Scooby Dudes

Scooby Dudes - Episode 36: "All Paws on Deck" - Title Card by Napassorn Sinsiri

Hazeltine realizes that she never should have touched the Diamond in the Reef.

At the top of the ship you can see what we in the writing biz like to call "Chekhov's Crane".

"Welcome to Bon Bourgeoisie Cruises! Here is your complimentary serf. "

Fred had always just assumed that he was attracted to girls. What about all of those furtive smooches he shared with his girlfriends? Or the hugs he gave or the hands he held? And yet in that moment of sweet embrace with the ship's captain, he remembered he left the stove on.

Fred and Daphne rocking that "European Antagonists in a Sports Comedy" look. 

For the first time ever Scooby and Shaggy find themselves in competition for the same person's affections.

Be Cool lifted more than a little content from Red Alert 2. 

If you've ever seen how hilarious salads can be, I'm sure you'll understand Shaggy and Scooby's delight at the feast before them. 

It's a little disappointing that the kitchen toughs on either side of the chef never hand anyone in this episode a beating. Just look at them! They're positively itching to lay down physical law!

Velma was practically swimming in food options.

BA DUM TISH

The Sea Creature desperately tries to inform Fred that he dropped his wallet.

"Well? Ready to admit that I have 'buns of steel' yet or do I need to tie my shoes?"

FORSAKE YOUR NON-POP-UP BOOKS. THROW THEM ALL AWAY.

. . .

At this point in the episode, Captain McDoon has become so grizzled that he is little more than a parrot on some dude's shoulder. 

The gang watches with genuine concern as a deranged person on YouTube talks about how the best Mystery Machine is the red one from 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. 

"Let's just go to a hardware store!" pleaded Daphne. 

"Why does it have to be from the bottom of the ocean?" queried Velma.

"It's not worth it!" cried Shaggy.

But Fred was not so easily dissuaded. He would find a wrench on the seafloor even if it killed them all. 

Everyone agreed, it was well worth the hassle. 

Velma insisted it was an impossibility but Freddie was emboldened by his successful wrench-find. He would forge a human-dog chimera even if it rope-burned them all. 

This shot was almost Be Cool's version of Porky Pig's "That's All, Folks!" 

"WHY ARE YOU CLOSED? TELL US WHY YOU'RE CLOSED! WHY ARE YOU CLOSING YOUR DOORS?"

Was the trip worth totalling the Mystery Machine? Fred needed only return to his memory of that sweet, sweet saltwater wrench for the answer. 

Although Be Cool was unable to secure the rights to anything by Celine Dion for this shot, they did something even better by selecting music from literally anyone else. 

That moment when you can't remember whose turn it is to traumatize the protagonists. 

Lesser-known but more effective than the doggy paddle is the anteater float.

Fred decapitates the creatures with his bare hands, revealing the partially-digested victims. 

What's that?

I'm being informed that the partially-digested victims are actually the villains. Stay tuned as this story develops!

What welfare opponents imagine it's like to be on food stamps. 

Since the voyage began, small improvements were made to the vessel. A patch here, a bay window there. A new oar on the starboard side, a Turbomatic rudder on the port side.

It wasn't long before the creatures of the sea were murmuring that Noah had risen above his station.