The Secret of the Ghost Rig

The Secret of the Ghost Rig
Details
Episode #	103
Air date	July 26, 2010 (Cartoon Network)
Air date	October 26, 2010 (Boomerang)
Written by	Robert Lamoreaux Michelle Lamoreaux Mitch Watson
Directed by	Victor Cook
Chronology
Previous episode	The Creeping Creatures
Next episode	Revenge of the Man Crab

The Secret of the Ghost Rig is the third episode of the first season of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.

Premise

The gang have to stop a ghost truck from haunting a highway, help Daphne dodge Rung Ladderton, a boy who her parents want her to date because he's heir to the Ladderton ladder company, help Fred's dad get reelected for mayor, and find out who's stealing the town's crystal doorknobs.

Synopsis

In the night, a speeding teen driver is warned by a policeman not to drive too quickly. Suddenly, a large truck rushes by. The policeman gets on his bike and follows the truck along the cliff road. He manages to drive right up to the front window so that he could tell the driver to slow down, but he realises that no one is driving the vehicle. He is run off the road and splashes into the sea water.

Meanwhile, Fred and the gang are helping Mayor Jones to win the reelection against George Avocados. Velma said that Daphne would've loved to help, but had a prior engagement; at Daphne's, her parents are keen for her to meet up with Rung Ladderton, who is a rich boy and heir to his father's ladder company. When printing out pamphlets for Fred's father, Scooby accidentally overloads the copying machine, and ink explodes over George Avocados.

Driving home, the gang in the Mystery Machine are met by the Ghost Truck that has suddenly appeared behind them and is trying to push them off the cliff. It succeeds, but the gang are lucky to find that they land on the lower road. The truck comes again and they are forced to enter a tunnel with the truck gaining on them. Fred manages to steer the wheel so that they reach the edge of the road and away from the truck.

Sheriff Bronson Stone arrives to take down details. He claims that the Ghost truck will be a good tourist attraction. Daphne receives a call from Rung Ladderton about having dinner at The Bloody Stake. To Daphne's astonishment, Fred seems all right with it.

Returning to Mayor Jones' office, the gang discover that door knobs are missing around the city. Velma points out that George Avocados could use this as a turning point for people to turn to him as a better leader. They head to the Clam Cabin and realise that the door knobs are gone there and Skipper Shelton is still inside.

Daphne awaits Rung in The Bloody Stake, who arrives very late and rudely says that Daphne should pay because he'd forgotten his wallet. Fred compliments him on his ascot and they swap. Daphne can't believe this. Fred has now set up a trap in the town hall for the Ghost Truck and they go looking for it on the cliffs by following George Avocados, whom they suspect. Avocados' car disappears and they land straight in front of the Ghost Truck, but it hasn't been turned on. They decide to look closer, but it then turns on and they are forced to be chased again. This time, Fred turns behind a large rock and turns his headlights off. The Ghost Truck just goes straight by.

The gang now investigate the cliffs as this seems the perfect place for the Ghost Truck to hide. They find a secret cabin and piled high inside are the door knobs of Crystal Cove. The Ghost Truck appears down the cave and the gang rush back to the Mystery Machine. This time they head into the main city, with Fred's mind on the trap he'd set. After a bumpy ride on top of one of the house's roofs, they enter the town hall and Scooby starts the trap. The Ghost Truck is thrown to the ground by a large spatula.

Mayor Jones appears after hearing a lot of noise. Rung Ladderton crawls from out of the truck. He performed as the Ghost Trucker so that he was able to secretly transport the door knobs to his cavern in the cliffs. He was desperate on finding the crystal door knob that Avocados' father had replaced with a door knob.

Mayor Jones apologizes for losing a very popular tourist attraction, but makes up for it by announcing that he is staying as the mayor. He receives a large cheer.

Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Incorporated
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones, Jr.
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Mayor Fred Jones, Sr.
• George Avocados ^{(first appearance)}
• Nan Blake
• Barty Blake
• Sheriff Bronson Stone

Villains:

• Ghost Truck ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
  • Rung Ladderton ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Motorcycle cop ^{(only appearance)}
• Teen driver ^{(only appearance)}
• Mr. E ^{(voice only)}
• Skipper Shelton ^{(first appearance)(cameo)}
• Vampire Waitress ^{(first appearance)(no lines)}
• Theodore Avocados ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)(deceased)}

Locations

• Crystal Cove
  • City Hall
  • Skipper Shelton's Clam Cabin
  • Blake Mansion
  • The Bloody Stake
  • Crystal Cove Caves

Objects

• Finger fries

Vehicles

• Speeding teen's car
• Cop's motorcycle
• Rung Ladderton's truck
• The Mystery Machine
• George Avocados's car

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
George Avocados	To win the election for mayor.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Rung Ladderton, driver of the Ghost Truck	To find a stolen diamond hidden as a doorknob.

Cast

Frank Welker	Scooby-Doo Fred Jones, Jr. Barty Blake
Matthew Lillard	Shaggy Rogers
Grey DeLisle	Daphne Blake
Mindy Cohn	Velma Dinkley
Gary Cole	Mayor Fred Jones, Sr. Motorcycle cop
Patrick Warburton	Sheriff Bronson Stone
Kath Soucie	Nan Blake
Lewis Black	Mr. E
John O'Hurley	Skipper Shelton
James Arnold Taylor	Rung Ladderton George Avocados Teen driver

Notes/trivia

• When Daphne makes Freddy's new scarf, she hums the The New Scooby-Doo Movies theme song.
• A road battle between a truck and a smaller car is the theme of the movie, Duel.
• The jumping gimmick on the Mystery Machine is like Speed Racer's Mach Five.

Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches

• During the final chase scene, the color of the ascot Fred is wearing switches from Rung Ladderton's purple to Fred's usual orange, and back again several times.

Inconstitencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• At the Press Conference following the unmasking, Mayor Jones tells the crowd that the kids have recovered the missing diamond that was stolen by Theodore Avocados. However, in the season 2 episode, Theater of Doom, it is revealed that the diamond was at the Burlington Library the whole time, and is only recovered then.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish (Latin America)	El Fantasma de la Carretera	The Ghost of the Road
Spanish (Spain)	El Secreto del Fantasma sobre Ruedas	The Secret of the Ghost on Wheels
Italian	II Segreto Del Camion Fantasma	The Secret of the Ghost Truck
French	Le Mystère du camion fantôme	The Mystery of the Ghost Truck
Portuguese	O Segredo do Caminhão Fantasma	The Secret of the Ghost Truck
Hungarian	A Száguldó szellem titka	The Secret of the Speedy Ghost
Greek	Το Μυστικό της Νταλίκας Φάντασμα	The Secret of the Ghost Truck

Home media

• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Season One, Volume 1 DVD released by Warner Home Video on January 25, 2011.
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Volume One DVD released by Warner Home Video on August 29, 2011.
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: The Complete Season 1 DVD set released by Warner Home Video on October 8, 2013.

External links

• TBA

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The Creeping Creatures	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Season 1	Revenge of the Man Crab