Scooby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo! was one of the franchise's attempts to get away from the fake monsters and mysteries, people associated it with and try something new. Double Trouble Date is a perfectly clear example of this.
In this episode Shaggy (who is a real player as we all know) schedules two dates at the same time. To get himself out of this mess Shag dresses Scooby up as his cousin so he can go out with the other girl. Unfortunately the girl's brother (a tough guy named Moose) sees what Shaggy is up to and wants to get Shaggy for setting his sister up with a literal dog.
This is a simple slapstick affair and doesn't attempt to do anything more or less. The basic story is quite good and I love that disguising Scooby as a human actually works. Unfortunately there are not as many really funny moments as there should be and some of the slapstick lacks the timing needed to make it work as well as it should. The best humor instead comes from dialogue such as Shaggy trying to convince Moose that Scooby is not a dog and the Some Like it Hot reference at the end.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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