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Scooby Doo, Where Are You! was an animated mystery comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. It was on Saturday mornings and it aired from September 13, 1969, until October 31, 1970.

The show centers on four teenagers (Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy) and a Great Dane named Scooby-Doo. The group travels in the Mystery Machine, a blue and green van decorated with orange flowers, solving mysteries.

Challenge Begins: May 1, 2020

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Take a look at the Scooby Doo, Where Are You! episode list.
2. Choose your first mystery and post it into your thread.
3. The moderator will then post the related episode information and tasks.
4. Once you complete one of the tasks, post in your thread and in the Reporting thread the following:

Author:
Book:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
Next Episode Choice:

Rules:
Books must be 100 pages.
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
Page count for audio books will be determined the first paper version shown on Goodreads. From the book's page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide.

Scooby-Doo Episode List

Season 1
1. What a Night for a Knight
2. A Clue for Scooby-Doo
3. Hassle in the Castle
4. Mine Your Own Business
5. Decoy for a Dognapper
6. What the Hex Going On?
7. Never Ape an Ape Man
8. Foul Play in Funland
9. The Backstage Rage
10. Bedlam in the Big Top
11. A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts
12. Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too
13. Which Witch Is Which?
14. Spooky Space Kook
15. Go Away Ghost Ship
16. A Night of Fright Is No Delight
17. That's Snow Ghost

Season 2
1. Nowhere to Hyde
2. Mystery Mask Mix-Up
3. Jeepers, It's the Creeper
4. Scooby's Night with a Frozen Fright
5. Haunted House Hang-Up
6. A Tiki Scare Is No Fair
7. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf?
8. Don't Fool with a Phantom

Season 3
1. Watch Out! The Willawaw!
2. A Creepy Tangle in the Bermuda Triangle
3. A Scary Night with a Snow Beast Fright
4. To Switch a Witch
5. The Tar Monster
6. A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing
7. The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face
8. Jeepers, It's the Jaguaro!
9. Make a Beeline Away from That Feline
10. The Creepy Creature of Vulture's Claw
11. The Diabolical Disc Demon
12. Scooby's Chinese Fortune Kooky Caper
13. A Menace in Venice
14. Don't Go Near the Fortress of Fear
15. The Warlock of Wimbledon
16. The Beast is Awake in Bottomless Lake

I'll start with Season 1, Episode 1!

1. What a Night for a Knight
When Scooby-Doo and Shaggy find an abandoned pick-up truck with a knight's armour in the front seat, the gang deliver it to the museum in place of the missing professor. However, this Black Knight is said to come alive every full moon. As the gang investigate the knight, they realize that it is a full moon, and the knight has come alive...!

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book with a vehicle on the cover
2. a historical book
3. a book with a moon on the cover
4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Author: Ernest Cline
Book: Ready Player One
Date Read: 5/23/20
Task: 4. a book with an author whose last name starts with 'B', 'L', 'A', 'C", or 'K'
How it Fits: Cline starts with C
Next Episode Choice: Season 1, Episode 2

2. A Clue for Scooby Doo
At Rocky Point Beach, the gang encounter the ghost of an old sea diver. A sailor claims it to be the ghost of Captain Cutler, who, according to legend, died at sea many years ago when his boat got wrecked and he is getting his revenge.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set by the sea or ocean
2. a book where the main character spends time on a boat
3. a ghost story
4. a book where someone gets revenge
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Author: Agatha Christie
Book: Sparkling Cyanide
Date Read: 6/19/20
Task: 5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page
How it Fits: MPG Mystery
Next Episode Choice: Season 1, Episode 3

3. Hassle in the Castle
After getting lost in the fog, the gang arrive on Haunted Isle, where they meet an unearthly ghost haunting an old, abandoned castle.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character gets lost
2. a book set on an island
3. a book not set on Earth
4. a book someone else did not finish (DNF)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Author: Tahereh Mafi
Book: Shatter Me
Date Read: 6/25/20
Task: 4. a book someone else did not finish (DNF)
How it Fits: Tagged DNF 703 times
Next Episode Choice: Season 1, Episode 4

4. Mine Your Own Business
When the gang get lost in the desert, and end up in Gold City, a spooky ghost town, they check into a deserted inn. The owner explains that everybody has been scared off by the Miner Forty-Niner. They wind up in another mystery involving an abandoned gold mine and a ghostly, moaning miner.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book set in a desert
2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
3. a book with a spooky cover
4. a book where the main character goes underground (in a cave, the subway, a basement, etc.)
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page

Author: Simone St. James
Book: The Sun Down Motel
Date Read: 7/24/20
Task: 2. a book where the main character spends the night at a hotel, motel or inn
How it Fits: Both of the main characters worked as night clerks in a motel, technically spending their nights at a motel.
Next Episode Choice: Season 1, Episode 5

5. Decoy for a Dognapper
When Mystery Inc. hear about a series of dognappings, they investigate. But when Scooby is dognapped, mistaken for another dog, the gang track him to a secret hideout in the desert where they face a witch doctor and a ghostly Indian on horseback.

To help the team solve the mystery, read:
1. a book where the main character has his/her own business
2. a book that is part of a series
3. a book where a kidnapping occurs
4. a book where a doctor is a significant part of the story
5. a book with 'Mystery' on the book's main page