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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:

Rules:
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.

Scooby-Doo Episode List

Season 1
1. What a Night for a Knight
2. A Clue for Scooby-Doo
3. Hassle in the Castle
4. Mine Your Own Business
5. Decoy for a Dognapper
6. What the Hex Going On?
7. Never Ape an Ape Man
8. Foul Play in Funland
9. The Backstage Rage
10. Bedlam in the Big Top
11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
13. Which Witch Is Which?
14. Spooky Space Kook
15. Go Away Ghost Ship
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

I'm going to start with
Season 1
1. What a Night for a Knight

1. What a Night for a Knight
When Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find an abandoned pick-up truck with a knight's armour in the front seat, the gang deliver it to the museum in place of the missing professor. However, this Black Knight is said to come alive every full moon. As the gang investigate the knight, they realize that it is a full moon, and the knight has come alive...!

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a vehicle on the cover
2. a historical book
3. a book with a moon on the cover
4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Completion Post

Author: Lara Adrian
Book: Claimed in Shadows
Date Read: 05/03/20
Task: 4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
How it Fits: Authors last name starts with A
Next Episode Choice: 7. Never Ape an Ape Man

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

Completion Post

Book: Reunion in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Date Read: 05/14/20
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: Main page tagged mystery 719 times
Next Episode Choice: 16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight

16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight
Scooby-Doo is named in the will of Colonel Beauregard Sanders, an eccentric millionaire whose life he saved several years earlier. The only way to claim the inheritance is for Scooby, and the other four heirs to stay the night in the Colonel's mansion - which they quickly learn is haunted by two phantom shadows.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC inherits something
2. a book with a wealthy significant character
3. a book with a military person in the story
4. a book with a shadow on the cover
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Completion Post

Book: Tempt
Author: Marie Tuhart
Date Read: 05/29/20
Task: 1. a book where the MC inherits something
How it Fits: Max inherited his property from his parents.
Next Episode Choice: 13. Which Witch Is Which?

13. Which Witch Is Which?
While lost in a swamp, the gang comes across a zombie who spooks them. In the nearby town of Swamp's End, they learn that a witch nearby brought the zombie to life, and the gang investigates.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC gets lost
2. a book cover that you consider spooky
3. a book set near where you live
4. a book with 'investigate' in the text of the book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Completion Post

Book: Purity in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Date Read: 07/08/20
Task: 3. a book set near where you live
How it Fits: set in New York City which I live on the Island an hour or so away.
Next Episode Choice: 9. The Backstage Rage

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

Completion Post

Season 1
Episode 9: The Backstage Rage
Book: A Catered Fourth of July
Author: Isis Crawford
Date Read: 07/31/20
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: tagged mystery 30 times
Next Episode Choice: 4. Mine Your Own Business

4. Mine Your Own Business
When the gang get lost in the desert, and end up in Gold City, a spooky ghost town, they check into a deserted inn. The owner explains that everybody has been scared off by the Miner Forty-Niner. They wind up in another mystery involving an abandoned gold mine and a ghostly, moaning miner.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in a desert
2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
3. a book with a spooky cover
4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Completion Post

Season 1
Episode 4 Mine Your Own Business
Book: An Unwanted Guest
Author: Shari Lapena
Read: 8/6/20
Task: 2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
How it fits: All MCs were staying in an Inn in Albany, NY.
Next Episode Choice: 2. A Clue for Scooby-Doo

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

Completion Post
Season 1
Episode 2: A Clue for Scooby Doo
Book: Pirate
Author: Steven Becker
Read: 10/01/20
Task: 1. a book set by the sea or ocean
How it fits: set in the ocean on a ship
Next Episode Choice: 11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts

Carmen, don't forget to put a Completion Post in the Reporting thread.

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

Lanelle wrote: "Carmen, don't forget to put a Completion Post in the Reporting thread."

Oops sorry. I'll remember for the next one

☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Oops sorry. I'll remember for the next one"

No worries. Just a friendly reminder :)

Completion Post
Season 1
Episode 11: A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
Book: The Last Charm
Author: Ella Allbright
Read: 10/15/20
Task: 2. a book where something bad happens to the MC
How it fits: Jake gets intoma car accident and (view spoiler)[dies😭
Next Episode Choice: 14. Spooky Space Kook (hide spoiler)]

14. Spooky Space Kook
The Mystery Machine runs out of gas in front of a farmhouse, next to an abandoned airfield, which is haunted by a UFO and its ghostly alien driver.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC has difficulty with a vehicle
2. a book set on a farm
3. a book where the MC flies on a airplane
4. a science fiction book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

14. Spooky Space Kook
The Mystery Machine runs out of gas in front of a farmhouse, next to an abandoned airfield, which is haunted by a UFO and its ghostly alien driver.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the MC has difficulty with a vehicle
2. a book set on a farm
3. a book where the MC flies on a airplane
4. a science fiction book
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Completion Post
Season 1
Episode 14: Spooky Space Kook
Book: Piece of Work
Author: Staci Hart
Read: 10/23/20
Task: 3. a book where the MC flies on a airplane
How it fits: Court and Rin fly to Italy.
Next Episode Choice: 5. Decoy for a Dognapper

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

Completion Post
Season 1
Episode #5 Decoy for a Dognapper
Book: A Sweet Mess
Author: Jayci Lee
Read: 1/16/23
Rated: 4 stars
Task: 1. a book where the main character has his/her own business
How it fits: MC, Aubrey, owns a bakery.
Next Episode Choice: 3. Hassle in the Castle

I'm sorry for the delay. I haven't been feeling well.

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

Lanelle wrote: "I'm sorry for the delay. I haven't been feeling well."

No worries. I hope you're feeling better