History WesternAnimation / BigTopScoobyDoo

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: In a chase scene atop a train, Shaggy brings down Archambault with tranquilizer darts.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: One of the villains gives himself away by referring to the black diamond, despite supposedly having been kidnapped when the gang learned that carbonado referred to a black diamond.

* TheResenter: [[spoiler:Whitney and Archambault resent their previous boss' nephew for taking over the circus instead of them.]]

* ScoobyDooHoax: All staged by [[spoiler:Doubleday and his trained baboons so that they could steal jewelry. Well, that’s what you might think if Velma didn’t figure out that Archambault was in on it and cut Doubleday off before he could say so. Apparently, both of them were mad that Marius’ uncle gave the circus to him instead of one of them, who had been working for him much longer]].

* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:After Doubleday and Archambault are arrested, it's revealed that their primary motive was the fact that they were both angry with how Marius's uncle, who they had worked with for many years, had left the circus to Marius instead of one of them, and how Marius was "modernizing" the circus by doing things such as phasing out the trained animal acts (which left Doubleday out of a job) and giving it more of "theatrical" feel. Marius actually admitted that he could understand why Doubleday and Archambault were angry.]]

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Before he gets tranquilized by Archambault, Doubleday says "You won't take ''us'' that easy!"]]

* YouMeddlingKids: After [[spoiler:Whitney Doubleday is unmasked and captured, Velma says the mystery isn't over and Daphne agrees because she feels like a mystery isn't over until the bad guy gives the "you meddling kids" rant. Archambault is eventually exposed as a co-conspirator and gives the rant, making Daphne feel better.]]

When the Scooby-Doo gang takes a vacation to Atlantic City, they come across a sign for the circus, so Fred insists they visit that night. As it turns out, the circus doesn’t open till the next day, but Fred insists they look around. Eventually, they encounter Marius, the owner of the circus, and a werewolf. Velma eventually scares off the werewolf, and Marius tells the gang that the werewolves have been around everywhere stealing jewelry. The gang agrees to take part in the circus acts while the other members of the circus have been frightened away.

* ShesGotLegs: Daphne has her long shapely legs highlighted through the tights of her purple mini dress and circus costume.

* BikerBabe: Daphne works as a motorcycle stunt artist as her cover.

* EasilyForgiven: Velma, Fred, and Daphne openly accuse Marius of being the werewolf, and he get upset about it for about ten minutes. Neither party brings it up again. It's probably alleviated by the fact that [[spoiler: the gang saves Marius' life when Archambault attacked him]].

* CircusOfFear: The circus grounds are empty when the gang arrive, and Shaggy rates the place's creep factor as outranking an old cemetery on fire. It's better when the performers are there...unless the werewolves are too.

* MythologyGag: Not direct, but a group of people turning into werewolves, fear a gang member would turn too, A scooby doo hoax and a real criminal chase in one time frame, are we referencing this movie or 80s Scooby Doo series?

* NonIronicClown: Well there’s one, but the main clown is actually an actor posing as a clown in the circus. His partner is the real clown.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Oliverio, Lena's husband. He is extremely jealous of his wife. He seems to have a violent temper.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Scooby ''really'' didn't like how critics praised Shaggy (and not him) on their performance together.
* EasilyForgiven: Velma, Fred, and Daphne openly accuse Marius of being the werewolf, and he get upset about it for about ten minutes. Neither party brings it up again. It's probably alleviated by the fact that [[spoiler: the gang saves Marius' life when Archambaut attacked him]].
* EatingPetFood: Animal trainer Doubleday absent-mindedly shoves a dog biscuit into Shaggy's mouth. Shaggy doesn't mind and eats it anyway.

** Shaggy doesn't believe in Sweden, thinking it's a made-up place like Fairyland. Or Australia.

* GenreSavvy: Fred is impressed when Oliviero actually prevents him from falling and getting hurt during the high wire act in spite of implying that he'll let him get hurt as payback for Lena being attracted to him. Oliviero simply points out to Fred that following through on his threat would've caused him to get fired and blacklisted.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: When the first werewolf is robbing the jewelry store, the security guard just runs into a pole.

* WolfMan: The circus is attcaked by werewolfs who steal jewelry from the audience members and turn the performers into werewolves. [[spoiler: The werewolves were the disguises of Whitney Doubleday and his trained baboons.]]

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: One of the villains attempts to shoot Scooby with a tranquiliser gun, only to discover that Shaggy has taken the darts out of the gun.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:Before he gets tranquilized by Archambault, Doubleday says "You'll never take us alive!"]]

* BadassBeard: Wulfric has an impressive beard.

** And let's not forget Velma's training session as "The Human Comet" where the cannon is fired, but only her suit comes out. Then we see her, [[ShouldersUpNudity from just above her chest up to avoid showing anything, clearly naked]], save for her helmet and glasses that somehow stayed on, saying, "Sorry. I think I tensed up." Also counts as making Velma a ReluctantFanserviceGirl enduring NakedPeopleAreFunny.

* RealityEnsues: Fred is impressed when Oliviero actually prevents him from falling and getting hurt during the high wire act in spite of implying that he'll let him get hurt as payback for Lena being attracted to him. Oliviero simply points out to Fred that following through on his threat would've caused him to get fired and blacklisted.

* ContinuityNod: From ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur Phantosaur]]'', Daphne’s biker skills make a return, and her lessons to Shaggy seem to have stuck.

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[[caption-width-right:342: Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, Fred; in case you didn’t recognize them.]]

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Most of the CG is done pretty well, but the most notable example might be the balls that Scooby-Doo balances on.

* ContinuityNod: From ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooLegendOfThePhantosaur Phantosaur]]'', Daphne’s biker skills make a return.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Sisko at first only appears to communicate by honking his horn, but turns out to be able to talk after his partner Schmatko leaves.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: Most of the CG is done pretty well, but the most notable example might be the balls that Scooby-Doo balances on.

* ConspicuousCG: Most of the CG is done pretty well, but the most notable example might be the balls that Scooby-Doo balances on.

* SympathyForTheDevil:[[spoiler: After Doubleday and Archambault are arrested, it's revealed that their primary motive was the fact that they were both angry with how Marius's uncle, who they had worked with for many years, had left the circus to Marius instead of one of them, and how Marius was "modernizing" the circus by doing things such as phasing out the trained animal acts (which left Doubleday out of a job) and giving it more of "theatrical" feel. Marius actually admitted that he could understand why Doubleday and Archambault were angry.]]

* [[spoiler: WhamLine: Before he gets tranquilized by Archambault, Doubleday says "You'll never take us alive!"]]

* BadassBeard: Wulfric has one.
* BikerBabe: Daphne when works as a motorcycle stunt artist.

* BoundAndGagged: Marius. ''Twice.''

** Lena, the female trapeze artist.

* GroupieBrigade: Shaggy acquires one after being hailed as a circus superstar.
* HeroicBSOD: Shaggy has one when he realizes he’ll be performing in front of his favorite band.

* SexyJester: Daphne's clown outfit.

* TopHeavyGuy: Archambault.
%%* TraintopBattle

* YourMom: Dude, was that your mom?
** Also you're right. It did kinda look like my mom.

* SeriesContinuityError: Shaggy claims UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} is a made-up place, despite their visit in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire''. Which might constitute a NegativeContinuity.