A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - S04E01 - The Were-Dog of Doo Manor - Toonstalgia

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - The Were-Dog of Doo Manor

Season 4, Episode 1

Premiered August 3, 1991

Quickly

The gang helps the Doo family with a Were-Dog.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

Shaggy is having a sleepover at Scooby's house. It doesn't really make sense for Scooby to have a manor when he lives in a lux doghouse in Shaggy's backyard. They are attacked by a werewolf...weredog. They face off with the weredog and drive him away. Scooby's mom and dad show up and I'm really trying not to question how this works. They call the gang for help with the weredoo.

The gang goes to Doo Manor and I'm confused again because I thought Shaggy and Scooby were having a sleepover and I really shouldn't be this confused about an episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. At Doo manor, they meet Professor Digmi who is researching the Doo family genealogy. He tells them the first son of the seventh generation will be a Were-doo and the only way to stop the curse is by the Doo family abandoning Doo manor which tells us he's the person behind this. But I'm still invested in the mystery because why does he want the manor so bad.

We meet Uncle Horton-Doo. Scooby's Uncle is kind of awesome. He's really nice. He likes creepy things like bats, ghosts and monsters. Obviously, Scooby and Shaggy don't trust him at all.

There's a clue to the "original" flavor of Scooby Snacks. The flavor should be compatible with ketchup and mustard. But it is Scooby and he's eaten liverwurst and ice cream.

A third unnecessary suspect shows up. She lives in the Doo house and I don't know why. It's a very confusing story. She's lived there since they inherited the family home but if it's the Doo family home then she's always lived with dogs. She declares she's protesting the Doos. Basically, the Doo family has a hateful squatter in their house. She has no one to blame for her problems but herself. They could have evicted her and it would be the smart thing to do given her aggressiveness and hatred of the family. I have very strong feelings about this character.

The were-doo is Professor Digmi and I don't care about the clues because it was obvious. 

The most interesting revelation is Digmi was looking for the missing link Doo but that's not the most interesting part. The missing link doo has bones in his ears. This missing link would be an interesting jumping off point for a theory about why Scooby is such a unique dog.