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* The episode is around the Internet sometimes under the title ''Where Stalks the Scarebear''.
 
* The episode is around the Internet sometimes under the title ''Where Stalks the Scarebear''.
 
** Maybe that was the original title of the episode but later was changed to ''Scarebear''.
 
** Maybe that was the original title of the episode but later was changed to ''Scarebear''.
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===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
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*The bomb Mr. E set was supposed to destroy the entire company facility, as he said. What he didn't think about, was the fact that hsi lair is built ''inside  ''Destroido, which would be destroyed by the bomb.
   
 
==In other languages==
 
==In other languages==

Revision as of 20:04, 16 August 2013

This page is about the episode. For the monster, see Scarebear.

Scarebear is the twelfth episode of the second season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and the thirty-eighth overall in the series.

Premise

The gang investigates a mysterious mutant bear seen terrorizing Destroido Corp. land.

Synopsis

File:Scarebear ep.png

The Sheriff and Mayor run from the Scarebear

Sheriff Stone and Mayor Nettles are preparing for a barbecue in a spooky location near Destroido Corp. The Mayor is dismayed to see how much worse the place is now. Then they get attacked by a giant mutant bear.

The mayor calls Fred to have the gang hunt down the "Scarebear" on Destroido land. As this happens Mr. E is talking Brad and Judy into stealing the three pieces of the Planspheric Disk from the gang. The gang goes to the site to find out what's wrong with it and finds that the ground water is contaminated with lithium. They get attacked by the Scarebear and chased to an Avocado orchard just outside Destroido property. They talk to the owner George Avocados who reveals he is furious about how he has to farm avocados to make a living, but now he can't even do that due to the contamination turning his avocados into spider-mutant things. Velma and Daphne ponder how to get inside Destroido when Scooby finds a security badge laying on the ground nearby.

Mr. E drives Brad and Judy to Velma's house in his Enigma Engine. They sneak inside and turn on invisibility suits and watch the gang prepare to sneak into Destroido Labs. Mr. E decides to prepare an ambush for the gang at Destroido to delay them while they search for the disk parts. After they sneak in past several mutated animals they enter a guard room where they have to hide as Mr. E alerts the guards to the gang's presence. The Scarebear attacks them as they attempt to leave, but Scooby uses some of the mutated animals as a distraction. After they get into the Mystery Machine they spy on George Avocados getting into his car which makes them suspicious because he said he couldn't get onto Destroido.

The gang go to the sheriff's office when they find Mr. E (under the alias "Mr. Owens") is already there demanding the Sheriff to arrest the kids for breaking into Destroido and destroying one of the labs. Mr. Owens has proof on DVD, but the Mayor talks the sheriff out of it. After he is rebuffed by the mayor, Mr. E talks to Pericles who says that "stronger measures" will be needed to remove the kids from the game. The mayor mentions the perfect place to trap the bear, a ball being held by Destroido. Scooby and Shaggy find a bomb. Then the Sheriff tries to arrest Avocados, but the bear attacks. When the Scarebear is told about the bomb he gives up trying to scare people and helps. After Freddy gets rid of the Bomb (and accidentally destroys the Avocado farm), Velma unmasks the Scarebear as the security guard Benson Furhman they had seen in Destroido earlier. His real name is Benson Hairmore (he changed it because he believed he would be suspected as the Scarebear) and he was there trying to unmask Destroido for their callous disregard for public safety. One of their products had mutated him giving him bear-like traits. His "costume" didn't cover his entire body, it was primarily his hands and face that the costume covered. The gang, realizing he had good intentions, decided not to have him arrested, agreeing the Destroido deserves to be exposed. Unfortunately, Sheriff Bronson Stone can't take action on Destroido for this cause Destroido considers itself a separate nation. Shaggy, meanwhile questions who planted the bomb.

It turns out that it was Mr. E and Pericles who are watching this over the cameras and ponder whether they can get Brad and Judy to betray their only son.

Cast and characters

Actor Character
Frank Welker Scooby-Doo
Fred Jones, Jr.
Scarebear (uncredited)
Matthew Lillard Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle Daphne Blake
Mindy Cohn Velma Dinkley
Patrick Warburton Sheriff Bronson Stone
Kate Higgins Mayor Janet Nettles
Jeff Bennett Mr. E
Tia Carrere Judy Reeves
Udo Kier Professor Pericles
Tim Matheson Brad Chiles
James Arnold Taylor George Avocados
Benson Fuhrman
Uncredited
Mutant owl
Credit errors
  • Tim Matheson is credited as "Guard", although no such character appears.


Villains

  • Scarebear/Benson Fuhrman (redeemed)
  • Mr. E
  • Professor Pericles

Suspects

Suspect Motive/reason
George Avocados Revenge on Destroido for his ruined Avocado farm.

Culprits

Culprit Motive/reason
Benson Fuhrman as the Scarebear Revenge on Destroido for his personal disfigurement. He was redeemed because he was trying to uncover Destroido for what they really were.

Locations

Continuity

  • This is Mr. E's first known public appearance, although he apparently is using his real name Ricky Owens as a cover as Sheriff Stone referred to him as "Mr. Owens", despite making no attempt too dress less conspicuously.
  • This is the first time the gang have met Mr. E face to face.
  • This episode reveals Mr. E is the owner of Destroido, known to its employees and obeyed by them. It completes the puzzle of why Ed Machine, the Destroido CEO, did his bidding.
  • This is George Avocados's third appearance after The Secret Of The Ghost Rig and The Hodag of Horror, respectively, and the second episode where is a suspect after the former episode.

Notes/trivia

  • This episode was aired in Latin America on November 17, 2012.
  • Mr. E is voiced by Jeff Bennett in this episode instead of Lewis Black.
  • The scene with avocado fruit growing legs could be a reference to John Carpenter's movie The Thing.
  • Benson Fuhrman changed his name from Benson Hairmore when he started working at so it would make him less likely to be the Scarebear.
  • This is the first villain to not wear a full-body costume.
  • A couple of real monsters appear in this episode; they're all mutants, created unintentionally by Destroido Corp., which polluted the nearby area.
  • The episode is around the Internet sometimes under the title Where Stalks the Scarebear.
    • Maybe that was the original title of the episode but later was changed to Scarebear.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

  • The bomb Mr. E set was supposed to destroy the entire company facility, as he said. What he didn't think about, was the fact that hsi lair is built inside  Destroido, which would be destroyed by the bomb.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Italian Il Mostrorso The Scarebear
Spanish (Latin America) El Oso Monstruoso The Monstrous Bear
Hungarian A rémmedve The Scarebear

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