If only the very first monster they encountered had immediately killed them from behind, instead of just standing there in a threatening posture till they realise he's there, then we wouldn't have to put up with this drivel. BTW, I never liked the show even when I was a kid, or, for that matter, most HB cartoons.

>Then you're just not getting it. Sometimes the bad guy wears a different mask than other times. And the locations change. Sometimes a house, sometimes an amusement park. It's riviting!
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>>Like when my daughters start to tell me stuff that's happened in a Scooby-doo episode - I feel my eyes glazing over and start losing the will to live :-)
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>>>It drives my daughter nuts. She will typically respond with something along the lines of: 'Geesh Mom, nobody cares!!!' Yet you can imagine the ridiculous comments I have to listen to when my 15 year old daughter is intent on expressing her latest outrage about something that happened at school... :o)
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>>>>You'd like my mother. She retains stuff like that too. ;)
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>>>>>Probably no need to be so specific - you are correct. It is a conjunction, but is specifically a 'coordinating conjunction' versus a subordinating conjunction (because, although, while, ...) or a correlative conjunction (both...and, not only...but also, either...or,...)
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