Scooby-Doo Where Are You!: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Werewolf (1970)

 

A really fun episode. 

In this episode, the gang goes on a camping trip. When they hear howling from the distance, they decide to investigate. There they find a monstrous werewolf and have another mystery on their hands. 

There is a lot to love about this episode. The earliest scenes do a great job of setting up a spooky sense of atmosphere. There early scenes really do draw you into this creepy setting and a sense of dread. Part of this is that we hear the werewolf well before we see him and part of it is the always wonderful background art and use of lighting. I honestly wish more episodes took their time before showing us the villain. The werewolf himself is a delightful villain. He has a delightful design that is in equal parts fun and spooky. As this episode goes on the tone turns nearly completely comedic. Luckily most of the gags here work quite well. There is some truly delightful cartoony slapstick with Shaggy and Scooby throughout, especially during the chase scene. Yet thanks again to great background art, the sense of atmosphere is still there in these more comedic scenes. 

My one problem with this episode is that there is no mystery as we don't even meet any suspects before the reveal. 

This is simply a delightful episode and a lot of fun.