RUSSELL: Ah, Elias Kingston University, my alma mater,
and my fathers before me.
You, my son, are following a proud family tradition.
Even though I don't want to go here.
Neither did I, nor my father before me.
But we're Kingston material, so we do.
That doesn't make sense.
That's exactly what I said to my father.
Wait. What?
And I said that, too, and he said exactly what I'm saying to you right now,
word for word.
-How is that possible? -That's what I said.
And he said that, and that, too.
(GROWLING)
Leave my university!
(GROWLS)
Okay, that's new.
(ROARS)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
SCOOBY-DOO: Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
Oh, my interview at Elias Kingston University is in 30 minutes.
I wish I knew what they wanted to talk to me about.
I have to get into that college.
(SIGHS)
DAPHNE: Velma, you have nothing to worry about.
You've gotten into every college you've applied to.
Like, some even applied to you.
That's just it, every prestigious college accepted me
apart from the most prestigious one of all, Kingston University.
Only they asked to interview me.
Why? What do they want from me?
(DEEP VOICE) Relax, you're a ringer.
I mean, what'd you get on your SATs?
A noble prize nomination.
Okay, I believe there's a rational explanation for everything.
(HOARSE VOICE) Then explain me.
Can someone please explain why I'm having a conversation with puppets?
Well, Daphne saw this
create-your-own-puppet store and decided
"A fun way to learn about yourself,
"is to see yourself in puppet form."
Then, you started talking to the puppets.
I can't help you with the rational part.
DAPHNE: Look.
My puppet of me's puppet of me has a puppet of me,
and so on.
Guys, this interview is important.
Please don't ruin it for me by being strange.
SHAGGY: Like, we lost them!
I can't believe they were going to throw this out.
Not on my watch.
Uh, guys, what's going on?
Like, I think that's pretty obvious, Fred.
Duh!
(CHOMPING)
I think the more important question is,
how a person with two arms
uses four hand puppets at once.
Right? That takes physical coordination.
"Danger-prone Daphne", my foot.
In fact, both feet and both hands.
Hey, like, are puppets stealing The Mystery Machine?
Uh, Daphne?
VELMA: I thought you Daphne-proofed The Mystery Machine.
-It's under control! -(BEEPS)
(BEEPS)
(BABY COOING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
-(DEVICE BEEPS) -(BRAKES SQUEAL)
-Um, hello. -MALE VOICE: Hello, to you.
I have a weird accent now. (BABBLING)
Whoa! (CHUCKLES)
What'd I miss?
Everything, but not by much.
See? This is what I'm talking about.
Destroying an entire city is a kind of thing that tends to ruin a college interview.
Almost destroying a city.
I had it under control.
Yes, very comforting.
Excuse me... Mitchell,
how far away is Elias Kingston University?
It's right over there.
See, it's right there, Velma, there's nothing to be nervous about.
From what I hear,
that's not what you should be worried about.
They say the school's founder, Elias Kingston,
has returned from the grave and is scaring off all the students.
Have you seen this ghost yourself?
You see a lot of things working at this gas station,
mostly related to automotive care, though. So, no.
But I have seen a lot of snooty kids running away
with their tails between their legs.
Ha! Yeah! Cowards!
SHAGGY: So, now, exactly which direction did they run?
VELMA: Ah. Elias Kingston University.
Ever since I was a little student,
I've dreamt of coming here.
So that's him, huh?
"What makes a person Kingston material?
"If you have to ask, you're not Kingston material.
"Unless, of course you're asking rhetorically for a statue plaque quote,
"like I did, in which case, we're good.
"Elias Kingston."
VELMA: Kingston material?
-What is that? -MAN: It's that mysterious quality
every student that goes here has.
-(ALL SCREAMING) -Hey, kids.
Campus security, Joe.
Ooh, sorry, there's been some trouble on campus.
I thought I'd camouflage myself and spring out
and grab that ghost when he walks by.
Tactics.
Your tactic is to spring out and grab the ghost?
Sure. I've been head of security here for 15 years,
it's all about tactics.
So what can I do for you kids?
I have an interview with the dean of the university,
Ah, okay, Dean Longfellow's office is right over there.
Good luck.
Tactics.
Well, gang, it looks like we've got another mystery on our hands,
-so let's... -Whoa, whoa, whoa, Fred, listen to me.
Velma acceptee into college first, mystery solvee second.
Don't blow this for me, got it?
-(KNOCK ON THE DOOR) -What is it?
Uh, Dean Longfellow?
Yes, who are you?
I'm Velma Dinkley. I have an interview scheduled with you,
but if you're too busy and mean...
No, no, come in. It's this ghost thing.
He's scaring off the new students left and right.
How am I supposed to run a school with no incoming freshmen?
We may be able to help you, Dean Longfellow.
How exactly can you help me?
The problem is we've let our standards slip.
Elias Kingston was a greedy, vindictive, ruthless monster
who believed children are our future.
He'd do anything to keep his school on top,
including returning from the beyond
to scare away unworthy students.
It's the only explanation that makes sense.
That's how we can help, we solve mysteries.
And there's a rational explanation
behind every mystery.
Ah. That's very interesting, Ms. Dinkley.
Since this college was founded,
every potential student is met in person
and given one final challenge
to prove they're Kingston material.
But since your credentials are so impressive,
I've decided to waive that challenge
and offer you a place at this school right now.
That said, if what you say is true,
then I may have a challenge for you after all.
You say you can help me with my ghost problems?
Then do it.
Show me you really are Kingston material
by solving this mystery.
-Um... -You've got a deal, Dean Longfellow.
But remember, if you mess up,
you can forget any chance of being accepted to the best college on the planet.
(GASPS)
(BOTH GASPING)
Okay, what the heck was that?
I was in, he was gonna just let me in.
What part of, "Don't ruin this for me", wasn't clear?
I'm sorry, Velma, but you heard him, the school's in trouble.
Someone needs to solve this mystery or there won't be any
Elias Kingston University to go to.
Fine. Now, would it make a difference if I asked you
please not to ruin it for me from this point on?
Hey, come on, Velma, this is what we do,
solve mysteries.
All right, our first step is to find that ghost.
(GROWLING)
Cool, what's our second step?
Leave my university!
Like, look, I don't wanna take sides here, but his side!
(GROWLS)
(SHAGGY SCREAMING)
(GROWLS)
(YELPING)
SHAGGY: Whoa!
BOTH: Huh?
Love your school!
Yikes!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(GATE RATTLING)
(ROARING)
(WHIMPERING) Like, did you see that?
He poofed out of the tower and re-poofed in front of us!
I hate poofing!
Wait, where are we going?
We can't run away like all the other students.
But the poofing!
Don't worry, the difference between us and them
is we're going back.
FRED: Daphne...
You're not actually bringing the puppets on a mystery investigation, are ya?
What? Puppets are fun, mysteries are fun.
Am I the only one doing the math here?
Um, yes?
(WHIRRING)
(CAR ALARM CHIRPS)
-Rawr? -The best security is looking like you don't need any.
(CROW CAWING)
(CROW YELPS)
-And crossbows. -And crossbows.
(SNAPS FINGERS) Okay, Velma, what've we learned?
Okay, Elias Kingston University,
built around the original Kingston Manor.
Six main structures dating from the 18th to the mid-20th century.
Architecture, mixed late-Gothic and Jacobean.
The perimeter is surrounded by a stone wall adorned with wrought iron spires.
Four gated entrances, three of which are closed during summer.
It's basically a deathtrap of higher education.
-Death trap? -Higher education?
Relax! The odds of all of us being attacked and or
further educated are negligible.
At least one of us will likely survive to solve the mystery.
(HIGH-PITCHED VOICE) Only I shall live! (CACKLING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
Like, this place is even creepier at night.
I vote we find some 24-hour diner,
wait until daylight, and then, stay at the diner.
I second that!
Light it up.
Oh!
(EXPLOSION)
Let's move.
(ALL SCREAMING)
-Yikes! -And it's...
The statue.
-Oh, right, gravity. -(GROANS)
Please, guys, be careful. You heard the dean,
if we mess up, I'm done here.
Okay, let's split up and look for clues.
Velma, Daphne and I will search Dean Longfellow's office.
I have a feeling there's more going on there than he told us.
Shaggy, Scooby, check out that tower.
-You want us to go into that tower? -Yes.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, like, (LAUGHS)
let's be totally clear about this.
You, Fred, want us, Shaggy and Scooby,
to go in here, the spooky home of him,
the evil ghost, that wants to hurt us?
Well, I would probably word it differently, but...
Bup, bup, so, like, what you're saying is
-the biggest cowards here, no offense, Scoob... -Keep it real.
...should walk right into this tower
where this ghost is waiting to do this to us.
SCOOBY-DOO: Why, why, Fred, why? (WAILS)
You could've gone and come back by now.
We hired these actors to stage a reenactment.
I think we're done here.
We're still getting paid?
-It's locked. -Uh, I don't like this, Fred.
Maybe we should just get out of here before...
JOE: Are you kids trying to break into the Dean's office?
We're trying to solve this mystery, Joe.
In order to prove I'm Kingston material.
Ah, one of the Dean's challenges, huh?
What do you want in the Dean's office?
We're looking for clues.
Leave no stone unturned, you know...
Tactics.
Tactics. Got it.
Okay, just be careful, kids.
It's all about tactics.
Look at this, a list of names.
Students who decided not to go to Kingston University
because they were too scared.
And the dollar amounts in deposits or donations
they gave to the school.
But if they decided not to go
after they already gave the money...
The university keeps the money.
Someone is making a fortune off this ghost.
What's this?
Maybe a safe combination?
No. I know exactly what this is.
SHAGGY: Why is it we're always sent to creepy towers or graveyards?
Why can't clues ever be in, like, the cafeteria?
Look, Scoob, it's all sealed off.
We can't even get up there. (SCOFFS)
I guess if we can't search the tower,
we have to search the cafeteria.
Oh, we have no choice.
BOTH: Huh?
(GASPING)
(SLOBBERING)
Like, Scoob, the world's best college
also has the world's best vending machines!
Let's vend.
-(COINS CLINKING) -(BEEPS)
(WHIRRING)
(BOTH SCREAMING)
It's jammed!
(BEEPING)
Maybe, if I just... (GRUNTS)
-Got it! -Hmm?
-(GRUNTS) -That's it, Scoob,
you almost got me.
Well, when life gives you lemons...
eat.
Uh, Scoob...
(BOTH SCREAMING)
-(GROWLS) -(BANGING)
Like, we're actually safe in here!
-Uh-oh. -(GROWLS)
Run!
(GLASS SQUEAKING)
(GRUNTING)
Faster!
SCOOBY-DOO: Hmm?
(ROARS)
Hmm.
Right there. It's a book.
-But how... -The Dewey decimal system.
That's a tall ladder. I hope you're not afraid of heights.
(LAUGHS) Heights? Don't be ridiculous.
I'm afraid of widths.
Okay, let's see what's on the Dean's reading list.
SHAGGY: We found a clue!
Like, a fast, blue, angry clue!
(GROWLS)
Daphne, push!
Whoa.
Whoa!
(WHIMPERS)
Huh?
Whoa!
(SCREAMING)
(GROWLING)
-Ahhh! -(ROARING)
(FRED AND DAPHNE SCREAMING)
-(SCREAMING) -(ROARING)
(GRUNTS)
-(DAPHNE SCREAMING) -Whoa!
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
(ROARS)
I can't believe I just destroyed a library.
I hurt books.
And all those vending machine snacks...
wasted!
And we're no closer to solving this mystery.
And my "me" puppet is missing a button.
And I swallowed a button.
That's what you guys are upset about?
The whole point of this was to get me into this school!
Dean Longfellow will never let me in now.
(ALL ARGUING)
Well, I'm Velma. I trust books
more than I trust my friends.
Like, I'm Fred. I put my friends in danger for clues!
I'm Shaggy. (WHINES) I'm hungry! I'm scared!
(WHINES) I'm two years old!
I'm handing out puppets!
I'm Scooby-Doo. I'm sweet and loyal,
and the best friend in the world!
What? I'm the best friend in the world.
VELMA: I'm the best friend. FRED: I'm the best friend.
SHAGGY: Yeah, you are the best friend!
VELMA: No, you're the best friend!
FRED: No, clearly you're the best friend!
DAPHNE: You're all wrong!
We're all best friends.
Okay, clues. What have we got? Shaggy, Scooby, the tower?
-Like, sealed off. No way up. -Or down.
There's that list of names from the Dean's office.
-Possible motive. -What about the book?
I've got it right here.
"The science of laser optics". That's it!
We've gotta get back to that tower.
Okay, I'm going out.
-Whoa. -Fred, what's going on?
Oh, no. His fear of widths.
Not wide enough.
No, no, I can do it.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) I can do it.
(GRUNTS)
You've got this, Fred.
Just stay focused on the long,
deadly drop on either side of you!
Whoa!
(SHOUTS)
(GRUNTS)
This is unpleasant.
Whoa!
Hang on, Fred!
BOTH: Whoa!
(GROANING)
Good work, Scoob. You got a little flesh there.
Just a little. I'll work through the pain.
Pull, buddy, pull!
(GRUNTING) Daphne, try to tie the rope to something!
(STRAINING)
-(GASPS) -(GROWLING)
(WHIMPERS)
Whoa!
Hi, guys! Whoa!
-(ROARS) -(GASPS)
-(GROWLING) -(THUNDER CRASHING)
(GASPING)
(WHIMPERS)
Slipping. Can't...
get a grip.
It's okay. We've done our job.
It's time we made the ultimate sacrifice.
No!
(ALL GRUNTING)
(ROARS)
(STRAINING)
(GROWLS)
SCOOBY-DOO: Two ghosts?
My guess is no ghost!
(GROWLING)
Great! So we have an angry, psychotic non-ghost up here
trying to get us.
Exactly how is that better?
-Thanks, guys. -(GROWLING)
(SCREAMS)
-Pull! -(ALL STRAINING)
(DAPHNE YELLING)
What is going on here?
Dean Longfellow, meet your ghost problem.
ALL: Mitchell from the gas station!
That's right! They said I wasn't good enough to go here.
I wasn't "Kingston material." If I'm not, then no one is!
Mitchell used the ghost to scare away
all the incoming students.
That way, you'd be forced to go further down
on the admissions list until his name came up.
Great work, kids. Okay, you, come with me.
Hold on, just a second there, Joe.
Mitchell couldn't have done this alone.
He needed an inside man, the head of security.
Yes, I recognize him now. That's Joe's son!
Right! After 15 years of protecting this school,
Joe was angry when his son was rejected.
So, they swore revenge.
Joe signaled Mitchell with
a holographic ghost illusion in the tower,
which they sealed up so no one would find it.
Mitchell would come over in the ghost disguise
and scare everyone away.
But, when you still wouldn't lower the university's admissions standards,
they had to get rid of you, too,
by framing you for fraud.
VELMA: Handwritten lists slanted to the left,
which means it was written by a lefty.
But you're right-handed.
Only Joe had complete access to the campus
to plant fake evidence,
and he's also left-handed.
And we would have gotten away with it, too,
if it wasn't for...
Run!
(SIREN BLARING)
Well, Ms. Dinkley, you did it.
You proved you really are Kingston material.
Thank you, Dean Longfellow,
but Kingston University already taught me something.
I still have a lot to learn.
For now, there's only one place I'm sure I belong,
with my friends.
Ah, yes, friends.
I wish I had some of those.
I'm uncomfortable.