The Beast is Awake in Bottomless Lake is the first of three segments of Scooby's All-Stars. It was later repackaged as the sixteenth and final episode of the third season of the The Scooby-Doo Show, and the fortieth and final episode overall in the series.
Premise[]
On a fishing trip, the gang end up in Canada at the newly deserted village of Bottomless Lake. It turns out the beast has scared everyone away, which only leaves Scooby, and the gang to be frightened away.
Synopsis[]
While heading north on a fishing trip, the gang get lost and find themselves in Canada. They decide to camp at Bottomless Lake, which is completely deserted. When Shaggy and Scooby decide to ask for directions, they find themselves chased by a horrible sea monster. The gang decide to head back into town after the beast disappears. When they arrive in the deserted town, Daphne spots a newspaper saying that millions of dollars worth of gold had been stolen from a nearby mine three weeks earlier. They meet a lumberjack in town, who tells them about the Beast of Bottomless Lake.
According to a legend, a beast is said to guard the lake, and if anyone fishes in it, the level of the lake will sink. The gang then to head to the market to stock up on food and supplies, where they meet Julie, the daughter of the store's owner. She warns them to stay away from the lake. When the gang reach the lake, they set up the camp, and go to sleep. They are awakened by thunder, only the sky is clear, meaning something suspicious is going on. They gang split up to look for clues - Fred, Velma, and Daphne go to look around but the beast appears and begins to chase them. They think they have trapped it, but it has escaped through a trap door Velma discovered in one of the cabins. Fred, Velma, and Daphne search the tunnel, while Shaggy and Scooby, who stayed at their camp, are once again chased by the beast. When the gang meet up, they discover an inflatable pontoon in the water, a clue there was also a wooden plank strapped on to it, the wooden plank also had the letters K and L on it. The gang head back into town so they can find scuba gear to head into Bottomless Lake.
They discover a submarine at the bottom of the lake, full of crates and tanks. They trap the beast (along with Shaggy and Scooby) in a small room, where they are ejected into the lake from an airlock, and eventually into a stream. At the stream, there are henchman there ready to capture one of the crates. They are captured instead, along with the beast. The beast turns out to be Julie, who had stolen the gold out of the mine so she could smuggle it out of the country.
The Mountie asks the gang how they figured out what was going on. Velma starts by saying when the Johnson's family cat ran away from Julie, the gang suspected she wasn't their daughter. Then the gang found a wooden plank with the letters "KL" written on it, the first two letters of Klondike. Fred explains that the gold was taken to the deserted cabin and transported via a secret passage down to the lake. Julie, disguised as the beast, would swim with the loot down to the cavern. Daphne explains that Julie would launch the crates through the airlock into the underwater tunnel. The pontoons would float the crates and Julie's henchmen would catch the crates in a net downstream. Velma continues saying that since the lake is divided by the International Border, the loot would go from Canada to the USA without being discovered by any customs checkpoints.
Daphne is confused about the green clay that the gang found in the cabin. Shaggy and Scooby tell her that it's just harmless clay. However, when Scooby throws the clay into a fire, it explodes! Velma explains that the "clay" is a chunk of the plastic explosive that was used to create the underwater tunnel. Daphne now realizes that the explosions was the "thunder" they heard, and the underwater tunnel is what caused the lake's level to drop and the river to flood. Fred also saw some of the stolen gold. Julie, along with her henchmen, are arrested by the Mountie. Later the gang told Le Beau what happened and guessed that the town and the lake will start filling up again now that the mystery is solved, Shaggy and Scooby use the Beast costume to catch a lot of fish in the lake.
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- Canadian border guard (only appearance)
- Chevaux Le Beau (only appearance)
- Mr. Taylor (only appearance)
Villains:
- Beast of Bottomless Lake (only appearance)(no lines)(Julie's disguise)
- Julie (only appearance)
- Julie's henchmen (only appearance)
Other characters:
- Squirrel (only appearance)(no lines)
- Johnsons' cat (only appearance)(no lines)
Locations[]
- Canada
- Bottomless Lake Village
- Bottomless Lake
- Cabin
- Le Beau's Gas Station
- Johnsons' Family Market
- Bottomless Lake Village
Objects[]
- Explosives that looked like clay
- Wooden plank with the letters K and L
Vehicles[]
- The Mystery Machine
Suspects[]
| Suspect | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Chevaux Le Beau | He said he was leaving town, but he came back. |
| Mr. Taylor | He wasn't scared away by the beast like the other fishers. |
| Julie | The Johnsons' cat ran away from her when she was supposedly the daughter. |
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Julie as the Beast of Bottomless Lake
Julie's henchmen |
To smuggle stolen gold. |
Cast[]
| Don Messick | Scooby-Doo |
|---|---|
| Casey Kasem | Shaggy Rogers |
| Frank Welker | Fred Jones |
| Heather North | Daphne Blake |
| Pat Stevens | Velma Dinkley
Julie |
| Hal Smith | Chevaux Le Beau
Mr. Taylor |
Notes/trivia[]
- This was the last episode of Scooby-Doo until A Bicycle Built for Boo! in A Pup Named Scooby Doo in 1988 to just feature the original Mystery Inc. members. Starting with the first episode of the next series, Scrappy-Doo is added.
- When Julie refers to Scooby as a dog he asks where; this later became a recurring joke in the early direct-to-video films.
- This was the last Scooby-Doo episode to have the Hanna-Barbera "All-Stars Action" logo when it was remastered in 1998.
Miscellaneous[]
- Clues: Explosives disguised as clay, plank with the letters, "K" and "L", tunnel beneath the lake.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- After Scooby and Shaggy, wearing scuba diving suits, are shot out of the air lock into the lake, Daphne, Fred, and Velma follow them riding in a crate in an attempt to save them. They are only shown coming out of the pipe into the neighboring river, but there is nearly no way they could have made it across the lake and into the underwater pipe without scuba diving suits. They would've likely ran out of breath, and even if they could hold their breath for that long, the crate would've sunk (or floated to the top) before being pulled into the vacuum of the pipe. However, as they were shown completely dry when emerging from the pipe, it is likely the animators forgot about the pipe being completely underwater, or purposely ignored this in order to quickly transport the rest of the gang to the river to explain the crime.
- When the camera goes to the inside of the crate, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are in their normal attire, but when they leap out, they have their scuba suits back on.
- It's never explained how Julie could breath while underwater in the beast disguise. When unmasked, she wore her normal attire, and the disguise was nothing more than a costume, which shouldn't allow her to breath underwater.
In other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | Το Τέρας της Απύθμενης Λίμνης | The Monster of Bottomless Lake |
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: Field of Screams DVD set released by Warner Home Video on May 13, 2014.
Quotes[]
External links[]
- TBA
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