A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - S01E13 - Lights...Camera...Monster - Toonstalgia

 A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Lights...Camera...Monster

Season 1, Episode 13

Premiered December 10, 1988

Quickly

Freddy's film shoot at the mall is interrupted by Stinkweed.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

Fred has brought the gang to the mall to shoot and direct a film with his new camera. Their film shoot is interrupted by Stinkweed. Stinkweed is monster from a successful series of movies and a robber. They chase him but lose him.

Side note: Scooby dressed like a beet is adorable.

Fred has a really good idea (shockingly). He wants to do a video on how they solve mysteries. They see a poster for Stinkweed 10. They go to the mall to meet the actor that plays Stinkweed. He hires them to investigate Stinkweed and clear his name.

They meet their next suspect, Thorne's rival. They follow him to a commercial shoot for a nacho restaurant. In his dressing room, they find a cash register from the robbery. I wish we had gotten to see a picture of the Bell People that Fred mentions.

Thorne calls to ask them to come see a clue he found at the mall. When they arrive, they see him get abducted by Stinkweed. They meet a woman at the mall who tells them she's an FBI agent.

They take a break to visit a 99 Flavors Scooby Snacks booth. For those that question the Scooby snack flavor and search for answers in the canon, this should settle the debate. They come in a lot of flavors.

Cue Dance Chase Scene

The plan to catch Stinkweed involves shooting a film and getting him to play along. I always like it when the villains play along with their gags because it's like they're getting sucked into the reality of the gag. The plan goes wrong and works anyway.

The Red Herring inclusion was perfunctory and brief.

I assumed the guy was Thorne when he called the gang and play acted the kidnapping with an arm pulling him out of sight. But this is a kid's show. Not exactly an episode of Murder, She Wrote.

Behind the Post

I've been watching these episodes on Boomerang. They are inexplicably airing them out of order. I'm still going to post them in episode order. It seems that this is a show that benefits from watching in episode order even if the episodes are episodic.