A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - S01E01 - A Bicycle Built for Boo! - Toonstalgia

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - A Bicycle Built for Boo

Premiered September 10, 1988

Season 1, Episode 1

Quickly

Shaggy's bicycle is stolen by a monster.

Thoughts and Details Recap

This is the only theme song that gets stuck in my head. It's right up there with the original in my book. The song achieves what the Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo theme song failed at. It repeats a name and it's good.

Shaggy is a paperboy for the Daily Babbler. Scooby cheerfully wakes Shaggy up then goes to load the newspapers. While he's loading the newspapers, he's interrupted by green goo ghost who steals Shaggy's bike. He turns to the gang for help. They follow Red Herring after Freddy declares him the only suspect.

Red Herring dresses as a pink slime monster to scare the gang. They find a bike. Freddy declares the bike to be Shaggy's despite the fact that Shaggy says it's not his. Freddy wrecks Red Herring's bike trying to prove that Red repainted Shaggy's bike. Red Herring is unhappy at the destruction of his bike.

Velma finds Shaggy's bicycle tracks that lead the gang to the newspaper office. After visiting the newspaper office, they visit the most haunted house in town. At the haunted house, they meet the green goo ghost. They also meet Shirley McLoon, a medium. They enter the house and fall into a pile of money. Velma analyzes the money and discover they all have the same serial number. The gang is scared by the green goo ghost deeper into the house where they find a printing press. They also find Shaggy's bike.

Cue Musical Chase and Dance Scene

Velma finds dry green ink and observes Shaggy's chain on the bike. Fred accuses Shirley McLoon (She reminds me of the Tiny Toon character, Shirley the Loon) of being the ghost. But Daphne and Velma free her. Velma realized she is an agent investigating the counterfeiting operation. They use flashbacks to recap the clues. Velma unmasks the green goo monster to reveal Shaggy's boss at the Daily Babbler.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo features dramatic Tex Avery-Tom and Jerry-Eye Popping reactions. It has repeating jokes. The designs are a bit rounder and simpler to emphasize the cuteness. It also makes the monsters stand out more because they've got more detail. The green goo ghost takes a design cue from Alien with the little monster head coming out of the mouth. Every time Scooby blows his bugle I picture Teddy Roosevelt Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace. This show is great.