Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who? - S01E17 - Hollywood Knights! - Toonstalgia

Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who? - Hollywood Knights!

Season 1, Episode 17

Premiered July 2, 2020

Quickly

The gang helps George Takei save a historical mansion.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

George Takei is giving a tour of the Darrington estate. He tells the group the estate is rumored to be haunted by the Doombringer. The Doombringer, of course, shows up. Just as I'm starting to think how odd it would be if they subverted expectations, they subvert expectations and the gang appears in cloaks with cameras. The Doombringer freezes and the empty armor collapses. George Takei invited them to the estate to investigate the Doombringer. They find a clue of a single blonde hair. George has been trying to get the mansion registered as a historical landmark but the Doombringer is confounding his efforts.

The private detective George hired to identify the owner of the house accuses Mystery Inc. of horning in on his case. The gardener working for George runs in and attacks an empty suit of armor then quits. "You're going to need a new gardener." "That one's broken"

Velma discovers another clue, their photos are distorted. There's a Doombringer hallway chase and it's so chaotic and nonsensical that Scooby doesn't realize when it has ended. Maybe it's my love of Yellow Submarine that makes me appreciate the nonsense.

Sam Shehan shows up and he's a land developer and there's not much else to say other than he drops a premature meddling kids. A crazy lady appears from a cupboard. George identifies her as the daughter of the owner of the house. They chase after her.

They find a forged deed and letters warning that the land will be auctioned off. The Doombringer chases. The crazy lady tries to kill them. George gets shirtless and fights the Doombringer. George is unabashed in the fact that he wants to show off his abs.

The knight steals the fake deed and the Mystery Machine. They're forced to chase him with Darrington's armor. They catch the knight and unmask him to reveal the gardener. There's handwavium about how the gardener got in and out of suits of armor. But anyway.

I love this episode. George has a beautiful voice to listen to. This episode had surprises and twists that I did not expect. And the last joke with George throwing glitter into the air made me laugh out loud. It was reference to the transporter in Star Trek. They achieved the look of the teleporter with glitter in water.