Scooby Dude

Not to be confused with the similarly titled Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! episode, Scooby Dudes.

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Scooby Dude
Details
Episode #	109
Air date	November 5, 1988 (ABC)
Written by	Laren Bright Lane Raichert Bill Matheny
Chronology
Previous episode	Now Museum, Now You Don't
Next episode	Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner

Scooby Dude is the ninth episode of the first season of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.

Premise

The kids head over to the Marine Institute, to help Velma's Aunt Thelma figure out where all the dolphins have disappeared too, but they discover a Headless Skateboarder, who tries to chase them away.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Scooby-Doo Detective Agency
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Velma Dinkley
  • Daphne Blake
  • Freddie Jones

Supporting characters:

• Red Herring
• Aunt Thelma ^{(only appearance)}
• Gnarly Charlie ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Headless Skateboarder ^{(only appearance)(Al's disguise)}
• Al ^{(only appearance)}
• Sandy Sneakers ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Seaweed Monster ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(Red Herring's disguise)}
• Skipper ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Beach vendor ^{(only appearance)}
• Hotdog vendor ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Coolsville
  • Coolsville Beach
    • Coolsville Marine Institute
    • Al's Skateboard-O-Rama
      • Shed
    • Underwater cave

Objects

• The gang's bikes
• Surfboards
• Skateboards
• Vacuum cleaner

Vehicles

• Sandy Sneakers's Jeep

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Sandy Sneakers	Tire tracks from her jeep where at all the places were the skateboarder showed up.
Gnarly Charlie	He didn't like the Marine Institute because it attracted tourists that cluttered the beach.
Al	He was known to be involved with drugs in the past, though he claimed he had reformed.
Red Herring	As always.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Al as the Headless Skateboarder Sandy Sneakers	To smuggle drugs.

Cast

Don Messick	Scooby-Doo
Casey Kasem	Shaggy Rogers
Christina Lange	Velma Dinkley
Kellie Martin	Daphne Blake
Carl Steven	Freddie Jones
Scott Menville	Red Herring
Jerry Houser	Al Headless Skateboarder
Frank Welker	Skipper

Songs

Song	Credits	Performed by
Song	Credits	Performed by

Notes/trivia

• This is probably the first time in the Scooby-Doo franchise where an episode makes a reference to a real social issue: drugs. This was a national crisis during the 80's and many cartoons during that time had been discussing it. When this episode aired, Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign was prevalent; this campaign from the 1980s and early 1990s was part of the U.S. War on Drugs and it was used to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use.
  • Because of this, in the UK, Cartoonito skips over this episode, although it does air the episode of Baby Looney Tunes, Who Said That?!, where Daffy learns a bad word.
• The title of the episode is a play on the main character's name: Scooby-Doo.
• When Daphne suspects Sandy Sneakers to be behind this, she was right. However, this is one of the few episodes where multiple suspects are guilty. Also, she is one of the few suspects not to wear a monster costume.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• When Daphne and Velma are examining Al's trophies, Velma's lips are moving, but Daphne's voice is heard reading the inscription.

Inconstitencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• In the beginning of the episode Red Herring gets pinched by a lobster after scaring Scooby and the gang. The lobster is bright red. Lobsters acquire their red color after being boiled. Live lobsters are actually a dark greenish-brown color.
• There is no explanation for the origin of the Headless Skateboarder. Presumably this was the first time such a villain appeared, and as such this would be the beginning (and end) of the Headless Skateboarder.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Greek	Η Εξαφάνιση των Δελφινιών	The Disappearance of the Dolphins
Polish	Scooby Duduś	Scooby Dude

Home media

• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Volume 3 DVD released by Warner Home Video on July 18, 2006.
• A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Complete 1st Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on March 18, 2008.
• Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf's Up, Scooby-Doo! DVD set released by Warner Home Video on May 5, 2015.

Quotes

Shaggy: (narration) Like, Velma got a call one morning, and the next thing we knew, the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency were on its way to the beach. (Freddie, Daphne and Velma stop to see Shaggy (and Scooby in his sidecar) riding behind and straight into some industrial cans; they both happily pop back up) Shaggy: (narration) Her aunt's the head of the marine institute, and it seems their dolphins are disappearing.

Freddie: Okay, Red, time to pay up. Red: No way, drip. You were working on another case. As far as I'm concerned, I don't owe you bozos anything. (As Red walks away, Scooby trips him into the dolphin pool with his tail.) Red: (Skipper bops him up and down on its nose) Okay, I'll pay! I'll pay! (Skipper continues to play with him) Shaggy: Like, collecting bills is easy for Skipper and a pup named... Scooby: ...Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

External links

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