Scared a Lot in Camelot

Scared a Lot in Camelot is the sixth episode of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, later repackaged as the sixth episode of the first season of The Scooby-Doo Show.
== Premise ==
The gang is driving to New England. Shaggy's uncle has inherited the old King Arthur castle and sent it to New England stone by stone. When they get it there, something is wrong. They learn that he's also brought back the ghosts of Merlin and the Black Knight.
== Synopsis ==
Fred, Daphne, Velma, Scooby and Shaggy head to New England to visit Shaggy's uncle, Shagworthy. On the way, they stop at a magician's (Zarko), magic show. He invites Shaggy and Scooby up onto stage and "saws them in half" the old magic box trick. However, Shaggy and Scooby get so scared at this trick that they run while the other half runs the other way. Both halves of the box crash and the audience boos. Zarko gets mad at Scooby and Shaggy for ruining his act and they run away. The gang leaves and head for Uncle Shagworthy's castle. Upon arrival, they are greeted by a man named Clarence who says he is the caretaker and warns them away from the castle. He explains when Shagworthy bought the castle, the Curse of Camelot came along with it. The caretaker tells Mystery Inc. that the castle is haunted by Merlin the wizard and his evil slave, the Black Knight. He also tells them that Shagworthy has gone missing. Soon after, Merlin and the Black Knight appears, warns the kids away, and kidnaps the caretaker.
The five sleuths enter the castle and begin looking for Shagworthy. They begin walking through the winding corridors. The Black Knight appears, and the gang runs into a secret room with a replica of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in it. All of a sudden, flying ghostly figures rise up from the knight statues and chase the gang. Shaggy and Scooby get caught by Merlin and the Knight and get hypnotized to dispose of Fred, Daphne and Velma. Meanwhile, Fred, Velma and Daphne hide in the library where they find signs of a struggle, and a red silk scarf. Shaggy and Scooby try dropping a chandelier on Fred and the girls but it backfires, and Fred, Daphne and Velma manage to get them out of their trance with Scooby Snacks. Scooby or Shaggy has no memory of the events.
The gang keeps looking for Shagworthy through the spooky castle. They go down into the dungeon where they find Shagworthy chained up on the wall. Shagworthy explains that Merlin and the knight started appearing in the castle every night at 12:15. The gang is puzzled at the odd time, though they continue looking for clues. They go to the treasure room to find it has been ransacked. Before they can go any further, the flying ghost knights appear and chase Fred, Daphne and Velma. Scooby and Shaggy are pursued by the Knight and Merlin. They fool them by pretending to be corny salesman, and then hide in suits of armor. Fred, Daphne and Velma hide in the music room, where they hear the Knight approaching. They trap him, to find it was Scooby and Shaggy in the knight costume.
The gang searches the tower and finds an electronic organ. Velma is starting to piece the puzzle together. Now, all they have to do is trap the wizard and his tin friend. Scooby and Shaggy act as bait, and lure the two ghosts to their trap, but it backfires and Scooby and Shaggy flee, but manage to trap Merlin and the Knight in a woven tapestry. The Knight is unmasked as a hired henchman for the real person behind it and Merlin is unmasked as Clarence the caretaker. But Velma isn't so sure; as Fred pulls off a rubber mask to reveal the caretaker was a disguise; Zarko is the culprit! He disguised himself as the caretaker. Mystery Inc. explains it all. Their first clue was when the knight carried the caretaker off through a wall, revealed by Velma to be a common magician trick. The silk scarf was a common tool used by magicians for some magic acts. All of the flying ghost knights of the round table were controlled by pushing keys on the organ; they were just a magician type illusions. Zarko wanted to scare everyone off so he could search for Shagworthy's jewels. Also, Shagworthy told them about Merlin appearing at 12:15. Zarko's magic show in town ended at midnight and it took 15 minutes to get to the castle.
After the case is wrapped up, Shagworthy offers Scooby and Shaggy a banquet. He tells Fred, Daphne, and Velma that he keeps the jewels in the refrigerator which are inside the buckets.
== Characters ==
Main characters:
* Mystery Inc.
** Scooby-Doo
** Shaggy Rogers
** Fred Jones
** Daphne Blake
** Velma Dinkley
Supporting characters:
* Uncle Shagworthy (only appearance)
Villains:
* Ghost of Merlin (only appearance)(Zarko's disguise)
* Black Knight (only appearance)(Zarko's henchman's disguise)
* Zarko (only appearance)
* Clarence (only appearance)(Zarko's disguise)
* Zarko's henchman (only appearance)(no lines)
Other characters:
* Bats (only appearance)(no lines)
* Announcer (only time heard)
* Audience (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
== Locations ==
* New England
** King Arthur's Castle
** Zarko's show
== Objects ==
* Knights of the Round Table book
* Red scarf
== Vehicles ==
* The Mystery Machine
== Suspects ==
* None
=== Culprits ===
Culprit	Motive/reason
Zarko as Clarence and the Ghost of Merlin
His henchman as the Black Knight	To find and steal Shagworthy's jewels.
== Cast ==
Don Messick 	Scooby-Doo
Black Knight
Casey Kasem 	Shaggy Rogers
Uncle Shagworthy
Frank Welker 	Fred Jones
Clarence
Heather North 	Daphne Blake
Pat Stevens 	Velma Dinkley
John Stephenson	Zarko the Magician
Ghost of Merlin
== Full credits ==
The following credits reflect closely as possible to how they are seen on-screen.
Show
== Cultural references ==
* In Celtic legend, Merlin was the beloved mentor of King Arthur, a good king of Britain. Yet a famous American novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain, makes Merlin a villain rather than a hero.
* Scooby and Shaggy accept water from a floating kettle, and are spooked when it speaks "S'awright." This was the trademark phrase of ventriloquist Señor Wences, and recycles a gag from SDWAY: Hassle in the Castle.
== Continuity ==
* It can be assumed that Shaggy's family (and by extension, Scooby's as well) is incredibly wealthy. Shaggy's Uncle Nathaniel, lives in a large estate in rural Massachusetts, as seen in the The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode The Lochness Mess, his Uncle Shagworthy managed to bring an entire old English castle to the United States in this episode, and, like Uncle Nat, Shaggy's parents also live in a large estate, during their retirement, as seen in the The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show episode Wedding Bell Boos!
* It is unclear whether Shagworthy is his first or last name. It may be that at this point in development, "Shaggy" was short for Shagworthy, a last name. It was not until the 1980s that Shaggy's full name was determined to be Norville Rogers.
* This is the third time a certain wealthy party has replicated a historic European castle "brick by brick", the previous time being in Hagglethorn Castle from the The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall.
* This is the second time that the villain is called the "Black Knight". The first was in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode What a Night for a Knight.
* The following snippets from this episode can be seen in the opening sequence for The Scooby-Doo Show.
*# Shaggy holding Scooby after the two are frightened (again) by the ghost knights, albeit set on a dark or blue background depending on the version of the sequence being viewed.
*# Merlin appearing and waving his wand, again set on a dark or blue background depending on the version.
*# Shaggy and Scooby gulping after being told the gang are going into the castle, yet again set on a dark or blue background depending on the version.
== Notes/Trivia ==
* Ted Nichols' original 1968 musical underscore that was first used for the The Banana Splits segments and The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reappears in this episode, while the previous five episodes only used new music from Hoyt Curtin. The 1969 underscore that was composed specifically for the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (along with the 1968 score) would return in the episode after and be played alongside the Curtin score for the remainder of the series.
* Shaggy and Scooby are hypnotized for a second time. Apparently, mind control may turn them "evil" but it cannot eliminate their goofy, over-the-top personalities.
=== Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches ===
* When Shaggy and Scooby are gulping after being told they're going in the castle, Shaggy has no arms. This is also seen during The Scooby-Doo Show opening sequence.
* When Shaggy and Scooby are scared by their shadows, the shadows are trembling, and there is a trembling sound heard, but Shaggy and Scooby are both perfectly still.
* No water actually comes out of the canister that Shaggy drinks from that appeared after he called out for a drink of water.
=== Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities ===
* In the beginning of the episode, when Shaggy and Scooby are scared by something as they enter the castle (it turns out to be their own shadows), Daphne says: "Oh, it's just your shadows. Can't you tell by the way they're trembling?" However, Shaggy and Scooby are both perfectly still.
* For the trap, Shaggy and Scooby act as bait whilst Fred, Velma and Daphne remain in the separate tower to operate the magic organ. However, when the plan goofs and the villains are trapped by a fallen tapestry, the other three are just seconds away.
* It was never explained how the Black Knight made Clarence (a.k.a. Zarko) disappear with the Ghost of Merlin there, seeing as it is later revealed that Clarence/Zarko was Merlin. Maybe there was a third henchman? Perhaps there was an illusion, or even a hologram?
* Even though the gang leaves Zarko's show before he's even off stage, he still beats them to the castle and has enough time to get into his costume. It appears as though only one road leads there so there's no telling how they didn't see him approach.
== In other languages ==
Language	Name 	Meaning
French 	Le Château de Camelot	The Castle of Camelot
== Home media ==
* The Scooby-Doo!/Dynomutt Hour: The Complete Series DVD set released by Warner Home Video on March 7, 2006.
* Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Run for Your 'Rife! DVD set released by Warner Home Video on September 10, 2013.
* Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob DVD released by Warner Home Video on February 22, 2021.
* Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob DVD released by Warner Home Video on February 23, 2021.
* Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob DVD released by Warner Home Video on February 24, 2021.
* Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob DVD released by Warner Home Video on March 24, 2021.
== Quotes ==
Velma: Danger-Prone Daphne did it again.
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