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03x15 - The Beast is Awake in Bottomless Lake

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.

03x15 - The Beast is Awake in Bottomless Lake

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[theme music]

♪ We've got it all together for a brand-new show ♪

♪ Scooby-Doo is here again 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 ♪

[music continues]

[laughing]

[thuds]

♪ Hey come on get involved till the mystery is solved ♪

♪ Hang around for Scooby-Doo ♪♪

[Shaggy] That's my pal.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

[instrumental music]

[eerie music]

Faster, Jimmy, you'll need all the extra stamina you can get

to win that tennis tournament.

Don't worry, Nick.

Finishing first at Wimbledon is my dream.

Hey, Nick! Look at this!

It's a staff of some kind.

fizz

Yeow! It's alive!

boom

I am the Warlock Anthos.

Free at last from my age-long sleep.

[growls]

I have returned to fulfill

my curse against the Pelton family.

Peltons! I am a Pelton.

Yes, the last of the Peltons.

[growls]

[Anthos] 'As long as you have my cursed'

'staff, you are doomed.'

Jimmy, get rid of it!

[Anthos] 'Ha ha! There is no escape.'

'You are doomed.'

[Velma] According to the guidebook, we aren't far

from the ancient Druid ruins of Rothmore.

With all this fog, how could anyone tell?

[Shaggy] Uh, Scoob and I have that situation well in hand, Fred.

- Uh, like, I mean, well in paw. - Right, Shaggy.

[Velma] 'I've heard of fog lights'

'but never dog lights.'

[Daphne] 'Hey, there's someone in the road! Look out!'

Hang on, everybody!

screech

[gulps]

[Velma] 'Jinkies! That was close!'

Come on down, Scoob!

Like, something's happening.

click

Please, we need help!

We were attacked by the Warlock Anthos.

Warlock?

Kind of like a magician, Scooby!

A-a magician!

[giggling] Like this?

No, Scoob. A warlock is like a wizard, but worse.

[screams]

Yikes!

Scooby!

I'm Jimmy Pelton

and this is my manager Nick Thomas.

Wow, you're the famous tennis star

playing in the finals at Wimbledon tomorrow.

Oh, boy! How exciting!

[howling]

[Shaggy] 'Like, that's quite a pad.'

[Jimmy] 'It was in my family for centuries'

'until bad luck forced its sale'

'and I just recently bought it back.'

L-like who's that?

Oh, that's John, the gatekeeper.

[gulps]

My housekeeper's pastries are smashing.

Now this should put some meat

on those skinny bones of yours.

- Like, thanks, Mrs. Warren. - Yeah, thanks!

slurp

Why would the Warlock Anthos show up now?

Perhaps the tea leaves can tell us something.

Give me your cup, Jimmy.

'Oh, I see danger!'

- Danger! - Danger!

Terrible danger!

[gulps]

Like, that's the worst kind.

[screams]

thud

[Anthos laughing]

Like, what's so funny, Scoob?

You will never be free

from the curse of Anthos.

'You are doomed.'

Saints preserve us!

[Anthos] 'Doomed.'

[Jimmy] 'It's the staff again.'

Come on, let's find him.

- Like, uh, let's not. - Yeah, let's not.

Like, someday we gotta

take a firm stand, Scoob.

'Oh, this creepy fog is thick as pea soup.'

slurp

slurp

Hmm!

Like, that's only an expression, Scoob.

It's not really pea soup.

Oh, no?

slurp

[John] 'Help! It's the devil's hound.'

'Help! Please!'

It's coming from the gatekeeper's house.

Lead us to it, Jimmy!

Wow, it looks like a hurricane hit this place.

Or a warlock.

The hound was here, alright.

Like, he is obviously not house-broken.

The gatekeeper. He's gone!

John!

Like, it looks like this is all is left of him.

[whining]

Hmm, this red mud could be a clue!

And these strange-looking paw prints

lead out to the front door.

Come on, we've got a trail to follow.

The prints stop here.

And the hound vanished into thin air

along with your gatekeeper.

He must be an evil spirit just like his master Anthos.

- 'Poor John!' - 'Hello!'

[Jimmy] 'It's Mr. Burgess. My solicitor.'

I say, what's going on?

- John has disappeared. - Without a trace.

Well, well, well, let's go back to the house

and you can tell me about it.

And so, Mr. Burgess, the warlock and his hound

cursed me and my estate.

Then the gatekeeper vanished.

Oh, dear me!

I always feared that this would happen.

It began in the ancient times.

Uh-oh! Like, I don't think I wanna hear this.

Me either.

[Burgess] 'The Anthos family'

'was accused of witchcraft'

'and the Peltons were responsible'

'for driving them off this land.'

'The Warlock Anthos cursed'

'the family and death soon'

'forced the Peltons to sell this estate.'

Until Jimmy bought the manor this year.

Using every farthing I had.

Is the spooky stuff over yet?

[Burgess] 'Uh, I am afraid I have'

'some bad news for you, Jimmy.'

Not yet.

Your finances are worst than we thought.

Unless you win the match tomorrow

'you won't be able to pay the mortgage'

'and you'll lose the house.'

Lose the house!

Huh, don't worry, old chap!

You're favored to win.

I'll see you there.

[chuckles] Like, I think it's over, Scoob.

Shaggy, get rid of this for Jimmy, will you?

Uh, sure thing, Fred. Here, Scooby.

I think there's more here than meets the eye, Jimmy

'and we're going to get to the bottom of it.'

We'll get rid of the staff in this pond.

Good idea!

splash

[Shaggy] 'Oh, boy. Like, that ought to keep that warlock'

'away for good.'

- Yikes! - It's the warlock!

I know, I know!

Yikes!

[both screaming]

Some additional practice tonight can't hurt, Jimmy.

I thought I told you guys to get rid of the staff.

Like, we tried, Fred, but he wouldn't let us.

- Unh-unh! - Who wouldn't let you?

- Him! - Him!

[laughing]

- Now listen here, Anthos. - No, Jimmy!

[growling]

[screams]

- Help! - Nick!

Oh, no! Like, he's got Nick now too!

Nick!

- Where are you? - Jimmy!

- Come back! - Jimmy!

Nick, he's vanished.

- Look! - 'The staff.'

And Jimmy's glasses.

It's lucky they weren't broken.

That's more than I can say for this thing.

[staff breaks]

[instrumental music]

Like, what are we doin' up here on a night like this?

This is where Jimmy first saw the warlock.

We might find the clue up here.

These ruins date back in time before anyone can remember.

- Creepy. - You can say that again Scooby.

Creep..

[laughs]

Look at the color of this mud.

It's just like the mud on the gatekeeper's boot.

It's the only place in the country

were it's this special color.

[hound howling]

- Uh-oh! - Uh-oh!

It sounds like it's coming from the manor.

Let's go!

The staff again, but I broke it!

[Velma] '"If you play tomorrow, it will mean your doom."'

First, my gatekeeper, then Nick

and it looks like I'm next.

I say, what has happened to Nick?

Like, the warlock and his four-footed fiend got him.

Yeah!

[growls]

Oh, the curse of Anthos

is just too dangerous to fight.

You can't play Wimbledon tomorrow, Jimmy.

That warlock won't scare me off.

I intend to play and win.

Good luck, Jimmy.

We'll be there as soon as we can.

Thanks, Velma, and be careful.

[engine revving]

What are we doing here again, Velma?

With the gatekeeper and Nick both missing

somebody's gotta keep looking for clues.

Why couldn't we look somewhere little less gloomy?

These ruins seem to be at the center of the mystery.

- Come on! - Nope! Nope! Nope!

Not this time. This time we put our foot down.

[screams]

thud

Shaggy! Scooby! Are you alright?

Like, I think so.

A secret chamber.

Wait, hang on, guys! I'm coming down!

Jinkies! This looks like a carpenter's workshop.

Complete with sawdust.

Like, why don't we leave before the carpenter gets back?

[Velma] 'No, I think we better check this out.'

I wonder what these wooden poles are for.

Like, they could sure use a vacuum cleaner

down here, aye, Scoob?

Aa-aa..

Thanks, Shaggy!

What's this!

"One pair spec lens."

This could be a clue.

[Shaggy] Look what Scooby's found.

Like, why would anyone want weird boots like these?

They wouldn't. Unless..

[Anthos laughing]

How nice of you to drop in.

Jinkies! Let's get out of here!

[sneezing]

You cannot escape

the wrath of Anthos.

[grunts]

[hound growling]

Quick, guys! Into the rowboat.

Like, you don't have to tell us twice.

- Row, Shaggy! - Taking orders from a dog.

If this ever gets out, my reputation sunk.

Uh-oh! Faster, guys! We've got company.

crunch crunch

[water splashing]

The warlock is falling behind.

Like, that's because there's water falling ahead!

[Velma] 'Hold on!'

[Shaggy] 'Cowards and children first.'

splash

Phew!

I don't know how we did it

but we've lost him.

[Shaggy] 'Hey, look over there!'

It's Wimbledon!

[instrumental music]

Did you find any sign of Nick or the gatekeeper?

Find them? Like, we almost joined them.

How's Jimmy doing?

click

[Fred] 'So far, so good!'

[applause]

[instrumental music]

[crowd booing]

Like, what's goin' on?

Jimmy looks like he's seen a ghost.

[instrumental music]

[male announcer] 'Game, Tyler.'

Jimmy, what's wrong?

It's the warlock.

'Every where I look, I see him.'

'He's in the stand.'

[Daphne] 'Well, he's not there now!'

He's here I tell you, watching me.

[male announcer] 'Players, take your positions.'

I'm afraid the strain is

starting to affect Jimmy's game.

[dramatic music]

thud

[male announcer] 'Point, wrong Tyler.'

[crowd applauding]

[snaps] Wait a minute!

Jinkies! That's it!

Thanks for my glasses, Velma.

Oh, uh, right, Jimmy!

Here they are.

Come on, Jimmy! You can do it!

[male announcer] 'And Jimmy Pelton is starting to make an amazing comeback.'

- Do you hear that, Scoob? - Yeah!

[hound growls]

Like, I heard your stomach growling, Scooby

but did you have to eat my hot dog too?

Not me, Shaggy!

[growling]

- Yikes! - Yikes!

[grunts]

screech

[Shaggy] 'Faster, Scoob!'

[door closes]

I'll find you two.

Ah!

thud

I say, old chap, like, pardon me!

[Scooby] 'Me too!'

[grunts]

[applauding]

Uh-oh!

[crowd cheering]

Shaggy, look!

[male announcer] 'And the championship doubles match'

'is ready to begin.'

Like, how's your backhand, Scoob?

[gulps] A little shaky.

[male announcer] 'Game-set and match points, Jimmy Pelton.'

One more point, and Jimmy is the champion!

Come on, Jimmy! Come on!

Come on, Jimmy!

[Anthos] 'Jimmy Pelton.'

The curse remains,

and you must lose.

You must lose.

[growls]

Keep going, Scooby!

Uh-oh!

[Scooby screaming]

[growling]

[Scooby-Doo] Help! Help!

Help! Help!

Hold on, Scooby-Doo!

[Scooby-Doo] 'Help!'

[male announcer] 'Come on, Pelton. Play ball.'

'A service ace.'

'Jimmy Pelton is the new'

'champion of Wimbledon.'

[cheering]

Oh, no! Look, the warlock's after Scooby.

[grunts]

[Scooby] 'Shaggy!'

Oh, no!

crash

slurp

[giggles]

Hmm, good!

It's the warlock and Devil Hound.

Woof.

[gasping]

And now to find out who's behind

the Warlock Anthos.

Nick! You were the warlock? But..

Follow me.

There's another warlock on the loose.

'Now, If I use the zoom lens, I should be able to..'

That's him! The one with the briefcase.

But, Velma, he doesn't even look like the warlock.

Oh, no? Just look through Jimmy's glasses.

Like, Zoinks! He looks like a warlock now.

Nick Thomas substituted these glasses for Jimmy's

when they fell off in the woods.

We have special lenses that

make it possible to see this normally

'invisible make-up which transforms'

'an ordinary-looking man into the warlock.'

That's right! This bill of sale I found

'was what clued me on to the trick.'

But if the warlock was a fake

how did his staff keep following me?

Simple! There was more than one staff.

'The two warlocks carved them in that secret workshop'

under the ruins.

But who is the other warlock?

He's John, the gatekeeper.

But how did you know?

The first clue to his identity was the red mud

'on the gatekeeper's boot'

'and the red mud is only found'

'near the ruins, which proved'

'he'd been there recently.'

And he wore the special boots

with the fake paws so we'd think

only the hound left his cottage.

But why, John?

I'm more than just your gatekeeper.

Nick and I are brothers.

We are descendants of the Warlock Anthos.

And we wanted Pelton Manor for our own.

When you lost the match

and the estate

we were going to buy it.

And the revenge of Anthos

would have been complete.

We would've succeeded if that

weren't for you, meddling kids.

Like, try these on for size, Scooby.

Yikes!

Like, what's the matter, Scoob?

You look like you've just seen a Devil Hound.

Scooby-Dooby-Doo!

[theme music]

[instrumental music]