Beetlemania

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Beetlemania
Description
Publisher	Archie Comics
Date published	August 1996
Part of	Scooby-Doo #13
# of pages	8
Writer	Mike Kirschenbaum
Penciler	Phil Solow
Inker	Jorge Pacheco
Chronology
Previous story	The Strange Vanishing in Vegas
Next story	The Balloon Busters

Beetlemania is the second and final story in Scooby-Doo #13, by Archie Comics. It was preceded by The Strange Vanishing in Vegas.

Premise

Fred's friend, Juan Poquito's, banana planatation is having a giant beetle problem.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Daphne Blake
  • Fred Jones
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Juan Poquito ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Giant beetle ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(robot)(destroyed)}
• Emilio Poquito ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Banana carrier 1 ^{(only appearance)}
• Bonita ^{(only appearance)}
• Paramedic 1 ^{(only appearance)}
• Banana carrier 2 ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Paramedic 2 ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Latin America
  • Juan Poquito's Banana Plantation
  • Beetle Motel
  • Dead Man's Curve

Objects

• Banana peel
• Poquito Bananas
• Telephone

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine
• Trucks

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Emilio Poquito	He was jealous of his brother, Juan. He also had expertise in robotics.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Emilio Poquito controlling the giant beetle robot	To destroy the plantation and take it over for a fraction of its worth.

Notes/trivia

• Scrappy-Doo is absent.
• Mike Kirshenbaum is a lot more faithful in this story compared to his other ones. The gang are more in-character, Velma says her catchphrase, and the culprit says the "I would've gotten away with it line..." line.
• Velma's glasses are also consistently black, when before they're always usually either orange or white.

Miscellaneous

• Disguises: None.
• Scooby Snacks bribe: 0.
• Running gags: Characters slipping on banana peels.
• "Zoinks" count: 0.
• "Jeepers" count: 0.
• "Jinkies" count: 1.

Cultural references

• The title is a pun on "Beatlemania".

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• Juan says he had problems with giant beetles, but only one was ever seen.
• Emilio wanted to take over the plantation after he had destroyed it.

Quotes

Emilio Poquito: And I would've gotten away with if if it hadn't been for those darn kids and their dog.