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Recap / The Scooby Doo Show S 1 E 10 A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground

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While in Seattle, the gang investigates sightings of a steaming demon, supposedly escaped from the abandoned Old Seattle.


This episode includes examples of the following:

  • Big Damn Heroes: The opening scene has a crane operator seeing a fellow construction worker menaced by the titular monster swing down the beam attached to his crane, allowing his coworker to grab it and then be yanked to safety.
  • Big Red Devil: The Steaming Demon resembles one, with the addition of wings.
  • Ghost Town: Old Seattle, which is buried underneath the new one.
  • Ominous Fog: The demons in Seattle have it as their calling card.
  • Punny Name: One of the characters here is a sailor named Albert Tross (albatross), a pseudonym for Sam Crenshaw.
  • "Scooby-Doo" Hoax: The Steaming Demon is actually a man in disguise who's out to rob treasures from Old Seattle.
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: According to legend, the Steaming Demon and its kin were originally sealed underground, and they're supposedly after a talisman that can send them back underground to keep from being reimprisoned.

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