The Crown Jewel of Boxing! is the tenth episode of season 2 of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, and the thirty-sixth overall.
Premise[]
As Mystery Inc. drives through Louisville, Kentucky, they land at the opening of a boxing museum by boxing champion Laila Ali. They investigate a robot from Fort Knox seeking to destroy the museum.
Synopsis[]
At Fort Knox in Kentucky, a robot suddenly malfunctions and becomes rogue, breaking out of the base. A scientist and soldier fear the threat the robot poses. Meanwhile, Mystery Inc. drives the Mystery Machine through the nearby city of Louisville, but they suddenly encounter the robot on the road. The robot punches the Mystery Machine, sending it crashing into a lamppost, and runs away. Mystery Inc. decides to investigate by following the robot's traces to a nearby boxing museum.
Mystery Inc. drives the robot away by activating the water sprinklers, damaging the robot's mechanisms. They then speak with the museum owner, celebrity boxer Laila Ali, who had planned the museum's opening in honour of her father, Muhammad Ali. They agree to collaborate to investigate the robot. They first speak with a real estate agent, Taylor Tadder, who wants to purchase the land and replace the boxing museum with a condo.
While Ali teaches Shaggy and Scooby to defend themselves from attackers, they meet a caterer angry with Ali for opening a kitchen in the boxing museum, losing him his customers. Fred, Daphne, and Velma repair the boxing museum while searching the crime scene. Daphne finds an employment contract for a military base, though the document is too waterlogged to discern a name. They also find a muddy footprint. After reuniting with Shaggy and Scooby, the robot suddenly appears and chases them.
To evade the robot, Mystery Inc. gets into an elevator and descends, but the robot severs the elevator's cables, causing it to fall deep into an underground tunnel. The robot soon follows them, though it briefly deactivates due to lost connection, proving it is being remotely operated by a human. The robot continues chasing them until it strikes a wall, causing the tunnel to collapse and forcing it to flee. After rescuing Scooby from the rubble, they find a coin dating from the French monarchy. Velma explains a related legend of King Louis XVI, whose valuable crown was buried in Louisville by his confidants shortly after his death. Scooby accidentally finds the crown while chasing a rat into a pile of rubble. With this, Mystery Inc. decides to use the crown as bait to attract the robot into a trap.
Laila Ali publicizes on television a boxing match in which the winner would be awarded the crown. Mystery Inc. and Ali prepare the trap at the museum, bringing Ali into the boxing ring. Suddenly, the robot appears to challenge her for the crown. Before the match begins, Velma secretly attaches a signal trapping chip to the robot. When the first round begins, the robot overpowers and pummels Ali, knocking her into the corner. However, before the second round, Shaggy and Scooby douse water on the robot, sabotaging its mechanism and impairing its motor functions. Once the second round begins, while Ali defeats the weakened robot, Velma uses the tracking chip to triangulate the operator's location. Finally, Shaggy and Scooby launch the robot into a locker, destroying it.
Velma reveals that the robot's operator is hiding inside the locker, opening it to reveal the caterer as the culprit. The caterer was searching for King Louis' crown, so he hijacked a robot from Fort Knox and used it to terrorize the boxing museum and scare potential witnesses away while he searched the area for the crown. The employment contract, belonging to the caterer, revealed that the caterer served the soldiers at Fort Knox, giving him access to the robot for him to hijack. After the caterer is handed over to authorities, the soldier and scientist arrives to collect the robot's parts, and Ali rewards Shaggy and Scooby for their efforts with a pizza.
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Laila Ali (only appearance)
Villains:
Other characters:
- Soldier (only appearance)
- Scientist (only appearance)
- Muhammad Ali (mentioned)
- Taylor Tadder (only appearance)
- Louis XVI (portrait)
- Duke Duvois (portrait)
- Earl of Verneau (portrait)
Locations[]
- Military base
- Boxing Museum
Objects[]
- Lamppost
- Mops
- Employment contract
- Footprint
- Rubble
- Coin
- Louis XVI Crown
- Water bottles
- Lockers
- Robot controller
- Pizza
Vehicles[]
Suspects[]
| Suspect | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Taylor Tadder | She wanted the museum torn down so she could put up condos. |
| Caterer | His business was going under because of Laila's healthy food. |
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Caterer controlling the Robot | To scare people away from the boxing museum and find the jeweled crown. |
Cast[]
| Frank Welker | Scooby-Doo Fred Jones |
|---|---|
| Matthew Lillard | Shaggy Rogers |
| Grey Griffin | Daphne Blake Taylor Tadder Scientist |
| Kate Micucci | Velma Dinkley |
| Laila Ali | Herself |
| Andrew Kishino | Robot Caterer Soldier |
Continuity[]
- Laila Ali appears on QTTT-TV News to issue her challenge, a television station featured in a past episode, Quit Clowning!.
Notes/Trivia[]
- Velma announces the celebrity guest.
- This episode was originally going to premiere on Dec. 6 on Teletoon.
Miscellaneous[]
- Disguises: Shaggy and Scooby as referees.
- Traps: A boxing match in which Laila Ali destroys the robot.
- Clues: A water-damaged employment contract, a muddy footprint, an imperial French coin, and King Louis XVI's crown.
Cultural references[]
- At the end of the episode Scooby and Shaggy knock each other out, to which Laila Ali replies "They could have been contenders". This is a reference to Marlon Brando's line, as character Terry Molloy, in the movie On The Waterfront (1954).
- The historical French King Louis XVI (1754-1793, reigned 1774-1792) plays a role in the mystery. The city of Louisville was named after him by American Revolution veterans, a fact which is not stated in the episode.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- None known.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- Louis XVI lived in the late 18th century, but his partisans are depicted in clothing of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Home media[]
Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?: The Complete Second Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on June 28, 2022.
In other languages[]
| Language | Title | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Turkish | Boksun Baş Tacı! | The Head Crown of Boxing! |
Quotes[]
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