The Last Inmate!

The Last Inmate!
Details
Episode #	202
Air date	October 1, 2020 (Boomerang.com)
Air date	January 10, 2021 (Teletoon)
Air date	November 1, 2020 (Boomerang)
Run time	23 mins
Story by	Michael Ryan
Directed by	Sean Bishop
Chronology
Previous episode	The Phantom, the Talking Dog and the Hot Hot Hot Sauce!
Next episode	The Horrible Haunted Hospital of Dr. Phineas Phrag!

The Last Inmate! is the second episode of season 2 of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, and the twenty-eighth overall.

Premise

The gang drives into a prison, where Morgan Freeman is filming a documentary on its haunting by the Ghost of Jean Lebeau. Somehow, Mystery Inc. becomes a major part of that video and we get an insight into how those meddling kids go about solving a mystery.

Synopsis

The gang is in a documentary about their crazy adventure at the Cheever Penitentiary. Daphne explains that who they ran into they did not expect at all.

Morgan Freeman is filming a documentary with the help of Jeanene, the camerawoman. Morgan speculates that there might be ghosts in the prison; just then, a yellow shadow looms over him. It is the ghost of Jean Lebeau! Jean warns them to leave, since it is now his prison. Crashing into the scene, the Mystery Machine nearly hits Jean's ghost. Fred speeds back in fear, but the ghost throws rocks at the van. It spins around quickly and is then launched into the air by a slope. Finally, the van collides with a prison wall.

Morgan checks if the gang is okay, and they notice that Jean Lebau has vanished. Morgan tells the gang that he came to the prison to do a documentary there since it is rumored to be haunted; the gang are at the prison to investigate those supposed haunts. Jeanene comes over and shows everybody that the camera footage is gone. The gang and Morgan Freeman agree to solve the case together.

Everyone walks around the prison together, passing the hall of portraits: it is a long hall with portraits of every warden that has run the prison. Shaggy and Scooby find 'Warden Snickersen' to have a funny name. It turns out that Mr. Snickersen was in charge of the prison in 1872, the same year that a prisoner, Jean Lebau, started an uprising and burned the prison to the ground. Just then, someone bangs on one of the doors and walks in, to reveal himself as Arthur Lebau, a real estate agent. He's hoping to turn the prison grounds into condos to make a fortune. Daphne notices that he has the same last name as Jean Lebau, and he admits that he is Jean's great great grandson.

Interrupting the scene in form of the documentary, Daphne explains that real estate agents are always prime suspects in these mysteries, especially ones related to the ghost. A grumpy caretaker busts through the building, complaining about how he has to clean up the wall that the Mystery Machine crashed into. In a suspicious manner, he grumbles that he hates the prison, and wishes that it would disappear forever. The gang explore a cell block, with Shaggy and Scooby echoing in it. Velma finds a clue: strange tracks of some kind in the dust. They also look pretty recent. Shaggy interrupts with the documentary, explaining that he hates it when Velma finds a clue, because it means that's when the ghost will appear and try to scare them off. Daphne says that it usually happens in surprise. Suddenly, the ghost of Jean Lebau actually appears!

In the documentary, Morgan asks Velma what exactly a 'jinkies' is. She says it just comes out, like how the others say their catchphrases randomly. The ghost chases them through the prison. The gang, Morgan and Jeanene hide in some mailboxes, losing the ghost. Morgan finds it weird how a finger over the nose can stop a sneeze in the series; unfortunately, the ghost hears this and gets back on their trail. A Scooby-Dooby doors scene plays out with the mailboxes. They lose the ghost again.

Morgan asks Fred if he could tell him more about his 'splitting up and looking for clues' line! Morgan questions if Fred knows the danger of splitting the gang up, to which Fred responds by changing the subject. Back in the prison, the gang split up: Fred, Daphne and Velma go to the infirmary and Shaggy, Scooby and Morgan going down into the basement. Shaggy and Scooby reveal that they never actually go down to the basement, but instead go searching for food! So naturally, they find themselves in the cafeteria. They create a gigantic stack. As Shaggy and Scooby are eating the food, a large shadow casts over them; it just turns out to be a mouse casting a large shadow. Jean Lebau's ghost sneaks up right behind Shaggy and Scooby as they are laughing at the mouse. They try some of their old antics to get away from the ghost. This includes disguising themselves as cafeteria ladies to fool him.

In the infirmary room, Daphne, Velma and Fred find tracks that match the ones from before and discover that they were coming from some ground-penetrating radar equipment. Someone has been using it all over the prison. Shaggy and Scooby crash into the rest of the gang and they land on the floor with a thud. Velma looses her glasses again.

Morgan Freeman asks Velma if she's ever considered contact lenses. Velma says that she actually has tried contacts once (while fighting the Creeper) and she even lost those too. Velma puts her glasses back on and quickly runs away from the ghost, whom she mistook for Morgan. Mr Freeman explains the physics of the Scooby-Dooby doors gag while the ghost, the gang and Jeanene chase each other around a block of cells. Suddenly, Jeanene disappears out of nowhere.

Shaggy falls through a floor after tapping his foot on it; it turns out to be fake. Underneath the floor, they find a set of stairs leading them to the cell of Jean Lebeau from 1872. There are strange scribblings on the wall, some depicting plans it seems. Daphne finds the diary of Jean Lebeau in a secret compartment in the wall. It reads that the prison was originally built in the 1840's but in the early 1870's, evil Warden Snickerson was working a terrible scheme. He moved the lighthouse light during storms; he tricked ships on the lake to crash. Then, he made the prisoners collect the gold and silver from the wreckage, which he kept for himself in a secret vault, deep in the prison. But a prisoner named Jean Lebeau led an uprising against the warden, and the prison was burned to the ground, the treasure lost forever. A new prison was built on top of the old, and the ghost of Jean Lebeau has been haunting it ever since.

Velma uses her wits and deductive reasoning to find the secret treasure room of Warden Snickerson. In the documentary, the gang explain that this is great since they now have what the ghost wants, it's trapping-time and Scooby is being bait for a whole box of Scooby Snacks!

Scooby is dressed up in a king's outfit, and is messing around with the treasure. The ghost comes out of a coffin behind Scooby and chases Scoooby round the room. He corners Scooby, falling into Fred's trap: he is launched into a cell. A hooded figure wearing glasses attempt to come to the ghost's aid, but is also trapped in there. Unfortunately, Shaggy and Scooby also fall into the same trap and are launched into another cell!

The ghost of Jean Lebeau turns out to be an unknown man. Velma tells everyone that it is actually Jeremy Snickerson. Jeremy is the great-great-great grandson of the official Warden Snickerson. Morgan interrupts with the documentary, remarking that it isn't the first time the gang have unmasked someone they haven't met before, and acknowledges Captain Cutler. The hooded figure is actually Jeanene, A.K.A Jeanene Snickerson, Jeremy's twin sister. It was the portrait of warden Snickerson that made Velma suspicious: Jeanene had a strong family resembelence. Velma looked up Jeanene's credits and found the last name of Snickerson. Meanwhile, her brother was the one using the ground-penetrating radar. When he located the lower levels of the prison, he and his sister could now steal the treasure. That's why Jeanene took the job working for Morgan, but they had to scare everybody off to complete their plan. Having heard the family legend of Warden Snickersen's gold, the twins wanted to retrieve it.

After the twins are taken away, the gang discover that Shaggy and Scooby have escaped out of their cell! They had tunneled out ,for what must've seemed like an eternity, for a desperate hunger. They went straight to the cafeteria and made piles and piles of food! Morgan steals Scooby's final line.

Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Morgan Freeman ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Ghost of Jean Lebeau ^{(only appearance)(Jeremy Snickersen's disguise)}
• Jeanene Snickersen ^{(only appearance)}
• Jeremy Snickersen ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Arthur Lebeau ^{(only appearance)}
• Caretaker ^{(only appearance)}
• Warden Snickersen ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(deceased)}
• Jean Lebeau ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(deceased)}
• Creeper ^{(flashback only)(cameo)}
• Ghost of Captain Cutler ^(cameo)

Locations

• Cheever Penitentiary

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Arthur Lebeau	He wanted to turn the prison grounds into condos.
Caretaker	He hates the prison.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Jeremy Snickersen as the Ghost of Jean Lebeau Jeanene Snickersen	To get the treasure hidden in the prison.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy Rogers
Grey Griffin	Daphne Blake Jeanene Snickersen
Kate Micucci	Velma Dinkley
Morgan Freeman	Himself
Kevin Durand	Ghost of Jean Lebeau Caretaker Arthur Lebeau

Continuity

• There's a flashback to a case involving the Creeper in the same location as the one from the WAY episode, "Jeepers, It's the Creeper", but Velma is wearing contact lenses. While it would be considered a continuity error, we have to take into account that in "One Minute Mysteries!", an episode from season 1 of this show, the Creeper also re-appeared in the same location and Trickster ended up stating he was a "big fan" of his. This would imply that Carswell took on the identity of the Creeper more than once, thus making this not a continuity mistake. As Mr. Carswell is not revealed to be the monster in the flashback, it could also be another person in the same disguise.
• Morgan Freeman points out that this wouldn't be the first case the gang unmasked a monster and it turned out to be a person they never interacted with, while interviewing Captain Cutler because of being the first example of that scenario in the WAY episode, "A Clue for Scooby-Doo"

Notes/trivia

• Velma announces the celebrity guest.
• This episode did not air in the United Kingdom due to unknown reasons.
• This episode was the thirteenth of the season aired in Australia, as the second part of an omnibus showing - after The Dreaded Remake of Jekyll & Hyde!

Miscellaneous

• Disguises:
  • Shaggy and Scooby-Doo as cafeteria ladies.
  • Scooby-Doo as an ancient Egyptian in the vault.

Cultural references

• The fact that Morgan Freeman is narrating a documentary is mostly likely a reference to "March of the Penguins".
• There are several references to "The Shawshank Redemption".
  • Freeman played Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding.
  • The location combined with the corrupt wardens using prisoners.
  • The way Shaggy and Scooby escaped their cells
• The poster Shaggy and Scooby used to hide their escape depicts Jane Jetson.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

In other languages

Language	Title	Meaning
Turkish	Son Mahkum!	The Last Prisioner!

Quotes

Morgan Freeman: Oh, oh. Velma seems to have lost her glasses. Velma: My glasses, I can't see without my glasses! Morgan Freeman: Velma, have you ever considered contact lenses? Velma: (Being interviewed) Actually, Mr Freeman, I tried them once. (Flashback of Velma searching) My contact lens. I can't see without my contact lens! (Back to interview) Glasses are more my style.

Scooby-Doo: Err... I have no self-control.

Morgan Freeman: And they would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for these meddling kids and award winning actor, yours truly, Morgan Freeman. Fred: Ah, Mr. Freeman, I think they were supposed to say that last bit. Jeanene Snickersen: Oh no. No no. That sounded so good. Jeremy Snickersen: Yeah, pretty great having you say it, Mr. Freeman. Thank you. Morgan Freeman: You're welcome.

External links

• TBA