One of the most unique and fun episodes of Scooby-Doo! Where Are You.
The gang is driving when they discover the lights are on at a closed amusement park. When they decide to investigate they discover that not only are all the lights on, but the rides are running as well. They soon discover a robot running around the park. They learn from the owner of the park they learn who this robot is. The owner created him to run the park when he was too busy, but for some reason he seems to be acting up. It looks like the gang has another mystery on their hands.
One of the best things about the original Scooby-Doo! series is the environments. This episode is one of the best when it comes to this. An abandoned amusement park is the perfect setting for a Scooby mystery, and this episode handles this perfectly. The early scenes before we find out what was going on are appropriately creepy and feature some top notch filmmaking. All of the Scooby-Doo! Where Are You episodes feature great background art, but the art in this episode is especially good. The backgrounds are incredibly detailed, beautiful to look at and add an incredible amount of atmosphere to the episode.
Charlie the Robot is a great character and there is definitely a reason why he is featured so prominently in Scooby-Doo! merchandise and promotional advertisements. He has a great design, that is immediately appealing. He is also unlike most of the Scooby antagonists in that he is rather likable and charming. This makes him truly stand out to Scooby fans like myself and you too.
While not especially hard to solve, the mystery is better than usual and is definitely really well thought out.
An excellent episode and a delight to any and all fans of Scooby-Doo!
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