Awesome / A Pup Named Scooby-Doo

• One from real-life: Per producer Tom Ruegger, William Hanna directed the entire pilot episode all by himself- taking him over a week to do so. And it was by Ruegger's request, too.
• In "A Bicycle Built For Boo", Velma loses her glasses during a chase with the Monster of the Week. Scooby, in full swashbuckler mode, swings from a rope and delivers Velma to safety several times and retrieves her glasses. Also a heartwarming moment.
• In "Now Museum, Now You Don't", Velma subdues the "samurai ghost" monster by repeatedly body-slamming him onto pillows!
  • Same episode. Velma manages to fish out an important clue from the samurai ghost by speaking in Japanese and the ghost not understanding her. The line, "Kono katana wa nisemono desu", is actually accurately pronounced and the translation eventually provided is accurate ^note "Those swords are fake."
• In the episode with the robot dog protector, when said robot dog's creator turns it on the kids, Scooby nearly singlehandedly saves them. No one messes with these kids with Scooby Doo around!
• Velma, with Scooby's help, defeating her computer (which somebody was using to frame her) in "The Computer Walks Among Us" by overloading it with commands.
• "The Ghost of Mrs. Shusham": for once, it's Shaggy and Scooby deducing who the Monster of the Week really is, which even Velma couldn't do. After they explain how they figured it out, Velma congratulates them and says she's most impressed.