Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who? - S01E21 - Dance Matron of Mayhem! - Toonstalgia

Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who? - Dance Matron of Mayhem!

Season 1, Episode 21

Premiered July 20, 2020

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Maddie Ziegler's dance studio is haunted.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

Maddie Ziegler won a haunted dance studio in a dance contest. She needs to renovate the studio to keep it. But the ghost of the original owner is resisting her renovation efforts.  In 48 hours, the city will reclaim the studio and tear it down to create parking.

The gang goes to see the grand opening of her studio and finds it closed and ruined. They investigate and find Maddie in the studio. The episode establishes her as friends with Daphne.

They tell the story of Madame Zobrinsky, a Russian ballet dance. Their investigation uncovers an occupied penthouse. Madame Zobrinsky's ghost shows up and curses Maddie then challenges her to break the curse. She needs to teach one of three very specific dances. Shaggy and Scooby happily volunteer but the ghost keeps electrocuting them and ruining the effort.

The ghost comes back. Maddie is defiant. She calls the ghost out for being unfair.  The ghost gives her one more chance to break the curse by performing the Zobrinsky triangle with Scooby and Shaggy. While the three of them are performing, the rest of the gang sets the trap. They use the apparently mystic powers of the Zobrinsky triangle to distract the ghost while they trap the ghost by Rube Goldberging a stack of tutus on her.

They unmask the ghost to find Madame Zobrinsky. Velma explains Madame Zobrinsky faked her death 30 years earlier. Somehow no one realized that this person wasn't dead despite the fact that she was still using her credit cards. 

The trap in this episode ranks as one of my favorites. It works out perfectly and it has so many parts. It's fun to see Shaggy and Scooby enthusiastic and demonstrate skill in dancing. Overall it's a solid episode.