A delightful episode.
In this episode, the Mystery Inc. Gang is flying to Rio de Janeiro, but crash lands in a Brazilian jungle. There they run into the Jaguaro, a giant animal, that is a hybrid between an ape and a panther.
This is a very fun episode. While story wise it treads familiar territory, the setting gives this episode a unique feel. The jungle is quite different than the average setting than the average Scooby episode. Though many episodes take place in some dark woods, this jungle is quite different. It is not only more exotic looking, but most of this episode also takes place in broad daylight. This does not take away the suspense from the story. In fact this episode has more suspense than an average Scooby mystery, as through much of it, our heroes are truly in danger as they run into many dangerous animals and even headhunters. The Jaguaro, itself is quite intimidating and while it is not exactly creepy, it does feel like a real threat to our heroes and has a cool design. This is also a very comedy heavy episode, focusing greatly on slapstick involving Scooby and Shaggy and much of it is quite funny.
Unfortunately the mystery is quite easy to solve due to a lack of suspects.
The Jaguaro would later appear in the direct to video movie, Scooby-Doo! and the Cyber Chase (2001).
A delightful episode.
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