Scooby Dudes

Scooby Dudes - Episode 40: "A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing" - Title Card by Luke Doty

and what a title card it is, amirite? I mean just look at that. Really take a minute a just look. You know, most people, they'd color the bottle so it's all filled up right to the edges. Not Luke! He obviously knows to show the glass casing around the liquid. And hoo boy - that shading. The bottle is positively glinting! I mean the Scooby Dudes get great title card art, everyone knows that but this? THIS? Hats off to you, Luke, you goshdarn hero. 

Never mind the weirdly shaded hat or ugly background.

The Scooby-Doo Show - Season 3, Episode 6: "A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing" - Title Animation by Unknown

The sign maker was fired for inadequately conveying that only those named McDuff were welcome at Mr. Tourists' castle.

Animator Boss: "How are those cars in the opening scene coming?

Animator: "Real good boss! Each one is distinct, and is available to purchase in Europe. Now I'm just tracking down actual, street-legal Scottish license plates to pencil in."

Other animator: "Aren't there, like, other scenes in this episode?"

All Girl Scouts live in constant fear of the Thin Mint Serpent, who rears its enormous, ugly head whenever cookie sales are down.

Constable Doo didn't care that they were in the Highlands; this was Scotland, not Amsterdam.

Unlike most people groups, when Scottish people become ghosts their skin becomes a little less pale and translucent. 

Fun fact: Hiyao Miyazaki was actual an intern at Hanna-Barbera during Scooby's early years. In this gif from Princess Mononoke (1997), we see some echoes of Shaggy in the titular princess.

The Loch Ness Monster shows the gang what it feels like to chew 5 Gum.

The innkeeper's blood ran cold - something was wrong. He'd gone the 90%. Why wasn't Fred going the other 10%? Silently, the innkeeper cursed the name of Will "Hitch" Smith. 

You want to continuously pull and knead your Great Dane until you've activated the gluten.

Jamie Craigmore greets the Mystery Machine in the traditional Scottish manner.

You might feel happy for Scooby or sad for Shaggy in this moment, but let's get one thing clear: that bird was raised next to a nuclear power plant.

"I'm just saying that loose pants would look really good on you. Leave some things to the imagination, you know?"

But Jaime 'The Matador' Craigmore wasn't about to give folks the chance to imagine him without a hefty package.

Do you ever wonder what it's like for your hamster when, at 5 AM, you can't fall asleep and so you press your nose against the cage and watch him breathe? 

It's like this, probably.

Aw dang it Luke already made a Highlands joke

"THERE'S SOMEONE IN HERE!"

"Alright, Finnian, so our surprise birthday party was a little obvious. Maybe cut back a little on the theatrics."

First animator: "So in this scene Shaggy has a green vest but only on one shoulder, he's holding drumsticks while playing an upright bass with three strings, and the bass is purple with a hole in the neck as well as the body."

Second animator: "Can we make the bass shaped like a transition card from Saved By the Bell?"

First animator: "Yeah but weirder."

We've all been there - you're at the castle dance with your back against the wall and you're watching your crush dance with someone else.

Sorry, Scoob. This just isn't your Knight.

Ratatouille owes Hanna-Barbera money, if you ask me.

What's that?

I'm being told that Ratatouille is a canon direct sequel to this episode. My apologies.

Every year, millions of crates are exported from Switzerland and sent all over the world. This is because the Swiss are well-known for their craftsmanship when it comes to making boxes.

It wasn't happening, Jaime knew. Fred was moving too quickly, not playing with his keys, saying nothing about the time he'd had that night. Fred wasn't going the 90%; Jaime would never have the chance to go the other 10.

You may think that we've captured Scooby in midair, clicking his heels. The grim reality is that the Scots are true masters of taxidermy.