The Hex Girls (consists of Thorne, Dusk, and Luna), Velma's favorite band, come to Crystal Cove and plan to give the gang a concert. But things go awry when The Phantom, an evil specter, suddenly appears with the intention of permanently taking The Hex Girls out of the music business.

Feeling left out of the group, Velma goes solo to investigate attacks by amphibious "Fish Freaks" in the area around an abandoned oil rig, only to find a friend of her own... in the form of a mermaid!

When Mayor Jones buys online an ancient Persian temple, in order to boost business in Crystal Cove's amusement Park, "Creepy Spooky Terror Land", he never thought that that temple would come with a Manticore, a vicious mythological animal, who is been eating the park's visitors. Having no other option, he asks Fred and the gang to help him capture the beast, and while they do it, he does some snooping around, regarding the mysterious puzzle piece that the gang found in Darrow Mansion.