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A Highland Fling with a Monstrous Thing is the sixth episode of the third season of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!,[Note 1] and the thirty-first episode overall in the series. It was later repackaged as the sixth episode of the third season of The Scooby-Doo Show, and the thirtieth episode overall in the series.
Premise[]
Mystery Inc. travel to Scotland to help Velma's friend, Aggie McDuff, at her ancestral home, Castle McDuff. Aggie has turned the castle into a tourist attraction, but it is being haunted by the ghost of her great-grandfather, Finnyan McDuff. Finnyan has summoned the Loch Ness Monster to scare away potential tourists.
Synopsis[]
The gang travel to Scotland to visit Velma's friend, Aggie McDuff, who lives in an ancient castle that has been turned into a tourist attraction. On the way there, the gang pass by the Loch, where they see a ghostly Scottish highlander playing the bagpipes and a huge Loch Ness monster in the lake. They stop at a nearby inn to ask directions, where the inn keeper warns them to stay away from McDuff Castle. They ignore his warnings and head to the castle, where Aggie tells them that a monster and a ghost has been scaring all the tourists away. They meet her assistant, Mr. Jamie Craigmore, who claimed to have seen the ghost. The ghost happens to be Aggie's great-grandfather, Finnyan McDuff.
The gang head to sleep, when Shaggy and Scooby are terrorized by the Loch Ness Monster. The rest of the gang appear just in time to see the ghost of Finnyan McDuff standing on one of the castle turrets. Fred, Velma and Daphne decide to search the turret for clues, while Shaggy and Scooby search the rest of the castle. Finding themselves in the library, Shaggy and Scooby found a note that says, "Switzer and 100 wristwatches", a clue. Meanwhile, Fred, Velma, Daphne, and Aggie search the turret and find a weather report and a roll of wire. They meet up with Shaggy and Scooby, who have been chased by the ghost. Aggie then shows the gang a section of the castle that has been closed off for centuries.
Even though that section of the castle has been closed off, there are footprints down there, meaning someone has been there recently. They come to an old door, where there is fresh oil on the hinge. It is there they discover hundreds of boxes of wristwatches, stamped "Made in Switzerland". They discover what is going on and decide to trap the ghost and the Loch Ness Monster. Scooby begins playing the bagpipes, summoning the Loch Ness Monster (with Shaggy unwittingly on top of the Loch Ness Monster's head), who turns out to be a mechanical monster that is controlled by the sound of the bagpipes. They trap the Ghost of Finnyan McDuff, who turns out to be Jamie Craigmore.
Back at McDuff Castle, a concerned Niel Dunwoody tells the gang that he came to the castle to keep an eye on Aggie. Aggie thanks Dunwoody for the concern and asks her friends how did they figure out what was going on. Velma starts by saying that Scooby found the first clue; a scrap of paper that Jamie neglected to burn. Jamie was smuggling in wristwatches and other goods from Switzerland and making a fortune. However, Aggie taking tour guides interfered with his scheme, so he devised a plan to scare the tourists away. Velma explains that first Jamie disguised himself as Finnyan McDuff's ghost. Fred adds that on foggy nights, Jamie would smuggle the goods in a minisub, disguised as the Loch Ness Monster. Daphne says that the sub was controlled automatically by the sound of the bagpipes. Shaggy tells Aggie that's why Scooby played the bagpipes, the monster came after him. Aggie asks how the ghost floated, Daphne tells Aggie that he wasn't really floating; he was sliding down a wire.
Aggie thanks the gang and Scooby for solving the mystery, now she can take in tourists again. Velma wonders what happened to Scooby. Scooby comes in dressed like a traditional Scotsman and begins playing the bagpipes perfectly. However, the song that Scooby plays starts to skip, revealing that he's faking the bagpipe playing with a record player. Scooby laughs at this and say "Scooby Dooby Doo!"
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Aggie McDuff (only appearance)
- Niel Dunnwoody (only appearance)
Villains:
- Ghost of Finnyan McDuff (only appearance)(Jamie Craigmore's disguise)
- Loch Ness Monster (only appearance)(no lines)(disguised minisub)
- Jamie Craigmore (only appearance)
Other characters:
- Tourists (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Finnyan McDuff (only appearance)(portrait)(deceased)
Locations[]
Objects[]
- Bagpipes
- Roll of wire
- Piece of paper that said "Switzer and 100 wristwatches"
- Newspaper clipping with a weather report
Vehicles[]
Suspects[]
| Suspect | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Niel Dunnwoody | He warned the gang to stay away from Castle McDuff. |
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Jamie Craigmore as the Ghost of Finnyan McDuff, and the operator of the Loch Ness Monster minisub | He was smuggling watches and other items from Switzerland so he used the ghost disguise to scare people away |
Cast[]
| Don Messick | Scooby-Doo |
|---|---|
| Casey Kasem | Shaggy Rogers |
| Frank Welker | Fred Jones |
| Heather North | Daphne Blake |
| Pat Stevens | Velma Dinkley |
| Henry Corden | Jamie Craigmore Ghost of Finnyan McDuff |
Notes/trivia[]
- The only castle located by Loch Ness is Urquhart Castle, which is today in ruins.
Miscellaneous[]
- Clues: Roll of wire, piece of paper with "Switzer and 100 wristwatches" written on it and a weather report.
- Disguises: Shaggy and Scooby as a band.
- Scooby-Dooby doors: 1.
- "Zoinks" count: 7.
- "Jeepers" count: 4.
- "Jinkies" count: 1.
Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches[]
- None known.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- Loch Ness, and the surrounding areas, look nothing like they do in the episode.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | Το Τέρας του Λοχ Νες | The Monster of Loch Ness |
| Portuguese | Encontro com o Monstro | Encounter with the Monster |
| Hungarian | A skót szörny meg a szörnyű skót | The Scottish Monter and the Monstrous Scotchman |
Home media[]
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on April 10, 2007.- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series (limited edition) DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 9, 2010.
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 21, 2011.
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 13, 2012.
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The Complete Series (limited edition) Blu-Ray set released by Warner Home Video on September 3, 2019.
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! The Complete Series Blu-Ray set released by Warner Home Video on March 1, 2022.
Quotes[]
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Footnotes[]
- ↑ a short-lived revival attempt
External links[]
- TBA
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