The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face

The Creepy Case of Old Iron Face is the seventh episode of the third season of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, and the thirty-second episode overall in the series. It was later repackaged as the seventh episode of the third season of The Scooby-Doo Show, and the thirty-first overall.
== Premise ==
Old Iron Face, a legendary character who haunts the area around an island prison, terrorizes the gang.
== Synopsis ==
The gang is water-skiing when they encounter another water-skier, who is using man-eating sharks for skis and wears a creepy iron mask. He begins to chase them, but everything is back to normal.
The gang then head to a local restaurant to meet Captain Morgan, their tour guide for Skull Island. The island used to hold a prison for the most dangerous criminals, before it was closed and turned into a tourist attraction. The gang is discussing the man in the iron mask that they just saw, when Mama Mione, the owner of the restaurant, begins telling them the story of Old Iron Face. She claims he is the one who haunts Skull Island after being a prisoner there years before. He wore the iron mask so no one would have to look at him.
They decide to leave after Captain Morgan does not show up. While they are leaving, Velma notices that a truck is unloading a lot of food into Mama Mione's restaurant. The gang, worried about Captain Morgan, decides to head to Skull Island to find him.
Upon arrival, they found Captain Morgan's boat and decides to split up, with Fred, Velma, and Daphne searching the grounds while Shaggy and Scooby search inside the prison.
It is there that they are once again chased by Iron Face.
While Fred, Velma, and Daphne search the boat house, they discover crates of foods similar to the ones at the Mama Mione's. They also discover a tunnel leading under the old prison. They follow and it and end up in an underground mansion. The place is ransacked making it look like several people are living there. Velma hears moaning, and they discover Captain Morgan in a hole in the ground; he had been kidnapped and down there for hours.
Meanwhile, Old Iron Face continues to stalk Shaggy and Scooby. They escape the island, while Old Iron Face follows. Fred designs a trap to catch the ghost (via a magnetic crane grabbing the monster's iron mask), and it works.
Old Iron Face turns out to be Mama Mione. Her diner on the main land was just a cover. The sharks she used to ski on where actually torpedoes that were operated by smuggled prisoners. She helped the prisoners escape because they paid her a lot of money, she used to the legend of Old Iron Face to scare people away. When she heard the island was going to become a tourist attraction, her high-paying guests demanded to be taken back to the main land, which was why they found the place empty. An undercover detective witnessed the entire thing, and took Mama Mione into custody.
The next morning, the gang were leaving the island when they see Scooby imitating Old Iron Face riding the torpedo sharks. He falls into the water after nearly crashing into the gang's boat and taps on the glass-bottom window while saying "Scooby Dooby Doo!".
== Characters ==
Main characters:
* Mystery Inc.
** Scooby-Doo
** Shaggy Rogers
** Fred Jones
** Daphne Blake
** Velma Dinkley
Supporting characters:
* Captain Morgan (only appearance)
* Captain Flint (only appearance)(Agent Hargrove's disguise)
* Agent Hargrove (only appearance)
Villains:
* Old Iron Face (only appearance)(no lines)(Mama Mione's disguise)
* Mama Mione (first appearance)
Other characters:
* Waiter (only appearance)(no lines)
* Seahorses (only appearance)(no lines)
* Catfish (only appearance)(no lines)
* Dogfish (only appearance)
* Pelican (only appearance)(no lines)
* Frog (only appearance)(no lines)
* Prison convicts (only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)
== Locations ==
* Harbor
** Mama Mione's
* Skull Island
** Underground mansion
== Objects ==
* Old Iron Face's whip
== Vehicles ==
* Mystery Inc.'s boat
* Captain Flint's boat
== Suspects ==
Suspect 	Motive/reason
Captain Flint	Warned the gang to stay away from Skull Island.
=== Culprits ===
Culprit 	Motive/reason
Mama Mione as Old Iron Face	To hide her convict-smuggling operation.
== Cast ==
Don Messick 	Scooby-Doo 
Gentleman
Casey Kasem 	Shaggy Rogers
Captain Morgan Gentleman 
Man
Frank Welker 	Fred Jones
Heather North 	Daphne Blake
Pat Stevens 	Velma Dinkley
Allan Melvin 	Agent Hargrove
Virginia Gregg	Mama Mione
== Cultural references ==
* Iron Face's backstory is similar to the 17th/18th-century French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.
== Notes/trivia ==
* The gang told their friend, Eric Staufer, about this case, and he used the Old Iron Face in his computer game, as seen in the direct-to-video film, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.
* This episode replaces The Unnatural on the release of Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Field of Screams DVD. This change doesn't make any difference, since both episodes have been previously released and have the same running time. It's worth noting, though, that the former is associated to sports, while the latter is not.
* Scenes from this episode, particularly the unmasking, is used in Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy, which features Mama Mione in a conspiracy group of other former convicts setting up a highly elaborate revenge.
* Both Velma and Daphne wore bikinis in this episode, whereas in most other cases, Daphne was the only female in a swimsuit. In times both girls wore swimsuits, Daphne wore a bikini while Velma wore a one-piece. In this episode, Velma's bikini was pink, while Daphne's was lavender with no straps.
* The clip with Velma saying, "Jinkies, I'm getting worried about Captain Morgan" was used in Scooby-Doo: Behind the Scenes during Velma's interview.
* If Old Iron Face was a prisoner on Skull Island one hundred years ago before this episode, then that means Old Iron Face lived in the year 1878.
=== Animation mistakes and/or technical glitches ===
* When Fred suggests they go help Shaggy and Scooby who made it to the beach, his lips are not moving.
=== Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities ===
* The sharks are clearly metallic, with no monster mask magic; the gang would've known that the sharks were fakes (yet they were still dangerous).
* It wasn't explained how the huge mansion was built underground without anyone ever noticing.
** The mansion could have been originally built for the prison warden; it could have been renovated by Mama Mione to run her operation.
* It also wasn't explained just where the prisoners that Mama Mione was transporting were getting the money to pay her from.
* For something like this to even be plausible, there would have to be a large number of prisoners escaping
* A mansion the size of the one under Skull Island would require staff to keep it up so where were they?
* When Daphne says her line "Somebody's actually been living down here. A lot of somebodies judging by the size of the place," it's her voice coming out of Velma's mouth.
* Shaggy and Scooby had never seen the underground mansion, so how would have Shaggy known about all the food?
== Home media ==
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Third Season DVD set released by Warner Home Video on April 10, 2007.
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series (limited edition) DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 9, 2010.
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 21, 2011.
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: The Complete Series DVD set released by Warner Home Video on November 13, 2012.
* Scooby-Doo! 13 Spooky Tales: Surf's Up, Scooby-Doo! DVD set released by Warner Home Video on May 5, 2015.
== In other languages ==
Language 	Name 	Meaning
Greek 	Ο Σιδεροπρόσωπος 	The Ironface
Hungarian	Különös kaland a Koponya-szigeten	The Weird Adventure on the Skull Island
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== Footnotes ==
# ↑ A short-lived revival attempt.
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