Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? - S01E13 - What a Night for Dark Knight! - Toonstalgia

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? - What a Night for Dark Knight!

Season 1, Episode 13

Premiered September 19, 2019

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Daphne's honorary uncle is abducted.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

The gang visits Gotham City to see Alfred Pennyworth, Daphne's honorary uncle. When they arrive at Wayne Manor, they find him missing. The gang searches Wayne Manor for clues and cause serious property damage. Despite the signs of a break in, they don't call the police. This kind of behavior makes sense when they see a ghost. But nothing about this justifies the gang not calling the police when there is evidence of a break in and possible abduction. At the very least look for Bruce Wayne.

A tube of lipstick leads the gang to an abandoned department store. At the department store, they find a laptop attempting to hack into Bruce Wayne's finances. Batman puts Velma on hold and visits Kurt Langstrom/Manbat. A second Manbat chases Velma, Shaggy and Scooby around the department store. Manbat abducts Velma. Daphne spends the whole time looting the department store with Fred's assistance (an interesting reversal of the usual dynamic of Shaggy and Scooby ditching the mystery for food). I understand the motivation but I question the legality of her behavior.

Fred comes up with a trap and uses Scooby as bait. The other Manbat attacks Scooby. The trap goes wrong but they get saved by a convenient appearance by Batman.

They unmask Manbat to see Langstrom then Alfred then the Joker. Joker wanted money to fund his crimes. Batman locates Alfred and Velma.

This episode doesn't seem to share cannon with previous Batman and Scooby-Doo crossovers. They mix together different details of Batman but draw the aesthetic from Batman the Animated Series. It's interesting to see the 66 Batmobile. It kind of bugs me that the gang seems to be very well known and familiar to many celebrities and has a connection to Alfred but Batman is completely ignorant. The lighter take on Batman is a good fit for the episode. The fact that there isn't an original monster is disappointing.