What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–2006): Season 2, Episode 6 - A Scooby Doo Halloween - full transcript

Head for the swamp boat, Scoob.

Now!

We got him.

After Oldsy pulled the bank heist,
he hid the money in the swamp...

-...until he could come and claim it.
-Come on.

He invented the myth
of the swamp creature...

-...in order to scare people away.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That way he could search for the money
without anyone interfering.

And I would've
gotten away with it too, if--

If it hadn't been for us
meddling kids, right? Got it. Thanks.

-My arm.
-Like, nice meeting you. Take care.



-Keep it real. We'll do lunch.
-Yeah, lunch.

Shaggy, Scooby, we weren't done
with our wrap-up.

I know, but if we don't hurry...

...we won't make it to Velma's aunt
and uncle's in time for Halloween.

So this is what it's like
to be in the back seat. It's coal.

Halloween's not until tomorrow night.

Yeah, but your aunt and uncle
live in Banning Junction.

It's, like, the place
to spend the holiday.

We have to get there early
if we wanna beat the crowd.

Speaking of driving, Shaggy...

...it looks like you're kind of
riding the clutch a bit hard there.

Candy, rocking with Kiss, more candy.

-Kiss?
-You might wanna just put it in third.

She's kind of a delicate
piece of machinery, Shag.



They're playing at the big
masquerade ball tomorrow night.

I'm gonna ask Paul Stanley
to sign my forehead.

Yeah, me too.

You're killing my Mystery Machine!

Who's a good Mystery Machine?
Who's a good girl?

Yes, you are. Yes, you are.

-Jeepers, it sure is spooky out there.
-Yeah, isn't it great?

Shaggy, you think it's great?

Yeah, because it's not regular scary,
it's Halloween scary.

I bet they've been working
on these creepy fields for weeks.

-And synchronize watches.
-Roger.

The official countdown begins.

Only 23 hours and 59 minutes
until Halloween night.

I'm looking forward to spending time
with my aunt Meg and uncle Evan.

They're so excited we're coming.
They said they can't wait to see us.

Freeze, you trespassing cowards!

Velma. Oh, my goodness.
We're so sorry.

It's all right. Just our niece
and her friends.

Hi. Nice to meet you
and all your pointy farm tools.

Aunt Meg, Uncle Evan,
what's going on?

Someone has been slashing and burning
the cornfields at night.

The police have no clue
who's doing it or why.

Probably some dumb teenagers...

...who think it's funny
to mess with folks' livelihood.

Yeah, dumb teenagers.
Dumb, dumb, dumb teenagers.

Know who's dumb? Teenagers.

Yeah, dumb teenagers.

Velma, you remember
your cousin Marcy.

Jinkies, Marcy, it's been so long.
Look at you.

And look at you.
You haven't changed at all.

In fact, are you wearing
the exact same outfit?

Well, you kids sure picked
a great year to be here.

Banning Junction is celebrating its
hundred years of Halloween anniversary.

That's right, and legend has it,
Hank Banning's ghost is due to show up.

Hank Banning? The founder of the town?

Yep. He ran it as mayor
for over 30 years...

-...until his wits got the best of him.
-Hank became paranoid...

...started hearing voices, seeing things.

He became unfit to serve in office,
so the townspeople voted him out.

Before he died on Halloween night,
he put a curse on the town.

His spirit would return
after 100 years...

...to seek revenge
on the town that wronged him.

Of course, most people
don't believe that.

But we have a record turnout this year.

Folks wanna say they were here...

...the night the legend
was supposed to come true.

Yeah. And to see Kiss
play the masquerade ball.

Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!

There's something out there.

I could've sworn I saw something big
and creepy in the window.

It was probably your own reflection.

And there's another reason
this year is special.

Come on, Marcy, don't be shy.
Tell them.

She's been crowned
this year's Corn Princess.

She'll be queen
of the masquerade ball.

-Marcy, that's so exciting.
-Congratulations.

Wow, that is so neat, Marcy.

Neat? How very retro of you, blondie.
I like that.

Well, I suppose we should all turn in.
Got a big day tomorrow.

Good idea, Dad.
I'll show everyone to their rooms.

The Corn Princess needs her sleep.

Can you get the bags, Daisy? Thanks.

Wow, looks like you can bench 220.
Am I right?

Pretty cool, huh?

-I got it at Ye Old Costume Shoppe.
-Shaggy.

I can't wait to go trick-or-treating.

Think of all the candy we'll get
in eight hours and 47 minutes.

I just love Halloween,
don't you, Daphne?

I remember our first
like it was yesterday.

Evan and I didn't have much money,
so our jack-o'-lantern was used.

Then you just gently dip and turn.

You got a little caramel
on your cheek.

My bad.

Jinkies, this is incredible, Uncle Evan.

I can't believe how crowded
Banning Junction is.

Amazing, isn't it? The legend
has made this the best turnout in years.

Too bad it can't happen every year.

Mayor Green, Eldin Reed,
this is my niece Velma.

She and her friends
are spending the holiday with us.

Everyone, come quick.
It happened again.

Who would do something like this?

Now, that's strange.

The only tracks
are the ones we just made.

But that's impossible.

Everything leaves tracks in a cornfield,
even animals.

It's like something just
dropped down from the sky.

-Kind of freaky out here, huh, Scoob?
-Yeah.

Hey.

Like, stop, you cat burglar.

Hey, like, where'd he go?

Shaggy, what's the matter?

You can't tell from the ground,
but from up here, it's obvious.

They're all different patterns...

...and each one is a traditional symbol
of Halloween.

What's this?

That's odd.
What's a glove doing up here?

From the looks of it, this water tower
hasn't been used in years.

Forget about the glove, what could've
made those freaky patterns?

It's obvious, isn't it?

Hank Banning made those patterns.

You--? You mean, as in the guy
who's been dead for a hundred years?

-That Hank Banning?
-The same.

He made a prophecy that there would be
signs in the fields, foretelling his return.

Agnes, that's ridiculous.
It's just an old legend.

That's right. Nothing more
than an old wives' tale...

...invented to scare little kids.

You didn't call it an old wives' tale
when you were encouraging tourists...

...to spend their money to come here,
Mr. Mayor.

The only ones who will survive
are those who have prepared.

Lock yourselves in your basements
with canned goods and water.

It's your only hope.

Oh, Agnes, stop.
You're just trying to scare everyone.

And it's, like, totally working.

This is going from good Halloween scary
to bad old regular scary.

Heed the warnings in the fields.
The end is near.

Tonight, Hank Banning will rise
from the dead, to seek his revenge.

Tonight? Like, does--?
Does Kiss know about this?

Do you really think the legend is true?

The ghost of the dead guy
is coming back for revenge?

Relax, Shaggy.
There's no such thing as ghosts.

I bet someone's behind all this,
but who?

-Marcy.
-What? Why would you suspect her?

-She's-- She's so innocent.
-And my cousin.

Oh, I don't know.
Call it women's intuition.

Well, I think we should split up
and look for clues.

Velma, Daphne and I will head
to the library to research the town.

Shaggy, you and Scooby
go to Agnes' house...

...and see if you can find out
anything more about the ghost story.

Why can't we go to the library...

...and you guys go interview
the creepy old lady?

Okay. Sure.

First you'll need to pull every book,
magazine and almanac on the region.

Then cross-reference it with
the turn-of-the-century folklore...

...which you can find
in the microfiche archives.

You lost them at "book."

Hello. Anybody home?

Mrs. Agnes?

Let's look around, Scoob.
Maybe we can find some clues.

Hey, Scoob, come check this out.

Maybe Agnes
is the one behind all this.

Like, she's taken it upon herself...

...to make sure Hank's prophecy
comes true.

I mean, she did seem
nuttier than a fruitcake.

"His ghost will come back
to haunt the town on Halloween night."

She's right behind me, isn't she?

Didn't your mamas teach you
to knock before entering?

Hey, wait a minute.
This isn't the bakery.

Like, let's get out of here, Scoob.

Look at this.

Apparently, there's a food-processing
plant just outside of town.

Seems they've been steadily
buying properties over the years.

The cornfields
where the patterns appeared...

...are the last
independently owned fields.

And guess who owns
the processing plant.

Eldin Reed.

Fred, Velma, Debbie.
What are you doing here?

-It's Daphne.
-Just some research.

-What about you?
-Studying.

They're making us take
electrical engineering in school.

Engineering, wow.

I was on my way home to get ready
for tonight's masquerade ball.

Hey, that's right.
You're the Corn Princess.

Man, you must be so excited.

I guess it's one way
to spend my birthday.

Marcy, I didn't know
today was your birthday.

Yep. I'm 18, able to legally vote.

Marcy, where were you this morning
before you met us in the town square?

-Daphne.
-No, it's okay, Velma.

I was at the mall.
I work part-time at Khaki Corner.

-Can anyone confirm this?
-Sure.

The security guard,
my assistant manager...

...the guy who works
at Pretzel Nation.

There's a store security camera
that has me on tape.

And do you have access
to this alleged tape?

Please, you can't even see her face.
That could be anyone.

Hey, Marcy,
how's the Corn Princess today, huh?

Well, it's official,
we're missing Halloween.

Oh, come on.
We can still have fun out here.

Shall I tell a ghost story?

-No.
-No way.

What's that?

Is it the ghost? Is it?

Scooby, you scared poor Shaggy
to death.

Scooby, that's enough. We get it.

The scarecrow, it's alive!

They're all alive.

Run!

Head for that old barn.

The doors, they're locked.

Attaboy, Scoob.

Look.

They're robots.

Someone must be controlling them
with a remote.

Get ready for the waterworks, Scoob,
we've got more company.

Like, where are they going?

Whoever's controlling them
must be sending them somewhere else.

-But where?
-I've got a plan.

Shaggy and Scooby,
you go undercover as scarecrows...

...replacing the two
we short-circuited.

Okay, anyone else have a plan?

We'll follow using the shortwave
radio in the Mystery Machine...

...to find out where the signal is.

Anyone at all?
Don't be shy, just shout it out.

Look at the bright side, Shaggy.
You'll get to dress up for Halloween.

-Who are you supposed to be?
-Hong Kong Phooey.

Number one super guy.

Teenagers, no sense of history.

Like, do you know
where we're going, Scoob?

Like, me neither.

I've got it. The signal is coming
from...

...inside the town hall?

No need to push.
Plenty of Halloween fun for everyone.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Carl, I thought we told you
to meet us by the snack table.

Honestly, sometimes it's like
you don't even have a brain.

And now, give it up
for our special guests...

...the hottest band in the world, Kiss.

Happy Halloween....

-Banning Junction.
-Banning Junction!

Let's make some noise!

I am the ghost of Hank Banning.

I have returned to seek my revenge.

Prepare to meet your doom.

-Hey, Paul, what should we do?
-What we always do.

Keep playing till the cops come.

Scooby-Doo, where are you?

Looks like our ghost
is just a projection.

Then whoever's behind this
must be inside this booth.

-There's no one here.
-I don't understand it.

Who would go to such lengths
just to upstage Halloween?

That's it. I know who's behind this.
Follow me.

If my hunch is right, it's....

Marcy?

I knew it. Anyone who wears
that much eye shadow is bad news.

Marcy, why would you
do something like this?

You're a Corn Princess
for goodness' sake.

Why? Why? Do you have any idea
what today is?

-Of course, dear. It's Halloween.
-And my birthday, Mother.

How would you like it
if your birthday...

...was completely overshadowed
every year of your life?

When Daphne asked who would
wanna upstage Halloween...

...I realized it had to be Marcy...

...whose birthday gets upstaged
every year.

That's when I remembered
the video of her at the mall.

I knew it. I knew that wasn't her.

No, it was her.

But I remembered seeing the glove
we found in the tower...

...in the background.

I just wanted to ruin Halloween...

...so I'd never have to play second fiddle
to that dumb holiday again.

Marcy learned how to build
the scarecrows and remote...

...in her electrical engineering class.

She used them to create
the patterns in the fields...

...foretelling the return of Banning
like the legend predicted.

This is all our fault.

I can't believe we let a holiday...

...come before the birthday
of our own Corn Princess.

Well, seeing as how
no one was hurt...

...we can arrange for Marcy to make up
for this with community service.

Well, Marcy, I hope you've learned
a lesson from all of this.

I know I have.

So who do I talk to
about getting paid?

Oh, blondie, I'll be out in 300 hours.

This is the best Halloween ever.

Hey, it's still Halloween night.
We still have time to go trick-or-treating.

Like, I had no idea I was so handsome.

-l can't eat one more piece of candy.
-Me neither.

-Nougat.
-Nougat? Yuck.

This sure was
one memorable Halloween.

See you next year, Marcy.

Orange really is her color,
don't you think?

Well, my cousin always
did have a wild imagination.

A guy who's been dead a hundred years
coming back to seek his revenge.

As if anyone would believe
such a silly story.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo?