A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - S01E10 - Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner - Toonstalgia

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Ghost Who's Coming to Dinner

Season 1, Episode 10

Premiered November 12, 1988

Quickly

The gang unmasks a fake ghost to protect a real ghost's home.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

The gang is out trick or treating.

Daphne - Princess

Velma - Computer

Fred - Astronaut

Shaggy and Scooby - Commander Cool and Mellow Mutt

They go to a house they usually avoid. The couple they meet is nice but confirm their house is indeed haunted by a friendly ghost. They meet the couple's handyman who describes an encounter with the clarity and detail that makes it clear he's the one behind the haunting since we know the haunting is a guy dressed up as a pirate. No one calls him out for it. The couple declare their intention to move out.

The gang returns to their treehouse where the real ghost haunting the Johnson house hires them to clear his name. The stakes are pretty high because if his house is torn down, he will cease to exist. Also this means Daphne will never be right again when she says ghosts don't exist in this series. She now knows they exist, she just decides to live in denial.

They return to the house to investigate. They find a can of white spray paint and spray painted chains.

Ghost Harassments ensues.

Cue chase because of course they're going to flee. It would be less dangerous if it was a ghost because this is an adult living criminal attacking them.

They escape the fake ghost with the real ghost and meet up with the Johnsons again. The Johnsons gently chastise them for investigating. They are interested in the evidence gathered but they're not compelled to stay. A pair of restauranteurs show up to offer to buy their land. Daphne gets rid of them. The restauranteurs are a good way to make the point that the land is valuable.

Cue dance chase with a groovy song about Boobeard  the Pirate Captain.

The Johnsons offer to sell the land to their handyman. 

Velma makes a plan to catch the ghost on Velma's computer costume is a working computer. The gang traps the ghost and yep, it's Jack the Handyman. He wants to bulldoze everything and build a 3 million dollar office building. It makes me wonder how zoning works in Coolsville.