The Fiesta Host Is an Aztec Ghost

The Fiesta Host is an Aztec Ghost is the second episode of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, later repackaged as the second episode of the first season of The Scooby-Doo Show.
== Premise ==
The gang is in Mexico to attend a fiesta, which gets canceled because of the ghost Katazuma, an ancient Aztec king.
== Synopsis ==
Freddy, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo are heading to Mexico for a fiesta in the village of Cinco, when they run across a huge footprint in the middle of the road. Dismissing it, they head on to the village of Cinco, which seems deserted. Behind them, a huge apparition of a giant Aztec statue stands there and roars! Unaware of the giant, they think they see someone in the plaza and Shaggy and Scooby investigate, only to be spooked by a stone Aztec statue. Continuing to the hotel, unbeknownst to the gang, the statue gets up and starts following them. then Scooby goes to get luggage from the van, and encounters the statue, prompting him to run back to the hotel, and was trying to explain what happened before a man interrupts.
Then the man claims that he's owner of the hotel, Juan Martinez. Then he explains that the giant ghost of Katazuma has been terrorizing the village and that the fiesta's cancelled. Also he tells about a Phantom Barge that floats down the river every night and disappears. Then the gang gets ready for bed, only when the Aztec statue from the plaza chases Shaggy and Scooby and when everything settles, the gang meet two archaeologists Professor Stonehack and his wife Elina, who came to the village to study the ancient Aztecs. Then they tell a tale that they went to Katazuma's tomb and unleashed the ghost of Katazuma.
Then the Stonehacks depart and then the gang just catches Katazuma materialize outside and make Professor Stonehack vanish! Stunned and curious, the gang borrow a boat from a hermit. Then they start floating up the river when the phantom barge appears and heads straight for the gang in the boat. Then it disappears into thin air. Then the gang go ashore and explore, finding footprints. Then Scooby and Shaggy depart to follow the footprints while Velma, Fred, and Daphne keep heading in the way of the pyramid. Before they can follow the prints, the ghost of Katazuma appears and chases them, but the Aztec Statue appears as well, trapping the gang between. The gang flees into the jungle and arrive at the pyramid. Entering through a secret door, they find their first clue: modern electricity inside a 1000-year old pyramid. Then the gang splits up and Fred, Daphne and Velma find a movie projector and Katazuma, who has shrunk down to regular size. Freddy blinds Katazuma with the projector light and then Fred and the girls flee from him.
Then Shaggy and Scooby discover a vacuum cleaner that blows out fog and then when it clears, the Stone Monster arrives, and chases them until they meet up with Fred, Daphne and Velma. Then Katazuma makes an entrance and locks the gang inside a room. Then Velma reads the hieroglyphics and discovers the room was dedicated to the moon goddess. When the moonlight shines on a specific inscription, a secret passage will be revealed. Using an array of reflectors, they guide the moonlight to the inscription and then a secret passage reveals. Then they escape the pyramid and witness Katazuma and the statue loading treasure from the pyramid onto the Phantom Barge. Then the gang boards the boat and as they go under a bridge, Katazuma hits a lever, causing a secret passage to open in the stone wall of the underside of the bridge. And that's how the barge disappeared. So the gang devise a plan and all dress up in Aztec relics, scaring the two ghouls, but then it backfires and then a chase ensues before the gang sets up another plan to catch them in a crate. But then it backfires, again, and then the goons chase Scooby, until Scooby goes skidding on a barrel and then the gang places springs on the stone statue and Katazuma's feet, causing them to spring off the pier and into the water, revealing Professor Stonehack and his wife to be the culprits. They projected the fog with the vacuum cleaner gadget and the giant ghost with the projector, scaring everybody away, and it gave them a chance to rob the pyramid of everything in it.
Now that the case has been solved, the fiesta can continue, and then Shaggy and Scooby make the world's biggest burrito.
== Characters ==
Main characters:
* Mystery Inc.
** Scooby-Doo
** Shaggy Rogers
** Fred Jones
** Daphne Blake
** Velma Dinkley
Supporting characters:
* Juan Martinez (only appearance)
* Riverside hermit (only appearance)
Villains:
* Ghost of King Katazuma (only appearance)(Professor Stonehack's disguise)
* Aztec Statue Monster (only appearance)(Elina Stonehack's disguise)
* Professor Stonehack (only appearance)
* Elina Stonehack (only appearance)
Other characters:
* Cinco citizens (only appearance)(no lines)
== Locations ==
* Mexico
** Village of Cinco
** El Porta Hotel
** Riverside hermit's shack
** Aztec temple
** Secret channel
== Objects ==
* Electric lights
* Movie projector
* Fog-making vacuum cleaner
* "World's biggest burrito"
* Barrels
* Brass pieces
* Chicken disguise
* Crate
* Mexican hat
* Mystery Inc.'s luggage
* Phonograph
* Souvenir masks
* Springs
== Vehicles ==
* The Mystery Machine
* Riverside hermit's boat
* Phantom Barge
== Suspects ==
Suspect 	Motive/reason
Juan Martinez 	Appeared after Scooby was attacked by the statue.
Professor Stonehack & his wife	Claimed they unleashed the Ghost of King Katazuma.
Riverside hermit 	He knew where the gang was going and grins sinisterly when they left.
=== Culprits ===
Culprit	Motive/reason
Professor Stonehack as the Ghost of King Katazuma
Elina Stonehack as the Aztec Statue Monster	They were stealing from the pyramid so they dressed up as ghost to scare everyone away.
== Cast ==
Don Messick 	Scooby-Doo
Casey Kasem 	Shaggy Rogers
Riverside hermit
Frank Welker 	Fred Jones
Professor Stonehack
Ghost of King Katazuma
Heather North 	Daphne Blake
Pat Stevens 	Velma Dinkley
Elina Stonehack
John Stephenson	Juan Martinez
Aztec Statue Monster
== Full credits ==
The following credits reflect closely as possible to how they are seen on-screen.
Show
== Notes/trivia ==
* TBA
=== Cultural references ===
* "Cinco" means "five" in Spanish; it's most likely a reference to Cinco de Mayo (May 5), a Mexican holiday marking the victory of Mexican troops over French forces in Puebla, Mexico, on May 5; the date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.
* "Katazuma" is most likely a reference to "Montezuma", who was an ancient Aztec emperor.
=== Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches ===
* None known.
=== Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities ===
* It wasn't explained how the Stonehacks created the giant footprints; it is possible that the footprint in the park was already there when the gang witnessed Katazuma "kidnap" Professor Stonehack; the darkness of the night would've helped to hide it.
* The footprints that led off the trail in the jungle weren't explained. They probably belonged to the Stonehacks, finding a shortcut of sorts to the pyramid.
* It wasn't explained how the Riverside hermit knew what the gang was doing, and we only know he's innocent because the real culprits were captured.
* It wasn't explained how Mrs. Stonehack appeared behind her husband as she had been chasing Shaggy and Scooby as Aztec Statue Ghost.
== In other languages ==
Language	Name 	Meaning
French 	Scooby-Doo et le Roi aztèque	Scooby-Doo and the Aztec King
Italian 	La maledizione di Cotazuma 	The Curse of Cotazuma
== 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 Around the World DVD set released by Warner Home Video on May 15, 2012.
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