A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - S02E07 - Dog Gone Scooby - Toonstalgia

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Dog Gone Scooby

Season 2, Episode 7

Premiered October 28, 1989

Quickly

Scooby-Doo runs away.

Thoughts, Details, Recap

The gang ignores Scooby. He goes outside to play in the rain. A creepy lady spies on him and declares she wants his head. The gang notices Scooby is gone and immediately own up to their poor behavior towards Scooby. They go to look for Scooby and find a note from Scooby about running away. 

Sugie, Shaggy's baby sister, wants to join the gang on their search. The voice of Sugie, BJ Ward, also voiced Velma and Googie, Shaggy's girlfriend Googie from Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf.

Fred goes straight to Red Herring who leads them to the Butcher where Scooby picked up a suitcase full of bones. The creepy lady continues her pursuit of Scooby. Scooby decides to go home. The episode is split between Scooby's experience as a runaway, the gang searching for Scooby and the occasional flashback.

Dawson, Daphne's other butler, sics the dogs in the alley. This might be my favorite appearance of any of Daphne's butlers. It made me laugh really hard.

The gang reunites with Scooby and join him in fleeing the lady. 

I spent the entire episode trying to figure out who the lady reminds me of. She kind of looks like a Far Side character. Although she could be a design that recurs in Tom Ruegger's work which will be take some time to figure out considering how prolific he is and how many of his shows I've watched.

The lady is an artist, Paula P. Casso, who wants to paint Scooby. The show clearly indicates she's a creepy scientist. This is evident in the chase scene music which repeatedly points out she looks like scientist. It's a pretty good unmasking.