This is one of the most unique episodes of Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? and a darn good departure for the series.
This time the gang solves a non-spooky related mystery. Instead of investigating a monster or ghost sighting, the gang is instead investigating a dognapping plot. There is a brief appearance of a "ghost" but that is mostly inconsequential to the plot. Getting away from the series' usual spooky settings, we get an equally atmospheric suburban setting. The humor is quite good, and I especially like Scooby admiring himself dressed up as the decoy. The action scenes are fast paced and quite exciting and despite the lack of scares there are some good suspense scenes such as Scooby in an out of control minecart. This episode also does a great job looking at what the relationship between Scooby and the rest of the gang. You can really feel how much they love and care about the dog.
Unfortunately the actual mystery is rather weak. There are too few suspects and a lack of clues. If you are able to guess who done it that is probably more likely you came to that conclusion through the lack of suspects rather than through actually figuring it out.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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