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Season 1
14. Spooky Space Kook
15. Go Away Ghost Ship
16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight
17. That's Snow Ghost
Season 2
1. Nowhere to Hyde
2. Mystery Mask Mix-Up
3. Jeepers, It's the Creeper
4. Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright
5. Haunted House Hang-Up
6. A Tiki Scare Is No Fair
7. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?
8. Don't Fool with a Phantom
Season 3
1. Watch Out! The Willawaw!
2. A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle
3. A Scary Night with a Snow Beast Fright
4. To Switch a Witch
5. The Tar Monster
6. A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing
7. The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face
8. Jeepers, It's the Jaguaro!
9. Make a Beeline Away from That Feline
10. The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw
11. The Diabolical Disc Demon
12. Scooby's Chinese Fortune Kooky Caper
13. A Menace in Venice
14. Don't Go Near the Fortress of Fear
15. The Warlock of Wimbledon
16. The Beast is Awake in Bottomless Lake
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1. What a Night for a Knight
When Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find an abandoned pick-up truck with a knight's armour in the front seat, the gang deliver it to the museum in place of the missing professor. However, this Black Knight is said to come alive every full moon. As the gang investigate the knight, they realize that it is a full moon, and the knight has come alive...!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a vehicle on the cover
2. a historical book
3. a book with a moon on the cover
4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 1
Player: Thread
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Book: Miss Frost Ices The Imp: A Nocturne Falls Mystery
Author: Kristen Painter
Pages: 322
Read: 5/7/2020
Fits: MPG mystery
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 2
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2. A Clue for Scooby Doo
At Rocky Point Beach, the gang encounter the ghost of an old sea diver. A sailor claims it to be the ghost of Captain Cutler, who, according to legend, died at sea many years ago when his boat got wrecked and he is getting his revenge.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set by the sea or ocean
2. a book where the main character spends time on a boat
3. a ghost story
4. a book where someone gets revenge
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 2
Player: Thread
Task: 4. a book where someone gets revenge
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Book: Mousse and Murder
Author: Elizabeth Logan
Pages: 304
Read: 5/31/2020
Fits: MPG mystery and someone gets revenge
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 3
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3. Hassle in the Castle
After getting lost in the fog, the gang arrive on Haunted Isle, where they meet an unearthly ghost haunting an old, abandoned castle.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets lost
2. a book set on an island
3. a book not set on Earth
4. a book someone else did not finish (DNF)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 3
Player: Thread
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Book: The Silence of the Snakes: Mystery
Author: Ruby Loren
Pages: 228
Read: 06/07/2020
Fits: MPG mystery
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 4
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4. Mine Your Own Business
When the gang get lost in the desert, and end up in Gold City, a spooky ghost town, they check into a deserted inn. The owner explains that everybody has been scared off by the Miner Forty-Niner. They wind up in another mystery involving an abandoned gold mine and a ghostly, moaning miner.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in a desert
2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
3. a book with a spooky cover
4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 4
Player: Thread
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Book: A Call to Charms
Author: Denise Swanson
Pages: 218
Read: 06/14/2020
Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 5
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5. Decoy for a Dognapper
When Mystery Inc. hear about a series of dognappings, they investigate. But when Scooby is dognapped, mistaken for another dog, the gang track him to a secret hideout in the desert where they face a witch doctor and a ghostly Indian on horseback.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character has his/her own business
2. a book that is part of a series
3. a book where a kidnapping occurs
4. a book where a doctor is a significant part of the story
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 5
Player: Thread
Task: 1. a book where the main character has his/her own business
Task 2. a book that is part of a series
Task 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Book: Buried to the Brim
Author: Jenn McKinlay
Pages: 304
Read: 06/20/2020
Fits: MC owns a hat making business, is # 6 in series and has MPG of mytery
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 6
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6. What the Hex Going On?
Mystery Inc. is headed to their friend Sharon Wetherby's estate. When they arrive, Sharon's Uncle Stuart disappears, and when they find him, he says he was beckoned by the voice of the Ghost of Elias Kingston from the Kingston Mansion. The gang find themselves wrapped up in the tangle of the spooky ghoul of Elias Kingston who wants the family treasure.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book about friends
2. a book whose title starts with 'U', 'N', 'C', "L', or 'E' (ignoring 'a', 'an', 'the')
3. listen to an audio book
4. a book that you consider to be a treasure
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 6
Player: Thread
Task: 3. listen to an audio book
Book: House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family
Author: Hadley Freeman
Pages: 272
Read: 06/26/2020
Fits: listened to audio
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 7
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7. Never Ape an Ape Man
The gang take jobs as extras on the set of Daphne's uncle, John Maxwell's, movie set of The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain. But, a real apeman has been sabotaging the movie and Mystery Inc. need to catch this ape before he causes the movie to end permanently.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets a job
2. a book that has been made into a movie
3. a book that has been tagged 'Realistic Fiction'
4. a book that is the last of its series
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 7
Player: Thread
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Book: A Good Man Gone
Author: A.W. Hartoin
Pages: 302
Read: 06/30/2020
Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 8
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8.
The gang anticipate the opening of a theme park while clam collecting on a nearby beach. But when the theme park's lights come on and the rides start running, when the park is supposed to be closed, they try to find out who is doing it, and find the shenanigans are being caused by a strange man who walks like a torpedo.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book that is the first of a series
2. a book set where the main character goes to a beach
3. a book with an unusual word in the title
4. a book by a male author
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 8
Player: Thread
Task: 1. a book that is the first of a series
Book: The Unwanteds
Author: Lisa McMann
Pages: 390
Read: 07/07/2020
Fits: #1 in Unwanted series
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 9
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9. The Backstage Rage
The gang investigate an abandoned theater where they face a spooky phantom and his puppets, all connected to a counterfeiting operation!
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets left behind
2. a book where the main character goes to a theater
3. a book where a face is the focus of the cover
4. a book whose title has double letters in its title (puppet)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 9
Player: Thread
Task: 2. a book where the main character goes to a theater
Book: Opium and Absinthe: A Novel
Author: Lydia Kang
Pages: 379
Read: 07/10/2020
Fits: MC, Tillie, goes to the theater
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 10
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10. Bedlam in the Big Top
The gang stumble upon a circus that is supposedly haunted by a ghost clown that starts to hypnotize some of them with a gold coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'stumble' in its text
2. a book with a circus animal in the story
3. a book that is humorous
4. a book that you purchased
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 10
Player: Thread
Task: 1. a book with 'stumble' in its text
Book: The Princess Diarist
Author: Carrie Fisher
Pages: 257
Read: 07/21/2020
Fits: Pg 81 - That is didn't STUMBLE was a miracle, not like a virgin birth or anything, but you could've fooled me.
Next Episode: Season 1, Episode 11
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11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
While on their way to Franken Castle, the gang stop to get their fortunes told by a gypsy. She warns them "they will meet their doom" if they go to the castle. The gang goes to the castle anyway, where they are confronted by Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolfman.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with 'castle' in the text of the book
2. a book where something bad happens to the MC
3. a book with a significant character who is nobility
4. a book that is considered a classic
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 11
Player: Thread
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Book: Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury
Author: Lee Hollis
Pages: 280
Read: 09/12/2021
Fits: MPG includes mystery
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12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
While visiting a museum, the gang learn about the legend of Ankha, a 3000-year-old mummy. Legend had it that the mummy will come back alive and turn people to stone if he is removed from his tomb. Shaggy later finds a coin inside his pocket from the exhibit, and when the gang go back to return it, they find the mummy has come to life and turned the professor to stone, and now he wants Shaggy's coin.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a historical book
2. a book that you purchased
3. a book with a teacher as a character
4. a book whose author's first name starts with 'C', 'O', 'I', 'N'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Completion PostSeason 1, Episode 12
Player: Thread
Task: 4. a book whose author's first name starts with 'C', 'O', 'I', 'N'
Book: Dead Men Don’t Decorate
Author: Cordy Abbott
Pages: 299
Read: 10/05/2022
Fits: Author first name starts with 'C'
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13. Which Witch Is Which?
While lost in a swamp, the gang comes across a zombie who spooks them. In the nearby town of Swamp's End, they learn that a witch nearby brought the zombie to life, and the gang investigates.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC gets lost
2. a book cover that you consider spooky
3. a book set near where you live
4. a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
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Books mentioned in this topic
Dead Men Don’t Decorate (other topics)Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury (other topics)
The Princess Diarist (other topics)
Opium and Absinthe: A Novel (other topics)
The Unwanteds (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Cordy Abbott (other topics)Lee Hollis (other topics)
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Lydia Kang (other topics)
Lisa McMann (other topics)
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Scooby Doo, Where Are You! was an animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was on Saturday mornings and it aired from September 13, 1969, until October 31, 1970.
The show centers on four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) and a Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. The group travels in the Mystery Machine, a blue and green van decorated with orange flowers, solving mysteries.
Challenge Begins: May 1, 2020
HOW TO PLAY:
1. Take a look at the Scooby Doo, Where Are You! episode list.
2. Choose your first mystery and post it into your thread.
3. The moderator will then post the related episode information and tasks.
4. Once you complete one of the tasks, post in your thread and in the Reporting thread the following:
Author:
Book:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice:
Books must be 100 pages.
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
Page count for audio books will be determined the first paper version shown on Goodreads. From the book's page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide.