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New Mexico, Old Monster

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New Mexico, Old Monster is the thirteenth episode of the second season of What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and the twenty-seventh overall.

Premise[]

Visiting Shaggy's old friend Jimmy Proudwolf, the gang learns of a Wakumi bird that has been snatching mountain climbers. But they soon learn that there is more going on than meets the eye.

Synopsis[]

In New Mexico, a climber is ascending a mountain but is grabbed by a large hawk.

The gang decides to visit an old friend of Shaggy's named Jimmy Proudwolf and his dog, Shooby, while driving through New Mexico on their way to an art show in Santa Fe. After introductions are made, Shaggy and Jimmy explain to the rest of the gang that they had gone to preschool together but kept in touch after being separated. While Scooby is helping Shooby herd some sheep, a giant hawk who grabbed the climber flies towards them. The rest of the gang comes out to fend off the hawk, but it snatches Shaggy's art project for the International Art Show (a sculpture of Scooby). Then, a bird watcher, Avery Orenthal, comes to find the hawk himself. Although Shaggy is kind of bummed about his project being destroyed, he's more happy about the real Scooby being okay and says that he can always just make another sculpture.

In a sweat lodge, a strange shaman tells the gang that the giant hawk called the Wakumi is a legendary bird. When the Shaman finishes the story, the gang decides to solve the riddle of the Wakumi. When they start, they find Shaggy's art project being dropped and shattered in front of them, and then the Wakumi attacks.

When they escape, Avery shows up again, having heard the commotion. When he hears that the Wakumi has flown up the mountain, he drives off.

The gang climbs up the mountain with the help of a brilliant mountain climber named Cody Long. Daphne finds an oxygen tank on a ledge. Then, the Wakumi snatches Daphne, and the gang decides to rescue her. They've been climbing up the mountain all day, and the Shaman warns the gang to turn back. But the gang refuses because they can't turn back if they want to get to Daphne.

The gang is again chased by the Wakumi. When they finally reach the top, they notice soldiers are researching a big meteor.

They begin sneaking around when they spot Avery in a tree, who accidentally interrupts the soldiers' research by using a mating call. The gang gets away and finds Daphne locked up with the mountain climber who was grabbed by the Wakumi. The climber's name is Leon Strongfeather. Fred tries to get the prisoners free, but the Wakumi attacks again. When they escape, Fred builds a hang glider, and they fly away to save Daphne and Leon. When the Wakumi attacks, Scooby-Doo falls from the hang glider and lands on the Wakumi, who is unable to bear Scooby's weight and crashes to the ground. The gang finds out the Wakumi is actually a great big glider made to look like an eagle, and Daphne notices the air bottles like the one she found, which were for breathing in the high altitude. The gang unmasks the Wakumi; unfortunately, it is nobody the gang has ever met. Scooby puts the Shaman's mask on the man, and the culprit tells the gang his name is Col. Henry Thornwald and that he is head of the research group the gang found earlier; the meteor was kept top secret, even from the government. He explains that he's the one who dressed up as the Shaman and made up legends about the Wakumi in order to prevent people from noticing the meteor.

Avery is upset that the Wakumi isn't real until Velma gives him the Wakumi's head. Jimmy and Shooby come out and give them a dreamcatcher and a box of Shooby Snax. Shaggy just wishes that he still had his sculpture of Scoob for the exhibit tomorrow, but Jimmy tells him to think back to "their days in the sandbox."

That night, it is revealed that Shaggy has made Scooby pose as a lifelike statue (colored in sand) for the exhibit. Meanwhile, unknown to all, a bright light flashes in the sky before racing away.

Characters[]

Main characters:

Supporting characters:

Villains:

  • Wakumi (only appearance)(no lines)(Henry Thornwald's disguise)
  • Shaman (only appearance)(Henry Thornwald's disguise)
  • Henry Thornwald (only appearance)
  • Secret Organization (only appearance)

Other characters:

  • Road Runner (only appearance)(unnamed)(cameo)
  • Wile E. Coyote (only appearance)(no lines)(unnamed)(cameo)
  • Sheep (only appearance)(no lines)
  • Tweety Bird (only appearance)(photograph)(unnamed)(cameo)

Locations[]

Objects[]

Vehicles[]

Suspects[]

Suspect Motive/reason
Avery Orenthal He always showed up just after the Wakumi left.
Cody Long She refused to bring the gang on the top of the mountain.
Shaman He warned the gang to turn back.

Culprits[]

Culprit Motive/reason
Col. Henry Thornwald as the Wakumi and the Shaman To keep people away from a secret project.

Cast[]

Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones
Wakumi[citation needed]
Casey Kasem Shaggy Rogers
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Irene Bedard Cody Long
Michael Horse Leon Strongfeather
Phil La Marr Col. Henry Thornwald
Shaman
Rob Paulsen Avery Orenthal
Billy West Jimmy Proudwolf
Paul Julian[Note 1] Road Runner

Songs[]

Song Credits Performed by
"No Control " Written by Clay Benally, Jeneda Benally, Klee Benally, and Jones Benally Blackfire

Notes/trivia[]

  • Jimmy's dog, Shooby, has a few of the distinguishing characteristics of Scooby's brother Yabba-Doo: same shaped spots, pointed ears, and wears a red bandanna. The main three differences are:
    • Shooby does not wear a cowboy hat,
    • he is not shown to be capable of speech and
    • Shooby has the same fur color as Scooby rather than gray-white.
  • When Scooby-Doo sees the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner is heard saying, “Meep! Meep!” which confuses Scooby-Doo, who repeats the phrase.
  • When the gang arrives at the Cochiti reservation, one of the citizens re-uses Lester's model from Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders.
    • The episode also takes place in New Mexico and involves the search for alien life.

Cultural references[]

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]

  • The Road Runner's wing is colored the same shade of light blue as the majority of his body. In the actual Looney Tunes productions, the Road Runner has purple wings.
  • The Shaman's eyes are completely white when he first appears, but they're black when Scooby puts the mask on Col. Thornwald's head after he's exposed.

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

  • What happened to the secret organization on top of the mountain? Since Col. Thornwald, their supposed leader, was arrested, it could be assumed the other members where also arrested and their operation was disbanded, but it's never explained in the episode.
  • Also, why did Col. Thornwald disguise himself as the Shaman and the Wakumi? He had numerous subordinates who could have done those parts of the operation, so why did he do it himself?
  • When everyone runs out of Jimmy's house to warn Scooby about the circling Wakumi, what reason would Shaggy have to pick up and carry the bust of Scooby he made for the art show? And, of course, it gets broken.
    • It is entirely possible that Shaggy, in an attempt to protect Scooby, was attempting to use his sculpture as a weapon of sorts to try and scare away the Wakumi.

In other languages[]

Language Name Meaning
French L'aigle maléfique The Evil Eagle
Polish Stary koszmar w Nowym Meksyku An Old Nightmare in New Mexico
Greek Το Φάντασμα του Μεξικού
Το Αρχαίο Τέρας του Νέου Μεξικού 		The Ghost of Mexico
The Ancient Monster of New Mexico

Home media[]

Quotes[]

Fred: Could you lead us up higher, Cody? Where the old Anasazi had a farm.
Shaggy & Scooby: (Laughing) E-I-E-I-O.


Shaggy: Well, of all the creepy, ghostly places we've ever been, this is definitely the highest creepy, ghostly place.


Henry Thornwald: Nobody's gonna believe a bunch of meddling kids!
Velma: We'll see about that!

Footnotes[]

  1. ↑ Archive audio.

External links[]

  • TBA


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