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Solution to Zoinks!

Author: Chris Lyon

Eight videos are presented, each of which is a mini episode of "Scooby Doo, Where are You!"

The episodes open with the reveal of a monster, and close with the capture and unmasking of a different one. Each video also has Scooby being chased across the screen "x" times, where "x" is a number from 1 to 4. The identities of the monsters, and number of chase sequences are given here:

Opening
Monster
Chase
Sequences
Unmasked
Monster
Miner 49er 4 Space Kook
Charlie The Robot 1 Zen Tuo
Ape Man 3 Snow Ghost
Black Knight 1 Redbeard
Captain Cutler 4 Mummy of Ankha
Indian Witch Doctor 2 Phony Phantom
Elias Kingston 2 Witch Doctor
Phantom 1 Wax Phantom

The opening monsters are from episodes 1-8 of the show. Sorting by episode number:

Opening
Episode
Opening
Monster
Chase
Sequences
Unmasked
Monster
1 Black Knight 1 Redbeard
2 Captain Cutler 4 Mummy of Ankha
3 Phantom 1 Wax Phantom
4 Miner 49er 4 Space Kook
5 Indian Witch Doctor 2 Phony Phantom
6 Elias Kingston 2 Witch Doctor
7 Ape Man 3 Snow Ghost
8 Charlie The Robot 1 Zen Tuo

The unmasking of a monster is a key event in each video. Taking the last name of each villain, and indexing by number of chase sequences:

Opening
Episode
Opening
Monster
Chase
Sequences
Unmasked
Monster
Villain
Name
Letter
Index
1 Black Knight 1 Redbeard Magnus M
2 Captain Cutler 4 Mummy of Ankha Najib I
3 Phantom 1 Wax Phantom Stevens S
4 Miner 49er 4 Space Kook Bascombe C
5 Indian Witch Doctor 2 Phony Phantom Shanks H
6 Elias Kingston 2 Witch Doctor Simms I
7 Ape Man 3 Snow Ghost Greenway E
8 Charlie The Robot 1 Zen Tuo Fong F

The answer is MISCHIEF

Note- As an additional check step, the original presented order of the videos is sorted by the last name of each villain:

  1. Bascombe
  2. Fong
  3. Greenway
  4. Magnus
  5. Najib
  6. Shanks
  7. Simms
  8. Stevens