Original subtitles

* We got it all together for a brand-new show *

* Scooby Doo is here and away we go *

* While Scooby-Doo is running from a spooky ghost *

* Shaggy is doing what he does most *

* Hey c'mon get involved 'til the mystery is solved *

* Hang around for Scooby Doo *

Aww, heh, heh, heh!

* Hey c'mon get involved 'til the mystery is solved *

* Hang around for Scooby Doo **

[Shaggy] That's my pal!

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

Keep at it, men. We're way behind schedule.

[sinister laugh]

[man] It's the Specter again!

It's the Specter!

[sinister laugh]

Like my favorite indoor sport: eating.

That's mine, too.

Jinkies! A flying pizza!

A runaway pizza.

[giggles]

Hey, listen to this: "Another in a rash of mysterious safe burglaries.

Investigators are baffled as none of the safes were broken into."

"All were done as though the burglars knew the combinations."

Well, I'm more interested in getting the combination to a job.

Good idea, Shag. We're running out of money.

See anything in the help-wanted columns?

Here's one: "Construction workers needed. No experience necessary.

Apply anytime."

That's for us! Come on, Scoob, we've got a job!

Yeah! Like, we gotta earn some dough before we can buy any more bread.

[laughs]

Hey Scooby, here's a slice of pizza for you.

Guess he's not hungry. Can't let it go to waste. People are starving, mainly me.

[Fred] Well, there should be plenty of work here.

[Velma] Right, all they have up so far is the skeleton.

[Shaggy] Skeleton! Where? Where?

Relax, Shag, Velma's talking about the building.

Yep, I've got jobs for you two. Are you willing to work night shift?

- We sure are. - Be glad to.

- Can't seem to keep any men on the night shift. - How come?

Ah, it's account of that Specter that's been creepin' around here.

- [gasps] Specter? - [gulps]

- That's a new one. - A building being haunted before it's even built.

There used to be an old, old house here that folks said was haunted.

- Haunted? - Yep. But we moved it away.

I guess somebody forgot to tell the Specter, huh?

[laughs]

[clears throat] Um, yeah.

Well, are you fellas still game to work the night shift?

- Sure. - Uh-uh.

Like, it's been nice knowing ya, Mr. Doherty. Sooo long.

So long.

[both whistling]

Hold it, Shag. Don't let that spooky Specter be a spoilsport.

We need a job, remember?

Besides, there's a mystery here that needs to be solved.

Yeah, you're fright. Er, I mean, right.

Listen, Velma, while Shag and I are working, you and Daphne

get down to the newspaper library, and find out all you can about this building site.

Look for clues that might explain why it's being haunted.

We're on our way.

This is Jim Rivets, one of the few men brave enough to stay on the job.

- He'll tell you what to do. - Come on, boys. I'll show ya around.

- Thanks, Mr. Rivets. - Where will we be working, sir?

You'll be working on the 19th and 20th floors.

- Nineteenth? - And 20th floor?

- [Scooby] Way up there? - [Shaggy] Yeah, Scoob. Way up there.

- I don't feel so good. - Me neither.

- [Shaggy] Ah, Mr. Rivets, sir? - Yeah?

Maybe there's something we could do a little lower down?

- Like what? - Like, dig a basement.

[sinister laugh]

I hope you boys don't scare easy. That Specter has cost us a lot of good men.

Oh, don't worry, sir. While we're working, Shag and I will keep our eyes open for him.

- Who, whose eyes are open? - Not mine.

[Rivets] Fred, you get off here.

OK, Mr. Rivets. See ya later, Shag.

Hold it. You're working at the top.

The top? I thought when you're new on the job you started at the bottom.

Top floor, all out. Red Sparks is your foreman. He'll tell you what to do.

- Where is he? - Over there.

- [gulps] - And double gulp.

[Sparks] Come on, fellas. Get a move on!

- [Shaggy] Right now? - [Sparks] Right now.

[Shaggy] Yes, sir.

The things we have to do to solve a mystery.

- You got the hang of it now? - Yes, sir, Mr. Sparks.

- All right, you're on your own. - [uncomfortable laugh] Thanks.

[sinister laugh]

Whew! This is hard work. Gimme a towel, Scooby.

Got it.

- Thanks, Scoob. - You're welcome.

Scooby! How'd ya get there, when you were just there?

- I don't know. - Oh, probably just my imagination.

Yeah, imagination. [laughs]

I'm running out of rivets, Scoob. Get me a bucket full.

OK.

[gulps]

Yikes! Specter! Specter! Specter!

Louder, Scooby. I can't hear you.

Specter! Specter!

That's funny, I thought I heard him say, "Specter".

- Did you say, "Specter", Scoob? - Yeah, Yeah.

- Where? - There, there.

Oh, you're seeing things, Scooby. Nothing there but a bucket of rivets.

Huh?

Now, let me have the bucket and hoist up another one.

[gasps, gulps]

Don't go away.

- Specter! Specter! - [sinister laugh]

Zoinks! Scooby's right. It's the Specter.

[Specter cackling]

[Shaggy] Yikes! Whoa!

Help!

[gasps]

Scooby, do something!

Shaggy? [gulps]

[sobbing]

Shaggy! I thought you were a goner.

I thought you were a goner too, Scoob.

[Specter cackling]

Zoinks! Now, let's both be long goners!

Whoops!

Aaah!

- [Scooby giggles] - [Specter giggles menacingly]

Huh?

[gulps]

[giggles]

Oh! What?! Are you guys goofing off?

No, were taking a ten minute fright break.

That speedy Specter's been chasing us all over the building.

- Specter? Where is he? - There.

- Where? - There.

- [Shaggy] Zoinks! He's gone. - [Scooby] Good riddance. [giggles]

Oh, boy! I hope the girls are doing better at solving this mystery than we are.

I wonder if they've found anything.

[Velma] Jinkies! I think I've found something, Daphne.

- What? - Listen to this:

"The house that was removed from the haunted house site was built in 1820

by a young man named Ebenezer Crabbe.

His neighbor suspected him of practicing witchcraft

because during the next 50 years, he never seemed to grow older."

Wow. He would have made a fortune in the cosmetic business.

So what happened to him?

He disappeared about 60 years ago.

And get this: "Legend has it that Ebenezer is still alive,

and returns to his home every 20 years to make himself young again."

Why, that would mean that he's about 180 years old.

Right. We'd better get back and tell Fred about this.

[Fred] A hundred and eighty years old?

Zoinks! Ebenezer sure moves fast for a guy that old!

Huh? Did you see him?

[Shaggy] "Did we see him?" Heh, tell her, Scoob.

[growls]

[sinister laugh]

We know where they moved the original house to, and I'm for checking it out. Any volunteers?

- I'll go with you. - Me too!

[Fred] OK. You three investigate the old house, while Daphne and I look for clues around here.

Smart move, eh, Scoob? Nothing could be scarier than this place, right?

[laughs]

Right! [giggles]

- [Shaggy] That's Ebenezer's house? - [Velma] Uh-huh.

It's worse! Let's go back to the other place.

Oh, Shaggy. This is no time to get scared.

Anytime is a good time to get scared.

Are you two going to sit there while I go in myself?

Now, you know we won't just sit here, Velma.

We're gonna hide.

In that case, I'll leave you both out there alone.

[giggles]

We decided you couldn't handle it by yourself, Velma.

[giggles]

Yes?

Yikes! It's that old geezer, Ebenezer!

Oh, I'm not Ebenezer.

I'm his great-great-great-granddaughter, Netty Crabbe.

Do come in.

Thank you.

We're interested in your great-great-great-grandfather, Miss Crabbe.

May we have a look around this uh... lovely old home?

Why, we'd be delighted.

[stammering] W-we?

- [Netty] Ebenezer and I. - [gulps]

He comes back every 20 years, you know.

He may show up any minute now.

Any minute? [gulps]

His room is upstairs. You're welcome to look around.

Thanks, Miss Crabbe.

- [Netty] Ebenezer's hobby was black magic, you know. - Black magic?

[Netty] I'm sure you'll find his room full of surprises.

[sinister laughing]

Uh-uh. Not me.

I guess his room is down this hallway.

Yow!

Yow!

Help! It's that geezer, Ebenezer!

Oh, Shaggy, that's only a statue.

Statue? Hey, you're right. [laughs]

Now, come in Ebenezer's room and let's look for clues.

Hey, here's old Eb's black magic book, Scoob. Listen to this mumbo jumbo.

It's supposed to turn people into monsters, ha!

"A crow goes 'caw', A toad goes 'beep',

Hocus pocus, you're a creep."

[deep laugh]

[cackling]

- Isn't that ridiculous? - Yeah, ridiculous.

The antidote is even kookier. Listen.

"Lemonade in the cellar, cookies on the shelf,

come on, fellar, turn back to yourself."

[laughing]

Boy! Only a real dumbbell would believe that.

Yeah, a real dumbbell!

[rattling]

- Well, nothing in this old closet. - Nothing up here, either.

You chickens can come down off the roost now, and help me look through this old trunk.

- What's in the box? - Beats me. It's locked.

Hey, let me try. Maybe this button will open it.

- [bats squeaking] - Yikes!

Oh, Shaggy. They're only paper bats.

You can come down again, if you're not too scared.

Us? Heh, heh, scared? That's r-ridiculous.

- Hey, I think I found a clue. - What is it?

It's a... Shh! Someone's coming.

It's almost time for Ebenezer to show up.

Would you care for a cup of tea while we wait?

[stammering] No thanks. We're, we're just leavin'.

- [Fred] Any luck? - [Velma] You bet!

We looked around Ebenezer's old house,

and talked to his great-great-great-granddaughter, Netty.

- But, that's impossible. - Impossible, why?

Netty Crabbe has been dead for 50 years.

[laughing] Maybe we ought to go back and tell her.

- You mean, Netty is a ghost? - Wow, what a family.

We also found this in an old trunk in Ebenezer's room.

What is it?

It's a receipt for a very expensive telescopic lens.

Let's have a look, Velma. This was made out to Ebenezer Crabbe a couple months ago.

[Velma] Right. I wonder why he bought it.

Only one place to find out.

[Daphne] Optical lens company, here we come!

[sinister laugh]

[knocking at door]

[man] Yes?

[Velma] Could we talk to you a moment, sir?

[Daphne] About a telescopic lens.

Do come in.

I am Mr. Spec, owner of this company.

Now, what's this about a telescopic lens?

Thank you for seeing us. Will you take a look at this receipt?

Certainly.

Ah, yes. It's for an electronic spotto telescope lens.

- Spotto telescope lens? - Correct! There's one more like it in the shop.

- [Fred] May I see it? - You may.

- Hmm, doesn't look very unusual. - Yikes!

That's odd. It seemed to make the room brighter.

Try looking out the window.

[Fred] OK. Wow! It turned night into day!

Exactly! It's a special light-gathering lens for seeing things in the dark.

I've got a feeling there's a connection between this lens

- and the trouble at the construction site. - Me too.

Could we borrow this lens to take it to the police, Mr. Spec?

Certainly, if you will sign this receipt.

[growls]

- What's the matter, Shaggy? - I'm still feelin' creepy.

Like that Specter was still hangin' around somehow.

[Fred] Ha, ha. It's all in your mind, Shag, relax.

Oh, you're probably right, Fred.

[growling]

Ha, ha, ha. I just imagined I heard the Specter growl.

[growling louder]

That's funny, I just imagined it again, only louder.

[all gasp]

[cackles menacingly]

[cackles menacingly]

- Oh, no! He's after Shaggy and Scooby. - Come on!

In here, Scoob.

[cackles menacingly]

- Zoinks! It's him! - We're trapped.

Trapped is right. Us chickens are sittin' ducks.

Whoo-hoo-hoo keep shiverin', Scoob. We're vibrating the door open.

- Look, Scoob, a bakery! - Yeah, a bakery.

Uh-oh. He's still after us. We gotta do somethin'.

I got it.

Aha!

Huh?

* Happy Birthday, old Ebenezer *

* Happy Birthday to you! *

Now blow out your candles and make a wish, geezer, er, uh, Ebenezer.

[cackles menacingly]

He's gone, Scoob. But look, so is the lens!

Shaggy, Scoob, are you guys all right?

- Yeah, we're OK. - [Daphne] What happened?

Oh, plenty. Like, I'll tell ya over a pizza.

[Shaggy] And when he blew the candles out, he took off with the lens.

Didn't even eat a piece of his birthday cake.

But why would he want the lens?

When we know that, we've got the mystery solved.

- Wait a minute, gang. There's been another safe robbery. - And look at this.

The haunted building where Fred and Shaggy work is in the center of all the robbery locations.

Right, that must tie in with the mystery somehow.

And I bet we can un-tie it if we capture the Specter.

- Capture the Specter? - Uh-huh. That's what he said.

[both gulp]

[Fred] All right, gang. Here's what we do: Shaggy, you get the Specter to chase you.

- [stammers] Chase me? - Right.

He'll follow you along that beam, trip over the nylon line,

causing that plastic bucket of quick-drying cement to fall on him.

[Daphne] Wow, that ought to slow him up.

[Shaggy] Yeah, like freeze him in his tracks.

- What do we do, Fred? - [Specter cackles]

- [Shaggy] Zoinks, it's him! - [Daphne] And he's on the wrong beam!

- [Velma] The plan won't work! - [cackling]

Shaggy, try to get him to run under the pail!

OK. [makes taunting noise]

Oh, he didn't fall for it, Scoob. He's after Fred and the girls.

- [Velma] Hold it. - Aha!

Oh, no! They're trapped! We gotta do something, Scooby.

The quick-drying cement. Good thinking, Scoob.

We'll dump it onto the Specter ourselves. Hurry, Scoob, step on it.

[gulp] He stepped on it, all right.

Whoa!

[cackling]

So, you nosy kids set a trap for me, huh?

And now I have you trapped!

[cackling]

What the...

Hang on! We're headed for that penthouse.

[stammering] What's going on?

Why, it's Netty.

Hey, look! They're trapped in the quick-drying cement.

Now let's see who these two characters really are.

First, we unmask the Specter.

- It's Red Sparks! Hi, boss. - Ah, meddling kids.

- Now to get the mask off old Netty. - [Fred] Jim Rivets!

Red Sparks and Jim Rivets, safe burglars?

- That's right. - Can you kids prove that?

Yes, sir. You'll notice this penthouse faces all the buildings

where the robberies took place.

[Velma] By using a powerful telescope with a special light-gathering lens,

they were able to see the owner opening their safes.

- And copy down the combinations. - Yeah, look.

Well, what do ya know? The Mahoney Baloney Company.

That's the safe that was robbed last night.

- Ha! Ingenious. - But, why did they haunt my building?

Because it was high enough to obstruct their view.

They had to slow down construction by scaring off the workers.

- Now, if we could only find the stolen money. - Yeah, where could it be?

- [Daphne] [gasps] Money! - [Officer] You mean, stolen money.

- Good job, Scooby, you've wrapped up the case for us. - Aw, it was nothin'.

[all laughing]

[Daphne] The officers wanted you to have a special reward, Scooby.

- [Scooby] Huh? - And here is comes now.

- Wow! - Out of sight!

[Daphne] It says, "Honorary Police Dog."

- [Velma] That's too pretty to eat, isn't it, Scooby? - Uh-uh.

- You wouldn't forget your old buddy, would ya, Scoob? - Uh-uh.

- Thanks a lot. - You're welcome.

[giggles]