Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: When Fred makes a joke about the dummies at the end of the episode, Daphne doesn't have a neck. (00:20:55)
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Other mistake: When the wax phantom appears behind Scooby and Shaggy the man who supposedly is impersonating him in the suit is in clear sight directly behind Fred Daphne and Velma.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: When the Wax Phantom first appears on stage, Roger Stevens, the culprit behind the phantom, can be seen at the far right of the stage, even though he should be in the Wax Phantom costume.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When the Wax Phantom closes the door, you can see the door latch does not have a lock, but in the next shot a lock appears on the door frame.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Fred says "Are we glad to see you guys!" after grabbing hold of Shaggy and Scooby, you can see behind Velma there is a hole in the wall. But in the close-up of Velma in the next shot, the hole has gone.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Shaggy and Scooby Doo are on the floor after escaping from the Phantom on the conveyer belt, you can see there is some rope around them. But when the two run away from the Phantom, the rope has gone.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Shaggy and Scooby Doo arrive at the dinner table, you can see there is a jelly opposite the chicken. But when the Wax Monster comes to the table, the jelly has gone.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: At the museum, Fred discovers a sign saying "Wax Phantom Display" on a concrete block. But when we see a full view of the gang a few seconds later, the sign and the block have disappeared.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Daphne is wearing pink tights at the start of the episode, but when the gang discover that the safe was robbed after freeing Johnny Sands, look at Daphne and you can see her tights are missing. They reappear when we see her with the gang a little later on.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: In one shot of Fred, Daphne and Velma at the TV station, you can see there are some lights behind Daphne, but when we see a close-up of her, the lights have gone.
Don't Fool With a Phantom - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Shaggy says "What happened?" after the Wax Monster appears, you can see there is a seat behind Daphne, Fred and Velma, but when we see the three in the next shot, the seat has disappeared.
Answer: During most episodes of "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?," the gang often split up to explore the latest haunted mansion or abandoned windmill or deserted amusement park. Scooby and Shaggy would generally end up together, Velma would often go off alone, and Daphne would frequently go exploring with Fred. It seemed to be a running theme in the "Scooby Doo" cartoons that Daphne was perpetually flirting with Fred. Fred, however, always seemed much more obliviously preoccupied with finding the next clue, foiling Daphne's amorous intentions. I have always been under the impression that the Scooby-Doo gang was a pretty sexually ambiguous group. More than a few people have suggested that athletic, well-coiffed, ascot-wearing Fred, and bookish Velma were early archetypes of gay/lesbian teens. The show existed in a time when several cartoons suggested sexual ambiguity in its characters: Effete Snagglepuss, a repeatedly drag-wearing Bugs Bunny (who even appeared in TV's first same-sex wedding with phallic rifle-toting Elmer Fudd), prim and polite gophers Mac and Tosh, Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Schroeder and Linus from the "Peanuts" cartoons. But whether or not any then subversive homosexual undertones were ever intended in any of the characters, the oft-paired Daphne and Fred never seemed able to get their relationship beyond the lukewarm stage, much to Daphne's apparent chagrin.
Michael Albert