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[gulps]

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

* Scooby-Doo is here again Away we go *

[Shaggy] * While Scooby-Doo is running from a spooky ghost *

[people] * Shaggy's just doing what he does the most *

* Hey, come on get involved till the mystery is solved *

[Shaggy] * Hang around for Scooby-Doo *

[both chuckling]

[people] * Hey, come on, get involved till the mystery is solved *

[Shaggy] * Hang around for Scooby-Doo **

That's my pal!

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

[dance music playing]

[horse neighs]

Blood! Blood! I must have blood!

But like I'll settle for potato salad, fried chicken,

corn on the cob, pumpkin pie,

and for dessert, just a touch of pizza.

I mean, like being a vampire really gives you an appetite.

Oh-oh!

[gulps]

Delicious.

Well, Shaggy, are you enjoying our Halloween party.

We sure are, Mrs. Crane. Like thanks for inviting us.

Oh, any friends of my niece Beth are always welcome at Crane Manor.

- Thank you. - You're welcome. [giggles]

But wasn't there a second dog with you?

Sure, Scooby-Dum, Scooby-Doo's brother.

- Where is Scooby-Dum? - Here.

You called?

Scooby-Dooby-Dum!

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

[both laugh]

[chuckling] Oh, it's nice to see everybody having so much fun.

Hey, like look, they're bobbing for apples.

Bobbing for apples?

Come on, Fred, catch an apple.

I'm trying, but all I'm getting is wet.

[inhales deeply]

Ready for me and my secret weapon?

What secret weapon, Shaggy?

Like watch.

The champion!

[slurps loudly]

Hey! That's my apple!

- [gulps] - [horse neighs]

[chuckling] Wow, Scoob, you sounded like a real horse that time.

Thanks. Huh?

- You do that? - Do what?

- [mimics horse neigh] - Nope.

[horse neigh]

Zoinks! A headless horseman!

- A headless horseman! - Huh?

- A headless horseman. - Oh.

That headless horseman.

Yikes!

[howling]

Like grab this.

Come on, let's tell the others about the galloping ghoul around here.

Gee, Beth, this is a swell party.

And what a beautiful house.

This is our library.

Say, who's that old gentleman?

He's my great-great-grandfather, Ichabod Crane.

You mean 'the' Ichabod Crane, who lived here in Sleepy Hollow...

Until one dark night, along the road to the cemetery,

he found himself being chased by...

A headless horseman!

That's right, Shaggy. But how did you know?

How? [mimics horse neigh]

Right, he practically ran over us

and the horse was all glowing

and the rider's head was like... like that pumpkin.

Oh! The Headless Horseman!

- He's come back to haunt us! - Haunt you?

The whole story is right here.

During the Revolutionary War, a tremendous battle was fought right where we are now.

In the middle of the battle, the Revolutionaries, fired a cannon at the enemy

and hit one of the bravest Hessian soldiers,

taking off his head, they never found it.

Aww. [tsks]

I wouldn't guess they'd look very hard.

His headless body was burned in a cemetery right down the road from here.

- [Scooby gulps] - And the legend says,

that on dark, foggy nights, the Headless Horseman rides out,

- searching for a head. - [gulps]

Which is why he chased my great-great-grandfather, Ichabod Crane

What happened to Ichabod?

We don't know. Nobody in Sleepy Hollow ever saw him again.

[both gulp loudly]

Wow. Do you suppose the Horseman's come back to get a new head?

This is a masquerade party, remember? They probably saw one of the costumed guests.

Come on, you scaredies, let's join the party.

Anyway, if he did come and had a face, he wouldn't dare show it in here.

- Zoinks! - What's happened?

Like maybe you didn't pay the electric bill.

I want a head!

- [gasps] - Zoinks!

It's true! The Headless Horseman's come back!

- [man] Let's get out of here! - [woman screams]

- [man 2] Run for it! - [woman] Wait for me, Henry.

[man 3] Hurry! Hurry!

Well, it looks like the party's over. Guess we'd better be going too, right?

Wrong. That phantom isn't getting away with this.

I was afraid you'd say that, Fred.

We're gonna track him down and find out what's behind his appearance.

OK, let's get out of these costumes and search this house for clues.

Shaggy, you and Velma take the upstairs.

I'll remember this Halloween the rest of my life, if I have a rest of my life.

Shh. We don't want him to hear us.

[Shaggy] Then why don't we like got the other way?

We'll work our way down the hall. Check that room first, Shaggy.

- Look, it's pumpkin head! - Yikes!

It's old pumpkin puss himself!

It's just a raincoat, Shag.

That bowling ball on the shelf must've looked like a head.

- Oh. - A bowling ball?

[both laugh]

- [door creaks] - Shh.

[Shaggy] I can't help it. It like needs oil.

[loud slam]

He's around the corner. We've got him now.

But I don't want him.

One thing I hate is a coward. Now get going.

Oh, no, we've been following a bowling ball.

Yup, it's a bowling ball all right.

- [crash] - [Shaggy] Like dumb did it again.

And with all that noise there's no chance

of trapping the Horseman up here anymore.

- You go get Dum and I'll meet you downstairs. - OK.

Scooby-Dum, where are you?

[sniffs]

Scooby-Dooby-Dum

- Scooby, that's not your cousin. - Huh?

That's your reflection.

[chuckles] That's me all right.

Uh-uh!

Zoinks! It's old pumpkin puss!

- [Scooby-Doo] Yikes! - [Shaggy] He's coming after us!

[Scooby-Doo] Yeah!

Yikes!

- Look, we wrapped old pumpkin puss like a salami, Scoob! - We did?

[chuckling] Correction, it's only a dressmaker's dummy.

Dressmaker's dummy?

It's Scooby-Dooby-Dum!

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

OK, fellas, OK, now let's get out of here.

[spooky cackling]

Zoinks! It's him.

I want a head!

Excuse me.

Give me your head!

[inhales deeply]

[grunting]

Sorry.

Then I'll take yours!

Like my head? Oh, no, you don't want this bad material.

Sloppy workmanship, look.

[chuckles nervously] Hasn't worked since the day I got it. Always loose.

- [clanking] - No, you'd be very unhappy with this head.

Zoinks!

No luck upstairs. We looked all through the room.

The Hessless Horse... I mean... I mean the horseless... !

The Headless Horseman, upstairs!

- In the sewing room! [chuckles] We caught him! - Yup.

Terrific! Come on, everybody!

There he is, old pumpkin head.

Oh, he got away.

Maybe he did this time but he left us a clue. Look.

- These wood chips. - [Scooby-Dum] Clue?

[hums dramatic music]

[sniffs]

Sorry, Scooby. [chuckles]

[snoring]

[screams]

That sounded like your aunt's in trouble. Come on!

His hand came out from the wall!

It was ghostly white. It grabbed for my head!

Oh, I woke up just in time!

Not your head, Aunt Gertrude, your necklace.

The curse on that diamond is the cause of everything that's happened here this evening.

- Did you say, "curse"? - Curse?

Yes. You should have left the necklace in the vault.

- Oh, this is my cousin, Elwood. - How do you do?

The Headless Horseman appeared as soon as you brought that diamond into this house.

Oh dear, Elwood, for a businessman who runs a big company

like Apex International Shoes, you certainly are superstitious.

Think about what I said. I'll be back.

The hands came from the wall.

I've heard of walls having ears, but hands too?

Obviously, there has to be a hollow panel.

- [tapping] - Come in.

That was only me, Scooby-Dum. I'm looking for a way to open a hollow panel.

Oh.

[hums dramatic music]

Open sesame.

You rang, madam.

No, Tarlof, I don't think so.

- You rang, madam? - I already told you, I did not.

Madam, I could've sworn...

Hold it right there, Tarlof. Let's see your hands.

[Daphne] They're ghostly white, just like the hands from the wall.

[Fred] Can you explain this, Tarlof?

The maitre call, sir, that I serve spiced cake to the guests.

In the excitement, I failed to clean the powdered sugar from my hands.

Sugar?

Right. And delicious.

Aunt Gertrude, this has gone on long enough.

I'm taking that diamond back to the vault tonight, personally.

But the bank isn't open at this hour.

The bank manager's a friend of mine. We both fly airplanes. I'll phone him at home.

Very well. You always were my favorite nephew, Elwood.

Don't worry. I called the bank manager and he'll be waiting for me.

Drive carefully in this fog.

- [horse neighs] - Oh no!

Don't tell me it's him again.

[Shaggy, laughing nervously] It's him again, old headless.

But he's not headless anymore.

[laughs maniacally]

[Beth, gasping] He's got Elwood's head.

Poor, dear Elwood. It was all my fault.

[Beth] Jeepers, all that's left of him is a pile of clothes and a pumpkin head.

The Headless Horseman took Elwood to the grave with him.

Beth, you and your aunt go back to the house where it's safe.

I'll escort you.

Not so fast, Chicken Little. We'll need you here.

OK, everybody, it looks like it's time to do the best detective work we've ever done

and the fastest, right?

Detective work? Fast?

[hums dramatic music]

- Nothing. - No clues.

- Uh-uh. - Then what's that stuck to the end of your nose?

Nose? What's a nose?

[Velma] It's a tiny picture of Elwood

- [Velma] with glue on the other side. - [Daphne] That's strange.

And here's something else strange. The ignition key is missing.

But what would a ghost want with a set of car keys?

A clue! A clue!

Hey, Scooby-Doo found a clue. A newspaper clipping.

"Flying saucer lands at beauticians convention."

[chuckles] Zoinks! Pumpkin puss is from Mars!

[gulps] A headless Martian.

Oh, Shaggy, that's no clue. It's probably just a piece of an old newspaper.

Don't be so sure. Like I'm gonna save it.

Well, now what do we do?

Let's go to the cemetery.

[nervous chuckle] Cemetery? Why?

Because it's time to see the grave of the Headless Horseman.

[both sigh]

Ichabod Crane was just about at this point

when suddenly, out of the fog, stepped a horrible threatening figure.

Zoinks! The Headless Horseman!

[teeth chattering]

[Fred] Relax, Shaggy. It's only Tarlof, the butler.

[Scooby-Doo] Tarlof, the butler? Oh.

[both chuckle]

Tarlof, what are you doing out this way?

If you must know, I went to our closest neighbor

to have them report our power failure.

Why didn't you call the electric company from the house?

Because a tree down the road fell over

and snapped the telephone lines as well as the power lines.

Oh, so the wind blew it down.

Not really. Somebody chopped it down with an axe.

Now, if you don't mind, I'm getting back to Crane Manor.

An axe! That might explain those wood chips we found.

How about waiting until daylight for this, like some day next summer.

Here it is, the crypt where Beth said the Headless Horseman is buried.

Or used to be buried.

Ooh, I get shivery just looking at it.

[grunts] It seems pretty solid. Anybody in there is staying in there.

Well, if you ask me, coming to this cemetery was a real dead end.

This looks like one mystery that has us stumped.

We didn't find a thing here.

That's it! Not finding anything here is a clue.

- Huh? - Like that sounds weird to me, Fred.

I still think this newspaper story is an important clue,

the one about the flying saucer at the beautician convention.

Wait a second. You're right too.

Naturally. Huh? I am?

Of course! It all fits together now.

Flying saucers and beauticians?

No, the sticky photograph, what Tarlof said,

no keys in the car, it adds up. Come on, there isn't much time.

But why are we going to the airport.

Because that's where the Headless Horseman's going.

[gulping] Old headless flies? Isn't he bad enough on a horse?

[car brakes squeal]

There's the plane, and if my guess is right

the Headless Horseman plans to use it to make his getaway.

[both chuckle]

He doesn't seem to be here yet.

He's probably just waiting for the fog to lift so he can take off.

Yeah? Well, I vote to take off right now.

Not so fast, Shaggy. We're gonna have a little surprise waiting for our headless friend.

Like what?

We're going to use this parachute to drop in on him unexpectedly.

Are you ready up there?

You give the word and we'll cut the ropes.

And down goes the parachute onto pumpkin puss.

The fog's lifting. He'll be here any second.

[distant galloping]

- The Headless Horseman! - Zoinks! Here he comes!

[neighing]

[Scooby-Doo gasping] Help!

Help!

[crash]

- Yikes! - Atta boy, Scooby.

- Stay with him. - I'm on my way, Scooby.

[howling]

[both howling]

Oh, no! They're taking off!

Zoinks! We're... flying!

[growling]

Look out, Scoob! Like he's after us!

Scooby, come back!

[Shaggy howls]

[Scooby] Help!

Oh, no! They're going to crash!

[howling]

[Scooby, gasping] Look out!

Like the plane's going, going, gone!

Here he is, sheriff.

And like let's get this phony Elwood mask off

and see who this Headless Horseman really is.

Let go of my face!

[stammering] Cousin Elwood!

- Cousin Elwood? - [slurping] Yep.

He was after Aunt Gertrude's diamond all along.

And it would've been the perfect crime if you kids hadn't crossed me up.

Well, we'll see you get a perfect jail cell instead. Come on.

[Beth] How did you know it was my cousin Elwood?

The missing car keys were the first tip-off.

When Elwood abandoned the car with the pumpkin in it,

he grabbed the car keys out of habit.

Right, and then there was the tiny picture of Elwood

that Scooby-Dum found on the end of his nose.

Yeah.

That was the passport photo so Elwood could fly out of the country.

But we didn't figure that out until the butler mentioned that the phone line was down.

Which meant Elwood had to be lying when he told us that he had telephoned the bank manager.

Then you found the biggest clue of all, Shaggy.

Yeah. I did?

The newspaper clipping.

"Flying saucer lands at Beauticians convention."

[Fred] Look at the story on the other side, Shag.

Apex International Shoe Manufacturers files for bankruptcy.

[Gertrude] Oh, dear. Elwood's company went broke.

Right, he was going to leave the country with the diamond.

And everybody would blame the Headless Horseman.

Like he said, "the perfect crime."

Till we found the clues that made it all look fishy.

Huh?

Say, where's the great detective, Scooby-Dum going?

[Fred] He's still looking for clues.

- Ah-ha! - [splash]

Scooby-Dum, where'd you go?

Scooby-Dum!

Are you here, Scooby-Dum?

And if you haven't got a head on, don't bother to answer.

- Look! - [Scooby-Dum hums dramatic music]

Look, a clue.

[all laugh]