With Daphne no longer on the team, Velma recruits Marcie "Hot Dog Water" Fleach to be "The New Daphne", while the gang tries to solve a case involving the walking house of Baba Yaga!
The episode provides examples of:
- 2D Visuals, 3D Effects: Baba Yaga's chicken feet house.
- Call-Back: Hot Dog Water is out of prison since her arrest in "Menace of the Manticore".
- Glorious Mother Russia: Russia is only referred to as "Mother Russia", even by our American protagonists.
- The Mole: Hot Dog Water is in the team as one for Mr. E, albeit reluctantly.
- Monster of the Week: Baba Yaga, a Russian witch who came to Crystal Cove with a replica of her house.
- Nobody Here but Us Statues: Velma and Hot Dog Water take the form of Russian dancers statues when a museum guard approaches.
- Spy Catsuit: Worn by Velma. Hubba Hubba.
- Stupid Sexy Flanders: Not even Scooby or Fred can deny Baylor Hotner's attractiveness.
- Temporary Substitute: Hot Dog Water for Daphne. How long she'll be staying isn't addressed.
- Mr. E: Don't go making friends, Hot Dog Water. I put you in there as my eyes and ears, you do as I say and definitely don't side with Mystery Incorporated, their days are numbered.
