A typically fun Scooby mystery.
When the gang visits Acapulco, the find that a sea beast is scaring off many of the divers.
This episode benefits from a really good villain and a great sense of atmosphere. The sea beast has a wonderful design that looks creepy and threatening but never too much to take away from the lighthearted fun. While Scooby has had quite a few mysteries at sea, but this one is an especially good-looking adventure. The use of lighting and the stormy weather as the gang travels in a boat add a real classic monster movie feel to this episode. Meanwhile, while the background art is always wonderful to look at, it is especially well done here. This is a beautiful looking episode and one of the most atmospheric mysteries from the first season of Sccoby-Doo! and Scrappy-Doo!
The mystery itself is fun and cleverly written but it does have the problem of being too easy to solve due to a lack of suspects. This doesn't change that the character's motive is quite well handled and that the story moves by at a very quick pace.
This is not one of the show's funniest episodes and there aren't as many funny gags as usual. However I do admit that the closing gag made me smile.
All in all, not one of the best Scooby adventures but fun.
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