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Season 1
1. What a Night for a Knight
4. Mine Your Own Business
6. What the Hex Going On?
12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
13. Which Witch Is Which?
14. Spooky Space Kook
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
Hi Lanelle!I’m going to start with Season 1, #5. Decoy for a Dognapper, please.
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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
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Book: The Darkest Star
Date Read: 5/06/2020
Task: 2. a book that is part of a series
How it Fits: It's book #1 in the Origin series
Next Episode Choice: Season 1 #8. Foul Play in Funland
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8. Foul Play in Funland
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
Author: J.D. Robb
Book: Naked in Death
Date Read: 5/13/2020
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG - Mystery
Next Episode Choice: 9. The Backstage Rage
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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
Author: Kirsten Osbourne
Book: RNWMP: Bride for Kendall
Date Read: 5/23/2020
Task: 4. a book whose title has double letters in its title (puppet)
How it Fits: Double letters in KendaLL
Next Episode Choice: 2. A Clue for Scooby-Doo
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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
Author: Karin Slaughter
Book: Fallen
Date Read: 5/25/2020
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG - Mystery
Next Episode Choice: 7. Never Ape an Ape Man
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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
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Book: Wilder
Date Read: 6/06/2020
Task: 1. a book where the main character gets a job
How it Fits: MC Leah Baxter gets a job in a work study program tutoring Paxton
Next Episode: 10. Bedlam in the Big Top
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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
Author: Suzy Krause
Book: Sorry I Missed You
Date Read: 6/15/2020
Task: 3. a book that is humorous
How it Fits: It has humor in it and it's tagged humor on the 1st page of tags
Next Episode: 11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
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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
Author: Dete Meserve
Book: Good Sam
Date Read: 6/28/2020
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode: 15. Go Away Ghost Ship
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15. Go Away Ghost Ship
The newspaper reports that local shipping company owner C.L. Magnus's company is going out of business, because the ghost of the pirate Redbeard is haunting the harbor and looting Magnus' ships. After reading the story and consulting Magnus, the gang sets out to see if they can stop the ghost.
To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with an author whose name starts with 'C' or 'L'
2. a book with a red-haired character in it
3. a book with 'harbor' in the text of the book
4. a book where the MC reads a book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
Author: Blythe BakerBook: The Ghastly Ghost of Hillbilly Hollow
Date Read: 12/29/2020
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode: 3. Hassle in the Castle
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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
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Ghastly Ghost of Hillbilly Hollow (other topics)Good Sam (other topics)
Sorry I Missed You (other topics)
Wilder (other topics)
Fallen (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Blythe Baker (other topics)Dete Meserve (other topics)
Suzy Krause (other topics)
Rebecca Yarros (other topics)
Karin Slaughter (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.