Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who? - S01E12 - Quit Clowning! - Toonstalgia

Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who? - Quit Clowning!

Season 1, Episode 12

Premiered September 12, 2019

Quickly

A ghost clown threatens to shutdown a television station.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

The gang accompany Kenan Thompson to QTTT, a local television station with financial difficulties. He's hosting a fundraiser to save the station. Shaggy and Scooby are there as his muses. They find out the television station has been haunted by Pazzo the Clown, the supposed ghost of an old network star. There's a gag with Fred locking the van to stop Shaggy and Scooby from fleeing and it's great. It builds off the modern characterization of Fred as having an intense attachment to the Mystery Machine and using it in creative ways. This is most present in Be Cool, Scooby-Doo but it's also present in this series. Kenan waxes nostalgic about his childhood watching Pazzo the clown. Simone, a former friend of Kenan's shows up, then leaves in anger when he rejects her involvement.

Shaggy and Scooby are chased by Pazzo around the studio. They're nearly murdered when he throws them from a catwalk. 

Shaggy and Scooby support Kenan as he warms up for the telethon. Pazzo attacks during his rehearsal. They run and somehow this is filmed and televised within the studio for the rest of the gang.

Velma, Daphne and Fred search the studio for clues. They find Simone in basement making herself up as a clown in glow in the dark makeup. Velma searches the video archives for information on Pazzo the clown. But all of the tapes are erased and as someone who has spent too many hours looking for old shows, it's so sad to see local programming masters erased. Velma finds one tape was missed. In it, she sees a clue. Before she can tell the others, Pazzo locks her up.

Kenan finds Velma while hiding from Pazzo. She explains she has a plan and he needs to go on the air.

The tape shows a little kid getting pied. It was referenced earlier in a comment by Kenan about how funny Pazzo was. They use the tape to terrorize ghost Pazzo. Simone shows up in clown gear. The gang and Kenan pursue Pazzo to the roof. Pazzo traps himself.

The clown is unmasked as the station attorney. It's further revealed he was blocking efforts to get the station declared a historical landmark. On top of that, their fundraising goal is reached. He wanted to destroy the station and memory of Pazzo because he was the pie kid.

The real Pazzo joins the telethon and reveals he's both alive and a pizza maker.

Solid episode. And real Pazzo was so cute.