Episode 22: "The Creeping Creatures"

Scooby Dudes - Episode 22: "The Creeping Creatures" - Title Card by Sara DuVall

Scooby-Doo! Mystery, Inc. - Season 1, Episode 2: "The Creeping Creatures" - Title Animation by Unknown

First gumball machines and now this! Mr. Hughes was wondering why he'd ever bothered to get a credit card to begin with.

The saddest scene in I Am Legend.

"I read it for the articles!" Fred literally insisted in this episode.

Fred could make hot dog eyes at Velma all he wanted- she was reading the letter.

It wasn't until Day 8 of the cattle drive that the cowboys noticed something amiss about their steer.

In Gatorsberg, there is a statue of an alligator about to chomp on a cherubic baby. True story.

Scooby and Shaggy briefly contemplate whether to chow down on the ancient, rotting gatorburgers or to simply swallow them whole without chewing.

Shaggy's stomach: "I think I've finally got the, like, GUTS to be the man you need, Velmster."

Fred notices that the engine is missing from his van.

Fred: "Triple-A? Thank goodness. I have no idea what's wrong with this thing."

Mrs. Rogers told her husband that although he was great eye candy, he was not canvas candy, per se.

THE DOG DIES!

. . . or, from another perspective:

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Arizona boarding house, colorized (2014)

Innkeeper with strabiscus: "I've got an eye on you. Also, you over there."

The innkeeper informs Scooby that he has just stepped on a landmine made of LEGOs.

Ironically, because Scooby wasn't allowed to stay at the inn he was the only member of the gang to NOT get fleas.

Velma describes Shaggy's most disappointing feature: his brain.

Fred lectures Daphne about the many entries in his Mansplaining Scrapbook.

Scoobler on the Roof

First animator: "Should the monsters be more unsettling or terrifying?"

Second animator: "Yes."

Overwhelmed by curiosity, Shaggy and Velma taste each others' chapstick. Just as friends, of course!

Here we get our first clue that the ceiling fan is actually the villain.

Excuse me, I'm late for a nightmare.

Shaggy would later come to regret asking how a belt could even be used for a fetish.

The villains in this episode performed not only their freight management but also their accounting, risk assessments, performance reviews, and company picnics in-costume.

A first in Scooby-Doo, Fred wordlessly re-masks a particularly homely villain.

Gator leather never looked so good. In fact, it never looked good at all.

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

11:48 - Raven's incantation of choice is "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!", with emphasis typically placed on the last word.
41:18 - Gunther actually looks nothing like any of the members of The Ganggreen Gang. Maybe a bit of Ace and a bit of Snake, but even that seems like a stretch.
41:25 - That Teen Titans villain Luke is referring to is Klarion the Witch Boy (not Simon), who actually appeared as an antagonist in their mutually beloved Young Justice.
59:52 - It was brought to our attention by one of our more attentive listeners that Scooby in fact says "Gator person!" and not "I'm a good person!" I've decided to leave up the corresponding show note on the right regardless.

EPISODE 22 - "The Creeping Creatures"
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Season 1, Episode 2

9/25/2017 - You know what the most disappointing thing about this entire episode is? The fact that not once, at any point, do they bother to make some kind of "later, gator" quip. I mean, it literally writes itself. Were it seven years ago I would need to fetch myself a ladder. In order to help retrieve the writers from their high horse.

As the hosts of this podcast inch ever closer to the dreaded two hour mark they have a fantastic time along the way. There's talk of voice actors, cinematography, yet another Westworld reference, and, right in the final minutes, an important reminder of the importance of using preferred pronouns.

8:44 - That "thing that films will do" is called digital colour correction, and Cracked actually did a little write-up on it in their list of "5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look the Same".
24:13 - Yes, Luke Cage really does say "Where's my money, honey?", and to Doctor Doom of all people. That took place in Hero For Hire #9, and if you want to get a lot more context I would suggest reading this.
40:23 - Evan mentions walleye, the fish, but if anything Luke should have. After all, it's the state fish of Minnesota, and residents eat more walleye there "than in any other jurisdiction [of the United States]".
59:52 - The words "I'm a good person" will, for the truly fortunate, bring to mind one of the highlights of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's first season:

59:55 - Some wonderful soul has compiled a list of their favourite Assassin's Creed II quotes, including such delights as: ""I'm too young to die! God, please let me live! I promise to live a better life! I can't die... I'M BEAUTIFUL! Oh, animale! HELP!"
1:03:43 - Of course it's the 90-10 kissing rule, as Luke rightly states; what could Evan possibly know about locking lips? Anyway, here's that scene, starring a pre-Paul Blart: Mall Cop Kevin James:

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

EPISODE 22 - "The Creeping Creatures"Scooby-Doo! Mystery IncorporatedSeason 1, Episode 2

EPISODE 22 - "The Creeping Creatures"
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Season 1, Episode 2