Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - S01E15 - If You Can't Scooby-Doo the Time, Don't Scooby-Doo the Crime - Toonstalgia

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - If You Can't Scooby-Doo the Time, Don't Scooby-Doo the Crime

Season 1, Episode 15

February 6, 2016

Quickly

The ghost of a prisoner haunts the prison where he was mistreated.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

The gang is visiting a prison. Fred is especially excited because the Warden is a hero of his. He views the prison as a symbol of ultimate justice. I do not see prisons this way...especially prisons that indiscriminately kill birds. The prison is being haunted by the ghost of Stealin' Stan. The gang volunteer to investigate.

Wayne Bowman is psychotic and it's not a subtle build up. This is maybe the darkest episode I've ever seen. They show multiple references to torture and a reference to execution. Warden Bowman is kind of the worst. 

Fred is affected by the atmosphere of the Vault (the prison) and possessed with suspicion of Shaggy. 

The character design for the ghost of Stealin' Stan is great. They don't completely explain "Stealin Stan" like how he gained the nickname. Did he have a history of theft? "Once a thief, Always a thief"? Was he a thief? Or was he a completely innocent man? He lost years of his life to a false conviction and a corrupt warden. He stole Stealin' Stan's letters and hid the evidence of Stan's innocence. It's dark. It's really dark. Fred's even darker by association. Also, Fred didn't have any evidence of Shaggy's theft. He just accused him.

The best part of this episode is the twist at the end.