A car is driven into a town called Gatorsburg, population 3. The car drives past houses which are abandoned and nearly destroyed.
Mother: Are you sure this is New York City?
Father: Yeah, absolutely, now, if I'm not mistaken this here is, uh, Broadway. What's that street sign say?
Mother: "Gator Avenue."
Father: Hm. I wonder how far Gator Avenue is from Broadway.
Tween Girl: According to this map, 2,000 miles.
Father: Well, in that case, we're going to need to fill up the tank, ha ha.
They pull into a gas station and the father exits the car.
Father: Hello? Hello, anybody there? Hello?
The father goes away from the car as the family's dog exits the car and starts to growl at something.
Tween Girl: Puddles!
Puddles runs away barking as the girl chases him.
Tween Girl: Come back!
Puddles enter a bush, and the girl looks for him.
Tween Girl: Puddles?
She sees something in the bush and reaches for it only to see a gator which is human size, and it is trying to attack her. The girl screams while running to the car.
Tween Girl: Gator Man!
Father: Oh, sweetie, there's no such thing as-
The gator hops out of the bushes and crawling on all four.
Father: Gator Man!
The father enters the car just in time before the Gator could get him. A second gator is on the front windshield as they speed off only to stop for Puddles.
Tween Girl: Puddles!
The dog hops in the car and they drive off.
Y/N was with his friends in Fred's house, and they were bored out of our minds. They had no mysteries to solve in weeks.
Velma: Oh, I am so bored. We haven't had a mystery in I don't know when!
Y/N: Approximately three weeks, five days, three hours and twenty-one seconds... twenty-two seconds, twenty-three seconds, twenty- Whatever you get the point.
Daphne: Fred, I think I've read every magazine in your house. Huh, what's that?
Y/N: What's what?
Daphne reaches for a magazine, but Fred tries to stop her, but she pulls it.
Daphne: "Traps Illustrated?" Freddy!
Y/N: Wow, that's a new low... Even for you.
Fred: I, uh, I read it for the articles. In fact, it's where I got the idea for this little beauty.
They look and see one of Fred's traps.
Velma: Who do you expect to trap outside your front door?
The doorbell rings and the trap goes off trapping someone.
Fred: Let's find out.
They go to the door and see a mailman.
Mailman: I got a package for, uh, Fred Jones.
Fred: Hey, that's me.
Fred takes the package and releasing the mailman. Fred sets the package down on a table.
Scooby: What is it?
Shaggy: Like, um I think it's a box.
Fred opened it and saw a note. Velma takes it and sees who it is.
Velma: It's from Mr. E! "Saved this for a rainy day. Enjoy."
Daphne: Humph. Mr. E gives me the creeps.
Y/N: No kidding.
Daphne: Fred, careful. That could be a bomb.
He then pulls out a purse.
Daphne: Ooh, strike that. Cute purse.
Velma takes it and Fred notices something.
Fred: Check it out! "100% pure gator, made in Gatorsburg."
Scooby: Gatorburg?
Y/N: Didn't Gatorburg stop Manufactuing?
Velma: Not since the Gator mines dried up.
Scooby: Gator mines?
Velma: Gatorburg was founded back in the 1800s when a group of prospectors searching for gold struck something much more valuable. Alligator. Gatorburg had more alligators than anywhere in the world. Overnight, Gatorburg became a boomtown. The town became famous for its gator skin products. Then the gator wells ran dry. Gatorsburg became a ghost town.
Y/N: Wait, if the gator ran dry, how was this made?
Scooby then sniffs the purse.
Scooby: Ooh, smells new.
Fred: Gang, we have a mystery on our hands.
Velma: Oh, sweet Christmas, finally!
All six ran out the door and as soon as Velma shut the door the trap outside went off. They eventually got out and they got in the mystery machine and drove to Gatorsburg. They got out and looked around.
Velma: This is what happens when a civilization is founded on an entirely gator-based economy.
Fred: Alright, gang, let's split up and look for clues. Y/N, Fred, and Daphne went on way as Velma approached Shaggy.
Velma: What do you say, Shaggy? Wanna go clue hunting with me?
Shaggy: Velma! Huh! Come on, not in front of Scoob!
Scooby was sniffing the statue's mouth when it closed.
Scooby: Huh? I didn't touch it!
Shaggy: Why, dude, how about we check out Gator burger?
Scooby: Sounds delicious!
One of the gator monsters was inside the store as it saw the three coming over and it ran off as Shaggy and Scooby entered.
Shaggy: Like, jackpot, Scooby-doo, huhu.
Shaggy and Scooby go for the burgers and see it has baby alligators, but they eat it anyways. Velma then walks towards Shaggy.
Velma: We need to talk.
Shaggy: Velma, like, I would love to but, like, I can't hear anything over the sound of my own stomach. It's going, "Like, maybe give me a triple with cheese and chili and like, a pickle."
Velma: You know what? Forget it.
Velma walks off and Shaggy stands there.
Shaggy: Velma, wait up! Like, Velm, what did I do?
Velma: Nothing! You didn't do anything.
Shaggy: So, me not doing anything is the thing that you're mad about? Like, why do girls have to be so confusing?
Fred: Let's go, gang, there's nothing to trap here. Looks like Mr. E sent us on a wild goose chase.
They all got in the van.
Shaggy: Ah, yeah, more like a wild gator chase!
Fred tries to start the van, but nothing happens.
Fred: Hmm, that's weird.
Y/N: Let me check the engine.
Y/N got out and he opened the engine and he slammed and opened it up again and he repeated.
Y/N: Call me crazy but isn't there supposed to be an engine in here.
Fred: What?
Y/N: You see that hole? There is supposed to be an engine. And unless one of you got hungry and ate it... Someone stoled it.
They all hear a vehicle, and they look and see a pickup truck and a man comes out.
Grady: You kids are in some serious trouble!
Shaggy: Hoo, gulp.
Grady: Care to tell me what you're doing in Gatorsburg?
Daphne: Our van broke down.
Y/N: More like someone stole our engine. Can you help us?
Grady: Why the heck should I help you?
Velma: Because you're... a mechanic?
Grady: Touche.
Grady looks at it and looks back at us.
Grady: Uh, I'm gonna have to order a new one from Crystal Cove. Seeing that's over three miles away it won't arrive until morning.
Shaggy: So, like, you're saying we're stuck in this super creepy gator town all night long?
Eventually all of them start to call their parents while Y/N called his sister but none of them could pick them up. Velma's parents were doing a race, Fred's dad was just too lazy, and Daphne's mother could not go out in the dark. Y/N called his siblings.
S/N: Y/N?
Y/N: Yeah, uh, funny story... Can you pick me and my friends up?
S/N: Why?
Y/N: The van broke down.
S/N: I would but I won't be there until morning.
Y/N: Welp I guess we'll wait. Bye.
Y/N hung up the phone and Shaggy could not get a hold of his parents.
Shaggy: Ohh, wait. Duh. It's Still Life night.
Velma: Guess we're here for the whole night.
Scooby: And Scooby-Doo too.
Grady used his truck and picked up the van.
Fred: Don't suppose you could recommend a hotel?
Grady: My sister Greta runs the best in town. The Drowsy Gator. Oh, and a word of advice. Don't leave your rooms.
Grady then drives off with the van and they look at the hotel.
Y/N: Totally not creepy.
All six were about to enter the hotel when Scooby screamed.
Scooby: Raggy, Raggy!
All five: Huh?
Scooby points to the highlighted sign but when he looks the highlighted sign was normal and all six enter the hotel. When they enter a piano play, and they see everything is alligator related. Y/N goes up to the front desk and rings the bell. They then see a woman.
Greta: We ain't got no rooms.
Fred: But your sign in the window says, "Vacancy."
Greta: Huh, well, that signs broken.
Y/N: It's a board probably colored by red marker.
She then looks at the group and she yell,
Greta: Gunther, we got guests!
Gunther enters the room and looks at the group.
Gunther: Well! Hello!
Greta: This is my son, Gunther Gator. I'm Greta Gator.
Shaggy: Your last names are Gator, and you live in Gatorsburg?
Scooby: What a coincidence!
Greta: Yeah, coincidence.
Greta starts to lead the six to their rooms.
Greta: Uh, we don't get many guests here at Drowsy Gator.
Y/N: I wonder why.
They looked at the pictures and it was all alligators but one of them had a single claw mark through it.
Shaggy: Like, are those claw marks?
Greta: I don't see any marks.
Shaggy then sees an alligator tooth and takes it. Greta then shows the group their room.
Greta: I got a few hotel rules.
Y/N and Fred look around as Daphne and Velma tried to enter but were stopped by Greta.
Greta: Rule number one boys and girls in separate rooms. No exceptions!
Velma: Then I guess I'm with you, Daphne.
Greta: I said, no exceptions!
Velma: But I'm a girl.
Greta: oh, right. Rule number two stay in your rooms, no matter what you hear. That includes screams, moans, wails pounding, clawing, scratching and anything that sounds like a body being dragged across a hardwood floor.
Fred: Okay. Well, Shag, looks like you, me, Y/N, and Scoob are in this room.
Greta: I almost forgot! Rule number three no pets in the hotel!
Scooby: What?
Fred: It's okay, Scoob. You can sleep in the Mystery Machine.
Shaggy: it's just one night, Scooby-Doo. I'll see you in the morning, buddy.
Scooby: I hope so!
Y/N: If it makes you feel better, I can sleep in the van too.
Scooby: Really?
Y/N: Of course. Come on. Night everyone.
Scooby and Y/N exit the hotel and they go inside the Mystery Machine.
Scooby: I'm not a pet.
Meanwhile Velma was doing her eyelashes.
Daphne: Is there something different about your bangs?
Velma: I raised them a half a centimeter to bring out my forehead. Toodles.
Velma then opens the door to the hallway.
Daphne: Where you going?
Velma: I, uh, forgot something.
Daphne: What?
Velma: ...I forget.
Velma then leaves the room as Daphne thinks.
In the other room Fred is lying on the bed as Shaggy paces back and forth.
Fred: You know, shag, when we all graduate from High School and move in together, we can get a room just like this. You like bunk beds?
Shaggy: I can't think about that right now, Fred! Like, I'm really worried about Scoob!
Fred: Well, I'd say check on him if it weren't for the fact that we were warned to stay in our rooms. Hey, do you prefer flannel or cotton sheets?
He then looks and Shaggy is not in the room.
Fred: Shaggy?
Shaggy closes the door and bumps into Velma.
Shaggy: Oh, he-he. Velma.
Velma: Were you sneaking over to see me?
Shaggy: Um, yeah. Like, I wanted to see you. But Freddy told me I had to go check on Scooby-doo, and Y/N, so I'm doing that.
Velma: Trust me, Scoob and Y/N are just fine.
In the Mystery Machine Scooby was scared and Y/N noticed this, and he pulled out a hidden stash of Scooby-Snack.
Y/N: Hey, Scooby.
He looks and gets happy.
Scooby: Scooby-Snacks!
Y/N threw a one in the van as Scooby catches it. That's when Scooby sees a Gator and he screams and hides behind Y/N.
Y/N: What's wrong?
In the hotel Daphne enters Fred, and Shaggy's room.
Fred: Huh? Daphne?
Daphne: I'm looking for Velma. Have you seen her?
Fred: No, but I'm glad you're here. I have something for you.
Daphne: You do?
Fred pulls out a drawer and grabs a notebook and Daphne sits on the bed with Fred.
Fred: It's just a little memento of our time together.
Daphne: Oh, Freddy! A scrapbook! I bet it's filled with wonderful pictures of...
She opens it and sees multiple pictures of traps.
Daphne: Traps?!
Fred: We used this one to catch the phantom of Vasquez castle.
Daphne: Yeah, I remember.
Fred: And this baby helped us nab Carlotta the gypsy.
Daphne: Mm-hmm. I was there.
Fred: And this one...
Meanwhile in the Mystery Machine Scooby was scared as Y/N looked around outside from the van.
Y/N: Scoob, I don't see anything.
Scooby: No monsters?
Y/N: I don't think-
Suddenly a lightning strikes revealing a second Gator and Y/N screams as and falls backwards and both run out of the van and gets cornered by two more Gators and one of them tries to attack them, but they climb on top of the Mystery Machine and Scooby jumps on Y/N.
Scooby: Raggy! Raggy! Help!
One of the Gators got on top of the Mystery Machine and Y/N kicks it in the face and Y/N and Scooby jump off the van and run into the hotel and Scooby rings the bell as Y/N holds the door shut.
Scooby: Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on!
The Gator breaks in and Y/N and Scooby run up the stairs while Y/N screams.
Y/N:
Meanwhile with Fred and Daphne Fred kept talking about the traps.
Fred: And I left a few pages blank. You know, for future traps.
Daphne: Good thinking.
Suddenly Y/N kicks the door open, and Scooby runs in as Y/N slams the door as both breathe heavily.
Fred: Scoob! Y/N! What's the matter?
They were both too out of breath to even speak so they started to mimic what happened.
Daphne: They are trying to tell us something.
Fred: Tator people. Uh, crater steeple? Skater feeple!
Daphne: Gator people!
They both sighed and nodded happily when the door tried to get broken by the Gators. Y/N backs up as Scooby jumps on Fred and knocks down a lamp and the Gators break in.
Daphne: Quick, on the bed!
Fred and Scooby get on the bed as Y/N kicks one of the Gators attacking Daphne and they both get on the bed.
Fred: My scrapbook!
He grabs it as another Gator screeches at him. All three Gators surround them Daphne hugs Y/N as Scooby backs up.
Daphne: This is it. There's no escape!
Fred: I've got an idea. Quick, guys, the comforter.
All four grab the blanket and cover the gators with it and they run out of the room. With Velma and Shaggy Velma corners Shaggy.
Velma: Wow, look at this. No Fred, no Y/N, no Daphne, no Scooby. Just us.
Velma and Shaggy were about to kiss when the other burst through the door and Scooby tackles Shaggy.
Scooby: Raggy!
Shaggy: Scooby-doo!
Velma: What's going on?
Y/N: GATOR PEOPLE!!!
Velma: Come again?
Fred: Shh.
Everyone stays silent and nothing is heard.
Fred: Maybe they're gone.
Suddenly the lights in the room go out as a Gator attacks Daphne and Velma attacks it with a curtain holder. They run into the bathroom as another Gator is behind Fred, Velma, Daphne, and Y/N. Shaggy and Scooby scream as the four look behind them and they run out and Fred closes the door as they are surrounded by the Gator in the room.
Fred: Move toward the door, very slowly.
They were moving slowly when the third Gator attacked Velma.
Shaggy: Velma!
Velma: Shaggy!
Shaggy grabs Velma and pulls her up.
Velma: Oh! You saved me!
Shaggy: I did? Oh! Like, I did. Zoinks!
Velma sees the Gators hand, but she pulls up her leg and it was a glove, and she threw it at the Gator in the room.
Y/N: Is that a glove?
Fred: It looks like part of a costume.
The three Gators go towards the six as they run out of the hotel and to the van.
Fred: Scooby, get behind the wheel.
Scooby: Huh?
Y/N: isn't the Mystery Machine still broken?
Fred: Which is why we're going to push it.
Scooby gets on the wheel as the others push the van as the Gators close in. The five jumps on the van as Scooby drives it out of Gatorsburg. They look and the Gators stop chasing them.
Velma: Look! They're stopping.
The Gators then leave.
Fred: They weren't trying to eat us. They just want us out of town.
Daphne: Why?
Fred: I don't know. But if we're going to solve this mystery, we have to go back into Gatorsburg.
Scooby and Shaggy: Say what?
They enter Gatorsburg and see the Gators moving boxes onto boats.
Shaggy: Like, it's them.
They get closer when Velma grabs a crowbar and opens up a crate and pulls out an alligator belt.
Scooby: Huh?
Velma: "One hundred percent pure gator." This belt is just like the purse Mr. E sent us.
Daphne: Let me see that.
Daphne puts the belt on her arm and groans in pain and takes it off to reveal red rashes with bumps.
Y/N: Are you okay?
Daphne: I'm allergic to imitation animal skin. Pleather, fake fur, it all makes me break out.
Velma: That belt isn't one hundred percent pure gator. It's a fake. They're all fakes.
Shaggy: So, like, those fake gator people are selling fake gator products? Dude! We are dealing with serious irony!
Fred: We have to stop them.
Y/N: All in favor of letting Shaggy and Scooby be bait raise your hands.
Everyone except Shaggy and Scooby raised their hands.
Shaggy: Dude, not cool.
Shaggy and Scooby go towards the gators.
Shaggy: Like, dude, you gator freaks! You're, like, the ugliest crocodiles ever!
Gator 1: Who are you calling a crocodile?
Gator 2: Get them!
The three Gators chase Scooby and Shaggy as the Gator run past three belts on the floor.
Fred: Now!
Fred, Daphne, and Y/N pull the belts and it drags the Gators up in the air as they fall on a trampoline and into three chests.
Scooby: Got 'em.
Fred: Old 45, gets 'em every time.
The police arrive as the Gators are tied up.
Fred: Time to find out who these greedy gators really are.
Fred pulls off the masks.
Daphne: Grady gator?
Y/N: Greta gator?
Scooby: Gunther gator?
Fred: But why?
Grady: After we ran out of gators, everybody moved out of Gatorsburg. But not us.
Greta: This here is our home.
Daphne: So, with no alligators left, you decided to make imitation gator products and pass them off as real.
Velma: But you couldn't have anyone snooping around Gatorsburg. So, you created the creeping creatures to scare people away.
Fred: Then you could run your counterfeit gatoring without anyone knowing who you were or what you were up to.
Shaggy: Why, that is one ridiculous plan.
Y/N: You got to give them credit though it's impressive.
Gunther: And you know what? We would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling juveniles and your unauthorized investigation of our synthetic gator accessories.
Sheriff Stone: You're tellin' me this gator stuff is fake?! I paid a fortune for this tracksuit!
Velma: Sorry, sheriff.
Sheriff Stone: Man, I gotta get out of this suit. This fake gator doesn't breathe. I'm starting to smell a little... funky. Arrest them. Even though I have absolutely no jurisdiction here!
The police take the three as Sheriff Stone drives off.
Fred: Wait, sheriff, can you give us a ride? The Mystery Machine isn't-
The Mystery Machine engine starts, and the others look at it.
Y/N: ...Working.
Shaggy: Like, there's no engine in the Mystery Machine! It's haunted!
Fred opens it and the engine is in there and they see a letter.
Velma: It's from Mr. E.
Daphne takes the letter and reads it.
Daphne: "Hope you had a good time in Gatorsburg. But be warned, there are more mysteries to come. This is only one piece of the puzzle."
Fred: Puzzle? What's that supposed to mean?
Shaggy: Like, I've got a bad feeling we're going to find out!
Daphne: Wait, there's more. "And to Y/N L/N, believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see."
Y/N: What? What does that mean?
Suddenly thunder strikes and Scooby jumps on Shaggy as Shaggy holds Velma's hand while Y/N stands there wondering what Mr. E meant by that.