This is the transcript for the fourth episode of Ash's Adventures of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated!, Revenge of the Man Crab.
- Dylan: Here, I brought some water.
- Brenda: Ew, I don't want any of that fatty fat water! I want Trickells' Trickquid!
- Dylan: Trickell's Trickquid is water.
- Brenda: Um, no, it's one hundred percent diet moisture.
- Velma: Ugh, not that place! That guy's a total freak!
- Shaggy: No, he's, like, totally cool! Just don't mention his nose.
- Velma: Hey there, Cappy! What happened to the old sniffer? (Shaggy groans)
- Skipper Shelton: What happened? I'll tell it for you! It was a clam that took it, fierce and mighty was he, and reduced me to wearing facial underwear he did! But I'll find him, and I won't stop shucking till I do. Understand?
- Velma: Yes sir, Captain Admiral, sir!
- Daphne: You know, we're still close to the water. All kinds of fish in there.
- Fred: (watching the volleyball game) Yep, they're so beautiful!
- Daphne: The girls?
- Fred: No, the nets!
- Daphne: The nets?
- Fred: I wonder what their tensile strength is? They're nylon, absolutely perfect for traps!
- Fred: We can't let that thing get away!
- Shaggy: Sure we can, Fred! All we have to do is stand right here!
- Scooby: Yeah, stand right here!
- Velma: Wow, who are you trying to impress?
- Daphne: What, this old thing? I've had it forever. I just want to do a good job. Would you rub oil on my back? Fred likes shiny things, and I'm tired of him staring at nets.
- Fred: There's a book over here. Daphne read a book once. And that chair, Daphne liked to sit in chairs. And that card catalogue over there -
- Velma: Not helping, Fred.
- Fred: I know. What's wrong with me?
- Velma: Hey, Daphne? Let me ask you something. If you liked a boy -
- Daphne: Who told you? Was it one of my sisters? [ Daphne mad at Velma] Dawn! Ha! She thinks she's so perfect. Well, what no one knows is, she has a sixth toe on her -
- Velma: Um, what are you talking about?
- Daphne: I - clearly, not what you were talking about...
Daphne Blake: (sigh sadly) Feel like going for a walk?
Velma Dinkley: No one here's going to miss us.
(The ground starts to rumble.)
Ash Ketchum: Whoa, is that an earthquake?
Brock: It sure doesn't feel like an earthquake.
Shaggy Rogers: Scooby-Doo, is that your stomach?
Scooby-Doo: Nuh-uh. Not my stomach.
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Ash Ketchum: (opens the tent) Hey! Get your claws off her, you crustaceous creature!
(The Man Crab turns around, growls angrily and roars)
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu, use Quick Attack!
(Pikachu uses Quick Attack on the Man Crab in an attempt to free the girl. Pikachu rams into the Man Crab and knocks it backwards.)
Ash Ketchum: Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!
(Pikachu jumps up and uses Thunderbolt on the Man Crab. But much to Ash's dismay, the Man Crab seems to have very little effect on the electric attacks.)
Ash Ketchum: What?! It didn't even effect it?
(The Man Crab gets really angry and roars. It rushes over to Pikachu and punches him with his free hand, sending him flying towards Ash and knocking them both to the ground. The Man Crab sends its captive through a hole beneath the sand in the tent, then turns its attention back to Ash and Pikachu. The Man Crab growls angrily and snarls. It gets closer and closer to them. Ash and Pikachu both cower in fear as they face the deadly crustaceous monster. The Man Crab looks down at them with its terrifying eyes. It then raises its massive crab claw. And just when it was about to finish them off, two silhouetted creatures jumped in, roared and pounced on the Man Crab. The two creatures appeared to be more feline, rather wild-like, and have manes around their heads. One of them appeared to be much bigger and bulkier than the other. They both scratched and bit the Man Crab, giving it claw marks. The Man Crab jumped up and was about to hit the larger creature with its massive claw. But it leaped onto its claw and slashed it with its own claws. The smaller one grabbed its weaker left human hand and swung it around and around. Then it hurled it into the tent where it hid its captive. The Man Crab barely gets up. But seeing there was no point in continuing the fight, it roared and burrowed itself into the sand.)
Simba: (voice and silhouette) That sure was an ugly-looking crab.
Kovu: (voice and silhouette) Yeah, but it sure did put up a good fight.
(The two silhouette creatures turn their heads and stare at Ash and Pikachu, causing them to gasp.)
Simba: (voice and silhouette) Hey, don't be afraid. You and Pikachu are safe now. In fact, it's really great to see you again, Ash.
Ash Ketchum: Huh? S-S-Simba?
Kovu: (voice and silhouette) And don't forget about me.
Ash Ketchum: Kovu?
(The two creatures step out of the darkness and walk forward into the light. They are indeed Simba and Kovu.)
Ash Ketchum: Simba, Kovu, it is you! (runs up to them and hugs them both)
Simba: (laughs) It's been a while since we've last seen you.
Kovu: How are you doing?
Ash Ketchum: I'm doing great! Where's Nala and Kiara?
Nala: Here we are!
Kiara: Hello, Ash!
Ash Ketchum: Nala! Kiara! (hugs them both)
Kiara: Kovu and I really missed you.
Nala: As did Simba and I.
- Shaggy: Like, we've got him!
- Velma: Good going! But how did you find your way out?
- Scooby: (sniffing) Clam cones.
- Velma: You were saved by junk food?
- Shaggy: Like, what can I say? Junk food and me have a very special relationship.
- Velma: Maybe I should ask it for advice.
- Fred: Speaking of clam cones, I see Skipper Shelton isn't around again. Or are you, Skipper? (unmasks the Man Crab)
- Skipper: (arrives) Ah, back from the Laundromat, I am. And once more does me nose-hammock smell fresh as the morning tide.
- Daphne: Wait, if you're not the Man Crab, then who...?
- Velma: Everyone, meet Bud Shelton. (grabs Bud's head out of Man Crab disguise)
- Scooby, Shaggy and Daphne: Who?
- Velma: The Trickell's Triquid mascot.
- Bud: And the inventor, not that dirtball, Trickell.
- Shaggy: Like, how did you know, Velma?
- Velma: I knew it wasn't a real crab because Daphne never got allergic when she was around it. Plus, when I saw the mole pattern on the cheek of man next to Trickell in the newspaper, I remembered the same pattern on the mascot.
- Bud: He took the credit for my creation. It was supposed to be called Bud's Bloosh. I was still working on the name. I spent countless hours making the Man Crab costume and even more time building my system of trap doors and stairs under the beach. And in case anyone came snooping in between kidnappings, I hid my costume in a locker big enough to hold it, putting a label with Skipper's name on it over the real label. So if anyone found it, they'd blame him.
- Daphne: All that work just to get back at Mr. Trickell? Wouldn't it have been easier and-- more legal to sue him?
- Bud: Are you kidding? Lawyers take forever. I would have succeeded, too, if it weren't for you meddling brats probing into my crustacean-themed revenge scheme.
- Skipper: Well, "almost" doesn't shuck the clam, (to Scooby) does it, wolfie?
- (Skipper and Scooby laugh)
- Scooby: I have no idea what you're talking about.