Professor Huh? Part 1

Professor Huh? Part 1
Details
Episode #	225
Air date	March 16, 2018 (Boomerang)
Air date	October 21, 2017 (Boomerang)
Written by	Jon Colton Barry
Directed by	James Krenzke
Chronology
Previous episode	The Curse of Half-Beard's Booty
Next episode	Professor Huh? Part 6 3/4

Professor Huh? Part 1 is the twenty-fifth episode of season 2 of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, and the fifty-first overall.

Premise

The gang investigates the mysterious Professor Huh?, who pits them against another rival gang led by a childhood friend of Fred.

Synopsis

Mystery Inc. is summoned to Global Financial Bank and Trust, a very high-security bank, where they are informed of a recent break-in. While nothing was stolen, an envelope of photos was left on President Moon's desk, and the message is cryptic and random. To investigate the crime, Moon had already hired Rose, who solved crimes with Fred in their childhood, but Rose's group summoned Mystery Inc. to the bank. Fred and Rose both recognize the crime as the work of Professor Huh?, an extremely elusive and high-profile criminal from their childhood.

Mystery Inc. travels to Darkbrook Maximum Security Prison, where Fred, Daphne, and Velma confirm that Professor Huh? has escaped from his cell. They also find, to their shock, that the true identity of Professor Huh? is Donald Jones, Fred's father. Since his arrest, Fred tried to sever ties with his father. Searching the cell, they find letters addressed to Professor Huh? from Fred, but they are forgeries as Fred did not write them. Suddenly, Rose's group appears, suspecting Fred aided his father in escaping from prison. Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby encounter Professor Huh? running a small pretzel stand just outside the prison.

As the two groups reunite, Professor Huh? attacks them on the road inside the Mystery Machine, only to disappear from Shaggy and Scooby's pursuit immediately after. Finding a subway ticket in the Mystery Machine after, they travel to the nearest subway station to investigate. Meeting Rose's group, they find Rose has used the streetlight cameras to catch Professor Huh? inside the Mystery Machine, adding to her evidence incriminating Fred. Inside a train, they find an orange marker, but the train, driven by Professor Huh? leaves the station. Professor Huh? attacks them, but they escape by climbing onto the train and jumping on top of an oncoming train.

Velma begins to decode the clues, discovering that Professor Huh?'s next target was the launchpad of Global Financial Bank and Trust's upcoming satellite launch. They stop Professor Huh? attempting to tamper with the panels, chasing them onto a gangway, but Rose's group appears, distracting Fred and allowing Professor Huh? to escape on the rocket. Rose's group arrives with the authorities, having gathered enough evidence to arrest Fred. She reveals that in his childhood, Fred discovered evidence his father was Professor Huh?, but chose to withheld it as he could not bear reporting his own father to the police. Rose orders the police officers to arrest Mystery Inc., but they escape on the rocket. The rocket launches with Professor Huh? and Mystery Inc. on it, and Rose vows to capture them.

Characters

Main characters:

• Gang
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• President Moon ^{(first appearance)}

Villains:

• Professor Huh? ^{(first appearance)(Donald Jones's disguise)}
• Rose
• Rose's henchmen ^{(first appearance)}

Other characters:

• Warden Dutto ^{(only appearance)}
• Wayne Bowman ^{(photograph)(cameo)}
• Wayne ^{(photograph)(cameo)}
• Miscellaneous security guards ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
• Mr. Moon ^{(only appearance)}
• Miscellaneous prison guards ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
• Donald Jones ^{(first appearance)(photograph)}
• Mrs. Jones ^{(only appearance)(photograph)}
• Baba Yaga ^{(flashback only)}

Locations

• Darkbrook Maximum Security Prison
• Global Financial Bank and Trust

Objects

• Cheeseburger
• Fries
• Astronaut photograph
• Letters
• Orange marker

Vehicles

• Mystery Machine

Suspects

• None

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Donald Jones as Professor Huh?	He was tricked into thinking his son needed help.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones Warden Dutto
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy Rogers
Grey Griffin	Daphne Blake Rose
Kate Micucci	Velma Dinkley
Dee Bradley Baker	Professor Huh? Prison guard
Eric Bauza	Mr. Moon President Moon
Phil Morris	Prison guard 1 Security guard 1 Security guard 2

Continuity

• A photograph contains the images of the astronauts from In Space.
• Darkbrook Maximum Security Prison features many monsters encountered in past episodes, including:
  • The sea creature from All Paws on Deck (hands only).
  • The Space Kook from In Space.
  • The Grim Reaper from Mysteries on the Disorient Express (hands only).
  • The ghost of Elias Kingston from Mystery 101.
  • The giant from Giant Problems.
• Wayne Bowman (The Vault's warden) from If You Can't Scooby-Doo the Time, Don't Scooby-Doo the Crime appears in a photograph on the wall of Warden Dutto's office (posing next to Warden Dutto).
• Rose was the little girl from Halloween who encountered Baba Yaga.

Notes/trivia

• This was aired in a death slot on Boomerang in the US.
• This is followed by Professor Huh? Part 6 3/4 (still part 2).
• This is the first time Shaggy and Scooby's disguise tricks got turned against them.

Miscellaneous

• Disguises: Shaggy and Scooby as barbers.
• Traps: None.
• Clues: Forged letters from Fred, a subway ticket, stickers of King Charles VII, and an orange marker.
• "Zoinks" count: 0
• "Jeepers" count: 0
• "Jinkies" count: 0
• Daphne Du Jour: None.

Cultural references

• Velma finds pictures of King Charles VII of France, who ruled from 1422 to 1461.
• Professor Huh?'s statement "I am not a Canadian Citizen" is a reference to financier Bill Browder's statement "I am not an American citizen".

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Καθηγητής Ε, Μέρος 1ο	Professor E, Part 1

Quotes

Fred: Listen Rose, this is my father so this is now my mystery. The bank might have hired you, but I'm on this case now too. So may the best detective win! Rose: Thank you. I will!

Professor Huh?: Happy Arbor Day. Coconut!

(Professor Huh? has just removed Scooby and Shaggy's eyebrows with a croissant and put them on their shoulders) Shaggy: We can't let him get away! (They run outside) He escaped. Scooby: It was a ruse! Shaggy: Noooooooo! Scooby: (Cries) Have we been duped? Shaggy: So this is what that feels like.

Fred: Sorry gang. Maybe Rose is right, maybe I'm not thinking clearly because we're dealing with my father. Or worse, maybe I am just as nutty as he is. Shaggy: No Fred, don't say that. You're totally uniquely your own kind of nutty. Scooby: A total original!

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