A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - S04E03 - Mayhem of the Moving Mollusk - Toonstalgia

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - Mayhem of the Moving Mollusk

Season 4, Episode 3

Premiere August 17, 1991

Quickly

The gang assists the Critter Getters in capturing a giant snail.

Thoughts, Details, Recap

The gang is hanging out in the treehouse when they get a letter from the Critter Getters (a Ghost Buster's pastiche) asking for the gang's assistance in solving a mystery. They use Velma's transporter ray to transport to New York City. They immediately see a monster snail decked in hockey gear (Is that a Casey Jones reference?). They escape him with a classic costume gag. Through a sequence of events Scooby's nose becomes a blinking mystery detector.

They finally make it to Critter Getters. There are many jokes about Freddy being just the dumbest person in the world for believing in ghosts despite the fact that the gang has met a real ghost and everyone that encounters the fake ghosts believe in them enough to be scared off by them. Julie tells them the sad story of her ruined business. Julie hires them to catch the snail monster and restore the Critter Getters reputation.

Scooby and Shaggy meet the snail. They take a bicycle, a boat and a plane to escape him then take them all back when the snail finds them. There's another couple costume gags and a really oddly proportioned Scooby before they get on the case.

They go to visit Ghoul Gone, the competitor and former cofounder of Critter Getters. He proclaims his superiority to Julie as a monster hunter. They meet up with the snail again in the subway. They escape. They visit the next suspect, a rejected Critter Getter.

There's a gag where Scooby hides inside Shaggy's head. A thing I like to do is imagine a cartoon effect achieved with practical special effects. It would be a very strange thing in live action.

They see the Ghoul Gone guy catch the snail. That's when we revisit the subject of Scooby's nose that hasn't blinked and that means the mystery hasn't been solved. But Velma solves it seconds later.

They execute her plan involving a commercial and a fake fake Snail Monster. Scooby accidentally captures the Snail Monster. Little Velma has my heart. There are few things in the world more pure than little Velma.

Scooby's nose blinks. It's all over.