"Getting Away With It"
A Scooby-Doo
Part 20 - "Don't Fear The Phantom"
by Dr. Thinker
Crystal Cove Theater was having a problem. Their famous actress called in stick – and almost as infamous female understudy was at the hospital. The female was going to play Patrick Phantom. The play is about the ultra-famous Crystal Cove star back when 1920s when both Ocean City and Crystal Cove were on even playing level – money speaking.
This morning the theater, manager told the cast and crew, "I don't want this to turn out to like 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' - The show MUST open tonight. No ifs, ands or buts!". The theater is going to find themselves in the laughing stock of the radio talk show tomorrow morning. The director had decide to wait outside of the star area.
They was something odd, the director heard clapping as the feet of the audience leaving the building. The actor and actress in the left in a good mood – surprising the director.
One actress, Hellen Style, asked"Who ever you called to replace the missing lead female actress was better then I thought she was. Who did you called?"
The director replied, "No one."
Hellen Style stated, "Then it's Patrick Phantom's ghost."
The director stated with a laugh, "Yeah, and Mystery Inc is in town."
Hellen Style stated, "They are. Donna Blake's mansion – if you want to know."
The director smirked, "Thanks."
=SD=
Scooby-Doo was the one that got up the earlier today. He wasn't hungry – he got Shaggy upset and was trying to do a good deed for the gang to make for eating Shaggy's super-sub sandwich make with bread, Swiss cheese, cooked ziti, olives, potato chips, chocolate chip and ranch salad dressing. He spotted the newspaper. Thanks to Whimper and Whooper of the Clue Club, Scooby-Doo knew that he bring in the newspaper like a regular dog – he going to his friend up with his saliva, so after a quick change into something that look a newsboy from the 1920s – he picked the newspaper like a human with his two forward paws and brought in it – as next person awaken – Donna.
Donna stated, "Nice move, Scooby."
Scooby-Doo smirked at Donna. Mystery Inc. was helping her with training and protecting her until she can fowl up another mystery solving group.
After this, Freddie and Daphne were the next two up at 7:40 AM. About another hour later every one in the mansion was well-wake and at the kitchen table. Velma was reading the newspaper's front section, Freddie was reading the sport section, Daphne was reading the fashion section, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo was wearing the Sunday comics. Donna was finishing up her breakfast..
Velma stated, "WOW!"
Freddie stated, "Mystery Solvers Tournament Finals finally got around to picking another located after Lord Infectara caused all of the mascot mates turn into guinea pigs."
Daphne stated, "Or seem like it..."
Donna stated, "What happen."
Mystery Inc. explained at every summary since mystery solvers has been fowling up bad guys across. In the middle of 1980s, Goldie Gold and Jerrica Benton talked about making a torment featuring all mystery solvers in the country to feature fake mystery for the solvers. This become the Mystery Solvers Tournament – in which the gang finds them completing. Six months ago, the Mystery Inc. and Fangface's group had to deal with Lord Infectara who seems to deal Fangface and Scooby-Doo into guinea pigs – lucky, the gang had buck up with Scoobina-Doo and Fangara. It turned out Fangface's baby cousin was a girl. Both Scoobina-Doo and Fangara defeated Lord Infactara and umasked her as Annoy, who was was angry at the Goldie Gold for disqualifying his team earlier in the contest for burning one of her factory. Goldie Gold asked Jack Travis to some water on Annoy turning him this moth form.
Donna asked "Could Satoka Blake be Vamp in disguise?"
Daphne replied, "Nay. Vamp only disguises herself for two season – Annoy and Irk need a female bait for a male monster or Vamp is in the mood to mess with us when on we both working the same mystery – and so far, they hadn't any ghost of the Blake family appearing here."
Velma stated, "They picked Crystal Cove."
Donna remarked, "Let's hope it's not going about Midia."
Freddie stated, "Don't worry, they usually asked the mayor to the write fictional mystery– and you got mayor hook, line and sinker."
Donna laughed, "I been cooped up too much – and I need to town think I'm a teenage Bruce Wayne."
Shaggy stated, "Then to the beach."
Donna nodded.
=SD=
The highway to the beach was under repaired by the construction workers – but they was another path. This lead to the road that Crystal Cove's Seashell Theater was located. Then something happen, the Mystery Inc. end up with no gas.
Donna stated, "Looks like the plan to go to the beach got screwed."
After getting out and pushing the Mystery Machine into the parking lot of Seashell Theater, they were confronted by the director, John Kyazini.
John asked, "Are you guys from Mystery Inc."
Freddie stated, "That's our company name. Don't wear it out. Do you have a mystery?"
John stated, "Patrick Phantom's ghost has make another appearance."
Donna stated, "What's the story behind this one?"
John replied, "Patrick Phantom was a famous actress from the 1900s though the early 1950s. She could play any female role in the world from a young girl to a old lady. She died after playing the Carlene from the Phantom of the Opera for a full year. Myths states sometime ghost of Patrick Phantom will help out the Seashell Theater by taking rolls when a female star and her understudy are both out."
Daphne asked, "Any female role?"
John answered, "Yeah. And both my usual famous lead actress, Joyce Boron and her almost infamous understudy, Tina Gerold, are both still in out. Joyce is sick – common cold. Tina Gerold is been in a hospital – two broken legs."
Shaggy stated, "And I thought broken legs were good news in the theater business."
John laugh, "Joyce takes everything too literal for my taste. Lucky,Tina knows when slang is being us."
Freddie asked, "Any after female work here – not counting the actress?"
John stated, "Yes. Three with some acting – mostly extras for some movies – Alice Gakigoni, the ticket booth operator; Carol Broom, the janitor; and Wilhelmina They, the manager. And one more with out acting, Nancy Atom, who is our stage manager."
=SD=
The gang talked to the four girls. Each of the girls of them mention that they aren't the Patrick Phantom at the start of the talk – then combed for clues. Nothing show up.
Shaggy stated, "Now I'm spooked."
Donna joked, "Take a number."
Velma stated, "I got a plan."
=SD=
Shaggy and Velma watch as Daphne used her make-up remover from Patrick Phantom, but nothing come off it.
Shaggy and Scooby-Doo run off. After that Patrick Phantom disappeared – surprising everyone.
Donna stated, "They won't stop until they get back to my mansion or hit a food place."
Freddie stated, "They is Food Mystery Palace, where the food items are riddles. One of the branches it's too far. That's most likely where we going to find. They is hidden cheat sheet for the riddle-full menu hidden in a different place in each of their restaurant."
Donna stated, "Sounds like an Uncle William Blake idea."
Daphne stated, "It was. He doesn't leave a idea on the drawing board for too long. Even since we got rid of Luna Ghost."
Donna stated, "How did that caper happen?"
Freddie stated, "It's a long one – so let's follow the cowardly eaters sample for now."
=SD=
At the Food Mystery Palace, Donna found a booth where Scooby-Doo and Shaggy were eating Fake Pork in Bread With Fake Blood and Yellow Paint, which was this riddle title used by the restaurant chain for a regular hamburger with ketchup and mustard. Donna was slide next to Scooby-Doo and Shaggy. Shaggy was holding a dog-earned. Donna realized it was a cheat-sheet.
Shaggy stated, "This one come from Ocean City, Washington's headquarters for this chain. They are four cheat-sheets there. This one was hidden in a statue of Scoobina-Doo when she was younger. Back then she was more know as Scrappy-Doo. We thought she was male. In fact, the Luna Ghost caper was the one in which she accidentally reveal her true gender to us."
The gang explain that William Blake was having trouble with WOW Toys, a toy company during the mid-1980s. It was making two lines at the time – Monster Fighters, action figures based on a 1980s action cartoon in which famous monsters battle against evil aliens plotting to take over the world – and, Maryaka Sueaka , a famous doll line that was imported from Japan. The CEO called William Blake calling the place "haunted". The haunting creature was called The Luna Ghost. The Luna Ghost was rumor to the ghost of William Opal Wagtonsmith, the famous toymaker that had open WOW Toys in 1924. They were a few subject for Mystery Inc: CEO owner, Ed Sweatcake; Siren's voice actor, Anna Sweatcake; the janitor, Old Man Smith; annoying reporter, Katherine Rogers; real state, Mr. Steve Soreday, and a scientist, Dr. Nick Nasty. Every time when one of them blame Katherine, Scoobina turned making a silent look at the gang. As Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo and Shaggy kept the monster busy, the other members – Freddie, Daphne, Velma find clues that reveal Old Man Smith was behind the ghost – but this time around Shaggy and Scooby-Doo brought their own boxes of Scooby-Snacks and even brought milk with them. Freddie, Daphne, and Velma were stunned – but only for while,Katherine offer to have her female pet help them with her. The gang was expecting a bird or lizard, but she called "Scoobina Cornious Doo, work time!" Scrappy-Doo answered in a female voice, "Rats. That's goes my male orphan act up in smoke!" With Katherine and Scoobina, the Luna Ghost was caught. They unmasked him as Old Man Smith who wanted to ruin WOW Toy as Anna Sweatcake didn't want to date him. Anna replied, "He's my cousin, twice removed. I don't date a member of my own family." Back at Mystery Inc's Headquarters in Ocean City,Washington. Katherine explained what happen and why the male orphan act – to protect Scoobina-Doo herself. Female member of the Doo family of dogs are pretty much infamous in the black market. Since the Luna Ghost caper exposed Scooby-Doo's gender to to the world, she become pet helper to Katherine Rogers. Katherine Rogers sometime called Mystery Inc. to help them solve a monster mystery – and sometime the gang used Katherine Rogers and Scoobina-Doo as replacement for Scooby-Doo and Shaggy.
After the story, Donna stated, "May be she's doing a Persephone?"
Velma stated, "It's a possible idea as she is doing a good job keeping the 'show a-going'
as they say in the show business , but we got a lot of suspects but no clue to who's behind this"
Donna stated, "Why not make a private play for Midia, which a lot of possible questions from the her but no answers. In other a improv origin and reason."
Shaggy stated, "That's sounds LIKE a six boxes of Scooby-Doo good."
Scooby-Doo nodded his head in agreement with Shaggy.
Velma, Freddie, Daphne, Scooby-Doo and Donna quickly finished their meals in silence and then pay for them.
=SD=
Midia crawled into the Seashell Theater at just at 3 minutes to midnight on Friday night. She crawled into one of the front row set and set down. Mostly who been faking Patrick Phantom won't mind telling her reason to Midia.
Patrick Phantom stated, "Hello. Midia. Velma come up with that latest play didn't see."
Midia stated, "How did you know?"
Patrick Phantom stated, "After Daphne make-up remover wipe didn't work – I was expecting this plot. Ever here of Alice Dovely."
Midia yelled, "The Gator Ghoul!"
Patrick Phantom nodded before she continued, "Name is Barbara Dovely, Alice's twin sister, though after I got called Gator Ghoul wannabe by my hometown of Mud River, Florida – not to far from where Ma and Pa Skillet hang their hats – the Koola Kola pay for plastic surgery for me to match Aunt Dora Dovely in her prime – better know as Patrick Phantom. Since I'm a theater critic – I know what's going on in the play sector of show business across American – and since I'm usually only need on opening night – I can easy stay under the radar and land a help to either the theater or the creatures that been popping since Mystery Inc. fished you out of the sea."
Midia stated, "See you around!"
=TEFN=
Well, it's going to be a while for we get the Mystery Finals out of the way but one that's done – it's time for the climax of this fictional mystery.
Logging off,
Dr. Thinker