Episode 8: "The Scarab Lives!"

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Scooby Dudes - Episode 9: "The Scarab Lives!" - Title Card by Tricia Ocock

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Season 1, Episode 1: "The Scarab Lives!" - Title Card by Unknown

The guards in the new Metal Gear Scrappy aren't as easily fooled by Solid Scrappy's cardboard box.

It sure was nice of them to give the rest of the gang a waiting room to bide their time between lines.

Blue Scarab: "It is I, the Blue Scarab, come to life to haunt you, my creator! Cower before the towering pectorals you yourself conceived!"

Jerry Sloan: "I REALLY DID MAKE YOU SCARY BUFF."

Jerry Sloan: "Seriously, guy? I can still see you. This purple smoke had better not settle in the carpet, btw."

Shaggy: "Ha- hang on Scoob. Is that my mango malt on your mouth?"

Scooby: "Raggy, it's rot rut it rooks rike."

Shaggy: "THAT MALT AND I HAD SOMETHING, SCOOB. SOMETHING REAL."

MRW I'm a pizza about to be delivered by a pizza delivery dwarf who loves his job.

Jerry Sloan: "Scooby, please. It'll never work! I'm a comic book artist and you're disrespectful of personal space."

Shaggy: "Rhy ron't you rook at me? ROOK AT ME."

Prosecutor: "Mr. Sloan, please use the wall scarab to show us where the bad villain touched you."

In perhaps the subtlest running gag in the series, Scrappy consistently stands on chairs that he himself has placed just a bit too far away from the thing he's reaching for.

Suspect 1: A wide-eyed diminutive man, Floyd Hotchkiss has GOT to be the Adonis-shaped Blue Scarab.

Suspect 2: A portly and facial-hair-bearing man of color, Mr. Hardy is also a strong contender to be the olympian-physiqued, milquetoast-complexioned culprit.

Howard Gruger: "I'm finished modeling for you, Jerry! And I'm taking these portraits of my spectacularly chiseled nude body."

Howard Gruger: "Except this one where I'm bending over . . . you can keep this."

It was a . . . creative production of J. M. Barrie's beloved play.

Given his height, it should've been more obvious what Scrappy was referring to when he screamed "I'll rock 'em, I'll sock 'em!"

Producer: "So it's the Blue Scarab running through a Jewelry store. He's running past all this glass and glitz and he's ignoring it. Like he doesn't care. He runs and runs and runs right up to the camera. We zoom in real tight on his face and he whispers: 'Every Sapphire begins with Scarab.' Then we fade to the brand: Scooby-Doo Sapphires: Because children buy jewelry."

Other Producer: "The only question is why we haven't done it already."

Velma: "By my calculations, the velocity and trajectory of the gargoyle should be sufficient to render Scrappy's body into a fine pulp-"

You know the saying: "What happens in a museum freight elevator stays in a museum freight elevator."

Resentful that his advice to put on a warm jacket was rebuffed, the Blue Scarab takes matters into his own hands.

Although popular during the early series run, Scooby's feral fits of alpha aggression against Scrappy were eventually deemed "off-brand" and subsequently . . . scrapped.

The key when using villains to re-pave a factory floor is to do it quickly while ignoring any cries of terror or remorse.

Blue Scarab: "You can't arrest me! My glutes are too perfect for prison!"

Police Officer: It's true. These buns are sublime."

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

This won't matter for pretty much any of you, but Evan was actually wrestling with Matt, a mutual friend from high school, and not Ben, a mutual friend from college.
Luke jokes that the best friends in High School Musical were "Troy and Ahmed", which was presumably a riff on the popular duo from Community. Danny Pudi's character is named Abed. Now now one is saying Luke is a racist, but-

EPISODE 8 - "The Scarab Lives!"
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Season 1, Episode 1

Scooby Dudes is the freshest face on the block when it comes to Scooby-Doo podcasts, and its hosts are acutely aware that they're up against a lot. It's a good thing then that they're so . . . what's the word I'm looking for-Sort of tough and strong yet persistent? Aggressive and headstrong? Tenacious, that's it! Oh, this is also another episode that stars Scrappy!

Not only does it star Scrappy, it's the pup's first ever appearance! It's another 1/3 hour of puppy power, and an episode that may or may not have had the backing of a very powerful corporate sponsor. We would never say that we're in the pocket of big business. What we are saying is that we could be.

As an added assignment, and one that will make up 20% of your final grade, determine whether Evan and Luke react more or less strongly to "The Scarab Lives!" than Billy and Amelia over at Scooby Dos or Scooby Don'ts. Please show your work.

Those "old timey train delivery systems" that Evan wrongly misattributes to the intro involve a catcher pouch and mail hook.
The Blue Scarab's getup also reminded him of The Shadow Hero, a really excellent graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew which provides an origin for what may be Western comics' first-ever Asian superhero.
As mentioned in the episode, here's a link to the highly informative "Gaston, That Is Too Many Eggs".
Luke likens Floyd Hotchkiss to the Hungarian-American actor Peter Lorre. Fun fact: there's a Looney Tunes character based on him named "Dr. Lorre" who bizarrely appeared in the live-action Looney Tunes: Back In Action.
Want to find out more about the golden age of comic books and how they were made? Both Luke and Evan would like to recommend the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.
Unfortunately we were unable to find a clip of Ryan and Chad having changed clothes in High School Musical 2. Lucky for us Buzzfeed had our back.
Yes, this is the second consecutive episode in which Luke and Evan have referenced the Greendale Human Being.

CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS

EPISODE 8 - "The Scarab Lives!"Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-DooSeason 1, Episode 1

EPISODE 8 - "The Scarab Lives!"
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Season 1, Episode 1