Unfair Play at the Fair

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Unfair Play at the Fair
Description
Part of	Scooby-Doo! #87
# of pages	10
Writer	Robbie Busch
Penciler	Joe Staton
Inker	Scott McRae
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Nick J. Napolitano
Editor	Joan Hilty
Chronology
Previous story	Multi-Monster Mania
Next story	Unbelievable Beast

Unfair Play at the Fair is a story in Scooby-Doo! #87 by DC Comics.

Premise

Velma's aunt's renaissance fair is being haunted by the ghost of a court jester. The gang sets a trap and exposes the fiend as Velma's uncle (the brother of her aunt). He is trying to drive the fair into the ground so Velma's aunt would finally sell it to their competition.

Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Gretchen Dinkley ^{(only appearance)}
• Lady-in-waiting actresses ^{(only appearance)}
• Razz Brothers ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Court Jester Ghost ^{(only appearance)(disguise)}/
• Brent Dinkley ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Fellow Jousting Knight actor ^{(only appearance)}
• Doctor in sorcerer garb ^{(only appearance)}
• Reggie Dinkley ^{(only time mentioned)}

Locations

• Gretchen's Renaissance Fair
  • Jousting tournament
  • Infirmary tent
  • Break area
  • Brett's trailer
  • Lunch room tent
  • Gretchen's trailer
• Razzamatazz Medieval Fair
  • Jousting stadium

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• TBA

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Brent Dinkley	He claimed his dear departed brother, Reggie, had the real showman's flair and he, himself, did not.
Lady-in-waiting actresses	They knew a lot about what was going on at the fair, nowadays.
Razz Brothers	They owned the rival high-tech medieval fair in the next town over, which was called the Razzamatazz Medieval Fair.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Brent Dinkley as the Court Jester Ghost	To drive the fair into the ground so his sister would finally sell it to their competition.

Reception

Robbie Busch, more than his cohorts for this issue, tries to follow Scooby-Doo's trail. Still, he does break from convention by removing Velma from the mystery-solving. Velma is more concerned with her aunt who because of the "ghost" collapses. There's no happy ending either for the mischief maker. He's off to the pokey.

While these stories do not tread the exact footfalls of previous paw-prints in the series, they still are without a doubt Scooby-Dooby-Dooby-Doo and interesting variations on a theme.