The WORST episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Every episode of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!!
The first incarnation of what has become a franchise-of-sorts, Scooby-Doo is a large, loveable but cowardly Great Dane who hangs around four California high school students (Fred, Velma, Daphne and Shaggy). The four teen-agers are in constant search of mysteries and adventures, driving around in a bright green van known as the Mystery Machine. Many of the group's adventures involve villians who take on supernatural disguises (ghosts and monsters); the villians' activities usually involve blackmail, theft, fraud and other forms of corruption.
#1 - The Beast Is Awake in Bottomless Lake
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/1978
The gang goes to Canada at the newly deserted village of Bottomless Lake. It turns out that a beast has scared everyone away.
#2 - Watch Out! The Willawaw!
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1978
While visiting Velma's Uncle Dave, the gang find out he has been kidnapped from his home, and that a mysterious Willawaw is haunting the area.
#3 - Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1978
While on a boat flowing down the Gulf Stream, the gang end up in the Bermuda Triangle and discover an airplane-snatching flying saucer and a trio of Skeleton Men.
#4 - A Scary Night with a Snow Beast Fright
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1978
After being invited by Professor Krueger at the North Pole, the gang finds out that he has been captured. After they meet an Inuit named Chief Minook, he gets captured as well, and the gang attempts to solve the mystery.
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#5 - To Switch a Witch
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1978
On Halloween night, the New England town of Salem, Massachusetts is being haunted by the ghost of the witch Milissa Wilcox, who was burned at the stake in 1778. After receiving a distressed call from their friend Arlene Wilcox, a descendant of the accused witch, the gang arrives to help, despite being warned off by the town's mayor. The gang realizes the witch looks exactly like Arlene.
#6 - The Tar Monster
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1978
The gang go to the ancient city of Byzantius in Turkey. On the way there, they meet the Tar Monster, who frightens the workers away while opening the inner sanctum.
#7 - A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1978
The gang travel to Scotland to visit their friend Aggie MacDuff, who says people have left her castle in fear after ghost sightings. It seems the ghost plays bagpipes to call on the Loch Ness Monster to help him scare people away from the castle.
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#8 - The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1978
As the gang go water-skiing, they encounter Old Iron Face, a phantom who is supposed to have a hideous face. Later the gang's guide, Captain Morgan, disappears, and they set out for the island to find him.
#9 - Jeepers, It's the Jaguaro!
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1978
After an emergency landing in a jungle in Brazil, the gang get caught between headhunter natives, and the Jaguaro: a creature with the head of a Smilodon, and the body of an ape.
#10 - Make a Beeline Away from that Feline
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1978
As the gang goes to New York City to visit Daphne's aunt, they learn from her that a strange and unexpected package containing a cat medallion arrived at her door. She believes that every night, she turns into the cat creature — the same cat creature that robbed a jewelry store in town.
#11 - The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1978
The gang discovers a humanoid mantis creature roaming around the Vulture's Claw Botanical Gardens.
#12 - The Diabolical Disc Demon
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1978
The kids discover the Diabolical Disc Demon or the Phantom. He wants the half-finished song of a missing songwriter and will stop at nothing to get it.
#13 - Scooby's Chinese Fortune Kooky Caper
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1978
The gang runs into the Moon Monster. There are rumors that if you run into his shadow, you will be turned into stone.
#14 - A Menace in Venice
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1978
The gang goes to visit their friend Antonio in Venice. They soon find out that a ghost is haunting him and the ghost plans to steal the ancient necklace Antonio is wearing.
#15 - Don't Go Near the Fortress of Fear
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1978
The gang arrives at Puerto Rico to visit the ancient fortress El Morro. While there, the kids run into a ghostly general who warns them to stay away from his creepy fortress.
#16 - The Warlock of Wimbledon
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1978
The gang meets Jimmy Pelton, a star tennis player, while cruising England. Jimmy has been cursed by the Warlock Anthos that if he plays in Wimbledon, he is doomed.
#17 - Mystery Mask Mix-Up
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1970
While in China, the gang pursues an ancient Chinese mask at an antique show. Soon strange things start happening. The gang is pursued by some horrible ghosts. They learn that the ghost of long dead emperor has returned to claim what is rightfully his. Things take a serious turn when Daphne is taken hostage.
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#19 - Never Ape an Ape Man
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1969
The gang gets volunteered as workers by Daphne's uncle, a director currently filming a movie about a fierce creature called the ape man. Rumor has it that the real ape man is alive. The gang soon learns that it's not just a rumor.
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#20 - The Backstage Rage
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1969
While coming home from pizza, Shaggy finds a violin case full of money. While calling the gang Scooby-Doo goes to help an injured poodle and the money is taken. The gang suspects that the money was fake.
#21 - Foul Play in Funland
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1969
The gang gets excited about the opening of an amusement park. But when they see the rides on before it opens, they start to get suspicious.
#22 - Mine Your Own Business
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1969
Thanks to Shaggy's slightly flawed map reading skills, the gang finds themselves in an abandoned western town. The owner tells them that guests were scared off by a strange man who came to the town centuries ago and won't leave until he finds the last remains of his gold claim.
#23 - Hassle in the Castle
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1969
The gang gets shipwrecked on an island that happens to be an old lair for a pirate. They find a map, but there is a warning telling them to leave the island. The warning appears justified when a ghost called 'The Phantom' is after them.
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#24 - A Tiki Scare is No Fair
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1970
Scooby and Shaggy are having a fun time in Hawaii with their guide John Simms. Things take a serious turn when a voodoo witch doctor shows up and Simms mysteriously vanishes.
#25 - What the Hex Going On?
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1969
The gang sees a strange man go into a weird mansion. They learn that he is a friend of their Uncle Stewart. Stewart tells them that the ghost of the Kingston Mansion caused him to turn old. Strange things start happening when Sharron and Uncle Stewart vanish.