Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - Me, Myself, and A.I.
Season 1, Episode 11
Premiered October 22, 2015
Quickly
The gang deals with a robot uprising.
Thoughts, Details and Recap
The gang goes to Mannputer tech. This is not the episode for me. I don't like robots.
This episode reminded me of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo's episode "The Computer Walks Among Us" and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'s episode "Foul Play in Funland". It's almost the obligatory robot episode. But there is some fun flair.
When they find out a robot became violent, they offer to help investigate the anomalous event. Scooby-Doo and Shaggy wander off in search of food. They spend time with the apparently artificially intelligent harrassy corporate mascot and tour guide.
Velma, Daphne and Fred investigate the creator of the robot who complains that all technology has recently turned on him. They find a sign of a remote receiver. They can't investigate any further because the robot is reactivated and attacks them.
Daphne's strange fixation is proving humanity is better than technology. Shaggy and Scooby tend towards Daphne's side but they do gain an appreciation for the virtual reality system. Velma waxes poetic about the value of technology over people. Fred gets obsessed with a stupid gadget.
The virtual reality room features one of the best chase sequences of this series. It changes the scenery like "Duck Amuck". They include a reference to the first episode of this series including Daphne's hand puppet. There's also a quick reference to Charlie the Robot from "Foul Play in Funland".
The episode gets so caught up in the action that the mystery is dropped. There are only three people in the episode (four if you include the creepy corporate mascot). Anyway, the bad guy is the personal assistant. The episode ends with a pro-technology message despite the fact that the technology was almost the weapon used to kill them.
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