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[birds cawing]

hiss

[wings fluttering]

[grunting]

[instrumental music]

Ahh.

Marion! Cachinga!

We found it, the ancient

burial heap of Sklar Gringat.

I told you legend

plenty true, Cachinga.

Yes. Amazing.

- Ow!

- Ohh!

My ankle!

I think it's broken.

- [gasping] - Oh!

Cachinga, make plenty

fast for camp.

- Fetch medicine kit - for wifey

bring here quicky, quicky.

K, K?

I'm sorry, honey.

I know you're excited.

Go on. I'll be fine here..

alone.

Okay.

Huh?

Love ya!

[grunting]

[gasping]

Ohh!

Oh.

[ominous music]

"Take not my head

or a curse on you.

My body shall forever

avenge the wrong you do."

A curse.

This day just gets

better and better.

Whoa.

Aah!

You were warned!

Uh! Uhh! Uhhh!

[growling]

'Aaahhhh!'

[theme music]

(Scooby)

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

[tires screeching]

Slow down, Fred.

I can't. I don't want

to be late for school.

Like, since when don't you

wanna be late for school?

Since I found out

who our new biology teacher is.

- (all) - Who?

Dr. Rick Spartan.

Ooh. Never heard of him.

That's because you don't read

trap magazines like I do.

The guy's a legend.

He builds traps?

No. He just gets

out of them. A lot.

[tires screeching]

- Uhh!

- Sorry.

No, it's okay.

You don't need to move.

Really?

Well, does that mean, like

you wanna, uh, maybe,

like, be friends again?

Maybe.

Aww.

Well, uh, maybe me, too.

[tires screeching]

Maybe, me three.

- (Rick screaming) - Aaahhh!

Uhh!

The Headless Horror had me

pinned against the wall.

It punched me again

and again and again.

Uh! Ohh! Uhh!

It picked me up by the throat

and threw me to the ground.

It stomped on me

over and over and over.

Both my arms were broken.

I had 16 fractured ribs.

What did you do?

Do? The only thing

I could do.

- I kicked it - right in the face.

Kapow-ee! Hyah!

It stumbled back

giving me just enough time

to climb up the rope

using only my left pinky.

No way!

But, that's the way it goes

when you live the life of

adventure. Right, Cachinga?

If you say so.

Now listen up.

I don't know much about biology.

So, if you want to know what

a spleen is you go read a book.

But, if you want to know

how to escape the clutches

- of an 800-pound - sumo wrestler

who's trying to put

a poison dart in your back

then you're in

the right place.

Class dismissed.

But there's 45 minutes left.

Cachinga!

- Ohh! - Oh!

I said class dismissed!

[all screaming]

Dr. Spartan, wow!

I'm your biggest fan. I've read

about all your adventures.

And, you know, we have

a lot of adventures too.

You don't say.

Yeah. We solve mysteries.

We've almost been killed

a couple of times.

- Don't you just love it - when that happens?

Isn't it just the best?

Absolutely!

- (all) - Not really.

- So, do you still have - that shrunken head?

I sure do.

It's super creepy too.

Hey, you want to see it?

Absolutely!

- (all) - Not really.

- Why don't you all come by - the house for dinner tonight

and I'll show you my whole

collection of cool stuff.

Ooh, that would be awesome!

- And make sure to bring - your appetites.

We're eating cow.

- (all) - Eew!

He means steak.

- Ohh!

- Cool.

[slurping]

- Mmm!

- Yum, yum.

This is yummy!

- Thank you, - it is such a joy

- to be able to go - to the supermarket

- and get cow - right off the shelves.

'It's so much easier

than chasing it down.'

Huh?

[gulping]

- So, how long - will you be teaching

- at the high school, - Dr. Spartan?

Long enough for Marion

to have a little break.

- Living in the jungle's - kind of rough on her.

- It's the little things - you miss.

Warm showers, dishwasher

not having to check your back

every morning for ticks.

- You rest up, honey, - a few months of R and R

- and we'll be ready to hit - the adventure highway again.

- Right, Cachinga?

- Quite.

- How long have you worked - with Dr. Spartan?

Quite a while, actually.

We were students at Oxford

upon graduation,

he hired me straight away

to be his assistant.

What kind of name

is "Cachinga?"

I have absolutely no idea.

My real name is Charles.

Charles Wheetlesby.

Rick calls me Cachinga

because he likes to pretend

I'm a wild savage.

- The pay's good, - so I don't mind.

Then why don't you wear

the outfit I bought you?

I'm not putting on

a bearskin and antlers.

That's what savages wear.

I've got the spear.

Isn't that good enough?

No! You just look like

a dude with a spear.

Well, I'm sorry

if I'm a disappointment.

If you will excuse me,

I'll be in my yurt.

- You shouldn't be - so hard on him, Rick.

- He saved your life - more than once.

Yeah, I know.

I'll go apologize.

But, first, what do you say

we go see that shrunken head?

[ominous music]

[sniffing]

All of this from

your adventures?

Yep. Well, all except

that clown mask.

I bought that in Reno.

There it is.

'The shrunken head

of Sklar Gringat.'

- Do you wanna hold it?

- Absolutely!

(all)

Not really.

- You're not worried - about the curse?

Nah, I left that headless thing

thousands of miles away

in the Amazon jungle.

There's no way it..

[roaring]

[rumbling]

[all screaming]

[growling]

[roaring]

[shrieking]

[shrieking]

Aah!

[grunting]

It won't open!

bam

thud

[gasping]

[shrieking]

[growling]

Shaggy, Scooby, the spears!

- (both) - Huh?

[groaning]

[shrieking]

I shall return!

I shall be with you forever!

[shrieking]

I don't understand how that

thing could have found me here.

I-Is everything alright?

I heard a frightful commotion.

Where you were?

Why you not come

when monster make bad-bad?

Dr. Spartan, what can you

tell us about the curse?

It was carved into the box.

It said if I took the head

its body would avenge

the wrong I did forever.

That's a long time.

I can't spend the rest of

my life running from that thing.

- I've gotta find a way - to break the curse.

Like, how are you gonna do that?

I have no idea.

But I know someone

who might.

Hmm. A shrunken head curse.

That's a lot of bad mojo.

Not easy to break.

- Then there's nothing - we can do?

I didn't say that.

I just said it wouldn't be easy.

'I'll go get my curse book.'

[slurping]

- I'm glad you came - with me, Shaggy.

I'm way glad you asked.

To be honest with you, Velma

like, I really missed you..

uh, uh, us.

Me, too.

thud

Good news!

I think I found an incantation

to break the curse.

Let's see, now. Okay.

It says the incantation

has to be said in a jungle.

The jungle? But the Amazon's

thousands of miles away.

- It doesn't have to - be the Amazon.

Any jungle will do.

But, like, dudes, we don't

have a jungle in Crystal Cove.

Hmm. Wait! Yes, we do.

The botanical gardens.

- They've got that new - mini rainforest.

That's a jungle.

It also says the incantation

has to be recited by a jackal.

Great. Where are we gonna

get a talking jackal?

I could order you one, but it'll

take a couple of weeks.

Like, wait a minute.

What about Scooby-Doo?

Like, he can talk.

It's worth a shot.

- (Rick) - 'What are we waiting for?

Let's do this.'

The instructions say we can't

start until precisely midnight.

beep beep

Forty seconds to go.

- I'm surprised Cachinga - didn't come to help.

Ah, he's cheesed off about the

way I talked to him last night.

He says I don't respect him.

Says I take him for granted.

- Natives. - 'Yoo-hoo!'

Mind if I join in?

I just love incantations.

They're such a hoot.

Oh, I brought you this.

Do I need this

for the ceremony?

Not really. It just adds

a little sizzle.

Midnight.

Okay, Scoob, you're up.

[tribal music]

Wama, wama, yoy, yoy.

Yoy, yoy, pippy, pippy.

Shrinky head,

go back to jungle.

- (all) - Nyup! Nyup!

I did it!

[laughing]

Good job, Scoob.

[rumbling]

[shrieking]

On second thought, zoinks!

Maybe, you needed

a jackal after all.

[roaring]

Why won't you

leave me alone?

You have plundered not just

my tomb, but countless others.

I shall follow you

all the days of your life!

No!

Yaah! Ooh!

thud

[all gasping]

You shall never

be rid of me!

[laughing]

- (female ♪1) - 'He'll be fine.'

He just needs rest

and quite a few operations.

Oh, dear me!

Rick, what happened?

Like you give a whoop.

What are you talking about?

Of course I do.

Ah, who cares?

It doesn't matter.

Just go back to Oxford,

Charles.

'I don't need you anymore.'

I'm quitting.

[gasping]

Oh, darling!

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Maybe, just maybe that thing

will leave me alone

- if I stop all this - adventure stuff.

Yes. Yes, maybe it will.

- But, Dr. Spartan, - you can't quit.

You're awesome.

The world needs guys like you.

I'm sorry, Fred,

the gig is up.

- It's time to start - living the life

of an average boring Joe.

I thought his name was Rick.

Dr. Spartan, please,

don't quit.

- Give us one more chance - to figure out

how to stop that thing.

[instrumental music]

- What is it?

- I'm not sure.

Looks like... a huge

contact lens.

Jinkies! That's right.

Just before the creature threw

Dr. Spartan against the tree

he hit it right in the eye.

It must have fallen off.

Hey, look at this.

It's a miniature video camera.

Like, that's not all.

Scooby and I found this

where the creature

came out of the ground.

Oxford.

There he is, Sheriff!

Arrest that native.

Arrest me?

What on earth for?

These kids, uh, they say that

you're that headless thing

that's been whompin'

on Dr. Spartan.

I tend to agree.

Take him away!

No! There's been some mistake.

This is ridiculous.

I'm-I'm British.

- 'Stop groping me, - you rapscallion.'

Good job. For once,

I think you got it right.

Repeat that to anyone

and I will deny it.

[grunting]

What's going on out there?

It was Cachinga,

he was pretending to be

the Headless Horror all along.

I never trusted that guy.

Wait! That means

the curse is fake.

There's no creature. Ha ha!

I can go back to the jungle

- live the life - of adventure again.

It's gonna be alright!

[rumbling]

[all gasping]

[rumbling]

[roaring]

I don't think so!

[shrieking]

Let's get him out of here.

- Aah! Aah!

- Aah!

[roaring]

[screaming]

- Velma, Daphne, get on!

- Noooo!

Ooh!

Ohh!

[growling]

[screaming]

[shrieking]

Watch out!

Eee..

thud

[growling]

Yikes! We're never

gonna make it!

[screaming]

[gasping]

- Gotch ya!

- It worked.

[siren blaring]

What in the name

of kettle corn is going on?

- I thought you said - he was the creature.

- Sorry we had to - trick you, sheriff

but we needed everyone

to believe it was Cachinga

so we could set a trap for the

person who's really behind this.

[gasping]

Marion!

But, how did you know

that she'd attack,

I don't get that!

We knew that if Dr. Spartan

- found out that - the curse was fake

'he'd want to go back to living'

- 'a life of adventure - in the jungle.'

A life she definitely

didn't want.

Fine. I admit it.

Well, you kinda have to.

We caught you

in the costume.

But how-how did you

know it was her?

We found this ring

at the botanical gardens.

A woman's ring.

You went to Oxford,

too, didn't you?

Yes.

But, Marion,

why did you do it?

Because I love you!

- Because I hate living - in the jungle.

It's... icky.

- I decided if I couldn't - convince you

to give up that life,

I'd-I'd scare you out of it.

I came up with the fake legend

of Sklar Gringat.

I forged an ancient map

to the ruins..

...and put it someplace

you'd find it.

[snoring]

I knew you wouldn't be able

to resist the challenge.

- You would be so consumed - with finding

your next great treasure, you

wouldn't be thinking of me..

...as usual.

crack

I pretended to break my ankle

- because I knew you'd send - Cachinga for help

and go up into the ruins

by yourself.

And when you did,

my plan fell into place.

It gave me a chance to sneak

around the back of the ruins

which were actually

an old abandoned movie set.

The Headless Horror costume was

the final piece of the puzzle.

I had it specially designed

and took months of pilates

to train my abdominal

muscles to the point

where I could control

the mouth with my abs.

But, the shrunken head..

it talked to me.

I got it at a Halloween store.

You can record whatever

you want it to say.

I'm sorry, darling.

I never meant to hurt you.

I just wanted us to live

a normal life.

- Which we could have - if it weren't

for those meddling sycophants.

Can you ever forgive me?

Sure, I do, baby.

- I know, I'm not the easiest - guy to live with.

- You were just trying - to get through to me.

Don't worry,

we'll work it out.

Mmm.

Sheriff, I don't wanna

press any charges.

Yeah, I, uh, figured.

Take me back to my room?

Anything.

Cachinga, come.

Thank you.

It's been lovely.

Hey, anybody hungry?

- How about I order us - a bunch of pizzas

and we watch a movie

in my room? Who's in?

Oh! I'm in.

- (all) - Okay!

Sure, why not?

- We'll be right there.

- Like, what's up, Velm?

Shaggy, I've been thinking about

what happened between us

at my mom's bookstore.

Yeah. I've been thinking

about that too.

What I mean is..

I just don't have the same

feelings for you anymore.

But I hope we can

still be friends.

Friends?

I'm sorry, Shaggy.

Now, let's go have that pizza.

[sighing]

- For the first time - in my life

I don't even think pizza

can make me feel better.

But it's worth a try.

Hey, gang!

Save a piece for me!

Hoo hoo!

[theme music]