The Electric Monster (story)

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The Electric Monster (story)
Description
Publisher	Archie Comics
Date published	February 1997
Part of	Scooby-Doo #19
# of pages	14
Writer	Mike Kirschenbaum
Penciler	Gordon Alfredo
Inker	Alfredo Alcana
Chronology
Previous story	Cave Fear!
Next story	Scooby of the Frozen Tundra

The Electric Monster is the first of two stories in Scooby-Doo #19, by Archie Comics. It was followed by Scooby of the Frozen Tundra.

Premise

A TV studio is being attacked by an electrical monster.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Scooby-Doo

Supporting characters:

• John International ^{(only appearance)}
• Peter International ^{(only appearance)}
• Hamlet the Great Dane ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Electric Monster ^{(only appearance)(dissipated)}
• Jack Slick ^{(only appearance)}
• Actors in monster suits ^{(only appearance)(electrical manipulation; redeemed)}

Other characters:

• Bill Beauty ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• C.B. ^{(only appearance)}
• Firefighters ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Police officers ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• International Television Studio

Objects

• Scooby's autograph book
• Generator

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Police car

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Peter International	His brother, John, treated him unfairly.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Jack Slick generating the Electric Monster	To scam John International out of his studio.

Notes/trivia

• Scrappy-Doo is absent.

Miscellaneous

• Disguises: None.
• Scooby Snacks bribe: 0.
• "Zoinks" count: 0.
• "Jeepers" count: 0.
• "Jinkies" count: 0.

Cultural references

• Hamlet the Great Dane is a parody of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.
• One Wife to Leave is a parody of the soap opera One Life to Live.
• Fiends is somewhat of a parody of the sitcom Friends.

Coloring mistakes

• Velma's glasses frame color changed through the story. On page 2, panel 5, the glasses frame color is black and on page 10, panel 3, the glasses frame color is orange. The rest of the story the glasses frame color is white.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• Fred said he destroyed a computer that made the monster look real, yet it was simply created from the electrical generator.