Hey Fred. Chuck here at the dangerous unexplored Zatari caverns.
Wanna go on a treasure hunt with me?
I'll take that as a, "You're out of your mind."
Whoa, a chasm.
Hold on, "Danger, do not enter."
Good thing I'm not gonna enter it.
I'm going over it.
Woo-hoo!
Chuck, one. Chasm, nothing.
Hmm.
Fred, where is your respect for history?
(DISTANT GROWLING)
You hear that?
Eh, probably nothing.
Oh, yeah! I smell treasure.
(HOWLING)
Okay, I am not alone in here.
Ahhh! Chuck under attack.
Better send this video before it's too late. Ahhh!
Open. Select.
Address, mysterymanfred@webnet.net.
Could you get a longer email, Fred?
Send, send!
(SCREAMING)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
SCOOBY-DOO: Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
VELMA: Then we discovered the water was 47 feet deep instead of 42 feet.
It was clear that whoever was behind this did not, in fact,
use the metric system as one would expect.
(YAWNING)
(ALL YAWNING)
Excuse me. Anyway, so, right.
The incongruity in water pressure meant the only one who could have taken the gold
was Dr. Cutler.
Blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Look, I'm really sorry.
I had no idea my plan was so boring.
It sounded much more exciting on paper.
(SNORING) (PHONE RINGS)
Hang on, I just got this video from my crazy old pal Chuck.
The subject is, "Help me!"
Chuck's never asked for help in his life.
Something terrible must have happened.
We've got to go!
Yeah, good idea.
What are we waiting for?
Yeah, let's go. What are we waiting for? Good idea. Let's do that.
(SPLASHES)
CHUCK: (IN VIDEO) Send, send!
(SCREAMING)
(GASPING)
Like, no matter how many times we watch this,
that part always gets me.
Yeah, well apparently it got Chuck, too.
I mean, we've been friends since we were kids
and I don't think he's ever been scared of anything.
So you and Chuck are close buds like Scooby and I?
(BOTH COOING)
Uh, yeah, minus the face-smooshing.
Chuck Mangum is my oldest friend.
We were the perfect team.
Chuck chased problems, I solved them.
We called ourselves Mangum Force.
We've stayed close, though I never thought he'd ask for help.
Especially not mine.
He always says I was too careful.
That my way was too safe.
Well, looks like Chuck's way got him into some serious trouble.
Yeah, like captured by creepy cave monster trouble.
What do we even know about these caves,
and why are we driving towards them?
Yeah.
Apparently the Zatari Caverns have quite a history.
The caverns were discovered in 2600 BC
by the lost Zatari tribe.
The Zataris saw the chicken as the wisest, fiercest creature on Earth
and moved their civilization underground,
expanding the cavern with miles of mazes, shoots and traps
to emulate the bird they revered.
Basically, there's never been a culture with a greater
misunderstanding of what a chicken is.
Also, according to legend,
the spirit of an ancient Zatari warrior guards a great treasure
hidden in the cavern.
Many have searched for the treasure, but no one's seen it except the Zataris.
And no one's seen the Zataris for 200 years.
Like, if Chuck had all those arcane, useless facts,
he never would have gone in there.
Just like we're not going in now.
No. We're not leaving here without Chuck.
Ancient spirit or not, let's head on in.
(SIGHING)
DAPHNE: Thus, our intrepid explorers march once more into the mouth of danger.
A chicken-shaped mouth, which is called a beak.
So technically, they are walking into
the beak of danger.
What are you doing?
Real time narration.
Like a nature documentary.
It is through this commentary that our unsuspecting heroes
discover the angry park ranger standing in their path.
Hey! (ALL GASP)
What are you kids doing out here?
It's after sunset, the caverns are closed.
But my friend Chuck is in there.
Well, I haven't seen anybody.
But in that case, go right in.
But you don't understand! You see my...
Wait, really?
Absolutely. He's your friend, right?
Well what are you waiting for? Don't you care about him?
Of course. I just thought that...
You're wasting valuable time, man, get in there!
Wait, is that dog not wearing a leash?
Sorry, you can't go in.
Like, he doesn't need a leash.
Works for me. Head on in.
But I...
Thanks?
Whew, he's really bad at his job.
I know, right?
SHAGGY: (ECHOING) Can you believe that guy?
Like I'd ever put a leash on my dog.
Your dog? Yeah.
Like, I get the whole leash idea,
and consider myself a responsible dog owner and everything.
Dog owner?
You know what I mean.
Do you?
Oh, come on, Scooby.
We're best buddies.
Buddies don't own buddies.
Scooby? Where are you going?
To my new buddy.
Oh, hi, Scooby.
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
Um, we seem to have reached a fork in the cavern.
MALE VOICE: Cluck, cluck, cluck.
Man sees two paths but the chicken sees three.
(ALL GASPING)
(QUIVERING)
'Sup?
Who are you?
I am the last of the Zatari.
The intrepid explorers have stumbled upon an incredible discovery.
The last remaining Zatari.
Whose name was...
You couldn't pronounce it.
I'm pretty good with linguistics.
Okay, ready?
It's...
Rick.
Rick?
No, Rick.
Rick? Rick.
Rick?
Like me, follow.
Rrr...
Eee... Eee...
(HIGHER PITCH) Eee... (HIGHER PITCH) Eee...
Kkk... Kkk...
Khh... Khh...
Ka. Ka.
Wrong, not even close.
Look, we're trying to find my friend Chuck.
You said, "Man sees two paths, but the chicken sees three."
There are only two paths here.
Unlike man, the chicken is the wisest creature on the planet.
The third path he sees is the one that led you here.
I suggest you turn around and go back the way you came
before you end up like your friend.
But wait, Rick. Rick!
Rick! Oh, are you calling me?
I'm assuming not, otherwise you'd use my name.
Okay, gang.
If I know Chuck, he took the more dangerous path.
So that's the route we have to go.
Fred, isn't it a bit risky to follow in Chuck's footsteps
when the Zatari specifically told us not to?
Maybe, but for the first time in his life, Chuck asked for my help
and nothing, and I mean nothing is gonna stop me from finding him.
Uh, except for this gigantic boulder
which is literally stopping me from finding him.
This boulder of doom isn't in Chuck's video.
We should double back.
Maybe we can go around it?
DAPHNE: The passage appears to be blocked by a cave-in
as well as guarded by a statue of a Zatari warrior.
Creepy and lifelike, the craftsmanship is remarkable.
Especially the breathing.
(ROARS)
Run!
This way!
(ROARS) (ALL SCREAMING)
(EXCLAIMS)
Guys, spine.
(ALL SIGHING)
Okay, jumping is out of the question.
(GROWLING)
(SIGHS) We may have lost him.
Everybody, quiet!
(CRUNCHING)
Shh! Our best bet is to go silent until the coast is clear.
(CRUNCHING)
Daphne, silence, silence.
(ROARS) (GASPS)
DAPHNE: The masked menace advanced on our hapless adventurers.
The situation seemed hopeless
but then suddenly, the Zatari warrior threw down his weapon
and rolled onto his back like a submissive kitten.
It was worth a shot.
(ROARS)
Zoinks!
No choice, jump!
(ALL SCREAMING)
We made it!
That was...
Extremely dangerous?
No, it was a rush.
I mean, that was insane!
Like, where's Scoob?
Scoob? Scooby-Doo, where are you?
Daphne? Buddy?
(PANTING)
Thank goodness.
Wait, the chips!
Oh, sorry, Scooby.
It's only chips.
(GASPS) "Only chips"?
(IN DISTORTED VOICE) "Only chips"?
(IN NORMAL VOICE) "Only chips"?
Exactly.
"Only chips."
See? Like, you obviously need a buddy who shares your interest in snacks.
I mean, keeping a bag of chips dry while jumping off a waterfall?
(CHUCKLES) Are you done being so silly?
I'm being silly?
Come on, Scoob. You know what I mean.
Do you?
Seriously, how far a drop do you think that was?
Maye 500 feet? 1000?
(THUDS)
Oh no! Her foot, it's glowing!
Daphne has glow-foot.
Glow-foot!
No. I know what that is.
She stepped on one of Chuck's glow sticks. He was here.
Hmm. Chuck was using those glow sticks in his video.
And there's another one over there.
Maybe he's leaving these for us.
Like breadcrumbs to follow a trail.
Come on, let's grab them.
Like, hey, that was pretty funny, huh, Scoob?
I mean, "Glow-foot," right?
"She has glow-foot!" (CHUCKLES)
Even in times of trouble we manage to have fun.
Who else could you have so many laughs with?
Velma.
Velma?
Velma's fun.
DAPHNE: Their situation was so grim, a bridgeless chasm was a welcome sight.
Dirty looks are tossed at the narrator.
Okay, this is definitely the chasm in Chuck's video.
(LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY)
Oh, Velma!
We're back on track.
That's the bamboo Chuck used to get across.
(MONSTER ROARING)
Uh-oh.
I guess it's like the waterfall.
We have no choice!
Chuck's way it is.
No, Fred, wait.
Whoo-hoo!
(CRASHING)
That was great! Right until this point here.
Okay, maybe we did have a choice.
Hey. Ah!
It's getting late, I should lift you out of here.
But we haven't found my friend yet.
Well, it's still early. I should leave you to it.
No, but... Wait... Seriously?
That's the spirit!
What? Fair enough.
Huh?
Did that go well?
(SCREAMING)
Fred, run!
(GROWLS)
(ROARS)
(GASPING)
DAPHNE: The intrepid explorers descend deeper into the darkness.
A fitting metaphor for their dimming hopes of survival.
What? I'm making light of the situation.
Get it?
FRED: Fortunately I still have this glow stick.
(ALL GASPING)
It's just spray paint.
Hey, I know where we are.
This is from Chuck's video.
It's from that part where he mentioned respect for authority.
(LAUGHING) Yeah.
Inside joke.
Hmm. I wonder if he left any more messages.
(SCREAMS)
Rick! It's Rick...
(SIGHS) Never mind. Just, fine, call me Rick.
Look, my friend Chuck was attacked by some kind of masked chicken warrior
and I have a feeling you know more than you're telling us.
The spirit of the great Zatari warrior
only attacks those who seek the Zatari treasure.
So if your friend was foolish enough to go after the treasure,
then yeah, that's pretty much how it would go down.
Well, we're not interested in your treasure.
We just want to find Chuck.
I see you are curious as to why I placed my head through this wall opening.
Uh, actually, no. Not really.
Seriously?
Honestly, I just kind of accepted it.
You mean to tell me not one of you has any interest as to why my head is in this wall?
No. I don't think so. Not really.
Zero, none.
Fine. Your friend went that way.
But it's very dangerous.
I'm talking
chicken dangerous.
(SCOFFS) Danger?
Jumping off a waterfall, crossing a bottomless chasm,
it can't get more dangerous than that, right?
Wrong.
We can't get through here.
It's relentless, there's no pattern.
Chuck got through.
CHUCK: Whoo! Take Chuck, gauntlet!
Maybe if I go through the video frame by frame
I can isolate Chuck's path.
(LAUGHING) What fun!
Only the most foolish, reckless, self-destructive dope
would even attempt to do this the way Chuck did it.
You're right! Chuck's way it is.
What are you doing?
(FRED GRUNTING)
(GRUNTING) Told you so.
(SCREAMS) Told you so.
Ooh!
Told you so.
Take Fred, gauntlet!
Fred!
Ooh!
Ah!
(GRUNTING)
We found the off switch.
(MONSTER ROARING)
Come on, let's go!
Be right there, gang.
That was troubling.
Have you gone cave-crazy?
No, Chuck's way worked.
And it was awesome!
Awesome? Absurd, isn't it?
He should be terrified like the rest of us.
(LAUGHING)
I can't do this anymore.
Did I hear terrified?
Hmm.
Come on, Scoob.
Like, us little chickens have to stick together against that big dangerous chicken.
So what do you say? You want a buddy?
Yeah. A brave buddy.
I think I see another glow stick ahead.
It's another bread crumb, come on, let's go.
Fine. Like, I don't need you.
I'll be my own Scooby-Doo.
(IN SCOOBY'S VOICE) I'm scared, Shaggy.
(IN NORMAL VOICE) Oh, I'm scared too, buddy.
I can always count on my dog for support.
(IN SCOOBY'S VOICE) Your dog?
(IN NORMAL VOICE) You know what I mean.
(IN SCOOBY'S VOICE) Do you?
(GASPS)
Oh.
FRED: It wasn't a glow stick. It wasn't a glow stick!
(ROARS)
Criss-cross, that'll throw him off.
(ROARS)
Huh? Huh, huh?
(ROARING SOFTLY)
Huh?
(ALL SCREAM)
(GRUNTING)
(BOTH SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
Huh?
Fred, are you okay?
For now.
The warrior fell into another trap.
It's like he has no idea where they are.
Well, that's not gonna hold him for long.
Where are we?
This is where Chuck was attacked in the video.
And I think that may be the door that leads to the Zatari treasure.
Like, are you done being Chuck-crazy?
Because we need a plan.
And fast.
I think I am. I guess I've always been envious of Chuck's ability to just let go.
But the truth is,
it was my brain that saved Chuck's neck
more times than I can count.
If we're gonna catch the warrior for good and rescue Chuck,
we'll need to do this...
(GASPING)
Faster, apparently!
(SCRAPING)
(BOTH WHIMPERING)
Like, I'm sorry, Scoob.
I do know what I mean.
You're not my dog. You're my buddy.
No, you're my human.
(BOTH SOBBING)
Wait, that's what you meant?
(CHUCKLING)
(ROARS) (SCREAMING)
RICK'S VOICE: Man sees two paths
but the chicken sees three.
Sees three, sees three.
A third path!
The solution is behind us.
(GRUNTING)
FRED: The third path saved us.
Rick was right!
Good work, kids. I think.
Honestly, I have no idea what's going on here.
Allow me to clear it up for you.
Our hunt for Chuck wasn't a complete bust.
Because the Zatari warrior is...
ALL: Chuck Mangum?
RICK: Whee!
Chuck Mangum?
I missed the clues at first, but they were all there.
The warrior was reckless and he displayed the same athleticism as Chuck.
And the glow sticks Chuck was using to light the caves
are what gave the warrior its supernatural gleam.
Rick told us that the Zatari warrior of legend
only attacked those who were after the treasure.
But we weren't trying to find the treasure,
we were trying to find Chuck.
Which left the question, why was he attacking us?
(SCREAMING)
The answer? Chuck was herding us through the caves,
keeping us on the path to where he knew the treasure was
but couldn't gain access to it himself.
(ROARS)
Because unlike a Zatari warrior,
Chuck didn't know where all the traps were.
So, like, how did the warrior attack Chuck in the video, then?
We fell for the oldest trick in the book.
In the video, we never actually see Chuck and the warrior at the same time.
He either gave us subtle glimpses of the warrior
using lights and recorded sounds,
or it was just him wearing the mask himself.
Chuck, I just... Why?
You think I like being the dumb one?
That last gate stumped me.
I knew you'd be able to figure it out because you figure everything out.
But I didn't want to ask for your help,
so I tried to trick you into helping.
By asking for his help?
What part of "dumb one" didn't you get?
Anyway, I would have gotten away with it if...
I was smarter and planned it better.
I thought we were friends.
Of course we are, Fred!
Now help old Chuck out of this mess like you always do.
No, Chuck.
It's time you learned Chuck's way comes with a price.
That's right, buddy.
You're going away for a long time.
I am?
Ah, no, not really.
But the real question is, what is the secret treasure beyond that gate?
Oh, sure, ask these guys.
And who's that guy again?
Oh, right, my bad.
Flip-flopping park ranger, meet the last remaining Zatari
whose name is...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it.
It's Rick, thanks. Thanks very much.
The ancient Zatari treasure is...
My chicken.
Larry.
(CLUCKING)
That's it? That's the treasure?
Well sure it is, he's beautiful.
ALL: Hi, Larry.
No, not, "Larry," Larry.
Larry.
How do you like it, Fred?
DAPHNE: Thus, our adventure concludes.
With a treasure.
Not of gold and jewels, but of friendship.
Between boy and dog,
childhood buddies, and a guy named Rick.
And his chicken Larry.
Finally! (ALL SCREAM)
Someone got it right. (CLUCKING)