The WORST episodes of The Scooby-Doo Show
Every episode of The Scooby-Doo Show ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Scooby-Doo Show!
The Scooby Doo Show premiered on ABC in September 1976 as part of The Scooby-Doo-Dynomutt Hour, in which new episodes of Scooby Doo shared an hour with a superhero dog named Dynomutt. It was a revamped version of Scooby Doo, Where Are You? which started on CBS in 1969.
#1 - Don't Go Near the Fortress of Fear
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1978
The gang is in Puerto Rico, the ghost is the comander of the ancient El Moro fortress named Juan Diego.
#2 - The Warlock of Wimbledon
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1978
While touring England, the gang comes upon tennis star Jimmy Pelton, who's been cursed by the Warlock Anthos and told if he plays at Wimbledon, he's doomed!
#3 - A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1978
The gang heads to Scotland to help Velma's friend Aggie MacDuff, who's ancestral castle home, which she's turned into a tourist attraction, is being haunted by the ghost of her great grandfather Finnyan MacDuff, who in turn has summoned the Loch Ness Monster to help him scare away potential tourists.
#4 - Jeepers, It's the Jaguaro!
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1978
The gang, along with their plane, crashes in the Jaguaro jungle in Rio De Janerio. The Jaguaro is a saber-tooth and half ape hybrid, which does not make a very friendly critter. It also makes for a very dangerous critter, which Scooby understands early on as the Jaguaro seems to want to eat him as his next meal.
#5 - Scooby's Chinese Fortune Kooky Caper
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1978
In China, the gang runs into the Moon Monster. Legend has it that if you run into his shadow, you will get turned into stone.
#6 - Scared a Lot in Camelot
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1976
The gang is driving to New England. Shaggy's uncle has inherited the old King Arthur castle and sent it to New England stone by stone. When they get it there something is wrong. They learn that he's also brought back the ghosts of Merlin and the Black Knight.
#7 - To Switch a Witch
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1978
In 1778 a witch was burned at the stake in Salem. Now, 200 years later on Halloween, she has risen from her ashes to seek her revenge!
#8 - The Beast is Awake at Bottomless Lake
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/1978
On a fishing trip, the gang ends up in Canada at the newly deserted village of Bottomless Lake. Turns out the beast has scared everyone away, which only leaves Scooby, and the gang, to fritter away.
#9 - The Fiesta Host is an Aztec Ghost
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1976
The gang is on their way to Mexico for the fiesta but the party is canceled. The owner of the hotel that they are staying in tells them about a dead ruler's spirit that has come back to seek revenge on those who disturbed his rest. Things get even more weird when a strange stone statue comes to life.
#10 - The Ozark Witch Switch
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1977
It was a dark and stormy night that the gang chose to spend the night in the Hatfield's cabin. It was so dark and stormy that a witch decided to come out and play 'Turn the humans into frogs' with the Hatfields. Discovering that their friends are now frogs, the gang sents out to find themselves a witch and hopefully wrap up another mystery.
#11 - Mamba Wamba and the Voodoo Hoodoo
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1976
The gang is having fun with their old friends who are now a music group. They are ready to sing a new song based on an ancient voodoo chant but they also bring back a long dead ancient shaman who plans to turn them into zombies.
#12 - The Ghost That Sacked the Quarterback
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/4/1976
The gang is attending a Hawk's football game when the star player vanishes--and the ghost of a long dead 1930s football player shows up, propelling them into yet another mystery!
#13 - The Gruesome Game of the Gator Ghoul
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1976
The gang is on their way to see Scooby Dum, Scooby Doo's cousin. They learn that his owners Ma and Pa Skille used to be in the business of a making a special drink called Finokey Fizz, but business has been terrible because of a strange alligator creature.
#14 - A Bum Steer for Scooby
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1976
The gang is having fun driving to Daphne's uncle's dude ranch but they run into some trouble. A flying ghost bull is suspected to be responsible for the disappearance of many cattle. Uncle Matt mysterious vanishes and the gang finds themselves up against Tumaka and an ghostly Indian.
#15 - High Rise Hair Raiser
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1976
The gang is low on money so they take jobs as hard hats. While investigating some mysterious safe robberies, they learn of a mysterious figure that's haunting the construction site.
#16 - A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1976
The gang investigates the weird happenings of some ancient demons. They learn that the demons are after a talisman that will drive them back into the iron lid of an underground city where they belong.
#17 - Scooby-Doo, Where's the Crew?
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1976
The gang goes on a cruise abord the 'Sea Prowler' and come into contact with the Ghost of Captain Pescado. Turns out the ghost is pretty ok for a ghost, just as long as you don't go near his undersea treasure trove like the gang decided to. Then, Captain Pescado can turn into a pretty mean ghost.
#18 - The Ghost of the Bad Humor Man
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/11/1976
One rainy night Freddy lets Shaggy drive his precious Mystery Machine--and Shaggy wrecks it! Luckly for Shag, it wasn't his fault; he slid on a ton of popsicles laying in the street, right outside the Happy Humor Ice Cream factory. A trip inside to use the phone to get a tow truck turns into a mystery, complete with three Technicolor Phantoms--Chocolate, Strawberry and Vanilla! Scooby might love food, but these guys could ruin even his appetite!
#19 - The Headless Horseman of Halloween
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1976
The gang is having fun at a Halloween costume party with their friend who happens to be a descendant of Ichabod Crane. Their fun turns into a nightmare when the headless horseman shows up.
#20 - Watt a Shocking Ghost
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1976
While driving through a terrible snow storm and low on gas, the gang stops by an abandoned winter wonderland amusement park. The mayor tells the gang the story about why the park is closed. Years ago, a terrible storm short circuited the power. One of the workmen was sent up a power pole to repair some damage, but there was a power surge and his body was never found. His ghost comes back to seek revenge known as the 10,000 volt ghost.
#21 - The Diabolical Disc Demon
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1978
At first glance, it would appear that Gene Simmons of Kiss fame is the Diabolical Disc Demon. But it isn't! The Demon is real and it has decided to haunt Jimmy Lewis, a rock 'n' roll star.
#22 - The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1978
Velma sure knows a lot of professors. Turns out her buddy, Professor Greer, is being stalked by a humanoid mantis, and man is this bad bug a creep.
#23 - Watch Out! The Willawaw!
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1978
The Gang is waiting for Velma's Uncle to meet them but they get worried when he doesn't show up so they head back to his cabin they see something monstrous flying in the sky they learn that it's the willawaw an owl-like monster that according to legend will carry it's victim off when an owl calls the person's name but not only that but some owl creatures are on the loose.
#24 - The Spirits of '76
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/18/1976
In Washington D.C., the gang gets locked up in the Smithsonian Institute for the night. This institute, if you don't know, is chock full of antiques, inventions, and of course Ghosts!
#25 - The Harum-Scarum Sanitarium
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1976
The gang gets lost while driving and runs into a state trooper who warns them to stay away from an old abandoned hospital. It's rumored to be haunted by a doctor that went mad years ago.