Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - S01E18 - Saga of the Swamp Beast - Toonstalgia

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - Saga of the Swamp Beast

Season 1, Episode 18

Premiered February 27, 2016

Quickly

The gang hunts a Swamp Beast in a Louisiana Bayou.

Thoughts, Details and Recap

That gang are in Louisiana. Daphne is pretending to be a vampire in Interview with the Vampire style. Scooby and Shaggy have their own Hot Ones challenge. They volunteer to solve the mystery of the Swamp Monster for Bayou Pierre.

After running out into the swamp, Shaggy and Scooby are attacked by the Swamp Monster. The gang returns to the swamp to investigate Scooby and Shaggy's sighting. They are quickly attacked by the Swamp Monster. They are saved by Bayou Pierre. Bayou Pierre joins them in their investigation of the swamp.

They meet Hermit Hank. He tells them the Gentleman Bandit drove an armored truck into the swamp (possibly a reference to "Which Witch is Which?"). They get a ring from Chomps, a mystery solving alligator, with Kingston University (a reference to the premiere of the series).

I love the character design on the Swamp Monster. It's a unique design that looks like plant material draped over a body made of roots.

Chomps helps the gang capture Dwayne, the Gentleman Bandit. He gets all of the credit. Only Fred is bothered by this.

This is another really good episode. It possesses all of the best traits of this series. It's meta, strange, funny and it builds a mystery.