Debuted in 1984
24 minutes
Plot in 3 Sentences: The gang is helping out with the Christmas pageant at Mrs. Featherwig’s orphanage and Winslow Nickleby shows up, offering to buy the building (because he wants to find the emerald hidden there by a past member of his family.) During the rehearsal for A Christmas Carol, a ghost shows up and frightens everyone and everyone thinks it’s Nickleby, trying to scare them away. But they discover it’s actually the maid, Nanette Musette, who was hoping to steal the emerald for herself and Mr. Nickleby has a change of heart about the orphanage after Tiny Tina saves his cat, Snowball.
Fun Fact: This was the series finale of The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries and the last time any Scooby-Doo show used the ‘villain behind the mask’ plot until the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo series premiered four years later.
My thoughts: When it comes to Scooby-Doo, I have to admit that I’m a traditionalist. I grew up with Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and The New Scooby-Doo Movies, which paired the Mystery Machine gang (rather bizarrely) with celebrities like Sandy Duncan and the Harlem Globetrotters. Most of the Scooby-Doo shows that came after the first series seemed like they were stretching the show’s basic concept a little thin. Like most people, I have no use whatsoever for Scrappy Doo, Scooby’s annoying nephew. By the time they got to this series, it seemed like the show was just going through the motions. There are lots of overly silly moments in this that don’t make much sense and, overall, I can’t say it’s worth your time to watch it unless you’re a serious Scooby fan. (And even then, there are better Scooby-Doo Christmas specials.)
Yeah, that teddy bear is wise to the pure evil that is Tiny Tina.
Who knew Shaggy would be the best person to call to help you move?
The most mysterious thing about Nanette is the way she cleans everyone she meets.
What is going on here? Never mind, I don’t want to know.
Individual Superlative: Creepiest Association – Sure, they may have named Tiny Tina after Tiny Tim, but she looks and talks exactly like Talky Tina from the “Living Doll” episode of The Twilight Zone and that makes her just no damn good
Want to Watch it? A Nutcracker Scoob is available on DVD.
Beyond Rudolph & Frosty 