Daphne quotes from Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

They weren't trying to eat us. They just want us out of town.

Daphne

Why?

I don't know. But if we're gonna solve this mystery, we have to go back into Gatorsburg.

Say what?

Time to find out who these greedy gators really are. (unmasks the Creeping Creatures)

Daphne

Grady Gator?

Shaggy

Greta Gator?

Gunther Gator?

But why?

After we ran out of gators, everybody moved OUT of Gatorsburg. But not us.

This here's our home.

Daphne

So with no alligators left, you decided to make imitation gator products and pass them off as real.

Velma

But you couldn't have anyone snooping around Gatorsburg. So you created the Creeping Creatures to scare people away.

Then you could run your gator ring without anyone knowing who you were or what you were up to.

Shaggy

Like, that is one ridiculous plan.

And you know what? We would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling juveniles and your unauthorized investigation of our synthetic gator accessories.

Sheriff Stone

You're telling me this gator stuff is fake? I paid a fortune for this track suit!

Velma

Sorry, Sheriff.

Sheriff Stone

(sighs) Man, I gotta get out of this suit. This fake gator doesn't breathe. It's starting to smell a little... funky. Arrest them... [pauses] even though I have absolutely NO JURISDICTION HERE!! (drives away)

Wait, Sheriff. can you give us a ride? The Mystery Machine isn't...

(gasps)

Shaggy

Zoinks! Like, there's no engine in the Mystery Machine. It's haunted.

Velma

It's from Mr. E.

Daphne

(opens the letter and reads) "Hope you had a good time in Gatorsburg. But be warned, there are more mysteries to come. This is only one piece of the puzzle".

Puzzle? What's that supposed to mean?

Shaggy

Like, I've got a bad feeling we're gonna find out. (The lightning thunderstorms appears loudly in the sky, Shaggy grabs Scooby whimpers)

Daphne

Are you trying to set me up with - him? What about Fred?

You're just friends, right?

Daphne

Well, yeah - but we're really good friends. And I don't know, it feels like cheating. On a friend.

Darling, think of it like trying a new cut of meat. Why have ground beef, when you can have a nice prime rib?

Daphne

But I don't even like meat! I like vegetables. Like Fred.

Nice going, Raggy. (laughs) Good job.

Mayor Jones

(arrives) Pickled porcupines. What's going on here, Fred? I was in my office working late, when suddenly it sounds like some demonic force is tearing apart city hall. Tell me it's true.

It's even better, dad. We caught the Ghost Trucker. And he's none other than...

Let me out of here! Aaah! (crawls from out of the Ghost Truck and falls to the ground) Uhh!

Rung Ladderton?

Ooh, ahh, shock. Yeah, yeah, that's right. And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling... peers.

Daphne

Of course. It all makes sense. Rung was using the Ghost Truck to smuggle doorknobs out of Crystal Cove, so he could find Theodore Avocados' missing diamond.

Avocados disguised the diamond as a doorknob. That's why it was never found.

You are correct, my little ascot-wearing friend, but that idiot Avocados didn't say in his journal which crystal knob was really the diamond. So, I had to steal 'em all. And what better way than with a Ghost Truck to smuggle them all out of town?

Velma

We should have known. The other guy who bought the tires was G. Nurno Treddal, a name far too ridiculous to be real, because it's Rung Ladderton spelled backwards!

But Rung, you're rich. You've got everything: ladders, ascots. Why did you need a diamond?

I inherited a ladder company. We make the one product in the world that no one ever replaces. Ladders don't wear out like TVs or personal trainers over 40. (Sheriff Stone handcuffs Rung) No, no. They're built to last, which means no sales. The company's broke.

Daphne

I don't think you'll be needing this anymore. (removes Rung's orange ascot)

Thanks, Daph.

Daphne

No worries. I'm always here for you, Fred. (removes the purple ascot and puts the orange one to Fred) Seriously, right here.

Mayor Jones

I gotta hand it to you, Fred. Your traps actually came in handy this time.

Gee, dad. Does this mean you finally accept what I want to do with my life?

Mayor Jones

(laughs) Oh Fred. No.

Daphne

You know, we're still close to the water. All kinds of fish in there.

(watching the volleyball game) Yep, they're so beautiful!

Daphne

The girls?

No, the nets!

Daphne

The nets?

I wonder what their tensile strength is? They're nylon, absolutely perfect for traps!

Velma

Wow, who are you trying to impress?

Daphne

What, this old thing? I've had it forever. I just want to do a good job. Would you rub oil on my back? Fred likes shiny things, and I'm tired of him staring at nets.

Velma

Hey, Daphne? Let me ask you something. If you liked a boy -

Daphne

Who told you? Was it one of my sisters? [ Daphne mad at Velma] Dawn! Ha! She thinks she's so perfect. Well, what no one knows is, she has a sixth toe on her -

Velma

Um, what are you talking about?

Daphne

I - clearly, not what you were talking about...

Shaggy

Like, we've got him!

Velma

Good going! But how did you find your way out?

(sniffing) Clam cones.

Velma

You were saved by junk food?

Shaggy

Like, what can I say? Junk food and me have a very special relationship.

Velma

Maybe I should ask it for advice.

Speaking of clam cones, I see Skipper Shelton isn't around again. Or are you, Skipper? (unmasks the Man Crab)

(arrives) Ah, back from the Laundromat, I am. And once more does me nose-hammock smell fresh as the morning tide.

Daphne

Wait, if you're not the Man Crab, then who...?

Velma

Everyone, meet Bud Shelton. (grabs Bud's head out of Man Crab disguise)

Who?

Velma

The Trickell's Triquid mascot.

And the inventor, not that dirtball, Trickell.

Shaggy

Like, how did you know, Velma?

Velma

I knew it wasn't a real crab because Daphne never got allergic when she was around it. Plus, when I saw the mole pattern on the cheek of man next to Trickell in the newspaper, I remembered the same pattern on the mascot.

He took the credit for my creation. It was supposed to be called Bud's Bloosh. I was still working on the name. I spent countless hours making the Man Crab costume and even more time building my system of trap doors and stairs under the beach. And in case anyone came snooping in between kidnappings, I hid my costume in a locker big enough to hold it, putting a label with Skipper's name on it over the real label. So if anyone found it, they'd blame him.

Daphne

All that work just to get back at Mr. Trickell? Wouldn't it have been easier and-- more legal to sue him?

Are you kidding? Lawyers take forever. I would have succeeded, too, if it weren't for you meddling brats probing into my crustacean-themed revenge scheme.

Well, "almost" doesn't shuck the clam, (to Scooby) does it, wolfie?

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Daphne

They can't just leave all the kids!

Sheriff Stone

They'll be fine. We'll air drop in some freeze dried camp food. Just because they're 'spookified' doesn't mean they can't reconstitute macaroni!

Daphne

This is nice.

Watch it, Daphne! Remember, we're married; don't look so happy!

Velma

It's almost sunset. We'd better get inside.

Right. (loudly) Come, two young children, it's bedtime! Grandma's gonna tell you a story!

Shaggy

Oh goodie!

Quick, get inside.

Aren't you going to tell us a story?

Velma

Yes, The End. Now shh.

Mayor Jones

What in the name of whole wheat toast is going on?

We got him, dad.

You mean her.

Mary Anne Gleardan.

Mayor Jones

Your tutor? But why?

I was trying to scare all the adults out of Crystal Cove so I could run the city my way. (hocking) (to Fred) I told you, I have brilliant ideas. (to everyone) With all the adults gone, there's be no one to stand in my way. I learned about the legend of Qué Horrífico in Dr. Portillo's honors class. It was the perfect solution. I used the high school's theater department for my costume. I went to every kindergarten and elementary school in the city to convince the children to pretend to be spookified. In return I offered them Utopia! When that didn't work, I offered them candy. Whenever the children heard me playing the pan flute, that was their signal to put on their fake hair and fangs and commence spookification. I almost had the whole town cleared of adults. I would have, too, if it weren't for you (speaks latin)

Huh?

(sighs) Loosely translated it means "Meddlesome kids" in latin.

I'm going home. I miss my mom and dad. (The other kids say goodbyes and walk into their homes) By the way, this was lame. (Sheriff Stone handcuffs Mary Anne)

Wait, you're taking me to jail?! But I'm just a kid!

Sheriff Stone

Do you know how many boxes we're stuck with of Qué Horrífico t-shirts, Qué Horrífico pamphlets, Qué Horrífico dance CDs, Qué Horrífico--?

Okay, okay. I see your point.

Daphne

I'm telling you, she's up to something!

C'mon, Daphne. So, Alice was using the shower and hanging out in the school basement late at night. Haven't we all?

Daphne

What if Alice is the ghost girl the Sheriff mentioned? You could be in danger, Fred.

Don't you think I'd know if she were a ghost girl?

Velma

I'd be willing to bet... no.

Yeah, me too.

Shaggy

Yeah, like, what do we really know about Alice?

You mean, besides the fact that she's super nice, and her hair smells like peaches, and sometimes I get lost in her eyes, and -

Daphne

Fred Jones, do you like this girl?

(points at his "watch") Wow, look at the time.

Daphne

You're not wearing a watch, Freddie.

Oh. Well, I'd better go find one, then!

Hey, baby sis. Something got you down.

Daphne

Hey, Delilah. It's okay, I'm fine.

No, no, I can tell. Same way I can tell when I look in the eyes of the enemy and see their cold, grey heart and know it's either me, or them.

Daphne

Uh, okay...

Ah, boy trouble. I've been Fear's bunkmate before. Let me tell you a story. There was a beach. Enemy dug in along the shore. They picked us off one by one but I knew I had to get my men through, understand?

Daphne

No.

All right, here's another story -

Daphne

Delilah, really, don't worry. I'm gonna figure this out.

I hear you. Call if you need me. Whoo-aahh!

Don't touch me!

Mayor Jones

(arrives with Sheriff Stone) Hazy fantasie, Fred. Didn't you hear me when I said, "if you see a ghost girl, do not go to the prom with her".?

Don't worry, dad. She may look like a ghost girl, but in reality she's... (unmasks the ghost girl) Alice May. Or she's also known as...

Alice Carlswell.

Sheriff Stone

Carlswell? As in Deacon Carlswell? The Creeper?

That is right. He was my father. When daddy was in prisoned, I vowed revenge on those who put him there. I used his old costume to construct my own. When I found the legend of the evil ghost girl online, I was ready to spring my trap. I grabbed that fool Randy to throw you all off the track. And I kept him hidden and fed in my father's crypt until I could let him go. After that, it was just a matter of getting rid of your precious leader, and Fred. I'm going to zap your gang the way you feeded my father. And I would have succeeded, too, if it weren't for you meddling... schoolmates... of mine.

Perfect! Daphne's our phantom bait.

Daphne

Oh, this is so exciting - wait. Bait?