Doo as his female assistant.
- Traps: Mystery Inc. uses the top of a tunnel to knock the monsters into a coal-car.
- Clues: An Egyptian bandage from the mummy; the passenger manifest; an unidentified document.
- Daphne Du Jour: Heightening her senses by blocking one sense at a time; she wore a sleeping mask to block her vision, then earplugs, and finally a noseplug.
Cultural references[]
- The title is a play on Agatha Christie's 1934 novel Murder on the Orient Express. The resolution to the mystery is also somewhat similar to that of the novel in regards to the monster/killer's identity.
- This is the second Scooby-Doo episode based on this novel, after The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show episode Where's Scooby-Doo?.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- None known.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- Velma says Tzitzimitl is from South America, when in reality, the creature is from Mexico.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | Μυστήρια στο Ντισόριεντ Εξπρές | Mysteries on the Disorient Express |
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