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I don't think it can be a subversion because neither the music nor Shaggy and Scooby's reactions led the audience to believe a gun was inside.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Well, a violin case full of CounterfeitCash, but still...
* CoatHatMask: The Phantom Puppeteer's getup.
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* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Scooby-Doo dresses up in an elegant cape and top hat, posing like he’s the star of a show.
* CoatHatMask: The Phantom Puppeteer's getup.
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* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Scooby-Doo dresses up in an elegant cape and top hat, posing like he’s the star of a show.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Well, Shaggy and Scooby stumble across a violin case while walking back from the pizza shop. They pick it up, expecting it to contain an instrument, only to find it full of CounterfeitCash, but still...
CounterfeitCash.
* CoatHatMask: The PhantomPuppeteer's getup.
Puppeteer wears a hat and a cloak. It seems as though he may have thrown together the costume from pieces in the theater, because at one point Shaggy finds and puts on an identical outfit.
* CounterfeitCash:How the The mystery is started, starts when Shaggy and what leads Scooby find a violin case full of counterfeit money (Shaggy estimates it is thousands of dollars' worth), leading the gang to the theater.
theater.
* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Scooby-Doo dresses up in an elegant cape and top hat, posing like he’sthe star of a show.show's star.
* CoatHatMask: The Phantom
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* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Scooby-Doo dresses up in an elegant cape and top hat, posing like he’s
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* InSeriesNickname: This is the first episode where Shaggy refers to Scooby-Doo as "Scoob," quickly becoming a staple of the franchise.
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* InSeriesNickname: This is the first episode where Shaggy refers to Scooby-Doo as "Scoob," which quickly becoming becomes a staple of the franchise.
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* OminousPipeOrgan: The Phantom Puppeteer is seen playing one of these at one point in the mystery. Then everything goes dark, and when the lights come back on it's shown that he disappeared.
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* OminousPipeOrgan: The Phantom Puppeteer is seen playing one of these at one point in the mystery. Then everything goes dark, and when the lights come back on it's shown that he on, he's disappeared.
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* PerversePuppet: Pietro's marionette Johnny is implied to be one, when the gang sneaks by Pietro supposedly sleeping, but Johnny opens one eye to look after them...
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* PerversePuppet: Pietro's marionette Johnny is implied to be one, when When the gang sneaks by Pietro supposedly sleeping, but his marionette Johnny opens one eye to look after them...them. This is never explicitly explained, though Pietro does control Johnny at other points.
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* SenselessViolins: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the violin case contains not a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20 bills!
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* SenselessViolins: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that SpeakInUnison: As they're talking over the violin case contains not a gun, but instead a load clues, the gang's human members all come to the same conclusion about what's going on within moments of counterfeit $20 bills!each other and chorus, "Counterfeiters!"
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* DevelopmentGag: Two puppets Scooby encounters are a witch and a clown, prefiguring later [[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E13WhichWitchIsWhich two]] [[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E10BedlamInTheBigTop episodes]].
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* DevelopmentGag: Two puppets Scooby encounters are a witch and a clown, prefiguring later [[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E13WhichWitchIsWhich two]] [[Recap/ScoobyDooWhereAreYouS1E10BedlamInTheBigTop episodes]].
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* SamusIsAGirl: The Puppet Master, who turns out to be male, tricks Scooby with a fake female poodle and later scares him with a witch puppet.
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* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Scooby-Doo dresses up in an elegant cape and top hat, posing like he is the star of a show.
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* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Scooby-Doo dresses up in an elegant cape and top hat, posing like he is he’s the star of a show.
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-->'''Velma:''' Like I said before, what a [[LargeHam ham!]]
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* OutOfGenreExperience: The episode shakes up the formula a little. Instead of the gang investigating an area because of something spooky and discovering a crime, the gang determine the crime early on and go undercover.
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* OutOfGenreExperience: The This episode shakes up the formula a little. Instead of the gang investigating an area because of something spooky and discovering a crime, the gang determine determines the crime early on and go goes undercover.
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* OutOfGenreExperience: The episode shakes up the formula a little. Instead of the gang investigating an area because of something spooky and discovering a crime, the gang determine the crime early on and go undercover.
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* AWolfInSheepsClothing [[spoiler:Pietro, seeming to be a harmless doorman for the puppet theater, turns out to actually be an evil puppet master that is the one behind the counterfeit operation, and had disguised as the Phantom Puppeteer to try and scare the gang away.]]
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* AWolfInSheepsClothing [[spoiler:Pietro, AWolfInSheepsClothing: Pietro, seeming to be a harmless doorman for the puppet theater, turns out to actually be an evil puppet master that is the one behind the counterfeit operation, and had disguised as the Phantom Puppeteer to try and scare the gang away.]]
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* RealityEnsues: Despite being [[CowardlyLion cowardly]], Scooby-Doo is still a fully-grown Great Dane, and can be pretty intimidating when angry, so the Phantom Puppeteer understandably flees in a panic when Scooby begins threateningly barking at him, and so the rest of the gang actually has to ''rescue'' the Phantom from Scooby.
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* TheSoCalledCoward: Despite being [[CowardlyLion cowardly]], Scooby-Doo is still a fully-grown Great Dane, and can be pretty intimidating when angry, so the Phantom Puppeteer understandably flees in a panic when Scooby begins threateningly barking at him, and so the rest of the gang actually has to ''rescue'' the Phantom from Scooby.
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* CoatHatMask: The Phantom Puppeteer's getup.
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* InSeriesNickname: This is the first episode where Shaggy refers to Scooby-Doo as "Scoob," quickly becoming a staple of the franchise.
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* RealityEnsues: Despite being [[CowardlyLion cowardly]], Scooby-Doo is still a fully-grown Great Dane, and can be pretty intimidating when angry, so the Phantom Puppeteer understandably flees in a panic when Scooby begins threateningly barking at him, and so the rest of the gang actually has to ''rescue'' the Phantom from Scooby.
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When a passing car drops a violin case full of brand-new $20 bills, the gang tracks the phony money to a theater filled with traps.
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When a passing car drops a violin case full of brand-new $20 bills, the gang tracks the phony money to a puppet theater filled with traps.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Well, a violin case full of CounterfeitCash, but still...
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* SenselessViolins: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the violin case contains not a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20 bills!
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* OminousPipeOrgan: The Phantom Puppeteer is seen playing one of these at one point in the mystery. Then everything goes dark, and when the lights come back on it's shown that he disappeared.
* PerversePuppet: Pietro's marionette Johnny is implied to be one, when the gang sneaks by Pietro supposedly sleeping, but Johnny opens one eye to look after them...
* SenselessViolins: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the violin case contains not a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20bills!bills!
* AWolfInSheepsClothing [[spoiler:Pietro, seeming to be a harmless doorman for the puppet theater, turns out to actually be an evil puppet master that is the one behind the counterfeit operation, and had disguised as the Phantom Puppeteer to try and scare the gang away.]]
* PerversePuppet: Pietro's marionette Johnny is implied to be one, when the gang sneaks by Pietro supposedly sleeping, but Johnny opens one eye to look after them...
* SenselessViolins: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the violin case contains not a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20
* AWolfInSheepsClothing [[spoiler:Pietro, seeming to be a harmless doorman for the puppet theater, turns out to actually be an evil puppet master that is the one behind the counterfeit operation, and had disguised as the Phantom Puppeteer to try and scare the gang away.]]
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no such trope, and since it's a ZCE there's no way of telling what trope it should be
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* {{Puppetmaster}}: The Phantom Puppeteer.
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When a passing car drops a violin case full of brand new $20 bills, the gang tracks the phony money to a theater filled with traps.
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When a passing car drops a violin case full of brand new brand-new $20 bills, the gang tracks the phony money to a theater filled with traps.
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* SenslessViolins: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in that the violin case does not contain a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20 bills!
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* SenslessViolins: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] SenselessViolins: {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the violin case does contains not contain a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20 bills!
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* EndOfEpisodeSilliness: Scooby-Doo dresses up in an elegant cape and top hat, posing like he is the star of a show.
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* {{Puppetmaster}}: The Phantom Puppeteer.
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* {{Puppetmaster}}: The Phantom Puppeteer.Puppeteer.
* SenslessViolins: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in that the violin case does not contain a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20 bills!
* SenslessViolins: [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in that the violin case does not contain a gun, but instead a load of counterfeit $20 bills!
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When a passing car drops a violin case full of brand new $20 bills, the gang tracks the phony money to a theater filled with traps.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* CounterfeitCash: How the mystery is started, and what leads the gang to the theater.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Phantom Puppeteer.
* Puppetmaster: The Phantom Puppeteer.
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* CounterfeitCash: How the mystery is started, and what leads the gang to the theater.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Phantom Puppeteer.
* Puppetmaster: The Phantom Puppeteer.
