- Melanie Staples: I'm Melanie Staples.
- Fred Jones: Nice to meet you, Melanie. Fred Jones, and
- [points to gang]
- Fred Jones: this is everybody else.
- Melanie Staples: If you don't mind, I'd like to tag along.
- Daphne Blake: Nope, I really don't think...
- Fred Jones: Sure! The more the merrier!
- Daphne Blake: Maybe someone has found a way to override Dr. Staple's system and is operating Mecha Mutt by remote control.
- Velma Dinkley: I agree.
- Daphne Blake: See? I'm just as smart as Melanie.
- Fred Jones: Trust me, Daphne. I'm not attracted to Melanie's brain.
- [everyone glares at him]
- Fred Jones: I mean... no... what I mean... that didn't come out right.
- Melanie Staples: Yes, it was me, Dad. Why? Because of you. All my life, your work has come first. You've ignored and neglected me, and never once seen just how brilliant I am.
- Daphne Blake: [aggressively] And conniving!
- Fred Jones: Inside voice, Daphne.
- [Daphne covers her mouth]