Beware the Beast from Below/Transcript (Toonwriter)

This is the transcript for the very first episode of Ash's Adventures of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated!, Beware the Beast from Below.

Transcript

• (The episode opens up with the Mystery Gang celebrating their victory)
• Velma Dinkley: Another mystery bites the dust!
• Fred Jones: Way to go, gang!
• Daphne Blake: Let's celebrate!
• Scooby-Doo: Yeah! Celebrate!
• (Suddenly, the sheriff closes the door on them, putting the gang behind bars)
• Daphne, Fred, Velma, Scooby, and Shaggy: Huh?
• Sheriff Bronson Stone: Better idea.
• Fred Jones: Aw come on, Sheriff!
• Sheriff Bronson Stone: Just cork it! Do you see this badge? Know why it's here?
• Velma Dinkley: It came with the shirt?
• Sheriff Bronson Stone: It's here because if there's a crime, I solve it. (goes for the door) Oh, and by the way, I've called all your parents who by now I have on speed dial. Oh, oh, oh, are you in trouble? Especially you, Fred. Say hi to Dad, the mayor. (leaves)
• Daphne Blake: Just once it would be nice if someone thanked us for solving a mystery.
• Fred Jones: Good thing we're not in this to be liked. (the gang looks at him) You know, that didn't come out quite right.
• (The Ash's Adventures of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated! theme song is played)
• (The episode starts with Ash and his friends at the Pokémon center)
• Ash Ketchum: (stretches his arms) Ah, good morning everyone!
• Pikachu: Pi Pika Pi! (Hi everyone!)
• (Everyone greets them good morning.)
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• (An Electro Ball attack appears and zaps the slime mutant away)
• Shaggy Rogers: Zoinks! Like what was that?
• Velma Dinkley: I don't know. But the real question is where did that ball of electricity come from?
• Ash Ketchum: (off-screen) Hey! You guys need help in solving a mystery?
• (The gang turns and see a shadowy figure of a young boy. The boy steps out from the darkness and is revealed to be none other then the gang's old friend: Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu)
• Pikachu: Pikachu!
• Shaggy & Scooby: ASH!!! (they start running up to Ash)
• Shaggy Rogers: Ash! (gets pushed away by Scooby)
• Scooby-Doo: Ash! (gets pushed by Shaggy)
• Shaggy Rogers: Ash! (gets pushed away by Scooby)
• Scooby-Doo: Ash! (gets kicked away by Shaggy)
• Shaggy Rogers: Ash! (runs up and gives Ash a big hug) Hello, hello, little friend! Like did you miss me? Huh? Huh? Did ya? Did ya?
• Ash Ketchum: Uh, I sure did, Shaggy. Though I still got bruises from the last time you hugged me. (Shaggy sets him down)
• Shaggy Rogers: And like, how are you, Pikachu? (rubs Pikachu's head)
• Pikachu: Pikachu!
• Scooby-Doo: Ash! (runs up and licks Ash)
• Ash Ketchum: H-hey there, Scooby! (laughs) It's great to see you too! (laughs)
• Scooby-Doo: It's great to see you too, Pikachu!
• Pikachu: Pika, pika! (gets licked by Scooby)
• Fred Jones: Well, if it isn't our favorite little buddy!
• Ash Ketchum: (Fred gives Ash a high-five) Fred, Daphne, Velma, what's up?
• Daphne Blake: (hugs Ash) It's great to see you again.
• Velma Dinkley: How are you doing, both of you? (She pats Ash's head)
• Ash Ketchum: Doing great, Velma!
• Pikachu: Pikachu.
• Ash Ketchum: Okay, everyone! The coast is clear! Come on out!
• May: Oh, finally. That took long enough.
• Misty: Yeah. I thought that creature would never leave.
• Fred Jones: Guys.
• Brock: Hey Fred.
• Max: Velma.
• Daphne Blake: Serena.
• (Later With Ash and the gang)
• Max: How's it going? We missed you guys so much.
• Velma Dinkley: We missed you too and we're doing great. Well, almost.
• Serena: What happened?
• Shaggy Rogers: There is this monster who is attacking Crystal Cove.
• Dawn: That's horrible.
• Ash Ketchum: Don’t worry, we are there for you.
• Daphne Blake: Times have not been great for the five of us since we've last seen you guys. While we've been doing a great job at solving mysteries in our home town, Crystal Cove, no one here seems to appreciate everything we've done. Even our families don't appreciate us.
• Fred Jones: And the most unappreciative person in this town of all is the mayor. My dad, Fred Jones, Sr.
• Shaggy Rogers: And Sheriff Bronson Stone too. He can be a bit helpful to us at times, but he's a bit of a grouch.
• Scooby-Doo: Yeah, a grouch.
• Ash Ketchum: Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Well, I don't care what those people say or think about you, guys. We think you're still the best group of mystery solving detectives on the planet! If they ever make snide comments about you, we got your backs.
• Velma Dinkley: Thanks, Ash. Your optimism is very touching, but unfortunately, that won't make much of a difference.
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• Velma Dinkley: These are military. From the oxidation, probably 30, 40, years old.
• (Daphne pulls out a second flashlight and ventures a few feet from the others. The beam of light reveals a shiny object lying on the ground. She picks it up.)
• Daphne Blake: ​​Hey! Fred, I found something!
• (She examines the magnifying glass-shaped object, and accidentally presses something on the side, causing it to open; inside is a sepia-toned picture of a boy and girl. A little tune plays as Fred walks over.)
• Fred Jones: Could be a clue. Good work, Daphne!
• Daphne Blake: Thanks, Fred; you're so sweet-- (But when she looks up again, Fred is already gone, off to investigate further.) It's okay...we can talk--later.
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• Sheriff Stone: All right, you see what happens when you kids stick your noses where they don't belong? People get cocooned!
• Shaggy Rogers: Like, man, we found them like that!
• Daphne Blake: (trying to show what she means with her hands) Sheriff, there was a monster--
• Sheriff Stone: Quiet. From this point forward this is a crime scene and future tourist attraction - stay out of it. (walks away)
• Velma Dinkley: I gotta stay out of it right here. (holds up fist)
• Fred Jones: Let me talk to him. (walks away)
• Daphne Blake: (dreamily) Don't worry. Fred will make him understand.
• Fred Jones: (runs back carrying body) Shaggy, start the car!
• Shaggy Rogers: Like, I thought you were going to talk to him!
• Fred Jones: He wasn't in a listening mood.
• Velma Dinkley: (opens back of the van) So you stole a body? Rockin!
• Daphne Blake: (Angel opens door. Fred is lying down with his head on the record player) Fred? Fred, it's us. We're here for you. (sits down next to him. Scooby Doo licks his hair)
• Fred Jones: It's no use, gang. I was the one who stole the body and Professor Raffalo paid the price. I should have listened to my dad and stayed out of any new mysteries.
• Velma Dinkley: We all helped steal the body, Fred.
• Shaggy Rogers: Well, I actually never took pa- (Velma elbows him in the ribs) Okay, fine, yes we all took part, Freddie.
• Daphne Blake: Fred Jones, you've never backed away from a mystery in your life.
• Fred Jones: I've got nothing!
• Velma Dinkley: Man up, Fred! We still have our first clue, the cocoon! I brought a sample - Scooby, what are you doing? (Scooby is eating the slime from the cocoon)
• Scooby-Doo: What? Rit's Ruitmeiers! Yummy! (Starts eating again)
• Velma Dinkley: Eww!
• Angel : Check it out. If that dog mutates, I'm putting it down. Dead.
• Shaggy Rogers: Like, hold on. I think I get it. (walks over and tastes the slime)
• Daphne, Fred, Velma, Angel: Ew!
• Shaggy Rogers: No, you guys, it's Fruitmeier's! The cocoon is made of the same stuff as Fruitmeier's Deserts.
• Daphne, Fred, Velma, Angel: What? (They all get up and taste it)
• Daphne Blake: You're right. But if the cocoon is made of Fruitmeier's Deserts...
• Shaggy Rogers: That means if we capture the monster, we can have our own shop. And we can have an endless supply of Fruitmeier's Deserts. Oh boy.
• Fred Jones: No. It means that that slime mutant may not be a monster at all. What do we know about Franklin Fruitmeier?
• Velma Dinkley: Franklin Fruitmeier. Showed up in town out of nowhere two months ago. Before that, nothing. He's hiring right now for female servers.
• Fred Jones: And that's our in.
• Shaggy Rogers: If the girls can get jobs at Fruitmeier's, they can snoop around and find out more.
• Fred Jones: Great idea, Shag!
• Shaggy Rogers: (he and Scooby are dressed as girls). Uh, this isn't exactly what I had in mind. Why are Scooby Doo and I dressed like girls when Velma and Daphne are girls?
• Scooby-Doo: Yeah. My skirts too tight.
• Daphne Blake: Because Velma and I refused. (Shaggy and Scooby glare at them)
• Fred Jones: This is gonna be awesome! (the cage eventually falls on him, Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma. The slime monster laughs and covers them in slime. Daphne gasps, then sees the slime mutant next to her)
• Daphne Blake: Aaaahhh!!! (runs)
• Velma Dinkley: Daphne, run! (Daphne runs past and jumps through hole in the ceiling, followed by slime mutant)
• (Scooby starts eating slime)
• Fred Jones: Eat, gang! It's Fruitmeier's!
• Daphne Blake: Fred! You saved me!
• Fred Jones: Not right now, Daphne. I have to figure out why my trap didn't work.
• Sheriff Stone: What is going on here?
• Mayor Jones: Why is the town's latest tourist attraction cocooned to the wall?
• Fred Jones: Dad! Sheriff! Hold on. You don't understand. That is not a monster.
• Mayor Jones: Oh, hopping steamed clams, Fred. Then who is it?
• Scooby, Shaggy, Velma and Daphne: Franklin Fruitmeier.
• Velma Dinkley: He was trying to rob Crystal Cove bank.
• Sheriff Stone: Uhh, that's impossible. Franklin Fruitmeier's the one who called us. (Franklin arrives)
• Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred: What?
• Franklin: I was making a clipper ship out of circus balloons when the silent alarm rang at my home. Oh, good gracious! What is that?
• Shaggy Rogers: But if the monster isn't Franklin Fruitmeier, then, dude, who is it?
• (Scooby unmasks The Slime Mutant)
• Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred: Professor Emmanuel Raffalo?
• Emmanuel: That's right. I was trying to scare people away from the sewers while I dug my way into the bank and got rich.
• Daphne Blake: But you've got a job as a teacher. Why do you need more money?
• (Emmanuel doesn't answer)
• Daphne Blake: Yeah, my bad.
• Fred Jones: Oh, yeah, right.
• Shaggy Rogers: You're really getting ripped off.
• Emmanuel Raffalo: I discovered that the Crystal Cove caves were connected to the sewer by accident while collecting mold spores for my class. Once I realized the cave led right under the bank, I put my plan into motion. Fruitmeier's gave me secret access to the sewer, so I decided to frame balloon boy for the crime by using his disgusting dessert. I staged my own disappearance to throw doubt on any hint of my involvement. Oh, it was foolproof, genius. That is, until you... you--
• Sheriff Stone: Meddling.
• Emmanuel Raffalo: Meddling. Yes, meddling kids and your blasted dog ruined everything.
• Daphne Blake: Wait. (shows the locket) What about this locket we found where you were digging?
• Emmanuel Raffalo: Never seen it before.
• Sheriff Stone: All right. Well, guess we owe you kids thanks. You did save the bank. Although you also lost the town a serious revenue stream. Stream of revenue!
• (Later at the radio station)
• Ash Ketchum: (drinks some soda) Thanks for letting us hang out at your radio station, Angel.
• Angel Dynamite: Well, I'm glad you and your friends are having a good time.
• Brock: Hey, who wants some of Brock's homemade burgers?
• Shaggy Rogers: Oh, me, me, me!
• Scooby-Doo: Yeah, me too!
• Fred Jones: You okay, Daph?
• Daphne Blake: I just don't get it. If the locket doesn't belong to Professor Raffalo, then who?
• May: I don't know.
• Tracy Sketchit: Maybe it belongs to someone else.
• Max: Maybe someone dropped it and forgot about it.
• Dawn: Or maybe it might be some sort of clue left behind from a mystery that is unsolved.
• (The phone rings)
• Ash Ketchum: Ah, who could that be?
• Shaggy Rogers: I'll get it. (pushes button) Like, K-Ghoul 101.4. What can we scare up for you, Daddy-o? (laughs)
• Ricky Owens/Mr. E: (voice) You're all doomed!
• (Ash and the gang pause for a moment after hearing that threatening voice)
• Shaggy Rogers: Like, uh, (whimpers) like, who-who is this?
• Ash Ketchum: Yeah, who are you? And what do you mean we're all doomed?
• Ricky Owens/Mr. E: (voice) You can call me Mr. E. You should never have brought that locket out of the cave. You don't know what you've uncovered.
• Daphne Blake: Uncovered? Uncovered what?
• Misty: Yeah, what are you talking about?
• Ricky Owens/Mr. E: (voice) The truth that should've remained hidden. The truth behind the curse of Crystal Cove. The real mystery has just begun.
• Scooby-Doo: (nervously) Scooby-Dooby-Doo...