Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright Page #3

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to another table.

Why?

Because this one

is smaller than your pizza.

BOTH:
Awesome.

[SIREN WAILING]

Aah! Mm!

[SHAGGY CHUCKLING]

If you don't mind,

we'd like to be alone with the pizza.

Okey-dokey.

Uh, we can wrap up the leftovers for you.

Leftovers?

[SHAGGY & SCOOBY LAUGHING]

[SHAGGY & SCOOBY GULPING]

[CHUCKLES]

[BOTH GASP]

[APPLAUDING]

I'd just like to say

that it's an honor to be in your presence.

Like, I'm sure it is.

[DOOR OPENS THEN BOTH GASP]

[PEOPLE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

WOMAN:

I love you, Lotte. Lotte! I love you.

Thank you.

- Who's that?

- That's Lotte.

She's on Talent Star, and she's already

won a bunch of other talent shows.

She was great on America's Got Singing...

...and Sing or Die

and Singetty-Sing-Song-Sing.

LOTTE:
Mm-mm.

I do not sign for anyone wearing

tights and shorts. Because it's wrong.

[GASPS]

[CRYING]

Yeah, yeah, you better run.

Leave us.

[SHIVERING]

I want you to take a message

to Daphne and Fred.

Tell them they don't stand a chance.

I will crush all who oppose me.

I will feast upon their blood.

Their families will weep

over their smoldering corpses.

I will leave nothing but their scarves.

So swears Lotte.

L-O-T-T...

...E!

Lotte.

[CACKLING]

[SCREAMING]

Keep the change.

[SCOOBY & SHAGGY PANTING]

- Hey, guys.

- Where have you been?

- The library closed hours ago.

- The what?

Never mind,

I found plenty of information online.

There was definitely

a Phantom back in the '70s.

I don't think the one we saw

was the same person.

This is from earlier tonight.

- Where did you get that picture?

- It's all over the Internet.

Talent Star is really milking this

for publicity.

See? The outfit is different.

What we saw today was someone taking

advantage of the old stories for their own.

But you saw him disappear, right?

He must be a real ghost.

I saw it on a monitor.

It could have been faked.

- So who are the likely suspects?

- Definitely Chrissy's parents.

You're right.

The Phantom seems interested in

making sure Chrissy wins the competition.

And Brick Pimiento.

He was a little too quick to capitalize

on the Phantom for publicity.

Could he be doing this

to boost the show's ratings?

What about Mel Richmond,

the guy who owns the Opera house?

Maybe what he said

about insurance money wasn't a joke.

What about Dewey Ottoman?

He's creepy.

- Does he have a motive?

- Isn't creepy a motive?

Ooh, ooh! You gotta put Lotte down.

You think Lotte is the Phantom?

I think she's scarier than the Phantom, heh.

Put her down.

Hmm. Everyone on this list but

Mel Richmond and Lotte have been seen...

...at the same time as the Phantom.

[GRUNTS]

Guys, it's getting late.

We have the dress rehearsal

in the morning...

...and the big show tomorrow night.

I say we get some sleep.

Sure thing, Mr. Jones.

[BOTH GASP]

I will break you.

[BOTH SHIVERING]

We have adjoining rooms, Shaggy.

You can go this way.

See you in the morning.

[SIGHS]

He said he'll see me.

- Hmm.

- Ugh.

Huh?

Daph?

- Trouble sleeping?

- Ah, yeah.

- Are you okay? What's wrong?

- I'm fine.

You're obviously not fine, Daphne.

Why don't you tell me about it?

I'm in love with Fred. There, I said it.

Really? Wow, I never would have...

Gosh, that's a shocker.

I've kept it a secret for so long.

I just had to tell someone.

Shouldn't you be telling someone else?

Like, maybe Fred?

Oh, no. Oh, my gosh, no.

I was hoping this competition

would bring us closer...

...but even after all the time rehearsing

and performing together...

...I just can't say anything.

I even wrote a song,

to that tune Fred composed.

It explains how I feel about him.

But if I think about singing it

I feel like I'm going to throw up...

...or pass out or both.

You have to tell him, Daph.

You'll never know how he feels

unless you talk to him.

I can't. Maybe if I win Talent Star,

that would give me the confidence.

Maybe then I could talk to him.

Velma, we have to win. We just have to.

[SNORTING]

SHAGGY:
Scooby-doo, you awake?

I can't sleep.

Me neither.

You want the bed?

No. It's been almost two hours since

we had that pizza and I'm starving, heh.

Maybe the hotel has a vending machine

or something.

[ALL GASP]

[SCREAMS]

[CACKLING]

[PHANTOM GROWLING]

Dog!

[SCREAMS]

I touched a dog.

I have dog bacteria.

[BOTH GRUNT]

[BOTH SHIVERING]

[GRUNTS]

- Like, take it easy there, Phantom dude.

- Yeah.

That's not taking it easy.

That's taking it very, very hard.

[PHANTOM GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

[BOTH SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING]

It's been cut.

It's okay, everyone. He's gone.

No harm done. Heh, everybody back to bed.

Fantastic.

This Phantom's gonna get us a 40 share.

[BOTH SCREAM]

Enough with the screaming.

Gonna skin you alive. Good night.

[BOTH SNIFF]

- Hey, no lemons.

- Yeah, you're right.

A little baking soda and water

will get that out.

- I'm sure the hotel staff will...

- No, no, no, please.

I should get 45 minutes

of scrubbing out of this.

That smoke bomb seemed like

something a magician would do...

...and The Great Pauldini's

nowhere to be seen.

True. But does he have a motive?

This just keeps getting more

and more mysterious.

You know what the real mystery is?

How did you get hold of a net so fast

in the middle of the night?

- Um, well, I...

- You sleep with a net, don't you?

Lots of people do.

Aw, look at the little...

- ...baby?

- Gooby-gooby-goo.

Okay, people.

We've only got one dress rehearsal,

so let's get it right.

Chrissy Damon, you're up first.

[BARB & LANCE ARGUING

INDISTINCTLY]

- DEWEY:
Chrissy.

- Ready.

[SINGING]

Stay away from my man, home-wrecker

Nobody comes between me and my man

Stay away Or I'll pummel you

I'm a runaway train

Don't think I won't fight you

Don't think I'll lay down

Don't think I won't punch you

Right to the ground

Noooo-wao-wao-wao-wao

I will never rest

Until you're far away

My fists are gonna put you

In a world of pain

Stay away from my man

BOTH:
Hmm.

For a girl her age, that song seems

a little incredibly inappropriate.

- Yeah.

- Very incredibly.

[APPLAUDING]

Next is Emma Gale.

Has anyone cleaned

this microphone recently?

- Like an hour ago?

- Unbelievable. Are we savages?

Oh, my gosh, she is amazing.

Are you Emma's parents?

Hey, Mike and Meg Gale, pleased

to meet you. Boy, isn't she terrific?

I think she's got a good shot at winning.

Well, we sure hope so.

Without that prize money

the bank's going to take our farm.

- Oh, that's terrible.

- Yeah.

It's been in our family

for five generations.

Mike's grandparents

are buried there.

So, uh, what are you two gonna do

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