"And for the greatest bronco riding this cowboy has ever seen. The grand prize goes to Norville Rogers." The announcer says as he hands Shaggy the ten thousan dollar prize.
"Like here ya go cous. This should save the ranch." Shaggy says as he hands Tawny the prize.
"I dont know if i outta accept this. You risked your life to help me." Tawny says.
"All in a days work mam." Shaggy says.
"Thank you so much." Tawny says as she hugs Shaggy.
"You know what guys. After this trip I've got a lot more respect for Shaggy now." Alexis says as she sees Tawny hug Shaggy.
"Your not the only one." Cat man says.
"Yea he did pretty ok for himself." Space man says.
"Grab him before he gets away!" Velma shouts and Alexis and the others then jump and grab Kyle in a net where he is glowing green.
"Hey how'd ya know it was- I mean how come you think it was me?" Kyle asks.
"We knew you might escape from that net but as a back up. It was covered in UV powder. Enough to mae sure that some would rub off on you." Fred says.
"We just had to wait for the culprit to step under the black light and he'd light up like a Christmas tree." Daphne says.
"Yea. Ya stepped right into it." Shaggy says.
"Yea right into it." Scooby says.
"You can proove anything. What ya got a little UV powder. You got nothing!" Kyle says as some sheriffs take him away.
"Holy cow I cant believe it. You caught the ghost!" Tawny shouts.
"Not exactly. There had to be someone else involved." Fred says.
"Right. Someone else must have started that stampede." Velma says.
"Maybe we can find some clues in Kyle's room. Tawny do you have a key?" Daphne asks getting the key from Tawny as the group then look around Kyle's room.
"Anything?" Velma asks.
"These fireworks link Kyle to all the flaming J's in the sky." Fred asks.
"But that doesn't explain who his accomplice was." Daphne says.
"Shaggy? How come you guys aren't looking?" Velma asks.
"It's gonna eat us." Shaggy says pointing to a bear head on the wall.
"Dont be ridiculous its stuffed." Velma says.
"I was stuffed at lunch but I still ate more." Shaggy says.
"Maybe there's more to this bear head than meets the eye." Fred says finding a hidden key in the mouth.
"Is that a hidden compartment?" Daphne asks.
"Yea. Look here's the guns Kyle used to fire boric acid fire and here's the cowboy hat he wore. See this projected the skull face and the face of Dapper Jack onto this veil he pulled down over his face." Fred says as he explains the hat and guns he found behind the bear head.
"Quite ingenious really." Velma says.
"If by ingenious you mean so scary I almost lost my appetite then your right." Shaggy says.
"Hold on I think there's something else there too. Check it out. Sheriff Rufus Carmicheal's diary. And what's this?" Daphne asks finding a card in a book.
"It's a business card for Black Rattler Management. The company that's been buying up the town. Guys I know who's behind all of this. We gotta get back to the barn dance." Velma says as the group head back to the dance. Once at the dance Velma gets the speaker.
"Excuse me. Hi everyone. We found Rufus Carmicheal's diary and found out the story is a lot different from the one told to tourists. Listen to this. The people of Sorghum City may love that fool Jack Rogers or Dapper Jack as they call him. They think he is kind. They think he is warm hearted. They think he's generous. Always willing to lend a hand. But if life has taught me anything is that anything one man has another man must take. And I mean to take this town's love from the so called Dapper Jack. Yes sheriff Carmicheal wanted everyone to love him the way they loved Dapper Jack so he framed him for cattle rustling. He turned the whole town against him. Here he says he had trouble catching Jack because of his amazing abilities on horse back which have you all seen his descendant Shaggy inherited from him." Velma says as she reads from the diary.
"Does he say anything about not being able to grow a full beard? Cause I definitely inherited that from someone." Shaggy says.
"Now listen to this. May 17th, 1867. Finally caught Dapper Jack by Minshel Pike. He was a fast draw but a poor shot. As it turns out Jack Rogers was more useful dead than he ever was alive. I can commit all manner of crimes and blame Dapper Jack as the great out law. The whole town curses his name. One day I will simply disappear for a week or so then return with a tail of tracking down and ending Dapper Jack. I will be remember forever as a hero while Jack Rogers goes down in the enels of infamy." Velma says as she closes the book.
"Well clearly this sheriff was a by product of bad parenting." Midge says.
"Just as sheriff Carmicheal used Dapper Jack to steal from the town someone else is now using Dapper Jack's ghost to steal from the town. And that someone is Rafe!" Velma says pointing to Rafe receiving gasps from the audience.
"Why that's just plain-" Rafe then stops talking as he sees Alexis and the others walking towards him.
"After him!" Fred yells as the group chase after Rafe until Scooby lassos Rafe knocking him to the ground.
"Nice roping Scooby Doo." Buddy says as he walks over with Alexis and the others.
"It was you? But why?" Tawny asks.
"I lined up with a company that builds resorts. They offered millions for the Sorghum City area." Rafe says.
"But why would you pretend to be a ghost?" Tawny asks.
"The company wanted to theme the resort around Dapper Jack the outlaw. So I came up with a fake ghost. It would build up the story and scare people off so I can buy the land for my company Black Rattler Management. How'd you know it was me?" Rafe asks.
"Simple. You said you built the dude ranch's website yourself and you used L cabong font. No professional would use that font. No one with any taste or self respect would-" Velma then gets cut off by Daphne.
"Easy there Velma." Daphne says.
"Anyway I saw the font again on the Black Rattler Management card we found. There cant possibly be two people in the world who would use that font. I mean look at it!" Velma says showing the website on her tablet.
"I still like it." Rafe says.
"The moral of this story is never use L cabong!" Velma shouts at Rafe then gets lose and pushes Velma out of the way before grabbing a rifle and the prize money from Tawny.
"You'll never take me. I'll be out of the country before morning. Ten thousand dollars will get me a long way. Adios muchachos!" Rafe yells as he gets onto a chariot and takes off.
"Someone get him!" Midge yells.
"I already on it." Alexis says as she runs over to Flicka behind the gate letting her out and jumps onto her back and chases after Rafe on the chariot. Alexis then notices Scooby and Buddy jump onto the back of the chariot and then sees Shaggy riding Buckstitch not far behind them.
"Both of you be careful." Alexis says as she tries to find a way to stop the chariot as Fred then starts lighting the sky up with fireworks.
"There you are I can see you now." Shaggy says as Buddy starts climbing under the chariot to get to the horses while Scooby goes for the money.
"And I can see you." Rafe says as he tries to shoot and Shaggy but misses and hits a cactus.
"This was a terrible idea." Shaggy says.
"I don't miss twice." Rafe says.
"And I don't miss at all." Alexis says as she shoots ice at Rafe's hand making him drop the gun while Scooby grabs the money and jumps onto the Buckstitch with Shaggy.
"You cant stop me." Rafe says.
"I don't have to." Shaggy says pointing Buddy on one of the horses pulling the chariot.
"Howdy partner. Your not gonna get too far without these guys. Happy trails cowboy." Buddy says as he unlatches the horses from the chariot. The chariot then goes over the hedge and lands on a lower ledge knocking Rafe unconscious.
*Timeskip*
The next morning at sunrise the group watch the sheriffs put cuffs on Rafe.
"I would of gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids and that KISS band." Rafe says.
"And there nosey horse." The elderly man who keeps calling Scooby a horse says.
"Not a horse." Scooby says.
"But a pretty good dog." Buddy laughs as he pets Scooby.
"So here you are again." Shaggy says handing Tawny the prize money.
"I cant thank you enough. I mean all of you. Especially you cous." Tawny says.
"Like its too bad all of the tourists think our ancestor was a desperato." Shaggy says.
"They wont anymore Shaggy from now on I'll tell them the true story of Dapper Jack." Tawny says.
"Aren't you afraid that'll hurt business everybody like the Dapper Jack outlaw story." Velma says.
"Come on the story of Rufus Carmicheal the outlaw slash criminal mastermind is way better." Tawny says.
"The only story I wanna know is why I cant grow a decent beard like Dapper Jack. I've got more hair on my toes than I do on my chin." Shaggy says.
"Tmi cous." Tawny says.
"I agree with Tawny that's a little more info than I needed to know about you Shaggy." Alexis says.
"Yea I could of gone without knowing that." Cat man says as everyone laughs.
"I guess this means our groups are sticking together this time?" Alexis asks.
"I guess it does." Fred says.