Just… just let that sink in.
It’s not only that it’s diegetic.
Shaggy gives him a quarter…
…specifically so he can put it in the jukebox…
…so that the chase scene can then proceed.
This may be my favorite meta-gag ever.
It’s against tough competition vs. Scooby correctly reading the sign with extra Rs, but it definitely joins the pantheon of legitimately-good jokes.





