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03x05 - A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "The Scooby-Doo Show". Aired: September 11, 1976 – December 23, 1978.*
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Despite the yearly changes in how they were broadcast, the 1976–1978 stretch of Scooby-Doo episodes represents, at three seasons, the longest-running format of the original show before the addition of Scrappy-Doo.

03x05 - A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing

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[eerie music]

[theme music]

♪ We got it all together for a brand new show ♪

♪ Scooby Doo is here and away we go ♪

♪ While Scooby Doo is running from a spooky ghost ♪

♪ Shaggy is a-doing what he does the most ♪

♪ Hey! Come on get involved till the mystery is solved ♪

♪ Hang around for Scooby Doo ♪

[instrumental music]

[chuckles]

♪ Hey! Come on get involved till the mystery is solved ♪

♪ Hang around for Scooby Doo ♪

♪ That's my pal ♪♪

Scooby-Dooby-Doo.

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

[engine revving]

[Shaggy] 'Whoa! Like, these Turkish mountain roads'

'are really rocky.'

thwip thwip thwip

I'll say.

Just hang on, g*ng.

We should be at Professor Brixton's camp any minute now.

Imagine him discovering a whole city

that's been buried for thousands of years.

And we'll be among the first to see it.

Like, how's about a little Turkish music, Scoob?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[playing music]

[laughing]

[instrumental music]

[growling]

[engine revving]

Well, this looks like the place.

This area is restricted. No visitors.

But we've come at the direct invitation of Dr. Brixton, sir.

Dr. Brixton? Hmm, very well. His tent is over there.

[engine revving]

[Velma] Jeepers, professor this is really exciting.

We're anxious to see what you've discovered

in the ancient city.

I'm afraid, my friends, there won't be much to see.

'We had to stop digging.'

[Daphne] 'Stop?! Well, how come?'

[Brixton] 'Because all my workers were frightened away'

'by the Tar Monster.'

Huh?

Like, what do you mean Tar Monster?

This area ahs been known for centuries for its tar pools.

The people have always believed the ancient city of Byzantius

'was under the protection of a legendary creature'

'that lived in the pools. The Tar Monster.'

ding

Havin' trouble, Scoob?

[laughing]

[instrumental music]

bam

Phew!

The trouble began yesterday when we finally reached

the inner sanctum of the ancient city.

[Brixton] We were about to open the sanctum, when we found

an ancient curse carved in the stone.

It said, "This city is under protection

of the tar creature, intruders beware!"

Suddenly, there was a terrible roar.

[roaring]

And then, he appeared. The Tar Monster.

A terrifying sight tar dripping from its body

as it came toward us. The workmen ran away.

And that's not the worst of it.

Like, I was afraid you were gonna say that.

Come with me, I'll show you.

Zoinks! Like, what happened?

Last night, I heard my assistant Mr. Stoner shouting for help.

'I ran over here to help and found this.'

His tent, destroyed.

Zoinks! What happened to him?

We don't know. He's gone. Disappeared.

[gulping]

Like, T-Tar Monster got him.

Here's a picture of Stoner streaked with tar.

And look at this! There's tar everywhere!

Come, we must return to my tent before the creature comes back.

[both] Comes back?

[Velma] 'Jinkies! that sure is awful about your assistant'

'disappearing like that Professor Brixton.'

What will you do now?

We are certain that a priceless treasure awaits us

in the inner sanctum.

I must carry on. I myself, if necessary.

[indistinct muttering]

Zoinks! Like, it's him.

crash

Scooby Doo, where are you?

[Brixton] 'There's no need to worry. It's only my foreman, Ben Gazi.'

He will take you to your tents for the night.

Thank you, professor. Come on, everybody let's get some sleep.

[Shaggy] 'What a trip, eh, Scoob?'

Tar Monsters, disappearing people..

It's enough to drive a person batty. Scoob? Scoob.

[snoring]

[gurgling]

[yawns]

[exhaling]

[Shaggy gurgling]

[gulps]

[snoring]

Come on, Scoob. Knock off all that snoring.

[roaring]

Wake up, Scoob! Or I'll never get to sleep.

[roaring]

Oh boy, like, it's only the Tar Monster.

Zoinks!

[roaring]

Scoob! Scoob, let's get outta here!

You said something, Shaggy?

[roaring]

Sh-Sh-Shaggy?

[roaring]

[Shaggy] Help!

[Scooby] 'The Tar Monster! The Tar Monster!'

Wait a second, slow down.

You actually saw the Tar Monster?

Yeah.

He was this tall and this wide.

[Fred] 'Where did you see him?'

He came after us in our tent.

Jeepers!

We better have a look.

There's tar everywhere!

For once, you two weren't imagining things.

Let's follow his tracks and see what we can find.

- Come on! - Uh-uh!

Oh, Scooby, sometimes I think you have

a real yellow streak right down your back.

Yeah!

[laughing]

[Fred] Quit the clowning, Scoob. There's no time to waste.

Jinkies! The tracks end at this tar pool

as if he went down into it.

But that's impossible.

N-no-no-not for a Tar Monster.

Hey, look at this.

[Daphne] 'What is it?'

Looks like an ancient piece of pottery.

But what's it doing here?

[Fred] 'I don't know. But I bet the professor will.'

'Let's go.'

[Ben] 'Our government agrees with your decision'

'to recover our ancient treasures without delay'

professor. I will go with you and your friends

to open the inner sanctum today.

After what happened last night we're more interested

than ever in the mystery of the Tar Monster.

Good. You can witness what will surely be

one of the most valuable finds of the century.

Hey, you two! How's breakfast coming along?

Terrific! You might say I'm really cooking.

Really cooking, Scoob. Ha ha ha.

gulp

[laughing]

[Brixton] 'We'll get started right after breakfast.'

Like, keep the toaster poppin', Scoob.

Okay, more toast coming up.

tap tap tap

[laughing]

I will get my equipment and meet you all

at the excavation in 15 minutes.

We'll be there.

[Daphne] 'Jeepers! There's a whole city down here.'

[ominous music]

[Velma] With enough statues and art objects to fill a museum.

The richest treasures lie as yet

untouched in the inner sanctum of the city.

Huh?

crash

clatter clatter

Funny, like that statue looks familiar.

Yeah!

Professor, what happened to the mighty city of Byzantius?

Yeah, how come it's buried so far beneath the surface?

Our research indicates there was a giant earthquake

that dropped this entire region hundreds of feet.

Jeepers!

And then the surrounding hills collapsed

burying the city forever.

[Fred] No wonder everything looks almost untouched

as If people were still living here.

And here were are, very spot where the workmen ran away.

And like there's the curse of the Tar Monster.

gulp

This is a great moment in history.

Professor! the treasures have been stolen.

Uh, look, th-the Tar Monster.

[intense music]

Uh, hu-huh-uh-huh-ha.

Zikes! like, run for your lives!

Relax, It's only a statue.

Statue? Hee-hee hee-hee..

It's been here for centuries, to guard the

inner sanctum treasures.

Some guard like there's nothin' left to steal.

- Ha-ha-ha-ha. - Yeah.

Professor Karim, look.

[Daphne] 'Jeepers! the tracks of the Tar Monster.'

[Karim] 'But, that's impossible.'

No one could get past my guards at the entrance.

Which means, he must have found

another way to get down here.

- I must sound the alarm. - I'll come up with you.

Uh, like that's a swell idea.

Let's get outta this creepy place.

thud

Hold it, you two.

We've got to track down the Tar Monster.

Oh, boy, wouldn't you know he'd say that?

Looks like our Tar Monster has been here several times.

There are tracks down both corridors.

Which means, we'll have to spilt up to look for clues.

- Spilt up? - Uh-uh.

Oh, Scooby, what could possibly happen to you?

[laughing]

Shaggy, you and Scooby go that way and see what you can find.

We'll head down this way.

Like, careful, Scoob, there's a lot of tar along here.

Yeah.

Yuck!

[instrumental music]

[whining]

crash

Shaggy, wait for me.

Scooby, Scooby Doo?

[Shaggy] 'Where are you?'

Shaggy!

crash

Uh-oh!

Who-o-o-ah!

Scooby, like, help!

crash

Uh, oh, boy.

I'm coming, Shaggy.

crash

[laughing]

Look, Scoob, like, this is the same kind of lid

we found back at the tar pool.

Yeah, maybe it's a clue.

Jeepers! This underground city

is a maze of corridors and tunnels.

It's a good thing we have the tar tracks to follow.

We could be lost down here forever.

Look! I had a hunch we'd find this.

[Fred] 'Another tar pool.'

And the tracks end here, just as they did

at the pool above ground.

Hmm, it looks like we're finally on to something.

Right. Let's find Shaggy and Scooby

to see if they came up with anything.

[instrumental music]

Like, the trouble with following these tracks is we might

run into the monster that's makin' 'em.

Yeah.

Oh, boy, If I live

to be a hundred I'll never forget

that Tar Monster roar.

[roaring]

Ha, ha, pretty good, Scoob. You sound just like him.

[roaring]

Ha-ha, I mean that's terrific Scoob, I-I-wa-wa-wa..

Huh, ha-ha-ha, zoinks!

[roaring]

In here, Scoob.

Ha-ha-ha-ha, this calls for a fast make up job.

[intense music]

[beginning to sneeze]

Achoo!

plop

[roaring]

[dramatic music]

[roaring continues]

twang thud

[roaring]

[screaming]

[indistinct muttering]

[sighs]

[roaring]

[intense music]

[frustrated groans]

Looks like no sign of Scoob or Shagg.

What's that?

[Fred] 'It's a workman's tool kit.'

What's it doing way back here?

Look at this!

[Fred] 'It's a map of the underground city, streaked with tar.

'And there's the inner sanctum.'

This map is just the clue we needed.

Right, now this mystery is starting to make sense, come on.

Faster, Scoob, like, he's gainin' on us.

[growling]

click

Welcome, welcome, welcome, to our photo studio, sir.

We've got a special today, for monsters only.

Three prints for a dollar.

[Shaggy] 'Say "cheese".'

click

click

click

click

[growling]

click

[growling]

Very good, we'll mail you your print, sir.

[ominous music]

[growling]

Hey, like, I got rid of him.

[growling]

- Zoinks! - He-he-he-he-he..

Shaggy, wait.

Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo.

Zoinks! Ta-ta-ta-ta-tar Monster!

crash

[Velma] 'It's Shaggy.'

- Are you okay, Shagg? - Yeah. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

But the monster's got Scoob. Oh-h*-h*..

[blowing nose]

Oh, woe is me, woe is me, I'll never forget you, old buddy.

[crying]

Oh my old buddy..

Sorry, Scoob.

[crying]

Oh, he was like a brother to me. I'll miss him so much.

[crying]

- Scooby? - Yeah.

Thanks a lot, Scoob.

Take a look at this, Fred, I think we found another clue.

- It's an air compressor. - Huh?

[Shaggy] 'Like what's an air compressor doing in a city'

'that's thousands of years old?'

Now we know what's been happening.

We do?

[Fred] 'Give me a hand with this compressor, Shagg, we're gonna'

'use it to capture the Tar Monster.'

Like what's goin' on?

[Fred] 'This is set up so the compressor won't start pumping'

air until we get back up to the surface.

bam

[intense music]

[Daphne] Gee, I sure hope this works.

Look, it is working.

Right, that ought to force our monster friend to the surface.

[growling]

An intruder!

[Velma] 'There he is.'

[Shaggy] 'Zoinks! Like, he's getting away.'

[growling]

[Daphne] 'Jeepers! We got him.'

Wait till the professor sees this.

Now let's see who the Tar Monster really is.

- Why? - It's Stoner.

[Brixton] 'My missing assistant.'

That's right, professor, he posed as the Tar Monster

to frighten off the local workers.

Uh-huh-uh-huh.

That way, he could sneak into inner sanctum and steal

it's treasures before you could find them.

Uh-huh-uh-huh-huh.

But, how did he get past my guards?

[Daphne] 'The answer to that begins with that ancient piece'

of pottery we found at the tar pool

after following his tracks.

The pottery had to come from the ancient city below.

So, when we found the connecting pool down there

we realized how he was getting into the city.

I get it, like, he used his Scuba gear

to dive down through the tar.

Yeah.

[Fred] All that's left now

is to find the treasure.

Stoner, where have you taken the treasures?

Nah, I'll never tell.

I think this map we found will show us where he hid everything.

According to the map, there's a secret room

behind this wall.

There must be a way to open the wall, but how?

Like, maybe there's a hidden door?

[sniffing]

crash

Ye-o-o-ow!

thud

Hey, look, Scooby found it.

The treasure of Byzantius! How can we ever thank you?

Our government will always be grateful to you.

Hey, and don't forget Scooby.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

[theme music]